Blue Blood - Larry's 1958 Chrysler 300D
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Chrysler's 1958 300 D strikes all of the right late-1950s chords: quad headlamps, gaping egg-crate grille, thundering V-8 power and towering tailfins. Yet the 300 kept its sporting composure by eschewing broad swaths of side trim molding and tri-color paint schemes, which in turn has helped its styling endure, decade after decade.
Today these Hemi-powered cruisers are as unusual as they are striking: For '58, just 618 hardtops and 191 convertibles were built to roam America's freshly paved postwar highways. The 300 series Chryslers have always been special and valuable cars among their admirers (even those vintages that weren't all that special) and the success of the modern Chrysler 300 has probably made the series recognizable to a wider audience. But while you can point to certain areas of the hobby, European sports cars, for instance, and wonder if a bubble is about to burst, 1950s American car values have remained stable over the past decade.
The 300's story begins with the C-300, a gorgeous two-door hardtop wearing Virgil Exner's "Forward Look" design--solid lifters, two Carter WFB 550-cfm carburetors, 8.5:1 compression--and which guaranteed the 300 horses promised by the badges on the grille and trunk lid. Just 1,725 of these 4,005-pound coupes were produced, and they sold for more than $4,000 each--about double the price of a new '55 Plymouth Savoy.
For 1956, Chrysler rolled out the 300 B, looking very similar to the '55, but with more pronounced tailfins and a harder-hitting Hemi engine. For the new model year, the big V-8 had grown to 354-cu.in. and belted out 340 hp in base trim or 355 hp with an optional factory tune-up. The car had also gained 12-volt electricals.
An all new 300 C emerged for 1957, demonstrating that Exner's Forward Look had gained a lot of ground. The boldly styled car rode on an all-new chassis with torsion bar front suspension and was powered by a 392-cu.in. Hemi, with 375 hp in base tune. With 10:1 compression and a more aggressive camshaft, the Hemi could pump out 390 hp.
The 1958 300 D would be the last of the series to use the 392, but the base engine got a boost to 380 hp. An electronic fuel-injection system, the Bendix Electrojector, was introduced for the 390-hp Hemi, but was recalled by Chrysler and replaced with the conventional two-four intake and carburetors.
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So elegant. My favorite Chrysler😊
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful car!!!
My grandfather restored this car. I helped him as a teenager and I told him to paint it blue! He was originally going to paint it red. So awesome to see his work online like this. He’s restored classic cars his whole life.
Sweet! Thanks for sharing this, blue was the right color! We enjoyed seeing the car and visiting with Larry and hearing all about the car. Thanks for watching!!
Fabulous.
Yes it is, thanks for watching!
Absolutely gorgeous. A real, timeless beauty with the most iconic/desirable engine of the '50s! I'd love to hear those dual four barrels breathing at WOT! Joyful music! A true muscle car
Couldn't agree more!
My dad bought a 1958 New Yorker in 1959 with two 4-barrels vs the standard single 4-barrel. It wasn't the 300D engine because it had hydraulic lifters. I believe that he was told that it was some sort of a dealer/factory demo model (?) - he bought in La Jolla, San Diego - he was the second owner. I remember that the intake manifold was the engine color though (not like the engine above) and cast-iron I believe. The duel point ignition always caused him to swear and he finally bought a dwell meter so that he could set them one at a time. That's all I remember because I was only 9 years old when he bought it and 15 when he finally sold it. I always thought that it was very fast (even to this day). I remember that it could chirp the tires going into second gear. I learned to drive on that car and I sure wish that I could have bought .
Thanks for sharing and for watching!
1 set of points is enough of a PITA in itself...Dual points, LOL, I'd be pulling my hair out and screaming all kinds of obscenities at the top of my lungs. I understand that the Ferrari Daytona had 2 distributors, each with 2 sets of points...Oh, what fun!
Never seen one with a bench seat! Can't imagine what Exner and his design team were thinking by truncating the taillights down from the glorious 57 taillights. Change for the sake of change, I guess! Beautiful 300D
It was the 50’s and the Big 3 were dramatically changing the look of their cars every year. It wasn’t until the mid 60’ that they finally settled on a 4 year design cycle before drastic changes
I know. A terrible mistake IMO. Supposedly the large lenses did not illuminate well in the '57 - so in went the smaller lenses for better brightness in '58. They could have used the '57 lenses & blocked off the top half. Better choice i think.
@@TigerRogers0660 Agree! That would have been better than what they came up with.
My 1995 Eagle Talon was close to that color. They called it Blue Pearl. It looks outstanding on this 300D
It is a great color! Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!
It’s beautiful, just like one would expect. I love that blue. It really pops and goes perfectly with the tan interior.
Agreed 100%
Nt dad had a 300D and traded it in for a 300F. His 300D was white. I was 16 at the time and really thought my dad was "cool". Recall him racing a 57 Chevy on Venice Blvd in Los Angeles and shut him down! My brother and I were thrilled, my mom not so much!
LOL! That’s too funny. Thanks for sharing and for watching!
I know that car.....my uncle built that years ago. Sweet car. And the hubcaps are off of a 1966 300, I know that because I still own that car I just upgraded the wheels and donated the caps for this project.
Thanks for sharing, it’s an awesome ride! Thanks for watching!
Another fellow has a '57 300C (white with all original paint and interior leather) and says he has a cardboard box (from the factory), kept in his trunk, with just about every 16 rpm record that was available. That man claimed that records are available on ebay, but often fetch outrageous prices approaching $100 apiece. This car is a beauty...it looks like you did re-do the interior. The blue color is gorgeous. I'd bet this gets maybe 9-10 mpg...and I wonder how these drive around sharp corners. With 380 hp (generally 1 hp per cubic inch) it must really move...probably 0-60 in just about 6.5 to 7 seconds...which made it a monster back in the day. I think these topped out at maybe 115-120 mph, but tire balancing was the issue, as they did not use the current method of dynamic spin balancing, so at very high speeds, there was a wobble or vibration. With drum brakes, it took some time to stop, that's for sure (60 - 0 in like 180 feet)...so disc brakes are the way to go. By the way, earlier Chryslers ('52, - '54) featured front disc brakes on certain Chrysler and Imperial models. Drive safely!
Great history to know. Thanks for sharing
That black trunk rubber mat is unobtainable
Agreed
Lovz that car
Pretty damn sweet right!!??
@@TwoGuysandaRide yes it is
@@TwoGuysandaRidehey
@@marcusrichburg Hi
THE HEMI CAME BACK IN 1963 FOR PLYMOUTH AND DODGE MARVIN FROM UTAH
Ok
I’m ac1958 year model myself