For Sale: 1962 Chrysler 300H Convertible - RARE - "Second owner since 1979" - Gettysburg, PA - Not Mine - 10/1/23 Reduced

[6T-FinSeeker]

For sale on Facebook: 1962 Chrysler 300H Convertible in Gettysburg, PA  -  $75,000  -  Must be a member of Facebook to access Seller's contact information.

 

On 10/1/23, Seller reduced price to $55,000

 

Link: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1297634410685175/1962-Chrysler-300H-Convertible

 

Seller's Description:

1962 Chrysler 300H Convertible

• 2 owners
• Driven 97,562 miles
• Automatic transmission
• Exterior color: Red
• Clean title
• This vehicle has no significant damage or problems

1962 Chrysler 300H Red convertible. Only 123 made. Owned since 1979, garage kept. The car is in very nice condition including the top. Asking $55,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2023 by 6T-FinSeeker
update price (see edit history)

[alsancle]

Great car!

[63RedBrier]

Shouldn't the engine have the cross-rams with the runners leading out to the carbs mounted closer to the wheel-wells?  Maybe the '61 G's were the last year for this feature?

[58L-Y8]

Source: Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1946-1975, Edited by John Gunnell, for the 1962 Chrysler 300H:

"A variety of high-performance engine options were available, although the inline, dual carbureted engine was standard."  

Only 123 of these 1962 300H convertibles were produced.

[suchan]

Great car.

I know zero about this model, but I love cars that come from a long-time owner, and 43 years is definitely a long time.

As a non-Facebook person, I can't understand why someone would post there if only other Facebook users can access the seller's contact info.

It's a valuable car; pony up for an ad where everybody can join the fun.

 

[Gary_Ash]

At one point in the distant past, Hertz had a program to rent older cars.  One time, on a business trip, I rented an 300H convertible from them.  It ran like a scalded cat in a straight line, wouldn’t corner at all.  Hertz told me it had been owned by Karen Carpenter originally - I’d love to believe that.  Those were the days!

[Jim Skelly]

Richard Carpenter had a nice collection of 300s, but they were too young to have bought any of them new.

[B Jake Moran]

I think it is a cool car but has too high of miles to command $75,000 except from monied Mopar collectors who don't care what a car they must have - costs.     It is a truly great car though, in those sporting colors, convertible and all...

[John_S_in_Penna]

A Chrysler 300 letter-car is a perfect case of 

specialty models, rare when new, becoming quite common.

So many people have preserved them and lavished

money on restoration that there are always quite a

few examples available for sale at any time.

 

Some other models, once routine and overlooked,

may be many, many times rarer today than this car!

[6T-FinSeeker]

On 10/1/23, Seller reduced price to $55,000.

 

[John_S_in_Penna]

The owner has been trying to sell this car for

at least a year and a half now, since our first

posting about it was in the spring of 2022.

 

The price should be more and more negotiable

as time goes by.

[58L-Y8]

Absolutely love those four bucket seat/console interiors in these 300 Letter Series models.  Although it wouldn't be factory, a 'phantom' 1962 Dodge Custom 880 D-500 convertible with four speed transmission and this interior configuration would be the ultimate. 

[theconvertibleguy]

Love the colour and the rarity, but that price would drive me away. For reference, I can get a decent C2 corvette up here for that cash, especially after conversion and customs.