Ok, I give up. What's a "Denham built" 300B?
DaveG.
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> From: MARK J HASH <mjh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] Forest Grove Concours
> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 10:36 AM
>
> Hello all,
> Just got back from the Forest Grove Concours d'Elegance (or whatever
fancy
> French name they use). Never have seen so many "classic" cars in one
place
> before, it was a great show. But it was thin on MoPars. They were
> highlighting the 100th anniversary of Packard, and there were lots of
> awesome Packards there.
>
> But now the important stuff: the only forward look cars there were a '59
> Dodge Custom Royal 4d hardtop, which the guy says he spent $70K restoring
> (WHAT????????). It was beautiful, but not $70K worth, jeez that's a lot
of
> money. . . it took 3rd in class (MoPar 1951-59).
>
> The other forward look car,which was 2nd in class was a Denham built
300B,
> he says that the Denham built car came with a few muscle items, was
stripped
> of 300 badges, and was also one of 16 1956 300s that came with a
> Torqueflite. Very nice car but he only got 2nd in class.
>
> 1st in class was a beautiful '51 Chrysler Imperial convertible, one of
462
> built, which as recently as 1995 was upside down in a junkyard, with
about
> 1/2 the car missing. Very good quality, hard to beat.
>
> No I didn't enter Mr. Finzzz, maybe next year!!!
> Mark mjh
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