[Chrysler300] Re: [Chrysler] 300H Assembly Line Question

["Jim Maiani" <jmaiani@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All  

My golf partner is the former plant manager in Detroit (don't recall if he told me Hamtramck or Highland Park), from 57-70, where the Letter Cars were made.  He's been all around and through my survivor H.  He told me that it would come down the line like the sport 300 or Newport.  At the time of installing the interior, they would pull them off the line onto the 'letter' line.  He has checked over my H and confirmed/admitted that the weld joint you see in the trunk/taillight area is perfect!  "They did an awful job, but yours is a perfect example".  (I think it looks like Hell)  He also said the letter cars were a pain-in-the-@** to build, one factor as to their high price. 

So as to those brackets, I haven't pulled my seats out, but by going by what the ex-plant manager told me, YES, I'd agree that they are supposed to be there.  When those brackets were installed, they didn't know that car was going to be a letter car.  Just my $.02.

Jim Maiani
snowy (6") Houghton Lake, MI
H
69 Dart GTS conv



From: Carlton Schroeder 
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:09 PM
To: 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx ; 'Chrysler 300 Club International' 
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 300H Assembly Line Question


  
Hi Doug,

My H is about 70 miles away but I noticed the same thing this summer while working on the floor.

At first too I thought someone had done a pretty crude job changing the rear seat attachment brackets. Then I assumed that with the few H interiors that were put together it probably was cheaper to just modify the normal bench seat attachments.

Carlton Schroeder, Eagle River (cold), WI

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 7:09 PM
To: Chrysler 300 Club International
Subject: [Chrysler300] 300H Assembly Line Question

Hi Group, 

While restoring the interior of my 2nd H, I found that the rear seat attachment brackets had been modified. 

I panicked! Did I have a clone? 

After rechecking all the numbers, I confirmed that the body is correct. 

The original brackets were for a bench rear seat. 

I am assuming that all 2 door hardtops came down the assembly line set up for rear bench seats and that H interiors then had the brackets changed to accommodate bucket seats. 

Can anyone confirm this? 

Underneath the carpet pad, I found a 3"x 6" red color plate with a paper tag: 

1962 "S" Series 

C-8580-ES 

Imperial - Chrysler 

E23N043 - B - 154026 

Caramel Enamel 

PART NO. 2178166 

May 10, 1961 

from the 

COLOR STUDIOS 

of 

RINSHED-MASON 

Company 

Also found a Wrigley Spearmint gum wrapper, headliner trimmings and an assortment of fasteners. 

Doug Warrener 

Fair Oaks, CA 

300H 

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