The numbers and correct equipment matter if you want your car judged by the
300 club. Originality and having fun with the cars is what this club was founded
on. The founding members chased down 300’s for the love of the car, not
what they would be worth someday. I’m glad I got to be part of this hobby when
regular people could afford these cars. Now everyone with a rusty hunk of crap
thinks it is worth a million.
None of this matters to the auction crowd. It’s no wonder younger people
can’t get into the letter cars. The speculators, investors, dumb TV shows, and
auctions have ruined the chance of any body but the high rollers from finding a
decent deal on anything these days. As John said, the muscle cars are way
overpriced for what they are, especially for anyone who bought them when they
were used cars that nobody wanted.
Don
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Barrett-Jackson Auction
These things
about numbers are funny to me. I will gladly pay 10 -15 under market for an F
with no HP stamp on block … depends on buyer I guess. Many “numbers matching”
cars , especially in GM world, belong to people who never worked on them,
inherited them from a granddad who left it sitting in a garage for 40 years, vs.
someone who knew what they were doing and worked on and drove the car…which
means replacing things. Latter group can also get it all correct, often do, so
no criticism intended at all in any of this, but if you have a poor old rust
free F with mismatched numbers ,15 “ wheels, rams in trunk, and wrong color at a
low price, I am in. I am not in for a sneaky rust one , bondo baby with a pile
of official papers , perfect stamps, original battery acid etc etc etc., And we
all know about grandfather’s ax. I guess it
comes down to driving the car for what it is, to be enjoyed , as Noel does, vs.
how much is it worth this year? = How do I get that number up? Different
values/different folks..and that is OK. I once read of
a guy with 75 k in a red D convert babied it hand washed it car cover etc.
One day he said to himself, ”I am saving my car for someone else to drive !!!
And he jumped in on East Coast and went to California, big road trip stone chips
have fun. I envy that guy, want to do that, but I stall at the
gate,….. Spoken as a guy
who had a radio delete red 4 spd hemi Cuda , 4:11 dana , bought for 8 sold in
90’s for 35, now worth? A million? Lousy car , really, cannot get power to
ground, nose heavy. Old saying , when they were new, 340 beats 440, 440 beats
hemi. Often true in the real world. 273 65 4 spd dart, or 63 426 max wedge --
might beat all of them. But someone just wants one—irrational. . May you get
what you wish for…like driving on ice. Unless heavily modified.
Why Studebakers
do OK, even win the pure stock drags all the time…not hemi mopars.
12 sec, light car, ancient engine design, 289 and 301 cu in. . . But I love our
300’s , best driving cars car ever made. Fantastic engineering. Room under the
big 3 00 tent for everybody!! Along this
line, I really like the new club motion about non letter 300 and same year
Mopar (55 to 65 ) being included and welcomed at our meets . Good guys,
maybe cannot afford a 300 now, but share our appreciation of them. . As a dodge
D500 guy since 56, CHP, Broderick Crawford (actually who knows when), it is
interesting to me the money they bring now, the converts, ( I had 4 - 57
converts over the years, I junked one D500 stick convert way back
---arrgh) Desoto Adventurer , 57-58-59 Fury too. More $ than our cars, at
times..59 D500 convert for 220K this year??….(would rather have a 57, myself,
but not at 220—maybe 22---). john From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RICK AND DEBBIE CLAPHAM
rixpac@xxxxxxx [Chrysler300] Do not forget build date, matching
tag. From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of 'David Schwandt' finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Not
so much numbers, but letters. __._,_.___
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