By heroldius on Skatehive
Still during the Bonham's Tupelo Automobile Museum Auction, this stunning 1960 Chrysler 300F Convertible will heading to auction for about $US 100,000. It's unfortunate that the Tupelo Automobile Museum (Mississippi) closes and must sell all these cars, but it's a rare opportunity to acquire one of them in pristine condition like this 300F. The museum is closed since the end of March, this sale in April is the end of 20 years of existence (source : Car and Driver) with cars from 1886 Benz to 1994 Dodge Viper for a total value of US$ 6,000,000. History of the Chrysler 300 The Chrysler’s new series 300 began in 1955 on the base of New Yorker hardtop coupe with front sheetmetal and the most powerful engine for Chrysler, a FirePower 331 ci Hemi V8. Success on the NASCAR racing tracks. For ten years, the letter series progressed alphabetically : 300D in 1958 with fuel injection, 300E in 1959 with a 413cc engine, 300F in 1960 with ram induction and 400 hp, and 300G in 1961 with a new design