Rubatoguy
Member
Hello,
I grew up with my parents 1971 300 two door and loved that car. I am looking to find a '69 to '71 300 2 door, and wanted to get the wisdom of the group of what to look for when buying. My remembrance was that the car was pretty bulletproof, with the exception of getting rust right below the bottom corners of the rear window. We lived in CA, and noticed that, so I can only imagine it was worse on cars in more rainy areas. We had the automatic temperature A/C and the unit under the hood where the heater hoses passed though was prone to cracking if the engine got very hot. Also, I found out that the tiny water hose from the waterpump - not sure where it went to - it was only about 6" long, was prone to bursting when you revved the engine if it were not in perfect condition.
Always wanting my Dad to get dual exhausts, ours had the standard 440, I would drive though the Caldecot tunnel between Orinda and Berkeley and speed up, turn off the engine and pump the gas pedal, then turn on the engine - with the corresponding explosion in the exhaust. But Midas kept replacing the mufflers which would end up having the end caps blown out. I never was successful it trying to tell my Dad that installing dual exhaust would cure the problem - because he told me that he knew what I was doing. When he was a boy, that was a popular trick to scare people on the street corner when he was a teen.
Todd
I grew up with my parents 1971 300 two door and loved that car. I am looking to find a '69 to '71 300 2 door, and wanted to get the wisdom of the group of what to look for when buying. My remembrance was that the car was pretty bulletproof, with the exception of getting rust right below the bottom corners of the rear window. We lived in CA, and noticed that, so I can only imagine it was worse on cars in more rainy areas. We had the automatic temperature A/C and the unit under the hood where the heater hoses passed though was prone to cracking if the engine got very hot. Also, I found out that the tiny water hose from the waterpump - not sure where it went to - it was only about 6" long, was prone to bursting when you revved the engine if it were not in perfect condition.
Always wanting my Dad to get dual exhausts, ours had the standard 440, I would drive though the Caldecot tunnel between Orinda and Berkeley and speed up, turn off the engine and pump the gas pedal, then turn on the engine - with the corresponding explosion in the exhaust. But Midas kept replacing the mufflers which would end up having the end caps blown out. I never was successful it trying to tell my Dad that installing dual exhaust would cure the problem - because he told me that he knew what I was doing. When he was a boy, that was a popular trick to scare people on the street corner when he was a teen.
Todd
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