Re: [Chrysler300] did anything compare/rival 300s pre 1963?

[Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

christopher beilby wrote:

>Another question for those with spare winter time in the US?
>
>I will try to be briefest - I just mentioned what a newly discovered 
>unrestored original supercharged 57 TBird's ebay end price was, as a 
>comparison to what the unrestod  Gconvertible just made.
>
>In doing this I said that the F Code TBird was likely the only fair rival to 
>the early 300s. I based this on 1957 Daytona Beach results - a probable top 
>factory spec stock speed of 135mph, and how one nearly embarrassed a big 
>engined race Ferrari sportscar in one of their circuit events.
>  
>
Humm,  I seem to recall that the Daytona Speed Week hightlights film of 
1957 showed a T-bird
getting up to speed, only to Flip and destroy itself!
Where as the Pontiac and Dodge cars might have been the closest to the 
300's speed trials



-- 
Paul Holmgren
2 57 300-C's in Indy
Hoosier Corps L#6



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