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For Sale 1970 Chrysler 300 Craigs list $3000 or BO
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Chryslerdude
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And me.. even as an excuse, to add another ship to the harbour..! :-D
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No, sorry man.. I am in "Denmark - Denmark".. (Land of sky-high taxes, overpaid politicians and silly laws...!)
I have stored them H300 parts for a LOOOOOOONG time now, and always figured that they would buy me a way onto saving a sad looking 70 300. (The tacky looking B7 one is a good example), and even if the B7 is popular, I would have a hard time painting a Fusy 300 in a dark blue color. I know I'm "strange with the colors", and I have no problem with blue Fury's. I am also having HELL deciding the color of my 68 Charger.,. so I'll go with white as it was born, but ad a little metal.
The color-thing is like discussing music. Finding someone that will agree all the way is near impossible. I agree with you Carsten, that in an ideal world, all C's should remain as intact as possible, but i don't see that B7 buff out at all. It looks like the B7 paint passed "dead" long ago, but of course, you never know until start buffing. Also, I am thinking that any C in that cosmetic state, would appreciate any sort of decent repaint job, that would secure a loving owner.
If it had to be repainted blue (by me), I'm a "Bahama guy". My 300 Vert was born Bahama, and my intention (before the Polish ordeal) was to paint it Bahama again. It had so many layers of paint, that it was hard to tell what was primer, and what was actual paint, but it had been at least "B3 Bahama", "T5 - Burnished bronce", and finally a non Chrysler red.
When I owned the Hurst, the only thing I didn't like about it, was the color combos.. and I had naughty dreams (look away now Carsten), about some day driving a "Black Hurst".
I disagree with you Polara71 abt the black being "boring". I really think that it becomes the C's well with a thick shiny black coat.. but of course it must be a high quality paint job, and kept shiny to show them LOVELY lines, which is probably one hell of a never ending job. To this day, I never owned a black car, apart from some old "Euro-junkers", that I painted flat black myself :-D
The Black 70 looks a bit more rusty than the B7.. but still.. it breaks my heart to hear of it's potential destiny. Looks like it runs? Has power locks, windows, and also them lovely ornate rims..
I know that here in Europe, a swarm of "welder-bee's" would fix that baby up faster than anyone could say "parting out".. :-D
Samplingman
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I got it running nice two weekends ago. It now sports black steelies and white walls, but that's just because all of the other tires on the road wheels are flat.
It is rusty, needs floors, trunk and quarters in and out. Breaks my heart too, but my vert IS B7, and it will wear the black fender tag proudly next to its own B7 tag to show respect to where it got its new life start from. Besides, no one is going to give me the $5500 in parts I'm going to get out of it. I do like the OP 300 for sale, that one is worth saving. Not too many without the vinyl roof from the factory.
As as for your Black Hurst dreams, I love the idea. I want to get a Hurst hood and paint it along side the rest of the parts so I can swap them out as I feel like it. Not a big fan of the trunk parts, but the hood is cool. No stripes or two tone, just B7 and those contours.
James
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Ha.. cool.. Exactly same thoughts here,except for the color of course.. Also planned to paint both "sets", and swap back and forth - And no stripes or two-tone here either..!
I have the hood glass fiiber skin only, with some edges damaged... The metal structure was beyond "rusty"... (More like "20% of it was left, after several years in Florida)...!
Here is the donor.. from which I also got the seats (total disaster as well, but I am saving them anyways if I some day have to re-do them in black for my future Imperial). This car had many options. Very sad.. 8-track, sentinel lights, dash speakers, cornering lights. I paid a FORTUNE to have the parts hauled and shipped, and as I had the dash with the win, I reported it "MIA" somewhere on the interwebs.
Truck driver lost both the dash and rear bumper on the way.
"The parts fell of the flatbed, skidded along the tarmac, and slid into the swamp" he said.. and added
"No I was going down there, with all them gators",
and who am I to argue.. we only have cute salamanders here in Denmark.. abt 3 inches max.. :-D
The healthy one from this "car and donor set-deal" is not restored, and cruising around here in Denmark. I will try to get some pictures this summer...
(if anyone cares to see yet another of the 4850 Hurst's ever made
Here it is, then.. That rear end.. Uooooohhh.... Must locate drool-bucket fast !
Good night C-PPL's (03:31 here)
Not to worry. I hear that this B7 blue burnout king will likely end up in your neck of the woods Carsten, so you might have direct influence over what is done with it. I hear a full restoration is ahead..............................
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Hi James,
it is a great car.
I wish it survives.
There are many other projects out there that could help as parts cars. Just last week we discussed a engineless Convertible as well as some other 300s. Plenty of green&brown ones out there that no one wants to fix.
@Kaspar: this is the real deal, no built up clone black lookalike cryfish.
If you want a black 300 you should hunt this one.
Rusty floors, quarters, wheelhouses is nothing that can't be fixed
Carsten
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@ Carsten
I agree completely. At home (US), most these cars would be written off instantly, but the Atlantic ocean is probably the reason that so many "To far gone" US cars are saved over here.. A lot of welding can be performed for the same expense as the shipping.
The only problems are, that I don't have welding skills that extend from battery trays, exhaust brackets and other hidden installations. I would make a mess of the fenders, and labor here is "super spensive", so that's why I was partial to the B7..
@ James
And talking abt colors.. That black car must be super rare James.. I only recall seeing a few black 300's.. ever.
Theres a black vert in Denmark, but apart from that, I only remember one other black. I agree with Carsten.. It should be pretty easy to find a more suitable donor.
The rolling vert on CL, that was sold pretty fast.. I saw that on CL a several days before it appeared here.. I should have posted it here along with the Imp's I found, sorry ! I was to shot shighted to imagine that there would be any interest in such a car.
Now that I know your'e needing parts, I will gladly post and PM any possible alternative donor I find..
EDIT: Here's a one of the black beauties I've seen..
Apart from the labor-intensive maintenence, I can't see any problems with black paint on a C.. :-D
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Samplingman
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That black vert is stunning, but a white interior would put it over the top! Yes, Kasper, I've only seen one other '70 black hard top 300, it had a black interior, but now has been split for parts. It will allow many other cars to live so not a total loss.
No worries yet about my black coupe, I've accumulated a number of parts from other sources. I need this one more as a model of how to put the vert together. So far I will not need the original drive train or the white interior, so those will stay intact. I do like to tease Carsten though about parting it out.
Saforwardlook, will the new owner of the B7 300 be joining us here? I think that one will be very cool to see.
James
No worries yet about my black coupe, I've accumulated a number of parts from other sources. I need this one more as a model of how to put the vert together. So far I will not need the original drive train or the white interior, so those will stay intact. I do like to tease Carsten though about parting it out.
Saforwardlook, will the new owner of the B7 300 be joining us here? I think that one will be very cool to see.
James
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Here's one for you who are in love with a triple black 1970 300 vert.
Maybe a little bit pricey with the $23.450 asking price. But hey, it is a U code car with some nice options
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/chrysler/300/1718274.html
Maybe a little bit pricey with the $23.450 asking price. But hey, it is a U code car with some nice options
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/chrysler/300/1718274.html
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Black is a very " difficult " color for a car.
My 69 imperial is black, and I like to have a nice car ( i supose like everyone, I wanted to go badass with a dusty rusty car, but i simply cannot... ) and black is a pain is the *** to keep in good looking condition. you can see every default, every point of dust.
You are always cleaning it and it always seems dirty.
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Here is the donor.. from which I also got the seats (total disaster as well, but I am saving them anyways if I some day have to re-do them in black for my future Imperial). This car had many options. Very sad.. 8-track, sentinel lights, dash speakers, cornering lights. I paid a FORTUNE to have the parts hauled and shipped, and as I had the dash with the win, I reported it "MIA" somewhere on the interwebs.
and who am I to argue.. we only have cute salamanders here in Denmark.. abt 3 inches max.. :-D
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The healthy one from this "car and donor set-deal" is not restored, and cruising around here in Denmark. I will try to get some pictures this summer...
(if anyone cares to see yet another of the 4850 Hurst's ever made
Here it is, then.. That rear end.. Uooooohhh.... Must locate drool-bucket fast !
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Good night C-PPL's (03:31 here)
Theses Hurst are very famous in europe ! you knew them ?
They are destroyed now ?
You really get parts from them ?
yes a lot of questions...
tbm3fan
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So true as evidenced by the black 300 above. For the price the paint should be close to flawless but just look at it. Every wipe mark and swirl mark is visible. Probably even worse as the pictures show the owner washing the car to give it that new car shine and minimize the defects.
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Hi,
this 300 vert is not a factory tx9 black car. Got the fender tag, it was EA4 silver from the factory. Seller has no clue what he is talking about.
@James: You just want to hurt my feelings:beerchug:
Carsten
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EA4 and they painted in black? Bastards.......
Chryslerdude
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Ouch.. That's plain wrong..! just as bad as the rims, and them ugly babies are BAD !
I don't know anything about the potential buyer but if the car does indeed end up in Germany, I am sure it will surface at some point after starting restoration (need for parts), and then there are enough FCBO members over there to steer him in this direction.
Chryslerdude
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Theses Hurst are very famous in europe ! you knew them ?
They are destroyed now ?
You really get parts from them ?
yes a lot of questions...
Hey Xavier
I'm in Europe too.. Denmark, and please ask away.. for me, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT c-BODIES (Sorry.. "caps lock" key)
Yes.. I bought both around 2005! Check out THIS ARTICLE for more info about the cars history..!
After "prepping for shipping", it was down to ONE whole car, and some parts from the spare parts car.. (except for the parts that fell of the truck on the way to the sea port... where the skilled loaders crushed the front valence, bottom of the PS front fender, and the lower fender trim... :laughing8: when loading the car into the container).
Apart from the lost parts, the running Hurst was also in worse condition than what I expected.
After the linked article, and some buffing and polishing.. the seller had a prof. photographer do some shots for the magazine, in which the car looked super fine.. (which of course, I also WANTED to believe).
But when it arrived, it looked a bit different.. Overall it was very rusty, and a lot of it was in need of welding, in "inaccessible areas", (and a lot more welding than I would ever be able to do.)
(Will post all pic's some sunny day)
I had talked to a budy-guy about doing the rear quarters, (as the seller pointed out would need repaired), but when he saw the car irl, he ran away screaming!
On the way home, it caught fire.. (of course in a gas station). Some Albanian immigrants got some free action, when the huge monster suddenly ROARED towards them, away from the pumps with the hood wide open... spewing flames :-D But I got the flames extinguished with a bucket of windshield water, and made it home.
It also had all sorts of mechanical problems from sitting, mixed with rust issues. I wore out a few wire-brushes, and got it running decently without major cost. It still had lots of TNT power, and even thought my 69 300 had "a nice selection of sporty engine parts" installed, it was impressively fast.
I also went through up all the spares, and put the best parts on the running car. The evil Hurst rewarded my efforts, by deciding that my first attempt to go for a longer cruise, would be a good time to break the fan flange.. and subsequently fling two propeller blades, (clipping my first intact Mopar fan shroud on it's way), straight through the radiator which I just had fixed for a leak.
I was going 90 at the time, and it was cold as hell.. so the hot coolant seemed like an explosion, that resulted in a HUGE steam-cloud.. right in the middle of highway, slowing traffic in three lanes in both directions.. and of course, it was furthest away from home possible! Only good was that no one got hurt, and that I some how managed to break, and came to a halt RIGHT under a wide bridge, so I didn't get wet while inspecting the damage, and waiting for the tow truck.
Never had that fan-thing happen to me before.. Upon replacement and inspection, the flange looked like it had most of that crack forever! I quickly had the radiator "re-cored" by a skilled "radiator-guy", and instantly, it became the best looking part on the whole car.. :-D
This Hurst also had an seemingly endless number of cosmetic issues, and was thoroughly dirty everywhere. It even had mold on the dash.. and a LOT of it too. I spent countless hours cleaning the dash, steering wheel, seats, carpet, and interior in general.. I'd love to post more pictures, but I can upload any more in this post, and also thought I'd do a little illustrated story on each of my C-cars, when (if) I get some more time..
Thanks for the "Black paint warning".. I've heard them before, but apparently it takes more than cold facts, and friendly advise to persuade me NOT to get a black Imperial (or fake Hurst). I will probably need to hear it several times, before I get it. And if I see just ONE black fuselage Imperial, I will probably relapse.
I am working long hours these days. (To bed yesterday at 04:15 - And met todays first customer at 7:30), so now it's sofa time ! :-D
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