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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 10/21/2019 at 14:09 • Filed to: chrysler 300 srt8

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Too bad so many of these fell victim to terrible, tacky mods and neglect. They may not have been a competitive luxury sports sedan, but damn they were badass.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/21/2019 at 14:17

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My dad had a new 300C when it came out.  I thought the car was so kickass.  Still kinda like them.

ranwhenparked > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/21/2019 at 14:19

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The design h as aged well, if you can find one that’s been cared for. Most of them I see have cloudy headlights, dull paint, scraped up bumpers, and wheels turned black with caked on brake dust.

Also, often a cursive “in memory of” decal across the back window.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/21/2019 at 14:19

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They’re pretty badass when spec’d right.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > ranwhenparked 10/21/2019 at 14:20

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Sadly, at the end of the day the gen 1 300 was a crappy faux-luxury car that placed image above everything else.

ranwhenparked > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/21/2019 at 14:25

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The interior was the big letdown. That, and the crappy 2.7 base engine. 

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > ranwhenparked 10/21/2019 at 14:28

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Yeah my old roomm ate had a beige V6 AWD. God that thing was awful.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ranwhenparked 10/21/2019 at 15:00

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Don't forget the eBay Bentley grille

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/21/2019 at 15:13

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Most of them fell in with the wrong crowd. Got into r unnin’  with those boys down the way, gangbangin. Fell victim to the streets.

ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/21/2019 at 15:19

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Or, just a faded ”B” emblem sticker over the Chrysler logo on the existing grille.

Jordan > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/21/2019 at 16:47

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It was a good car. It was just the interior that was crap

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2019 at 09:36

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I still love the look of the 1st gen 300 SRT.  All SRT 300's really, they are just so badass looking.  This coming from a Magnum owner, lol.