LAST OF THE BIG 300s
The early 1970s were generally not good years for full-size cars, but some drivers refused to give in to the energy crisis and increasing regulation.
“This couple had it and they kept it in a garage up here,” said Jim Salisbury, the Otego, N.Y., owner of this 1971 Chrysler 300, “and they’d go to Florida in the winter and they’d keep it in a carport. It was always out of the sun, therefore the interior’s not ruined, and it was out of the winter, so the body’s in good shape.”
The 300 by then had a somewhat complicated history thanks to Chrysler’s odd decision to use the name on different cars. The series began in 1955 with the C-300, when the name made perfect sense because it represented
