Re: {Chrysler 300} 300F top booth color.

Not a G, but they did offer a red boot cover – This is our ’61 Newport circa early ’63. Would’ve looked really odd unless you had the red interior to go with it -

Matthew Snell

Snell Equipment, Inc.

Phone: 315-265-5753

Fax: 315-265-0146

From: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jean-Yves Chouinard
Sent: Friday, April 7, 2023 11:33 AM
To: D.C. Mason <petergriffinforpresident@xxxxxxxxx>; Noel Hastalis <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} 300F top booth color.

That does seem odd to offer red as an available boot color...

Thank you for your input Dave.

From: D.C. Mason <petergriffinforpresident@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: April 7, 2023 3:26 PM
To: Noel Hastalis <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jean-Yves Chouinard <jymopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>; chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} 300F top booth color.

J-Y and Noel,

Not sure if this information is correct, but in this book by John Gunnell, he claims boot covers were either black or red, potentially with Gil Cunnighams cv being the exception if it had a blue boot. Red doesn’t match the standard paint colors, so that’s odd…

V/r

D&K

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On Apr 5, 2023, at 4:30 PM, Noel Hastalis <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi J-Y,

Chrysler offered 3 convertible top colors (colours?) on its 1960 300-Fs - refer to our Club website Tech Section / 1960 Chrysler Order Codes (pdf). On Page 3 of 6, on the right side, you'll see the Factory codes for 300-F basic car colors (BB1, WW1, PP1, ZZ1), interiors (all 353 tan), and tops (331 Black and 332 White - offered with any of the 4 body colors, and 335 Terra Cotta - offered only on ZZ1 Terra Cotta painted cars). Also listed on the 1960 non-pdf file on our site. Neither of these refers specifically to the convertible 'boot' color.

I've attached a couple photos of Terra Cotta convertible top cars -

Tom Garrard's F that sold thru Mecum Indy 2018 - first 2 photos

1960 Chrysler 300F Convertible | F137 | Indy 2018 (mecum.com)

My buddies' Petal Pink '60 Windsor on which they installed a Terra Cotta top, seen at Iola 2016

You may also seen videos of Randy Guyer's BB1 and PP1 300-F convertibles, on which he installed non-factory tan-colored Haartz cloth tops -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYKs2QonZlo - video on our Club website for the July 2019 Minneapolis Meet; from about 4:30 to 9:00 of this video, displaying the tan cloth tops.

You can catch a glimpse of part of the boot on the Milt Robson P-a-M 4-speed F convertible - white with white top, and the catalog photo shows a black boot. MR10 Digital Catalogue (rmsothebys.com). And all the 1960 brochures/ads I see show a black boot.

It's your call!

Noel

On 04/05/2023 10:26 AM Jean-Yves Chouinard <jymopar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi group.

Did all 300F convert come with a black top booth? Or tan?

The one on my car needs to be replaced , it is black but I do not know if it's the original one...

Thanks.

Jean-Yves.

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