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

[cotejohnr@xxxxxxx]

 As follow-up to Owen's comments, is there a externally identifiable characteristic that confirms a Sure-Grip is in there?
Is there a difference in the differential housing that quickly identifies these Sure-Grips?
John


 


 

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From: Owen Grigg <ram300@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 4:09 pm
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Does the diff centre on your car have a stamping on the pad below the filler

plug on the passenger side? This is where the ratio is stamped, are there

any other letters or numbers on it? Or is there an aluminum tag around the

filler plug? Was your car a 399 motor code with the "chassis package"? 



Owen



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From: christopher beilby [mailto:thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx] 

Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2007 9:37 a.m.

To: Owen Grigg; lettercars@xxxxxxx; darrin.bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;

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



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

 



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From: ram300@xxxxxxxxxx

Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:48:07 +1300

Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300L



Hi all,



I believe there was some talk to suggest that Kiekhaefer was

using/experimenting with limited slip rear axles in his race '55-6 300's

too. 



Owen 



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Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300L



Darrin 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, but

I 

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. 1957

390HP 

300C performance package included a "limited slip" differential as well. I



don'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@ <mailto:Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scc.virginia.gov

writes:



The 300 Group:



I have a question about the availability of the sure grip differential

for 1965 Chrysler (and prior years). Per the Chrysler 300 Series

Pedigree, Power and Performance since 1955 hardback book from Veloce

Publishing, it states on p. 119 in the chart of 300-L options that the

Sure Grip option code 596 was available March 1, 1965. Does this seem

correct? Does this in fact mean Chrysler did not offer this type rear

until after mid-production year? I thought Chrysler offered the sure

grip for years prior on 300's? Does anyone know when the first was

offered? I even thought a 300-L that I previously owned with a 10/20/64

build date had a sure grip rear and my current 300-L, I believe has

sure-grip with a build date of 12/28/64? Could this just be a misprint

in the book? 



Thanks,



Darrin Bailey 



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