Re: [Chrysler300] Gary Goers replied fast & casting number decode help needed

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Hi Christopher,
 
Hope you are enjoying your summer and building the 300-C. When I was  
building my 300-C engine in 1974-75, I discovered I could no longer buy the  
tri-metal rod bearings. The only ones available were Clevite 77s for a 440  wedge, 
Imperial clearances, but I found they were too wide. Someone in the  Eastern 300 
Club suggested a fellow in Wisconsin that was set up to do the  proper 
machining. Seems I remember he was named 'Jim'. Could this be the same  man? This 
fellow could be a valuable source for the rest of the club if we had  his web 
site. By the way, those bearings are still carrying oil pressure  of 50 lb.@ hot 
idle, 33 years later.
 
I wish you the same experience.
 
Gary Hagy, Hamburg, PA USA (Wintering in Albuquerque, NM)
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/9/2009 4:34:22 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


1)  Gary Goers has sent me off a complete 1957 300C body mount rubber set, 
and  depending on whether he sent it to business address used on original fax to 
 him, or my Greenacres address, I should get them late next week, so you 
can't  do much better than that for 300 parts service? - although oddly enough,  
trying to email him by using the reply button, saw my reply come up as a  
failed Delivery yesterday and just now ?!

2) I also got 392 rod  bearings I was recently also asking about to freshen 
up the supercharged 300C  motor - TRW Clevite nos ones - from would you believe 
an Ebay guy in Wisconsin  who runs 392 hemis in a blown rail dragster. He 
lives near Fond du Lac, has a  brother living there now he visits near weekly, 
right the same town where my  supercharged car went/lived for years new after 
Daytona, it's owners having a  business there on South Main St, and he has 
offered to go doorknock their  address, neighbouring ones maybe too, and see who 
still knows them and the  car.
Plus the shot of his dragster he sent when I asked what was the '392'  bit in 
his Ebay name, is in front of Wisconsin Dragway current winners huge  sign, 
so I asked him next time he runs there, ask/look for any old timers that  maybe 
ran against the 300C, knew anything about it still.
I am curious to  find out what business Turskeys had back in '55-57, be weird 
if it was a firm  that could have done work for local Mercury Marine's 
HQ/Plant, owned by Carl  Kiekhaefer , but likely wont be?!

I don't know about other 300 owners,  but Ebay can be brilliant re not only 
parts, but little tech info re what  fits, what won't and why etc, this before 
some sellers can maybe also help re  finding out history/info re our 300s? But 
then there are also the didgy,  dishonest ebay sellers, parts that are wrong, 
or just junk, pitted so bad,  etcc.

3) casting number part help required - what transmision/year is  cast number 

1736225 - 2, with  a separate 8-10 cast a bit to  right of that, and stamped 
on other side of trans, in case edge/lip at filler  tube location   1738227, 
with a 2 stamped fair bit further ahead of  that  ?!

trans looks to be typical 3 spd cast iron torqueflight -  I think I got cast 
numbers right, so hopefully they mean  something

Christopher  Australia


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