Re: [Chrysler300] 300F "SPECIALS"

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Burt for  your great input.
It's very special that  we  have  several  former Chrysler employees in the club who add so  much to these posts.
You offer so much insight and History that  would otherwise be not available  or known to us.
Thanks  again and maybe some "Reminisces" could be written up for the Club archives, it  would be a valuable resource.
Ray Jones


On Jan 6, 2010, at 7:03 AM, Burton Bouwkamp wrote:


Rich,

It was exciting to read this documentation. I was in charge of planning, preparing and running these six 300F "specials" on the beach (Daytona Beach) in February of 1960. After an embarrassing Chrysler showing at Daytona in 1959, my boss Chrysler Chief Engineer Bob Rodger assigned the job of getting the "top dog" recognition back for the Chrysler 300. We did it with the 300F after a team effort that took nearly a year. The next day after the speed trials, the Daytona Beach Morning Journal newspaper headline "CLASS 7 BEACH RECORD FALLS" brought tears of pride to my eyes. One year's efforts by a half a dozen engineers and mechanics had paid off!



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