Re: [Chrysler300] Specs for a 300G

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John and All:
The various plants could vary in their details of production.   Certainly 
painting the car with door latches and strikers assembled before  or after is one 
of those areas.  However, all cars of a similar body  type, as the Jefferson 
Assy. Plant cars were in 1960 and 61 would have been done  the same in the 
same TIME FRAME.  In other words, the assy line-up could  change, but it would 
change for all cars at that plant.  Since, as John has  stated, ALL 300 letter 
cars were built at Jefferson, they would all be the same  if built at similar 
times.  I remember when working at Lynch Rd Plant (B  Bodies) in the early '70s 
having similar line-up changes.  Sometimes we  used "slave locks" to secure 
the doors and sometimes the actual latches were  installed prior to paint.  
Whatever component that went thru the prime  oven did have to withstand a section 
that was about 420 degrees, as I  recall.  Latches could also have come into 
the plant in assembly with the  doors.  Seems like I remember that senario 
too, but which plant I do not  remember.  One could certainly argue it would be 
simpler (and cheaper?) to  install at the facility that welded up the doors.
John also points out the value of original, unrestored cars.  It  seems, from 
the evidence so far, that very early 300Gs may have been been  assembled with 
the door latches installed after paint.  Perhaps  disadvantages were found 
with this method and assembly sequence was returned to  that of 1960.  Randy 
Huntzberry mentioned his dad's car did have painted  door latches.  That car is a 
late October schedule, so it appears locks  were in the doors for paint by 
then.  Obviously, a little more input from  any early ORIGINAL cars would be 
helpful.
300ly, Gil
 
In a message dated 5/8/2007 11:06:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Rich,  

You car, a "beater"?  We should all be so lucky as to have  beaters like it.

Perhaps our chief judge, Mr. Cunningham, will weigh in  on this issue.  It is
my understanding that all 300F and 300G's were  manufactured in the same
plant. It would make sense to me that all were  assembled / painted in the
same manner. 

It is possible that other  Chrysler cars (Saratoga's, NewYorker's) made in
other plants may have  unpainted or cad plated latches and/or strikers...
But, as far as 300F and  300G models, I think that all should have painted
latches and strikers.  However I cannot prove this.  All I can say is that
Steve Albu's  original 300F has painted latches and strikers; so does the 71
mile  300G.  So does my original 50K mile 300F convertible. 

See ya all  soon in Ohio where we can discuss Matters of Importance such as
these in  the parking lot over many beers. 

John Hertog
Sag  Harbor  NY








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