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hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3887 Location: Northen Virginia | Hi Guys My friend has a 1957 300C, he found the front hood lettering holes filled with lead. The question is if those letter were optional or all the 300 came with them. Thanks! | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Pretty sure they all had them but better wait for confirmation from " StillOutThere" or others. Greg | ||
ram300 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 363 | Yes my 300C had the same treatment, quite a common mod back in the day I hear. As far as I know without exception all 300c's left the factory letters. Owen | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | i think they rusted out badly out front, fill them with lead and cover them up. | ||
ronbo97 |
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Expert Posts: 4034 Location: Connecticut | Yes, all 300C thru 300E hoods had those tiny Chrysler letters. Sometimes one or more letters fell off. Since they were impossible to find and unavailable as repros until the late 90s, restorers just filled the holes. Ron | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3966 Location: DFW, TX | I have seen anecdotal evidence that at least a few 1957 hoods never had the holes, so those would not have had letters. This would be very rare. But if your hood has filled holes, then it came from the factory with the letters. Chrysler would not have taken the time to fill them just to remove their own branding. | ||
StillOutThere |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | ALL 300Cs had the CHRYSLER hood letters when the left the factory. The pins on these are small and the barrel retainers that hold the letters are not truly tight. They could bepulled out without a lot of effort. And any body shop repainting a car was very unlikely to have the retainers in stock as they were not a common item. So they got leaded and bondoed over and sometimes welded up. | ||
hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3887 Location: Northen Virginia | Thanks a lot guys, I'm passing this info. This is one of the few 300C if not the only one in south America. I will post pictures of the resto. Is amazing virtually rust free car. Back in 2002 he traded it for a used Dodge Intrepid... (079ceac4-9945-432c-b491-f7bd20430b6e.jpg) (3d9963c9-26c7-4759-ba80-4acdc6c55035.jpg) (1ee12c4d-0b1a-4f63-b34d-4629e73a27c9.jpg) (2852e84d-a542-4889-8cf0-4e9a37293ada.jpg) (76683226-a7ca-43a1-804e-67b756b63aab.jpg) (cecef6cf-6ebc-47e7-892d-09437aa9f799.jpg) (f66b9afb-c9b6-44d2-8dc1-60bd1354af92.jpg) (f629ea2d-710b-4732-bf75-b4cafaf84258.jpg) (f1926649-1164-4246-820b-d28157223257.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 079ceac4-9945-432c-b491-f7bd20430b6e.jpg (97KB - 143 downloads) 3d9963c9-26c7-4759-ba80-4acdc6c55035.jpg (129KB - 158 downloads) 1ee12c4d-0b1a-4f63-b34d-4629e73a27c9.jpg (83KB - 142 downloads) 2852e84d-a542-4889-8cf0-4e9a37293ada.jpg (66KB - 148 downloads) 76683226-a7ca-43a1-804e-67b756b63aab.jpg (83KB - 147 downloads) cecef6cf-6ebc-47e7-892d-09437aa9f799.jpg (52KB - 138 downloads) f66b9afb-c9b6-44d2-8dc1-60bd1354af92.jpg (80KB - 120 downloads) f629ea2d-710b-4732-bf75-b4cafaf84258.jpg (107KB - 137 downloads) f1926649-1164-4246-820b-d28157223257.jpg (63KB - 138 downloads) | ||
ram300 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 363 | Would be interested to know the history of this 300C. My 300D was air freighted brand new to Guatemala in 58 , still have the air freight receipt, I believe it may have been a US airforce doctor stationed down there but not sure on that. These cars get around...... | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | wow rust free... nice | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | wow rust free... nice | ||
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