Re: {Chrysler 300} 1959 300 E mystery

My memory is a bit sketchy, but I had a friend with a 58 Cadillac that had something that looked like that under the hood of his car. It was some sort of auto leveling system, but I never saw what was on the other end(s) of the system at the rear wheels. I don't think it did anything to the front of the car, just the rear when people were loaded in the back seat and/or lots of luggage in the trunk. I do remember that the system malfunctioned on his Cadillac and sent the rear end way up in the air to maximum lift a couple of times. Pretty funny.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM John Lyons <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all, I've attached photos of an air ride device. That is on my 1959 300 E convertible.

It looks. Correct but to the best of my knowledge Chrysler never offered air ride.

It's an ingenious unit, which is oil lubricated so it's connected to the oil system for the engine.

We've removed it, servicing the car and plan on reinstalling it.

I've attached a couple of pictures of it, does anybody know what this might be?

Many thanks.

John Lyons
Excuse any typos.

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