Re: {Chrysler 300} 300M recognition

["'John' via Chrysler 300 Club International" <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Yes John G. you are correct. 

   As I wrote that I realize my “luck” of not having the mice issue on several cars that the lids are cracked open. No indications of mice present in the garages. 

    The cars were also parked on a plywood base with a plastic barrier between the concrete and plywood to keep moisture from rising up so trunks were dry.

     For a mouse problem I had heard of tying string parallel to the side of a vehicle a foot from the side and 2-3 feet off the floor. Then tie different lengths of plastic orange marking ribbon to the string some touching the floor. Add a rotating fan to gently move the orange ribbons and the mice thinks that snakes are present. It worked great for a Brother who was in rural Arkansas in a garage that had mice. Now he used mouse traps too to keep them at bay and some bags of mouse away by his tires. 

   My apologies for going off topic.

    John Klir

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On May 8, 2025, at 9:22 AM, John Grady <jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



yeah but then mice get in set up housekeeping . far worse problem been there twice  . close windows tight etc 

On May 8, 2025, at 9:59 AM, 'John' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I will add to this moisture control trunk subject by referencing my experience. By leaving the trunk lid open slightly while the vehicle is in storage, that seemed to end the excessive moisture that formed underneath the rubber floor mat. 

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On May 8, 2025, at 5:54 AM, Bob Merritt <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On the subject of recognizing the 300M, or for that

matter the SRT8 ScatPack Hellcat series, 

I think these are great. I am

happy to see them among our cars in the parking lot

at a meet. But there are clubs already established

for these cars. Let them carry the torch and we'll

do what we do best; Letter Cars.

Bob

On 5/7/2025 10:42 AM, John Nowosacki wrote:

Maybe it's my morning caffeine talking, combined with this email thread, but a couple things come to mind-

Rubber trunk mats are almost always the death of the metal underneath.  I bought a very clean Hurst out of dry Colorado and the trunk floor was still an orange tinged color of surface rust when I lifted the trunk mat.  Cars from wetter climates are usually swiss cheese at best.

AACA events have a 25 year cutoff date for entry, so starting this year, theoretically a 2000 model year car can be entered.  

That got me thinking, as I remember some club news issues that were devoted to the 'latest letter car' back in 1999 when the 4 door, front wheel drive, V-6, 253 hp 300m and 300m Special (lower case m on purpose) was introduced.  Maybe it should have been called the Chrysler 253, or perhaps at best a non-letter 300?  The club did give the car a fair amount of attention when it first arrived on the scene.  It's now an antique and eligible for AACA events.  Does the club recognize this car, even tangentially?  I do not own one, and have no plans to own one, just asking.  A neighbor had one and loved it, but it got totaled in an accident as a 10 year old car in 2009.

It may have done better in the Sebring platform.  At least it could have been a 2 door and a convertible (still as a non-letter).

Before we know it, the 'retro' 300 from 2005 will be an antique.  Sure wish they made an SRT-8, 2-door convertible version of it, too.  At least it had a 300+ HP 'Hemi' engine in it.

My first 300 acquisition was a 62 non-letter, purchased in 1983 as a not-yet-antique 21 year old used car for $300.  Used as a daily driver.

My first letter car was a G coupe purchased in 1986 as a just-eligible-for-antique-plates 25 year old 'collector car'.  I now know how some of the guys who collected pre-war and Model A cars felt in 1990 when their cars turned 60+ years old.

On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM Anthony Doughty <62red300h@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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From: Anthony Doughty <62red300h@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2025 8:52 PM
To: 62red300h@xxxxxxxxx <62red300h@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: AACA Original Class Judging Plus 300H Trunk Mat Question

 

This past weekend the AACA held its Western National Meet in Tucson so I entered our unrestored 300H coupe for evaluation in the Original Class. It did well, earning an Original badge. It lost a few points for my switch to radial tires as I drive it regularly, plus the addition of an electric auxiliary fuel pump for priming purposes. I also learned the current fabric trunk mat had replaced the original rubber mat at some point. Does anyone have an original mat they could snap a photo of so I could see what sort of pattern it had?  

Thanks for any help or advice.

Tony Doughty

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