Chassis No.

8413114430


Engine No.

9-12HPR41



Virgil Exner fundamentally revolutionized the Chrysler Corporation's design language after joining the company in 1949.

His "Forward Look" philosophy brought dramatic proportions, low rooflines, sweeping fins, and jet-age ornamentation to Mopar products, helping propel Chrysler, Dodge, DeSoto, and Plymouth from conservative postwar forms into some of the most daring American designs of the 1950s and early 1960s.

By the end of his tenure, however, Exner's flamboyant full-size concepts were compromised by Chrysler's hurried move toward downsized 1962 models, a decision that contributed to his ouster that year.

The 1961 Chrysler 300 G represents one of his final and most charismatic Chrysler designs.

As the seventh model in the celebrated 300 "letter series," it paired Exner's last great finned silhouette with the second-year "AstraDome" instrument cluster.

Period advertising memorably described it as "a rare kind of car for a rare ...