Golden Lion Grrrages

The 1963 300J is the lowest production Letter Car
with 400 coupes, 0 convertibles.
About 117 Js survive.

This car arrived in January of 2023. It was prepped for winter storage and will wait while other projects are completed. The car is missing some parts (carbs, window motors, ram linkage, remote brake booster). The engine is a 1973 400. Until we get deeper into it, we won't know which way this restoration is headed.

Painted in Oyster White, this is one of 159 built in that color. It has the heater (no AC), Golden Tone radio with rear speaker, tinted glass, and power pass front seat. The interesting thing about this car is the roof treatment. It appears to be similar to the Silver Edition 300K of 1964. We have never seen another J with it. It is possible a previous owner added it. When we get into the car we will look carefully for an answer.


The unusual roof treatment. Could it be from a 64? See below.

The unusual roof treatment

At home in Tennessee

The hills of Tennessee

J production notes

Paint:
159 in WW1 (Oyster White). [40%]
89 in MM1 (Alabaster). [22%]
64 in TT1 (Claret). [16%]
50 in BB1 (Formal Black). [12%]
29 in NN1 (Madison Gray). [7%]
3 in PP1 (Festival Red).
1 in YY1 (Cyprus Tan).
5 with 999. One of those also had 999 interior.
7 were built with manual transmission.
7 were built with 999 interior code.
178 were built with power antenna.
118 were built with power passenger seat.
325 with glass code 1 (all windows tinted)
34 with glass code 2 (windshield only tinted)
2 with glass code 4 (unknown)
2 with glass code 8 (unknown)
38 with no glass code
233 with heater code 1 (AC)
167 with heater code 5 (heater only)
There were no heater delete cars.
79 with radio code 2 (Golden Tone radio)
37 with radio code 3 (Golden Touch Tuner)
108 with radio code 4 (Golden Tone radio including rear seat speaker)
147 radio code 5 (Golden Touch Tuner radio including rear seat speaker)
7 with radio code 6 (AM/FM)
3 with radio code 7 (AM/FM + rear speaker)
19 with no radio code

These are pictures of a 1964 Chrysler New Yorker






The roof treatment and quarter panel trim pieces
look similar if not identical to those on the 63 J.