Re: [FWDLK] 60 300F Special Conv.

[Dieter Bauer <dbkabauer@AZTEC-NET.COM>]

From various articles I have read of the 9 that were built, 4 are confirmed to exist as mentioned below, 2 are confirmed destroyed, the original show car was supposedly dismantled by Chrysler and the other 2 or (maybe 3) are un-accounted for. They may still exist in a junkyard or somewhere in a barn or garage, although if they were in a junkyard someone would probably have discovered them by now.

The search continues

 

Dieter

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Graefen <wgraefen@OMNIGLOBAL.NET>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU>
Date: March 18, 2000 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 60 300F Special Conv.

While I have not personally seen this particular 300F Special, I have seen the other two, besides mine, which bring the total of existing 300F Specials to four.

 

The 300F Special is the penultimate in the Chrysler 300 Letter Series in styling and performance.  The head of the project spoke to the 300 Club Intl some years ago and said that this small group of cars were all prototypes.  There is documentation showing that this was Chrysler's "Gran Tourismo" project.  Potentially nine (or perhaps 10) of these cars were built.  One "mule" test car, six hardtops which were the 6 fastest cars at Daytona Speed Week, one post-Daytona hardtop (mine) and one convertible (currently advertised).  On the sand at Daytona, the Flying Mile record was 144.927 mph.  On Chrysler's own test track, another F Special hit 167 mph.  In 1961 with dual Paxton superchargers, a 300F Spl then owned by Andy Granatelli hit 189.99 mph.

 

What are these cars WORTH? 

EXACTLY what a willing buyer and willing seller may agree upon.

 

Wayne Graefen

300F Special Gran Tourismo

(see my car at www.carpictures.com)