Wow. Wow. If this car doesn’t cause a few hairs to rise on the back of your neck than I am seriously at a loss as to what will. This is a 1964 Chrysler 300 Sport Coupe and man, what a car. This black beauty and/or beast can be found here on Craigslist in Honesdale, Pennsylvania and the seller is asking a mere $3,500 for this car. I said they’re asking $3,500 for this Chrysler 300 Sport Coupe. This black, two-door Chrysler 300 with a red interior and a 305-hp 383 engine and it’s also an AC-equipped car. Need I say more? Well, I’m going to in a bit, but first, thanks to Ikey H. for tracking down this fantastic car and sending in the tip rather than just flat out buying it instantly! This one will not last long.
I can’t believe that this car is still for sale, how can that be? Hagerty is at $6,100 for a #4 fair condition car and yet here is a super desirable version for $3,500 that certainly looks and sound like it’s in fair condition? If this isn’t a flipper alert I don’t know what is.
Chrysler’s non-letter series 300 cars were produced for the 1962 to 1971 model years and 1964 was the last year for the first-generation cars. I think that this car defines the term cool, in a mean, sleeper sort of way. I’ll be surprised if there are a lot of negative comments about this one, I don’t really see one thing wrong with it as a $3,500 car and it’s a steal at that price, there is just no question about it.
The seller has owned this 300 for a decade and they have done a lot of work on it in that time, including “brakes, steel brake lines and wheel cylinders and master cylinder, new fuel tank, new fuel tank sending unit, fuel pump, water pump, fan belts, rebuilt 2 barrel carb, new gaskets, distributor, points, and condenser.” They talk about the interior as needing to be restored but there looks to be more good than bad inside. The back seats look great but I’m assuming that the top of the seat backs and seat bottoms need to be reupholstered as well as the front seats. No problem, it’s just money, right? (cough) If a good upholstery shop can’t match that fabric and pattern than they aren’t a good upholstery shop.
Here’s the 305-hp 383 cubic-inch power that pulls this 4,100-pound car from 0 to 60 in 8 seconds. Not bad for a giant, luxurious, smooth, quiet, 54-year old car, eh? They list some features as being “push button 727 automatic. AC, PS, PB, dual exhaust, factory tinted glass”, and they also say that the “Engine runs very good, transmission shifts great.” They also mention that this car needs paint but I’m not sure if that includes bodywork or rust repair? It sure looks good to me from the photos. For $3,500 this 300 coupe sure seems like a no-brainer, doesn’t it?
Between this and the Lark from yesterday we’ve seen two great bargains!
Looks like a deal as long as as rust isn’t an issue. I can’t remember seeing any of these cars as a coupe and dog dish caps, too cool.
Mopar dog dish caps with the ring of holes were supplied for heavy duty use vehicles including taxicabs and police cruisers. The 300 came standard with full wheel covers.
That said, if someone were to special order the car with the heavy duty suspension, brake & wheel package, Chrysler would make it. Would need to decipher the fender ID tag to see if it was a special order car. If so, it’s probably the only one.
Perhaps it was ordered by a small town local police chief as his primary transport, hence the black paint as well. Years ago I worked on a 1963 Chrysler Newport sedan that had been used by a police chief, the special brake package included the 3″ wide drum brakes used on the Imperial, and the heavy duty 15″ Dodge truck rims.
305 H.P. out of a 383 2 barrel?
Apparently that is legit.
http://www.chrysler300clubinc.com/1964-300.html
With the usual 9-9.5:1 compression ratio the 383 was rated at 290 h.p. With the 10:1 ratio, 305 seems very doable.
Very sinister looking in black, but a nice
car all the same. If I weren’t looking at
wheelchair vans for Mom, I’d be all over
this one–insurance rates be damned.
Sorta reminds me of a supervisor’s car
for the Highway Patrol with those dogdish hubcaps and that black paint job. The only thing I’d change would be
the carb. A 4bbl would give you 10 to 15
extra ponies without any serious deviation from its original state. This one
has “sleeper” written all over it!
Seemed like a “too good to be true” deal at first. When I read the ad, though, it doesn’t smell of scammer to me. Unless there’s some hidden fatal rust, it’s a heck of a deal. Despite the seller’s claim it’s not a particularly rare car, but very cool nevertheless.
Looked at the sellers other ads, they have a couple more cars, parts, a scooter and several household items including a vita-mix 3600 which can make a 2×4 into a smoothy! My guess is cash is tight.
Nice looking car. What a deal! I hear that cars can rust though, in Honesdale-from Lackawaxen!! (I’ll see myself out)
These are great cars. I had a 300K Convertible that is one of the cars I should have never sold. These are nice solid cars with very little plastic, mine gave the great feeling of leather and chrome. Very foreign to anything built in the last 50 years.
I had one of these in the late seventies almost identical, except it had two extra doors and a light blue interior also a hardtop. I was too young to know what I had back then, also wished I had kept it.
When it comes to leather, ‘Corinthian’ translates to ‘thin as I can see’.
My Lexus’s leather seats, you could make handbags out of.
This car looks like a steal – I suspect if it had serious rust issues, the seller wouldn’t have put in all the work and money he has.
Such an unloved car by the general collector car World. Even in convertible. Neat to see one of these out and driving, but I have no interest in owning one.
I always get a kick out of when someone posts how “rare” a car is” with thousands made. This guy says that it is a rare car with only 13,401 of these built that year. At 18 feet per car, that’s a line of these bumper to bumper that’s over 45 miles long! Doesn’t seem so rare when you look at it like that. :)
To a degree, I agree with you that it wasn’t a super rare car when built…However, how many of those 13,401 still exist? I would say it is a safe bet that half or less (?) Still not “investment grade”, but a cool car nonetheless. These cars don’t have much collect-ability, since, lets face it, they have a face only a mother could love! I would rock it though! Maybe it needs a Hellcrate swap! LOL
I would bet closer to 10% survival. With the absolute loss of interest in heavy metal during the various gas crisis events and occasional high scrap metal value……can’t be many left. The letter series probably faired better because they have always been special cars. For most of this cars life it was just an old car.
Spoke to owner, super nice guy, he said there was rust in the floor pans that has been repaired, the right front fender has rust but he has a replacement fender, the seats and headliner need to be redone, the rear tires are dry rotted, needs an idler arm, there’s a cracked exhaust pipe that’s a simple fix, etc. He has someone coming tonight that he said sounds very serious.
Does the air work, though? That’s a deal breaker here in hot central Texas. I wonder if I could beat them to it…LOL
Geez, I submitted this 4 or 5 days ago. If I didn’t live 1700 miles away, I would have run right over to check it out!
Nice car, nice price. These look good in the 2 doors, but I thought the 4 doors looked dumpy even when new. They do tend to lag behind in collector values though. The next generation seems to do better.
Nice cars – the 300 replaced the Windsor model, if I recall correctly.
Now if this had the Long-Ram 413 that my buddy’s dad’s ’64 New Yorker had under the hood, it would be a real gem.
Kenneth’s idea of dropping a four-barrel carb and manifold would add performance; one could go with a period-correct Edelbrock or Weiand with a Carter AFB (or the Edelbrock ‘tribute version’), which could always be changed back to the original set up if the next owner preferred.
Reminds me of the good old days
$3500 for this beast?! I’m surprised it’s still for sale but not for long.Somebody is going to have a nice Christmas.
I would love to have this
Best to examine first before buying.
Rust issues.
The hub caps are much later than 1964; typically found on 1980s police cars by MoPar.
I was thinking the same thing…
that 64 looks like a ok deal
IT seem there is some good deals this time of year this 28 Chrysler sold for $6,600 total cost.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/LN1118-334249/1928-chrysler-sedan/
And this Dodge winged Sweptline went for Total of $13,200
https://www.mecum.com/lots/LN1118-363507/1957-dodge-d100-sweptside-pickup/
Here’s the saved ad in case it disappears.
http://www.craigslistadsaver.com/view.php?name=1964Chrysler300
How is this still available? Geez it seems like a bargain
I’m surprised sometimes at the cars that disappear right away and the ones that down’t
Scotty, do you think the 1962 Chrysler is the same generation as the 1963-1964?
Something is wrong for sure. It’s still listed! Or maybe he hasn’t taken the ad down. That happens all the time.
Perfect old car and ……..,, no recalls
Perfect price
I just bought the 300. Original 383, drives and shifts great. The lower quarters need repair and front fenders need work. Couple small spots on the floor. Interior needs headliner and seat covers. Came with extra front fenders in very good shape and a donor car with solid quarters and many parts. Lots of extra trim. Basically there’s very few I’ll need to look for, just the work to put it together. Wayne has owned the car for 10 years and has worked on it through the years. Car could be a driver just the way it is. I think it was a lot of the car for the money
Congratulations! Be sure to share pictures as well and keep us updated!
Congrats! Looks like a fun car. First time I’ve seen these hubcaps other than the ones that been on my shelf forever! Anyone need some?