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I have a 300 Sport Coupe from Pennsylvania with the “H” option. Built date was 12/22. It has a plain black and white cloth interior, 150 spedometer. Engine was removed and sold to pay off costs to repair it. I haven’t gotten under the car to check what rear it has. You could built a 300 sport into a “H” through your local Chrysler dealer. The “H” wheels, wheel covers, radiators, etc. were available to anyone. I brought a 300 sport that came from the factory with a 413 engine and a Manuel 3-speed transmission. He had the dealer install Chrysler (Mopar) Cool Aire Mode “G” A/C unit ( #2299317 Basic package at $ 170.05 + Package #2299850 @ $79.95 + $6.25 tax for a total of $ 256.25 . Wow. that used the exact same part numbers as my “H”. He brought the (4) “H” rims (#2200928) at $ 20.00 each for a total price of $80.00 + $2.00 tax), (4) 15” “H” wheel covers (#2265535 @ $ 22.50 each for total price of $90.00+ $ 1.80 tax= $91.80. Not sure why there was a difference in tax monies. ?? Car was built 3/7/62 took possession 3/9/62 ( This is just a Jerry opinion, but I think he ordered the car this way and later converted it to an “H” appearing 300 Sport. As the A/C unit, 15” rims and “H” wheel cover were done over a period from 6/22/62 through10/1/62. As production for the 62 model year began in August ( I have a Black 62 Sport Convertible built on 8/31/61) any part number was available to upgrade any car including the Newport, where I believe the “H” package was available also. 1962 was a different year for the 300’s, many styling changes as well as performance availabilities. Whatever you could dream up you could do. In fact I believe that the 62 300 Sport Coupe that Ray Brown built and drove for Hot Rod magazine had the rams put on it. What ever happened to that car? Doug, isn’t your 300 convertible a “H” package one? My 2 cents worth. Jerry Lindsay From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kmaniak@xxxxxxx Reading about this so called H-option on a standard 300 got me to thinking. It is entirely possible that Chrysler depleated their inventory of 4-bucket seat interiors, a hold over from 1960 & 1961 before they used up the twin four barrel engines and 150 mph speedometers. The H option package on the sport 300 could have been a mid-year production change. It would be interesting to note the production dates of the H option package 300's. Or it could have been a spring sales package for the sport 300, much like the "Silver 300" trim package in 1964. I do remember seeing a '62 sport 300 with H engine and 150 mph speedometer at the 'Inc. meet in Santa Cruz in 1981. I don't recall if it had an H emblem on the back, but it was a sport interior. It was a white car but I don't remember who owned it. Another project in data collection for the curious mind. Chris the K MANIAC -----Original Message----- My friend Ian apparently had one of those, although he thought it exited because of the impracticality (gasp!) of the 4 bucket seats if you needed more room but wanted performance. In fact, it seems like the cost was close to the 300H. Do you suppose they offered that for the 4 door 300's in 62? (I seem to recall four door sport 300s) Mike Moore 300H On Jan 28, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Russell Vaughan <russ300@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: There was an "H" option that included everything but the interior and of course the H on the trunk. I think I've run across 3 in my time. To the best of my knowledge, it was never publicized back when they were new. My guess is the sales were so poor in '62 they created it to salvage some sales for people who wanted the performance without the price. Russ Vaughan __._,_.___ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang
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