RE: [Chrysler300] 300C body mount production change?

["Owen Grigg" <ram300@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

My earlier,March, 300C has this plate too, my later production,April, 300C
does not. I would hesitate a guess that it is an early versus late
production thing........Wayne? I know of only two hardtop race cars built
with the convert X member frame and fully box welded rather than stitched ,
both Kiekhaefer Special Order cars. One existing.
 
It is important to question all unusual features and the possibility they
MAY have been factory special install, but the fact is, most left the
production line as a standard build and most modifications were done by
various owners through the years. Let's not build cars into something they
are not. 

After all, all 300's are special.

2c worth?

Owen            

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ron Waters
Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2008 6:01 p.m.
To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; christopher beilby
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300C body mount production change?

Christopher -

What you are describing is what they used for the body mount under the trunk
floors of convertibles. I'll bet that you also have an X-piece on your
frame. It's all about extra strength and rigidity.

On my 59 Dodge convertible, I discovered these welded to what was left of
the trunk floor. When I welded in the new floor, I made sure that these were
included. BTW, I believe mine had bolts running thru them, anchoring the
trunk floor to the body mounts.

Ron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "christopher beilby" <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:35 AM
Subject: [Chrysler300] 300C body mount production change?


>
> While I still have the body off the frame of my Dec 28 1956 300C
supercharged coupe, I have noticed that the 2nd most rearwards body mount,
the one that sits each side behind the rear axle, and just sits on a rubber
round block held on the frame, has no bolt though it, has on this car a
seperate round multi pressed plate that is directly under it, and affixed
uner the floor.
>
> However on my two later 300Cs, around March 1957, this round sperate
pressing/plate, of about 6-8 inch rough diameter, is not there, and the
steelwork there is as one piece instead shaped as a raised sort of boxlike
mound/bracket base.
>
> Anyone know when/if this body production change occurred, and why? - my
guess is the seperate plate would be a real rust haven/germinator, and would
soon rust out the floor sheetmetal it attached to??
>
> Frame leaves the Welder's tomorrow - the welded on idler arm bracket has
taken a bit hit some time, or broken factory welds and been roughly
rewelded, which we are fixing - anyone else had such trouble with their 300C
?    Otherwise every factory weld still as good as new, although welder guys
cannot believe how rough/crude they look.
>
> Christopher Australia, burning some dollar a litre gas in my driver 300C
today
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