Re: [Chrysler300] somewhere out there is a 55 300 that as blown

["Ron Stewart" <rstewart@xxxxxxxxxx>]

--my c300 has dealer installed front belts, purchased from origianal owner 
who was service director at dealership were  sold in 1955
. C 300 RON--- Original Message ----- 
From: "christopher beilby" <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:28 AM
Subject: [Chrysler300] somewhere out there is a 55 300 that was blown


> As part of my so far not too succesful attempts to locate early series 
> 300s
> with Mopar seat belts, I finally have recently been sent shots of a
> 'possible first other 300' that may have cable end seat belts - the Mopar
> belts in one of my 300Cs being sort of similar type belts, ones that end
> with twin woven fine wire cables that come off a sewn in fitting on end of
> woven fabric belt parts.
>
> The other 'maybe Mopar seat belt car' is a '55 300, and this was a
> model/year earlier that Wayne Graefen mentioned he was aware Chrysler 
> listed
> (Factory/Dealer?) belts for. Apart from this (maybe?) '55 300, it seems
> apart from two sets of likely later 1957 belts seen/sold on ebay (one part
> set observed by me about a year ago, and another seen by Owen in NZ a few
> years before that), that the 57 type Mopar belts are maybe not so common.
>
> And thinking in hindsight, no Dealer would I guess want to volunteer to
> install them, as firstly the twin holes for each end have to be drilled
> through floors with a 'front to rear alignment/accuracy' of about 1/16 of 
> an
> inch to pick up the exact right narrtow spots on the underfloor bracket,
> plus the only (easiest likely) way to do this would be from under the car,
> which would also then involve removing the mufflers, never mind when the
> drill bit reached the carpet above, if it grabbed the carpet, it then
> instantly pulls whole rows of sewing/carpet, which would then mean
> removing/replacing the new carpet?
> So my guess, not too many Dealers would volunteer for this, for so small a
> return/profit?!
>
> Now if the 3 page handwritten history of my 300C I got with the car that 
> has
> these Mopar '57 type belts fitted is true/correct, right at the beginning 
> of
> this 3 pages it states the two Turskey brothers that ordered the 300C 
> 'raced
> cars and hillclimbed motorcycles, plus they had searched nearby States for 
> a
> Dealer who wanted to get involved in running the car at 1957 Daytona', in
> the category of "Man off the Street Flying Mile". (This was a non factory
> category, where apparently virtually anyone could join a queue after 
> paying
> a few dollars, and see if they could run as fast as their car would. And
> seemingly that is how many National Motor Mags, amongst others, ran their
> modified stockies, etc..)
>
> Anyhow back to the Fond Du Lac Turskey brothers -  if anyone was going to
> want seat belts in a new 300C, it likely may have been these guys if they
> already raced cars?  Now as to who installed them, is if one believes the
> 'blurb' all they say is "we had trouble getting Chrysler to build it with 
> no
> power steering and installing the supercharger. All the final work was
> completed at Bachus Chrysler (minnesota) shop."
>
> Now I would not know where in Jan 1957, Chrysler would/may have done any
> post production line work on a new 300C before it went on to any Dealer, 
> but
> if this were true, Chrysler may have installed the seat belts, rather than
> the Dealer?
>
> And as I mention at beginning of this post, where it is has now come to my
> notice just yesterday that a 1955 300 is another car that may have Mopar
> type belts in it, is it has reminded me in the 3 page Turskey 
> blurb/history,
> there is mention right at the beginning of why they chose a '57 300C after
> attending the 1956 Daytona Time Trials - "We had a 55 Chrysler 300 with a
> Hemi and it was really fun".
>
> So finally I get to the point/question of this post - where is that 1955 
> 300
> now?! Seemingly if they owned it in 1956, they may have purchased it new -
> anyone own a 1955 300 that they know was owned by them back in 1956?
> Is it perhaps the current car that has seatbelts still in it?! - if they
> ordered/had a 57 300C with belts, likely they had them in their '55 ?! The
> 55 I was sent pictures of that shows the belts in it, looks like it has 
> been
> used in wet winters - they/Turskeys used their 55 300 in wet winters 
> because
> amongst the pile of orginal papers is a May 21 1956 claim for supercharger
> warranty on the 55 that mentions 'the 300 (1955 one) currently has "recap
> snow tires on", and currently "only a few times being driven over 70 mph".
>
> Anyone out there know/care how to track a 1955 300 owned back in 1956?
> Part of '55 300 blower set up was I believe moved onto the 57 300 I
> currently have, because an electric boost switch is (still now in 2006) 
> 6V,
> a resistance used to make it work on the 300Cs' 12 volts. I think I am
> correct in that 1955 300s were 6V - so if this came off their '55 300,
> likely they either traded the 55's blower back on new set up for 300C, or
> part used taken off bits on 300C when Dealer and them finished the
> installation, or later after Daytona when they finally cured bugs not 
> solved
> before Daytona - meaning 55 300 may have been sold 'non supercharged' ?! 
> It
> may have even been a trade  on the 57 - if so, it traded s/hand in 
> Minnesota
> late 56, early 57?!
>
> Would be amazing today if both the two Turskey supercharged 300s still
> survive - these guys were pretty early on to grasp what supercharging a 
> twin
> carb 300 hemi would do to improve on already real good hp figures and what
> that meant over the quarter mile? And amazing they came from same town as
> the man (Mr K) who won nearly every 56 Nascar Race (ok only 18 out of 24 I
> think) racing 56 300Bs?!
>
> sorry for so long a post - I hope this helps somone - maybe that '55 300 
> is
> out there still, even if early 300 seatbelts 'mysteries' are more 
> difficult
> to resolve so easily?
>
> Christopher in Australia
>
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