Xander Wildeisen Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 When looking at the pictures of this car, and reading the story. A person has to wonder, why was this car not in the shed? Even back in the 80's these cars had a good value. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Chrysler-300-Series-300C-CONVERTIBLE-/232311254407?hash=item3616d46d87:g:TMgAAOSwBOtY~MXE&vxp=mtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 There was probably a like new Dodge Omni in the shed so there was no room for this. I actually looked at the website photos and it's hard to tell if the shed was big enough or even had a garage door to put the Chrysler in. From the photos, boy one is buying just a vin tag, a garbage can full of trim pieces and an engine core. I notice he is holding back the vin info. so it won't get out when the rebodied car comes on the market that this is where the vin came from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hill Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Nice white leather interior and white top Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike36 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 We all know there are stupid people in this world, but until now I didn't realize anyone could be this stupid. One of the grand highway cruisers of all time left out to rot . Unbelievable! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Novak Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Doubt that you could even make one of those Rat Rod Rust buckets out of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BillP Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Impossible to say from afar the reason this car sat out. Death, divorce, insanity, revenge, apathy...who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Only 45K miles! Brought to you by Pete's Classic Car Remnants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Maybe they kept the Duesenberg in the shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I get a kick out of these paranoid sellers that jump the potential buyer about smart remarks about the car. I wouldn't buy from someone that warns his potential buyers that he has an attitude. As mentioned, he is paranoid about the vin as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger914 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I have a shed half full of valuable vintage stuff and I would really like to meet up with the guy that pays $25,000 for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 THE CAR IS A ROUGH CORE FOR A REBODY OR CONVERSION. FRAME AND BODY ARE RUSTED . ,BUT THE TIRES HOLD AIR AND IT STEERS. I DONT NEED ANY SMART COMMENTS ABOUT HOW ROUGH IT IS. Someone should send him a smart remark as a question, and post his response here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I disagree, someone should send him a dumb comment, he doesn't seem to be against, nor above, those..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Have seen that kind of bow/stern buckling before in 'verts that were driven on the ocean beach like Daytona. Salt gets everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 (edited) I always wonder what a car like that looked like when they parked it. In this case, probably good. A shame either way........ Edited April 28, 2017 by Skyking (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Carl Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Yeah , I especially do like that salesman's : "........... but the tires hold air.......... " Really great stuff ! Thanks , X' ! - Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 25K - wow .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Carl Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Salesman extending right hand , palm up : "Nice------- big trunk" - CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 If it were not for the copper in the wire harness I think it would fall apart without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Walling Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 If the price is open for negotiation, it isn't far off. That car in #1 cond is $183,000 In #3 condition it is @124,000 I have a friend that has one for sale that is an unfinished amateur restoration that needs a lot of work for $25,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 The pics raise the question of if there even is a frame anymore or if there is, in how many pieces is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Well judging from the spring shackle shot taken from the top side of the car and nothing at all above the rear spring, I would have to say the frame may be a little weak? Just a guess though. So is this a car that actually isn't solid? Seems every rusty car out there is rusty but solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I don't buy anything that crook has to say, the auction says it all.... Hard to believe he has 154 followers, I guess in todays world it shouldn't be much of a surprise though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 The good thing is you guys are interested in this lump, so there are less people interested the good stuff I like. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 What ever 300-C trim and mechanical parts are there will one day be swapped to a garden variety 57 Chrysler convertible. The vin tag is KEY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Pete has good buyer feedback - http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller&userid=petesclassiccars&iid=232311254407&de=off&items=25&interval=0&searchInterval=30&mPg=8&keyword=232311254407&page=3 Great seller. Easy to deal with! HUDSON HORNET CONVERTIBLE (#231061709104) US $18,495.00 awesome guy to deal with ---- hope to again !!!! AUBURN AUBURN SPEEDSTER (#231148503545) US $24,100.00 Peter is amazing to work with, very understanding and professional! PEERLESS CUSTOM 8 (#231300707562) US $19,500.00 excellent seller! Easy 2 communicate with! Item delivered as described! A+++ Indian : 440- 4 CYLINDER (#230982020139) US $34,000.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Please do not take my post wrong, not slamming the seller. Just thought it was sad to see one of the great Chrysler 300's rot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Chrysler cars never had any resale value. From 1960 to 1967 the only one I remember on the Grandfather's lot was a '58 DeSoto. And I remember that from backing it into its spot using the dash mounted rear view mirror looking through the tunnel of the tailfins. We never wanted a Chrysler product and used they were the cheap stuff. Every Sunday paper for decades had a cheap, price buster MoPar display ad. In 1966 I paid $600 at the town Buick dealer for a ;60 Invicta and I remember an Imperial Southhampton sitting on the lot for about the same money. Around the same time I bought a really clean '59 Dodge convertible at the city police auction, well under $50, maybe about $20, that had been vandalized by slicing the top and interior. The junkyard had a '58 or '59 Chrysler convertible with a good top. I removed it and put it on the Dodge to find the contours were different. The point is, at ten years old those cars were junkyard stuff. No one really wanted them. I didn't keep the Dodge and it got parted. Actually, around that time I had a Packard Caribbean given to me when I inquired if it was for sale. At the time Chevies had used car value and a few other GM cars. The rest of the cars were cheap and pretty much unwanted. And 2 4's, in 1973 and 1974 guys had those manifolds stacked like cord wood. Owners would give you the 24 manifold when you put a 2 barrel on. I bet that car was parked about 1968. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 That was then and this is now. MoPars hold their own Try on a 57 DeSoto convertible, and many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) Yeah XW we get what your intention was with the posting, but $25k for a "rare" car that has NO FRAME or METAL left anywhere ??? That's criminal no matter how rare the car is or how talented someone is. Even if someone has deep pockets,, who the hell's going to throw $25k down for this pile of rot when ever piece of metal needs replaced from concrete to upper quarters...? Besides the frame and every other metal piece of support/structure, 80% of the body will need replaced, then will it be the 1 of 484 ? NO, after looking at this one we know there is only 483 left at best, this one doesn't even count except for the vin and some tags and the shameful past it lived outside. Sure some chrome is worth saving and a few other parts.. but overall, very few salvageable parts are even left on the shell that will not have to have a complete resto and when you add it up, well, that's debatable now isn't it folks if the new owner will even break even.... As I said, nothing surprises me anymore in this day and age though... I'm sure there's a barnum brother out there that has nothing better to do than burn the dough and may consider it a challenge to take on a project like this but there is no way in hell he will make any REAL profit on this one... there's just to much work to be done. Even if after completion it comes in as a 1 - the disclosure of "unoriginality" alone will kill it imo... If he/she bought it just to keep and say he has one, then for the love of it more power to him/her.. $25k is laughable... which is why he stated the "don't bug me" comment in the description... he knows it's true and he knew he would hear it from others who see through this kind of BS. To me that doesn't speak of integrity at all, just the opposite. Mopars do hold there own, but this one..? This one is not in that category at all... EDIT: It is a shame to see this great vehicle rot like this but it's even more insulting when a seller shows a lack of common sense and insults the audience of people who love these old cars and still be considered a "credible" seller. It's disturbing that good folks buy into it...especially when the evidence is so obvious... I don't blame anyone for loving this car, but this seller has no credibility in my view. Edited April 30, 2017 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 37 minutes ago, Curti said: That was then and this is now. It appeared the thought was, what they left outside THEN and what was left inside the shed then. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) It's common for people to list like this just to get exposure and sell outside of eBay. Like using an unreachable reserve. They they may get contacts after it ends. See, this seller put his phone right there in the ad. CONTACT- PETER KRELL 469-569-0827 Driver's door sill needs some love too. Edited April 30, 2017 by mike6024 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Must have been fun getting that door shut after the photos unless that top frame is so seized in place that it acted like a roof brace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike36 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 22 hours ago, 60FlatTop said: It appeared the thought was, what they left outside THEN and what was left inside the shed then. Bernie I have seen convertibles of many manufacturers left out in the weather until the top was gone, and the rest of the car was useless junk. It has nothing to do with the resale value and everything to do with the owner being a moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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