RE: [Chrysler300] f going in museum

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

And, that the '55 and '56 Chryslers won the NASCAR championship both years,
they were the fastest stock cars in America those years, started the
horsepower wars, were the first muscle cars and that a special factory
edition of the 1956 Chrysler 300B was the first American stock car to have
OVER one HP per cubic inch.  They walked the talk and their early acclaim is
still being used to sell new Chrysler 300's, 54 years later.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:32 AM
To: lnirenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] f going in museum

Hi Larry:
Congrats on having your 300F in the museum.
I would suggest you add/amplify a couple things.  I am sure others  will 
have their suggestions as well.
 
1. Work in that the 1955 300 was the first production car with 300HP,  thus 
the name. 
 
2. Might be good to mention that the 300Fs at Daytona took the first SIX  
places in the flying mile event.
 
3. Would be good to state the 400 HP engine and 4 spd were optional.  
 
300ly, Gil
 
 
In a message dated 4/29/2009 7:03:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lnirenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

My 300F  will be going into the Larz Anderson Auto Museum   
http://www.larzanderson.org  <http://www.larzanderson.org/>   in
Brookline, Ma. at the  end of the week to be part of an exhibit entitled
"The Style &  Innovation of the American Automobile" .  I have put
together a little  blurb (dare I say plagiarized) from various sources
and would like comment  on any other factoids that might help explain the
historical importance of  the Chrysler letter cars. It being a fair
assumption that the average  attendee doesn't have the obsession for the
letter car details of this  group I tried to use the K.I.S.S. method-



The 1960 Chrysler  300F


Wheelbase, inches: 126.0
Weight, lbs: 4,270
Number  built: 1,212

Body Style 

Specifications 

Production  

List Price 

2-door hardtop 

V-8, 413cid, twin 4bbl  carbs, 375bhp @ 5,000rpm, 495ft/lbs @ 2,800rpm,
3-speed auto, 4,270lbs  

V-8, 413cid, twin 4bbl carbs, 400bhp @ 5,200rpm, 465ft/lbs @  3,600rpm,
4-speed manual, 4,270lbs

964

from $5,411  

2-door convertible 

V-8, 413cid, twin 4bbl carbs, 375bhp @  5,000rpm, 495ft/lbs @ 2,800rpm,
3-speed auto, 4,310lbs 

V-8, 413cid,  twin 4bbl carbs, 400bhp @ 5,200rpm, 465ft/lbs @ 3,600rpm,
4-speed manual,  4,310lbs

248

from $5,841 




Performance  

300F




0-to-60, 7 seconds ; 1/4-mile 16 seconds @ 85  mph 



300F





This 1960 300F Hardtop is one  of Chrysler's 'Letter Cars,' produced from
1955 through 1965, which were  some of the most powerful and limited
production vehicles by an American  car company of that era.  1960 300F
production numbers were 964  hardtops and 248 convertibles of which 291
hardtops and 82 convertibles are  currently known to exist (*source
Chrysler 300 Club International).  Equipped with the famous crossram
induction manifold fitted with two  4-barrel carburetors, the 413
cubic-inch wedge head V8 was factory rated at  375 horsepower and 495
ft/lbs of torque and was coupled to Chrysler's  3-speed Torqueflite
push-button transmission. 1960 was the first year to  use Chrysler's
weight saving uni-body construction, which further enhanced  performance.



In 1960 a 300F set the Flying Mile record of 144.9  mph at Daytona Beach,
Florida.





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