75kona
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Howdy ya'll from the PNW! kinda stumbled into this car this weekend and thought I would share my experience. I was down at a horse show over the weekend helping a family friend. And his older family friend came down and we started talking about cars and truck we had or have. Told him I was in the middle of restoring a 1956 chevy big window truck and have 1949 5 window gmc next in line. He told me he has a heck of a deal for me if I was looking for another project. We went over to his house and he uncovered the beast! 1968 Chrysler 300 2 door hardtop. Now a little back story.
His mom bought it new in '68 and put the current 103k miles that were on it driving to church and the grocery store. She ran into a mail box at the young age of 92 and they took her keys away back in '05 where it continued to sit in the same garage since new up until about two years ago when they drove it out side and covered it up. He said he had been wanting to sell it for ever and just wanted it gone, and also wanted it to go to someone who will show it some love.
He told me to make him an offer and I said this is your house and with all respect I wouldn't want to offend him. I was afraid I would offer to low since I don't know what they are worth and wasn't expecting to buy anything while I was down there. I then told him to throw out what he was looking to get. Let's just say I shook his hand without even dickering! Heading down to get it in a couple of weeks! And to top it off they kept the factory dealer window sticker which is pretty cool! Sorry for the long first post just very excited over the new car! Inside and out this thing has stood the test of time and it won't take much to get it looking sharp again!
His mom bought it new in '68 and put the current 103k miles that were on it driving to church and the grocery store. She ran into a mail box at the young age of 92 and they took her keys away back in '05 where it continued to sit in the same garage since new up until about two years ago when they drove it out side and covered it up. He said he had been wanting to sell it for ever and just wanted it gone, and also wanted it to go to someone who will show it some love.
He told me to make him an offer and I said this is your house and with all respect I wouldn't want to offend him. I was afraid I would offer to low since I don't know what they are worth and wasn't expecting to buy anything while I was down there. I then told him to throw out what he was looking to get. Let's just say I shook his hand without even dickering! Heading down to get it in a couple of weeks! And to top it off they kept the factory dealer window sticker which is pretty cool! Sorry for the long first post just very excited over the new car! Inside and out this thing has stood the test of time and it won't take much to get it looking sharp again!
