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

["Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim -

An interview with your golf partner would make an excellent article for Club 
News. If you feel that you lack interviewing skills, then you should 
consider passing his name along to Andy Mikonis, who is an automotive writer 
in real life.

Ron



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To: <jmaiani@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx>; 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re: [Chrysler] 300H Assembly Line Question


> Hi All, as well!
> All 300 lettercars were assembled at the Jefferson Avenue Assembly Plant 
> in
> the eastern Detroit.  Jim, you are lucky to have such a golf partner.
> Perhaps he would be interested in relating some of his "300 experiences".
> Having worked in Resident Engineering at several assembly plants 
> (including
> Jeff  in later years) I can imagine that the 60-62 300s, were a pain in 
> that
> "special"  place.
>
> Since almost all cars took the same seat brackets, these would have been
> included in the floor subassemblies as received from the stamping plant. 
> At
> least that is the way I remember it.  The last thing either the stamping
> plant or the assembly plant needed was another part number to deal with.
> The volume on the 300s was so small, I am sure it was much more efficient 
> to
> simply torch the bench seat brackets off and wire weld the four bucket 
> seat
> brackets on in the revised locations.
>
> 300ly, Gil Cunningham
> In Cold Tallahassee, FL
>
>
> In a message dated 12/8/2010 10:57:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jmaiani@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> 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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