Gas Monkey gets a Three Hundred.

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Not saying that I approve, but. Gas monkey found a Three Hundred.



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Big flipper operation going on there. Saying about the Lincoln that 'these things are kind of almost worth more in scrap' was a bit rough.
 
Is Gas Monkey even on TV anymore ? I have not seen it since Arron left.
 
I posted on this purchase about 6 months ago so this is a helpful update on the car but using the search function on this site I couldn't access the previous post.

The original owner was a country music singer known for being a racist.

I just hope the car goes to a good home. These cars look very good in white to me at least.
 
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David A. Coe is a country-western singer. Richard Rawlings runs Gas Monkey. Rather than on tv, now mostly YouTube, it seems. Richard just sold off part of his collection to buy some more cars. Seems like I recall seeing something about that 300 somewhere?

Enjoy!
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and others noted in the past that he is a country music singer known for being a racist.
Shouldn't condemn a man on hearsay. Even if he were on record making 'racist' remarks, that's a topic of discussion unrelated to the car and the post, it's political in nature, which can quickly turn into a **** show.
I'd be interested to know how much they want for it, really nice, original car.
 
The one that commented on my original post is well known for his good judgment and only says things that have a strong basis. The New York Times. among many others also have contained numerous articles that use that term relative to David Allan Coe. I don't think racism is a political issue. It is a humane issue.

He would be asking around $20K for it if you listen carefully near the end of the video.
 
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If anyone can ruin a car it's Richard Rawlings....Aaron Kaufman was the only thing that made that fake drama show worthwhile.
 
The one that commented on my original post is well known for his good judgment and only says things that have a strong basis. The New York Times. among many others also have contained numerous articles that use that term relative to David Allan Coe, among others. I don't think racism is a political issue. It is a humane issue.

He would be asking around $20K for it if you listen carefully near the end of the video.
The New York Times, enough said.
 
I was having a hard time watching the wash with the watch product placement.
 
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If anyone can ruin a car it's Richard Rawlings....Aaron Kaufman was the only thing that made that fake drama show worthwhile.
Richard always had an eye to selling what they worked on, but Chip Foose and "Overhauling" ruined more GOOD cars, by observation. At least to me.
 
The Three Hundred has had a repaint, the right rear 1/4 rear of wheel looks bubbly
 
I was having a hard time watching the wash with the watch product placement.

I winced when the guy wiped down the instrument cluster face with a wet towel containing who knows what. Painting the numerals and letters in those years was a pretty cheap move since whatever was used easily rubbed off..........................
 
I never liked Rawlings. I don't know if he's really like the persona that he has for TV and videos, but I never cared for any of those "reality" car shows and really don't care for his nonsense. I don't like Coe either... He's another loud mouth wannabe full of fake stories. I will admit to liking a couple of his mainstream songs though... LOL.

But back to the car... I watched the video about them finding and buying it. It looks like a decent car... I skimmed through the detailing and it looks like it cleaned up OK. Not a show winner, but looks like a decent driver. Nice color combo too.

With any car that some celebrity has owned, there will always be some value added or subtracted, depending on the person that owned it. I mean Hitler's Mercedes is worth a lot of money. I wouldn't want it myself... While the evil isn't in the car, I wouldn't be able to have the thing around knowing who's butt sat in the back seat.

Now you get something like John Lennon's Chrysler wagon, the value is always going to be more than if I owned it.

So, David Allan Coe is just enough of a celebrity that it would effect the value and interest on this car. Some are going to really want it and willing to pay more because he owned it. Myself, as I said, I don't like the guy, so I wouldn't place any more value on his having owned it. In fact, his reputation of being racist etc. might even cut the market and value down a bit.

Nothing political about this, just facts as I see them.

Coe has maintained that he is not racist, but geez.. I'm not going to post the link..... or discuss it one way or another any more than this. Just go to YouTube and search for "david allan coe x rated hits" and when the "18 X rated hits" album comes up in the search, listen for the first couple minutes and you can decide. BTW, it NSFW.
 
Rawlings is just another, Fevered ego tainting our collective unconscious. With that being said though, I'm well aware IL probably never be as successful as he is. No, I am not better then him. And by me saying he's a *******, that ain't gonna make me feel better about myself either. I am just a troll lol. Does he give a Fu*k what some random.dude says about him online? I wanna guess not. I don't hate him because is wealthy. He is a self made man, I can respect the hell out of that. But he's not a real gear head. Hes just a blow hard who is just in it for the money. I know Aaron hated mopars but I really admired his tastes and skill set at least. Richard Would never buy a C body I feel unless it was almost for free or, like this car, had a well known name attached to it.

As far as Coe being a racist, idk, maybe he is or isn't. But when it comes to Music, I always make it a point to separate the Art, from the artist. I know people that feel MJ is a pedophile, and they still adore his music. The human species is a fascinating study.
 
People are over sensitive these days, being offended by anything and everything, heck, there's even a study funded by the Norwegian government to determine whether white paint is racist or not!, maybe the colour white has to be banned too... I couldn't care less about this Coe fellow, what he's done or said, and his music is not something I care for either, at least he had good taste in cars. People who live in glass houses... no human being is perfect, whatever, I like the Chrysler 300.
 
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