Brent,
The car spent all of its life in Texas but was sold new by Friendly Motors in Shreveport,LA.
I was given the name of a race track by the guy that replaced the original Chrysler
3 speed manual with a Caddy LaSalle manual trans. But do you think I can find
that piece of paper with the track name on it now…..I know it’s
somewhere…..
Also the original owner of the car was
Charlie Royal, who owned/raced a number of race cars through the ‘50s and
had entries in the Mexican Road Race etc. If anyone comes across anything on
him, I’d be interested to hear about that too.
Thanks much for any help.
Owen
From:
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Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2008
3:27 a.m.
To: Owen Grigg;
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Any old drag
racers out there?
Where was the car raced ? This might help research.
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From: Owen Grigg <ram300@xxxxxxxxxx>
I’m restoring a ’57 Chrysler 300C stickshift car
and from previous owners and documentation I found, the car spent some time
running the ¼ mile through the ‘60’s and possibly into the
70’s. Both front side glass have a white painted strip about 1 inch wide
by 4-5” long on the outside face of the glass. Two stripes on the drivers
side and one on the passenger side. Does this have any significance with drag
racing of that era? Anybody have any memories of markings like this? I can send
pics of the glass.
Thanks for any leads.
Owen
Auckland,NZ
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