[Chrysler300] Whither the hyphen

Somewhere, Victor Borge is getting a great laugh as we debate the hyphen. View and listen to this in order to learn how to properly insert a “dash” (whissshhttt) in your next conversation about the letter cars—if you are so inclined. He gives no verbal equivalent to the slash (fft)

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bpIbdZhrzA

Speaking of the 300K’s, the only place I find the letter K on the car is on the ram engine block. There, it is hyphenless on the top line “C300K” and has hyphens on the bottom line “11-14-63”. Ditto for the 300J’s. There is NO C in front of the “300’s” on our ’55 wheel covers, hood emblem, trunk medallion or rear quarters—just “300”. 300B’s through 300H’s do have the appropriate letter hither and thither. I especially like the little E on the ‘59 hood and the little “H” on the ’62 trunk lid.

Chrysler was consistently inconsistent. We could put it to a vote and adopt a consistent print style. I’m for inserting it in all of our text as the number 300 followed by any letter forms a rather nice compound phrase that rolls off the tongue and is indelibly engraved on the psyches of car people around the world.

1999-2004 300M’s have the little letter “m” on their flanks as does Larry Jett’s 1966 300 (Retrofitted by a puckish Jett. Well, that’s what it would have been). The hemi-engined 2005-2014 300’s sport the letter C for no good reason—with no (whissshhttt)

And then, as Juliet once said, “What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” Our letter cars, hyphenated or not, would still be Beautiful Brutes!

Rich Barber

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kmaniak@xxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:42 AM
To: awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Mystery Question

Now this is a very interesting question. Here is what I discovered.

My 1964 dealer showroom Facts Book and Trim Selector designates the letter car as "300K". However, the sales brochures and magazine advertisement copy designates the letter car as "300-K".

In my humble opinion, I believe that either way is correct. My "two cents" for what its worth.

Chris the KMANIAC

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Rinaldi <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Chrysler 300 Club <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 7:22 am
Subject: [Chrysler300] Mystery Question

Hi To All:

Do letter car designations have hyphens?

See Gloria Moon's remarks:

"It is NOT a 300-C or a 300-D.
It is
300C or 300D.

I tried correcting it on the D section, but there it is again. I have never seen it with the hyphen except for this. I didn't check but have to presume all the letter years also have a hyphen.

Now for a rousing round of conversation, put that on the listserver if you dare!
G"

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