RE: [Chrysler300] 1956 300B 3N561639

[christopher beilby <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Years ago, back when an old car was a 30s model, as a kid, one day when looking locally for some urgently needed that day old car part, with two friends, we stopped outside a farm front gate, could see an old vintage off to the side of an old Mallee/wheat property farmhouse.

 

The gate was open/fallen off, so we walked up the 50 yds red dirt driveway towards the ramshackle house as someone came out from the house.  Stopping a bit short of the house, the car's remains were off to the right about 50 feet, and I could make out it was a mid 20s Dodge Tourer with a well established stunted tree starting to grow up through where the floorboards would have once been.  The red sandy Mallee dirt was swallowing/eating the wheels and running boards.

 

"An old Dodge Tourer I guess" I said to the farm man.  "Yes", he replied, "going to be worth big money one day".

 

Looking across towards it, I replied after a brief silence "If you can get it under cover, you might be right".  And I turned to me two car friends to see what reaction, only to see them turn and start running for the gate. As I turned back to farm man, I saw he had a shovel handle and was coming at me.

 

Lesson - some people just can't help themselves??! - how often as car people, do we come across cars people won't sell because they are worth a fortune, yet they won't put them undercover. When it is a 300, that is sad/stupid.

 

Christopher Australia
 


To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; c300@xxxxxxx
From: finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:34:25 -0600
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1956 300B 3N561639

  



I have more pictures if any one is interested. Les and I tracked this car 
down 1997 on our way home from the fall meet in Mena AR. Looks like it's 
still sitting in the same place along Rte 5 south of town.
I figured it would turn up again someday.

The old guy must have died. He was some kind of big shot (judge, lawyer or 
mabe Co. Superintendant) that worked at or for the court house in Camdenton.
Quote " Man that car is worth a lot of money"

Don't that just frost Ya, these folks think theye are sitting on a pot of 
gold, yet they won't lift one finger to "protect" their "investment" but 
leave it abandoned to the elements. We all have probably been there running 
across these "deals" too many times and got the T-shirts to boot. Well I 
didn't get the shirt but I did get pictures and they are worse (imagine 
that!) than those on E-bay

We were driving the C at the time, and he wasn't interested in looking at it 
at all.
He clamed at the time that the extra trim and gold insert were factory 
original..
It's a real mess to say the least. What a cryin' shame for sure. The Air 
cleaner was upside down in the back seat and the back window was busted out.

Dave Schwandt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>
To: "'Listserver'" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:17 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] 1956 300B 3N561639

> Barn find without the barn. In Missouri, with "factory" a/c. Be prepared
> to bawl when you see it, especially the Delta Wing air cleaner. VIN
> 3N561639 might be recorded for posterity.
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> http://tinyurl.com/ylqq4qk
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> C-300'ly
> Rich Barber, Thankful for what I've got, today
> Brentwood, CA
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