Chrysler 300

The Chrysler 300 of 1955 was the Usa’s most powerful production Car. It took its name from the racy 300 BHp engine, which sported twin 4 barrel carburetors and a full race camshaft. With a power come handsome looks.
Chrysler’s flamboyant Virgil Exner, had taken its inspiration from the latest Italian GT cars, and married it to the impressive scale of Detroit’s products to fashion one of the cleanest and most styling hardtops coupes on the market. It was only available in black, red or white.
The 300’s interior was also one of American’s most luxurious, with full leather upholstery. It was hand built, expensive and exclusive. The 300 cost $4109 in 1955, and just 1725 example were made.
In 1965 came the 300B, which began a year by year march through the alphabet of the series ending in 1965 with the 300L, the last of what collectors now call the ‘Letter’ cars. The 300B broke the world passenger car record at Daytona Beach, averaging 139.9mph (224km/h), and it was the first American car to top its cubic capacity (354cu.in, or 5798cc in European terms) with its output (355bhp), which it did in 1957, for the 300C.
Exner produced a totally new style, with an aggressive, forward leaning nose and dramatic rear fins. It was longer, lower, wider and sleeker than any other American luxury car.
The 300G, made only in 1961, was the pinnacle of the breed’s evolution. It had the highest top speed; the mechanically identical 300F won the Flying Mile competition at Daytona with 145mph (232km/h). It also had the hottest engine, the largest engine produced 450bhp and the wildest styling. Exner’s fins reached their dramatic peak before his replacement, Elwood Engel, ordered them to be removed from the 1962 300H. All Chrysler 300 series cars are now very collectable.