Chrysler'c C-200, Convertible Version of the K-310

Starting with the first publicity of General Motors' Le Sabre in late December of 1950 that I wrote about here, "dream cars" became a must-do item for American car makers.

The first Chrysler Corporation dream car that was given considerable attention was the 1951 K-310 designed by Virgil Exner and crafted by Ghia in Italy.  My post about it is here.  The following year a convertible version called the C-200 was created.  Some background information is here.

Since the C-200 was sort of an afterthought that had no new styling features, it is essentially an unknown concept car nowadays.  Even in 1952 it was little-publicized, so I could find few photos of it on the Internet.

Several of those images are presented below.

Gallery

To set the scene, a photo of the K-310.

The C-200 as seen in April 1952 at New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

General view of the C-200

Publicity shot.

Color image of the C-200.  Here it is painted two-tone blue, similar to one color scheme the K-310 sported.  When I was a lad I saw the C-200 at the Seattle auto show.  At that time the dark area was painted black and the lower part was a pale chartreuse.  Given that the C-200 was a year or possibly two years old when I saw it, I have to think that its main rôle was that of a show car to be sent around the country for displays at car shows and perhaps car dealers.