Chrysler , An American Automotive Icon

FishOnOne wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
It's a 1966 300.

Very nice... I'm not familiar with the 300's

I had a 66 hard top version for a couple years in the mid 70s. It was in great condition and fun to drive, in a boaty kind of way. :) Not nearly as pretty as this one! VERY Nice!!

Double post

Anyone watch the television show mentioned in the title of thread?

wilber1 wrote:
It's a 1966 300.

Very nice... I'm not familiar with the 300's

The birth of the Hemi

I just read this today. Great story if you're into such a thing.

dodge guy wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

dodge guy wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
I bet Lee is pizzed what happened to the Chrysler corporation

Definitely just when Daimler owned it!

I would include cerebus since they were lost and didn't know how to manage the company and now with fiat they are no longer an American company

Yep, your right. Cerberus didn't know what to do, they weren't a car company and had no business trying to become one!

There is no longer any true American company! That stopped back in the 80's! All 3 of the big 3 are no longer 100% American.

Yep, Mazda does a lot of Ford's car and SUV model engineering!

It's a 1966 300.

wilber1 wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

dodge guy wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
I bet Lee is pizzed what happened to the Chrysler corporation

Definitely just when Daimler owned it!

I would include cerebus since they were lost and didn't know how to manage the company and now with fiat they are no longer an American company

I worked for a company that was taken over by Cerberus. Fortunately there was still enough left to survive after they sold off its most valuable assets and flogged the rest. Chrysler was lucky to survive them.

I own a real Chrysler.

Is that an Imperial? It's a very impressive car

ktmrfs wrote:
Chrysler was inovative in earlier years. One of the first american companies to drop generator and go to alternators, one of the first to make front disk brakes standard on cars, one of the first to make disk brakes an option, early use of fuel injection (although didn't work to well), the hemi engine, early adopter of good automatic transmissions, areodynamics with the chrysler airflow (even if it did hit in the middle of the depression) and some pretty wild cars to take advantage of NASCAR rules with the charger daytona, charger 500 and plymouth superbirds. And some of the dealer available cars for drag racing with plastic windows, stripped interiors etc.

Lots of early innovation like a more modern high compression motor, safety glass, hydraulic brakes, the Airflow was also one of the first to have a weight balance between front and rear. The program showed some of the test where they pushed a Airflow off a cliff and it rolled several times and the roof did not collapse. A car way ahead of its time but the aerodynamic styling did not go over.

In later years to add to your list they were the first to use electronic ignition instead of points and condenser.

Just as well Fiat bought them, it seam they now build cars everybody wants. Lol. :B
Frank.