Re: [Chrysler300] 300C front-ends and radial tires

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Hi All:
Not too long after I bought my first 300, a "C" hardtop in 1963, I had to 
have a crack welded up in the frame.  It eminated from the area of the front 
support bracket for the upper control arm, and was over an inch long, as I recall. 
 At that time the person doing the repair, who was also a Chrysler employee, 
related that he remembered similar failures on higher mileage 1957 test cars 
at the proving grounds.  I got the impression Chrysler did not think a fix was 
necessary for that model year.  Perhaps they did for the 1958s.  My car did 
not yet have 100,000 miles on it.  (Unless the speedo had been rolled back 
before I bought it!)  I never ran radial tires on the 300C, so the crack was not 
related to them.  I do think, however that the steel belted radials do give a 
sharper "impact" to the suspension, and can remember magazine articles 
explaining some of the changes manufacturers were making to accomodate them.  I have 
run radials almost exclusively on the 300H for well over 100,000miles and have 
had no frame or suspension difficulties.  I don't think the ride is as good as 
bias, but the handling and directional stability is certainly superior.  
300ly, Gil C.


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