The Chrysler 300 "Letter Series" Were High-Performance Luxury Cars Built in Very Limited Numbers By The Chrysler Corporation in the United States Between 1955 and 1965. Each Year's Model Used a New Letter of the Alphabet as a Suffix (Skipping "i"), Reaching 300L By 1965, After Which the Model Was Dropped.
Chrysler Letter Cars Always Sold Based on Their Combination of Power and Luxury; It's a Recipe for Success That Still Works Today, as Proven by the Big Money That These Cars Now Command. The Luxury Was Obvious in the Styling and High Quality Appointments, and the Performance Was more Than Just Marketing.
The 300 "Letter Series" Cars Were the Vehicles That Really Rekindled Interest in Performance Among Major American Manufacturers After World War II, and Thus Can Be Considered The Muscle Car's Ancestors, Though Much More Expensive and Exclusive.
The 1961 300G Saw Another Restyle. The Grille, Formerly Wider at the Bottom Than the Top, Was Inverted; The Quad Headlights, Formerly Side-By-Side, Were Arranged in Angled Fashion, Inward at the Bottom, in a Manner Reminiscent of 1958 to 1960 Lincolns. Small Parking Lamps Below the Headlights Were Likewise Slanted and V-Shaped, and the Front Bumper Was Canted Up at Each End, Scoop-Like. At the Rear, the Taillights Were Moved From the Fins to the Tail Below Them, and the Fins Were Made Sharper-Pointed.