Re: [Chrysler300] Stick Shifts in 300s -

["John L. Chesnutt" <chesnutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stick Shifts - 4 speed.

Robert McAtee's 1960 300 F Special is pictured in the April 2006 issue of
WPC News - Winter Photo Meet, on Page 9. It is a nice photo of his all
original unrestored Black Coupe..
It is the car that in 1960 Gregg Ziegler won the NASCAR Flying Mile on the
sand in Daytona averaging 144.927 for the two way run over the beach
straightaway setting a new world record. Bob McAtee bought the car from
Gregg March 8, 1960.

Three of our Imperials are also pictured in the Photo Meet.

See you in Asheville, NC., May 17-21

John & Arlys Chesnutt, Portland, OR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rob kern" <robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] Stick Shifts in 300s


> Hello 300'ly to all!
>     Last year's B-J interview after the black 206K convertible went across
the stage with a 12 year old sums it up. The question posed to the kid was
"What do you find so interesting about this car?" Without a pause the boy
said "The pushbuttons to make it go!".  While growing up any Chrysler
product that could have had a pushbutton transmission in my mind was the
coolest.  If I saw a '56-'64 Chrysler product with a stick shift I felt that
it was weird, and that the people who owned them were somehow missing out on
fun in order to save a few bucks. Now these are commanding more money !?
The black G automatic was $14 K higher bid than the green stick at '05 B-J.
Kind of cool to salivate over the production ordering idiosyncracies back in
those days. I guess the F with the French Bridge transmission is really
desirable because only 6(?) were made. I guess I love the pushbuttons
because as a kid they were verboten for me to touch and I always lusted to
push them behind the wheel.  This was only the privilege of my Dad, Aunt, &
Uncle. Ah, they are ALL MINE NOW and not in a DeSoto or a Dodge but a
300C!!!!  ROB KERN
>



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