Equipment
392/390hp, dual quads, pushbutton automatic, wheel covers, whitewalls, pushbutton radio, bucket seats, power windows, steering and brakes.
Condition
From the John Staluppi Collection. Serial no. 001. One of 484 built. Show awards about 10 years ago including AACA Grand National Senior. A few light scratches on the front bumper. The headlight bezels don't quite fit evenly, and there's a paint chip behind the right one. Paint chips around the left taillight as well. Good older paint otherwise. Excellent tight-fitting top. Very good interior and nearly showroom engine compartment and chassis. An eye-catching and rare open top banker's hot rod, but starting to show its age and no longer the show car it once was. John Staluppi Cars of Dreams Collection.
Market commentary
Sold at Mecum's Indianapolis auction in 2018 for $214,500 and today still essentially as it appeared then except with two more miles showing on the odometer. The 300C is the most famous of Chrysler's letter cars and being the first convertible built adds some distinction, but not nearly enough to explain the sensational price it brought. By virtue of its Indy result it was already the most expensive 300C Convertible at auction, and it just surpassed that record result by two-thirds. This is a meaningful result only in the annals of paying too much.