RE: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300C ?

[christopher beilby <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My Dec 1956 build Daytona "Flying Mile" car/300C has a limited slip diff fitted, however at this stage I do not know if it is factory fitment.  After the car ran at Daytona in early Feb 1956, Briggs Cunningham (a la the Cunnigham sports race car Le Mans attempts), took the motor and car to set the supercharger mixtures correctly that limited/wrecked Daytona speeds to just over 150mph, and set them up on his engine dyno, reinstalled it and did whatever mods he felt necessary, whereafter the car ran supposedly undefeated at various eastern states drags for some period.
 
The car has seemingly all other corrrect factory equipment, orig numbers everywhere, however Cunningham would have been savy enough to fit limited centre diff if car did not have it then, even to it still having one of only two known special build superchargers that I believe Cunningham was behind seeing built, one off, uprated to seeming so rare race specs.
 
Whatever, either way, the diff centre would have to have been available either Dec 1956, or mid 1957?!
 
Christopher in Australia where some southern parts just had hottest November since white settlement/arrival in the 1800s
 
 


To: lettercars@xxxxxxx; Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: ram300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:48:07 +1300Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300L




Hi all,I believe there was some talk to suggest that Kiekhaefer wasusing/experimenting with limited slip rear axles in his race '55-6 300'stoo. Owen -----Original Message-----From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of lettercars@xxxxxxxxxxx: Monday, 3 December 2007 4:34 p.m.To: Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Re: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300LDarrin and All:The 300L was definately available with the Sure Grip limited slip rear axle----all year long. The info I have says it was standard epuipment, butI think I will defer to 300L model year consultant Don Warnaar on that one.Sure Grip was introduced in 1958 and was an option from that year on. 1957390HP 300C performance package included a "limited slip" differential as well. Idon't think I would put too much trust in the accuracy of that book!In a message dated 12/2/2007 9:11:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:The 300 Group:I have a question about the availability of the sure grip differentialfor 1965 Chrysler (and prior years). Per the Chrysler 300 SeriesPedigree, Power and Performance since 1955 hardback book from VelocePublishing, it states on p. 119 in the chart of 300-L options that theSure Grip option code 596 was available March 1, 1965. Does this seemcorrect? Does this in fact mean Chrysler did not offer this type rearuntil after mid-production year? I thought Chrysler offered the suregrip for years prior on 300's? Does anyone know when the first wasoffered? I even thought a 300-L that I previously owned with a 10/20/64build date had a sure grip rear and my current 300-L, I believe hassure-grip with a build date of 12/28/64? Could this just be a misprintin the book? Thanks,Darrin Bailey **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottestproducts.(http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]To send a message to this group, send an email to:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list server instructions, go tohttp://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htmFor archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/ Yahoo! Groups Links 






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