Re: [Chrysler300] How the K car is related to a current 300C

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Hi All:
Thank you Bob.  Some seem to have forgotten the importance of the K  car.  I 
worked in Product Engineering at the Jefferson plant at that time,  and 
believe me, we were all well aware of the importance of our efforts there to  the 
future of Chrysler.  If the K car launch at Jeff was not successful,  there 
would likely be no Chrysler.  Relients and Aries may not have been  the best cars 
on the planet, but they were far from the worst!  We still  have our '81 
Relient SE 2 door with 4 speed.  With gas prices as they are,  maybe we should 
think about reactivating it!
Working in the plant that gave "Birth" to all our 300s was an added benefit  
for me, of course.  Some will recall I arranged a tour of the  facility as one 
activity at our 7th Fall meet in October of 1977.  I  felt strongly that 300 
owners should get a look inside the facility while "C"  bodies were still 
being assembled there. (We switched to Ramchargers/Trail  Dusters and Pickups for 
the 1979 Model Year---not the best move ever!)
300ly, Gil
 
In a message dated 6/11/2007 10:37:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Rich,  Louis, and list,

K cars saved Chrysler Corp.  They were the right  concept at the right time.
The K-car chassis pulled Chrysler out of debt,  paid off loans sooner than
expected and the US government never paid out a  single red cent of
taxpayers' dollars to save the company. Thanks to the  K-car and Iacocca's
leadership, Chrysler fans have a lot to be grateful  for.    Without the
K-car, I doubt that there would be a Chrysler  dealership for you to walk
into today and order a new 300C Hemi powered  sedan. The success of the first
Minivan, based on the K chassis, goes  unquestioned, It changed personal
transportation in the mid '80s, and  continues to, to this day. You've made a
good choice Rich.  Heming's  Class car did a Dodge Mirada story recently,
K-cars are coming into their  own. The K car something to laugh at?  They did
that with fin cars  too.

Bob J







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