Yes I have no intention of racing 60 year old cars. But watched some tricked up modern 300Cs on a circuit a month ago. That looked like fun!
And I’m not going to find Chrysler engineers from 1961 and tell them they did a “woeful” job on their manual transmissions. No car is perfect and always subject to compromise. I’m just glad I can own a piece of history and accept it for what it is, warts and all, including its centre plane brakes, points distributor etc, etc. Probably drive it like the guy in the video... and be happy.
Henry
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Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} We were the Ram Chargers
Henry-
My aim in sending the message about the book and the transmission was not to disparage the transmission in your car. Read the book! We know both 3 speeds were perfectly fine when driven as a passenger car. But as a transmission used for competition it was woeful. I understand you don’t race and likely care less about racing. However the Ram Chargers and the heritage of our letter cars was born from racing.
Danny Plotkin
Sounds like a good book but I don’t see why someone should be put off buying a three speed 300 if they know how to drive a manual properly. If you want to flog yours down the quarter mile every weekend, go for the auto obviously.
When I was younger a friend went through three manual boxes in his 1300cc Torana. Drove it like an idiot trying to keep up with us in our V8s. Shock loading will kill anything.
Latest Lou Costabile YouTube of a 64 Oldsmobile shows a young guy driving his 3 on the tree as smooth as an auto and enjoying every minute of it. Wish I could drive a manual like that.
Henry
“Ditto” Dan. I received my copy about a week ago. That 3 speed transmission hindered the Ramchargers early efforts from The High & Mighty, through the 1961 Dodge efforts and even into the early 1962 Max Wedge program, until they started to use the Torque Flyte trans. It seems that every time they lost, they just couldn’t make the 2-3 shift work on the old 3 speed stick. Don’t forget they were racing against the GM big guns at the time, Haden Proffit and Don Nicholson who had 4 speeds in their cars and full factory backing.
Regards
bill
Following our conversation about the 3 speed stick in the 300 G (A745 released in 61) all the evidence needed is in the first chapter of the above captioned book that all of you should own and read. You will not be able to put the book down, by the way. It is excellent, with big never before seen photos. There is conversation about our beloved 300’s too, but not all that flattering.
In the book you will read about the trouble caused by that 3 speed stick in the Ram Chargers second car, the white 61 Dodge, echo’s what I remember John Grady telling us. Anyway, get the book. (See cover attached). You can order directly from ASE.
Danny Plotkin
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