1963 Chrysler 300

There are all kinds of reasons why one might be attracted to the 1963 Chrysler 300, but for owner Mark Rumble the attraction was simply that the car stood apart from his own previous cars and other people’s. He explains: “I’d just come into a bit of money and fancied something different.” ‘Something different’ accurately summarises most of Mark’s automotive history. His first car was a Ford Escort 100E, which was followed by a chopped Thames 400E van with a mid-mounted Rover V8, then two mild-custom Hillman Minxes – a 1960 saloon and a rare 1959 estate. “My only criterion was that I wanted a V8, but I was really after a British car like a Consul or Zephyr, or maybe a small Yank. Then I saw this Chrysler on eBay and that was it…

“The car had always been up north while in Britain.