1957 Chrysler 300C

VIN: 3N571001

$357,500

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1957 Chrysler 300C

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Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    3N571001

  • Body style

    Convertible

  • Odometer

    38133 M

  • Horsepower

    375

  • Interior Color

    Tan leather

  • Exterior Color

    White

  • Generation

    1957 Chrysler 300C

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

392/390hp, dual quads, pushbutton automatic, wheel covers, whitewalls, pushbutton radio, bucket seats, power windows, steering and brakes.

Condition

#2 Excellent

Could win a regional car show. Drives like new.

About Hagerty’s condition ratingsClose

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.