Re: [FWDLK] [Chrysler300] Neat site

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And, anyone care to speculate where the "D" came from, in/on the Dodge 
D500 models?

Or, is this a "D"umb question?

Then, there's the Plymouth V/800 models...I suppose that a "P" would 
have been  considered In-appropriate behavior?

Neil Vedder






c300@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I have noted that Chrysler 300's have been written about for 54 years and that as conjecture and errors creep into the printed media they tend to be repeated by the next writer.  This phenomenon is not limited to automotive literature.
> So, I would not think of repeating the previously-printed conjecture that the C in the C-300 model designation was tribute to one who contributed to its creation, our "Uncle" Briggs Cunningham who did designate his dual-quad hemi-engined specials as C-20, C-30 & etc. as I recall.
> C-300'ly,
> Rich Barber
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> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:00:21 
> To: <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Neat site
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> All:
> Yes, I guess it was "mostly correct".  Should probably criticize  the 
> assertion that the "C" in C300 stood for coupe.  Don't know where  that came 
> from.  The "C" stood for Chrysler, just like it did in the 1955  NewYorker and 
> Windsor designations of C68 and C67 respectively.  Actually,  the C300 (or 
> C-300) was sometimes designated as the C68-300, revealing its  close 
> relationship to the NYer.
> 300ly, Gil Cunningham
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> In a message dated 10/11/2009 3:07:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> hurst300@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
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> Found  this while looking for something else. Lots of mostly correct  
> info  here. Read ALL the text for the history of  300's
>
> http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z9536/Chrysler-300.aspx
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