For Sale 1971 300 ( NOT MINE )

[Marv]

It´s back on ebay, this time without reserve.
Discussed in this thread half a year ago but it´s not open anymore for replies

For Sale - 1971 Chrysler 300 (NOT MINE)

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1971 Chrysler 300 | eBay

 

[Fratzog]

Looks like a nice well cared for example that would merit closer inspection by an interested buyer. I like green but that shade looks off to me. Anyone familiar with 71 know if that is an original colour? Could just be my computer screen.

 

[ayilar]

Looks like a nice well cared for example that would merit closer inspection by an interested buyer. I like green but that shade looks off to me. Anyone familiar with 71 know if that is an original colour? Could just be my computer screen.

The pictures are the same as the ones last year, when the car was first posted. The seller says that CS23T1C275165 has never been repainted. From the window sticker, the car has GF9 Avocado Green metallic paint -- the darkest green available in 1971: in other words, Fred, your eyes are fine -- but the pics are not. I tried to give a better sense of the car's true color here. I have asked the seller for more photos (including Dutchman panel, trunk pan, headliner, driver's seat) and will post them once they come.

DH23N0D163388, a 1971 N-code Monaco painted a different shade of green (GF3), sold three weeks ago for $13.5k. Original owner's family, original paint too. Less popular green vinyl top and bench, but lower miles. I would be surprised if this 300 did not sell for more, despite the higher mileage (99k miles) and the tan interior (which I think is a great combo, but about which others may disagree).

 

[ayilar]

I got a rapid response from the seller: "car runs and drives perfect, AC works; car needs nothing; top has never been replaced, car is all original as it says in the ad; this car has rust nowhere, it's been in the garage its whole life."

Attached below are trunk pan pics, showing just a tiny bit of surface rust under the trunk mat (typical, as @polara71 has said many times).

Ignoring the Covid19-induced economic developments (i.e., growing unemployment etc.) in the past two weeks, this 300 should IMHO sell for more than the Monaco as the latter needed A/C work, a mechanical go-over, and front/rear re-upholstering.

 

[JPMODL]

That trunk floor looks very good. Did seller send any new pictures of car showing a better example of it's color? Long drive from Wisconsin...over 1800 miles. Nice car.

 

[ayilar]

That trunk floor looks very good. (...) Long drive from Wisconsin...over 1800 miles. Nice car.

Agreed.

Did seller send any new pictures of car showing a better example of it's color?

I just got them, here they are. The colors inside and out are correct based on my experience. The seller still has the original mats, too. (Edit: if you want to see the color in daylight, here is another 1971 GF9 2-door 300 that was for sale in Naperville, IL; CS23T1C216812 had different color roof and interior than CS23T1C275165, but both have the same dark green paint and the same bench seat type).

The last photo shows the only ding in the whole car, a penny-sized one. I like this car and the seller's direct, helpful responses.

 

[marko]

i dunno, i think the pics used in the ebay pic might have been color enhanced abit......

 

[live4theking]

Having photoshop experience I think the pictures have been worked over. There seems to be too high of a green saturation in them.

i dunno, i think the pics used in the ebay pic might have been color enhanced abit......

 

[hergfest]

I don't understand the nit picking on this car. Look at the trunk. Look at the dutchman panel. This is a 100% rust free Northwest Survivor. Who cares if he altered the pics this is a clean car. Only thing I see it needs is the seat covers.

 

[78Brougham]

^^^ I think the only question was on the color. The photos were digitally screwed up as John @live4theking pointed out. The color looked odd, which made the interior look odd as well.
This will make someone a very nice car!

 

[cbarge]

I wonder if the horn works since there is a cover on the rimblow steering wheel??
Also this car is a good example where the bench seat was preferred over buckets and was credited the cost difference.

 

[Carmine]

As the most trustworthy member of the media, I assure you these pictures have not been altered.

 

[MoPar Maniac]

Very, very nice car. If there happens to be any rust underneath, based on the rest of the car it is minimal.

The 400 should make this car move quite well...until you see a gas station.
I had two of them, one a 72 2bbl Monaco 4 Dr HT-dark green metallic and a 72 Polara 4 Dr sedan cop car which carried the mail...quickly.
This is the car to buy!

 

[Samplingman]

@ayilar needs to add a Chrysler to his fleet. Then he can bring this to Carlisle and we can all get correct color photos, all in the name of research of course.

 

[ayilar]

@ayilar needs to add a Chrysler to his fleet. Then he can bring this to Carlisle and we can all get correct color photos, all in the name of research of course.

Roger that, let me get on the eBay bidding then!

On the free research side, I note that the an S3L2 beige interior was not listed as a possibility for a GF9 car -- at least not in the Chrysler Trim Book scanned and uploaded on the Hamtramck Registry. This car, of course, is a late-build car and choices may have been different by then:

 

[LocuMob]

Go get it @ayilar! You will have as many cars as I have by the time I see you next. Can't wait. I love be your passion.

 

[saforwardlook]

Very, very nice car. If there happens to be any rust underneath, based on the rest of the car it is minimal.

The 400 should make this car move quite well...until you see a gas station.
I had two of them, one a 72 2bbl Monaco 4 Dr HT-dark green metallic and a 72 Polara 4 Dr sedan cop car which carried the mail...quickly.
This is the car to buy!

All 1969 - 71 Chrysler 300s came standard with the 440 T code engine.

 

[saforwardlook]

I wonder if the horn works since there is a cover on the rimblow steering wheel??
Also this car is a good example where the bench seat was preferred over buckets and was credited the cost difference.

These optional rim-blow wheels are invariably covered because they cracked badly after just a few years of use, and with that the rim blow horn switch dries up and cracks and goes bad too. But what else could you expect from a GM sourced Saginaw part? Or maybe Chrysler would only pay a cheap price for one from them and they got what they asked for....................?

 

[Carmine]

These optional rim-blow wheels are invariably covered because they cracked badly after just a few years of use, and with that the rim blow horn switch dries up and cracks and goes bad too. But what else could you expect from a GM sourced Saginaw part? Or maybe Chrysler would only pay a cheap price for one from them and they got what they asked for....................?

I wonder if Ford sourced from the same? I've seen tutorials on repairing the Mopar wheels using the Ford switch.

 

[Fratzog]

Who cares if he altered the pics this is a clean car.

A serious buyer should be looking for evidence of a repaint. Enhancing pics raises a flag and is just another reason for a detailed in person inspection of the car.