A Lesser-Known Mopar Muscle Car: Sub-$4K 1964 Chrysler 300K
When it comes to Mopars, the cars that typically come to mind are the Plymouth 'Cuda, Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger, Plymouth Road Runner, and the Dodge Super Bee. However, Mopar had been building high-performance models well before those models even appeared. Perhaps the most notorious was Chrysler's Letter-Series cars, which were built from 1955 to 1965. This Letter Car is a 1964 Chrysler 300K, which was the second-to-last year for Letter Car production. Find it here on Craigslist in Grover Beach, California, with an asking price of $3,890. With the exception of the convertible model returning to the lineup, not much changed for the 1964 300 Letter-Series car, though the designation was changed from 300J to 300K. Thanks to a base price being reduced by $1,000 dollars, this was the highest total of production for the Letter-Series, with 3,022 coupes and 625 convertibles built. This 300K is a coupe, and looks to b...