Owner: Kevin Millar
1969 Chrysler 300

Purchased back on October, 1987, my Chrysler was previously owned by one of our parts men at work and was purchased for the princely sum of $500. Apart from some rust in the quarter panels, some parking lot dings and one small dent in the roof, it was a solid car despite the 133,000 odd miles on it at the time.

The interior was a little worse for wear. The front seats were torn and the left seat back was badly cracked. It was the fact that it had bucket seats and a console, plus the fact that I had never seen a four door hardtop with this interior that convinced me to buy it.

I drove it in the same condition I bought it until July 1, 1988. On this particular long weekend a sixteen-year-old girl decided to turn left in front of me and the end result was one wounded 300. This, by the way, was in Billings, Montana. Now that I look back I wonder if the accident had never happened, would the car have ever gone much beyond that way I bought it?
Once I got back home, the car was booked into our body shop at work. Work started Stampede week, 1988 and was finished a week before I left for holidays. The car went to San Francisco and Reno - nothing like a shake-down for the beast.

The car is equipped with the standard 440 4bbl K code engine, 727 torqueflight, 3.23 sure grip rear and power everything. It now has nearly 166,000 miles on it and I doubt if the engine has ever been opened up. This car has given me a lot of pleasure and a few fits, but get rid of it? NEVER!!