Re: [Chrysler300] Could this be Adam II? The real performance years were pre-Lettercar

["johnl" <john@xxxxxxxxx>]

Owen,

I'm in agreement completely with what you've said.  I happen to be a fan of the earlier cars and have always felt the build quality was the best Chrysler ever did.  When the Letter Cars came to be they were simply a refinement of all of the previous works that Chrysler had done.  Had Chrysler not done all of this our Letter Cars may have never come into existance.

One must remember that most everything done in the automotive world is simply refined from a much earlier version.  Did you know that Chevrolet had an overhead valve engine way back in the teens?  Well, they did, so here is just another example that nothing is new.

John Lazenby, Southern California

1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Town & Country
1955 Imperial Newport
1955 Chrysler C300 Tango Red
1956 Chrysler 300B Cloud White
1957 Chrysler 300C Coupe Raven Black
1960 Chrysler 300F Coupe Alaskan White
1963 Volkswagen Beetle Black
2000 BMW 323ci Titanium Silver Metallic  w/Red Leather
2001 BMW ///M5 Titanium Silver Metallic (A Modern Super Car)
http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=18
2002 Mercury Mountaineer Premier (V8)

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Owen Grigg 
  To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:28 PM
  Subject: FW: [Chrysler300] Could this be Adam II? The real performance years were pre-Lettercar




  -----Original Message-----
  From: Owen Grigg [mailto:ram300@xxxxxxxxxx] 
  Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:54 p.m.
  To: 'Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
  Subject: FW: [Chrysler300] Could this be Adam II? The real performance years
  were pre-Lettercar 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Owen Grigg [mailto:ram300@xxxxxxxxxx] 
  Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:52 p.m.
  To: 'Rich Barber'; 'John Mc Adams'; 'Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'Wayne
  Graefen'
  Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Could this be Adam II? The real performance years
  were pre-Lettercar 

  I'm not sure too many Letter car guys, including myself would want to hear
  this. But when I look at the facts nearly ALL Chrysler performance testing
  and factory fitment of dual quad intakes, the hemi engine, solid roller
  camshafts, high flow air filters and exhausts, disc brakes, HD Imperial
  suspension, vented wheels, HD Powerflight trans were ALL about WELL before
  the 300 came into production.

  The only major things I can think of that the Lettercar brought to the
  performance table were an improvement in body style/aerodynamics/cosmetics,
  torsion bars in'57,the TF trans in late '56 and later on ram-induction.
  Other than that it was all done pre- '55.

  When you look at it like this, a heck of a lot was achieved from'51 thru
  '54 and in '55 thru '61....well not a lot of NEW performance ideas came
  about really. I suppose the main thing they achieved with the Lettercar was
  to make that performance more accessible to the public. 

  Sorry to burst the bubble on the Lettercar being 1st in performance.

  Fires screen up, let me have it.

  Owen 

  Thanks for pointing it out. The racing success of early hemis certainly
  gave birth to the idea creation of the 1955 C-300 and subsequent letter
  cars. And the C-300 begat the 300B, and the 300B begat the 300C, etc.

  C-300'ly,
  Rich Barber
  Brentwood, CA

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
  Behalf Of John Mc Adams
  Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:38 PM
  To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Wayne Graefen'
  Subject: [Chrysler300] Could this be Adam II? Or Son of Adam?

  Wayne Graefon:

  I just ran across this '54 Chrysler Newport with photos of its participation
  in the 2001 Carrera Pan America race.

  I wanted to make sure you saw it. It might be of interest to others as
  well.

  Big John Mc Adams

  (In SoCal)

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