Re: [Chrysler300] 300H REAR SPRINGS QUESTION

[Russ Vaughan <Pacesetter300@xxxxxxxxx>]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought seatbelts were standard on the front of a 300H. Mine has seatbelts with reenforced anchors welded to the floorpan under the car. I believe they are threaded, but am unsure of that. Anyone requiring pictures or measurements, I will be back at the farm next week and will gladly send them along.
   
  The rear presents a set of different issues. The whole rear section where one would expect the belts to be normally anchored is boxed. A less than ideal situation would be to weld reenforcements similar to the front on the surface of the rear floorpan. Properly welded, one would probably sustain massive internal injuries in an accident before the anchors let go. Chrysler certainly could have planned for rear seatbelts in the early 60's, but I don't recall any actually installed until the mid to late seventies.
   
  Just remember in a 300, the other guy is your crumple zone! :-) 
   
  Russ Vaughan
   
  Russ Vaughan
   
  
lettercars@xxxxxxx wrote: 
  
Hi Ken and All:
I don't know if anyone answered your spring leaf question, but didn't see it 
on the listserver, at any rate. The 300H has six leaves, convert or 
hardtop, rt. or left. The spring rate is 125 lbs/in (160 at the wheel). Since 
these specifications are the same as the Newport station wagon, I suspect the 
springs might be the same. 

On the rear seatbelt question both you and Fern had---I am not sure I can be 
of too much help, other than to say I have put anchors in both my "H" convert 
and "F" convert. The "H" was done so long ago (35 years or so) that I don't 
remember how I located them. I suspect so that I could route them under the 
plywood. On the 300F, much more recently, I found dimples in the floor pan 
that I assumed were for the purpose of seat belt anchor location, so utilized 
them. Since I haven't installed the actual rear seatbelts yet, I can't say 
how that will work out. Will have to be done pretty soon, though. On your 
300Hs, I think I would try to find the dimples and use them. Hopefully, by 
1962 some design work went into the prefered location of the rear anchors. 
Hope this helps a little.
300ly, Gil Cunningham
Tallahassee, FL
(Hoping for a bit of rain today!)

In a message dated 7/20/2006 1:39:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
jblken@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Help! - how many rear leafs is there in the 300H
convert (or hdt). is the right side suppose to have
more leafs then the left side? I assembled 7 leafs,
both sides, but the front clamp band, of one
reassembled spring (I took spring apart so many years
ago along with others that I do not remember the
assembly or if I got all the leaf count), was still
loose so I stuck a short 12" half leaf to fill the
band. I stuck this (now 8 leaf count) spring on the
right side. The other spring, in which the clamp band
was fully filled with just 7 leafs, - I installed on
the left side. Today I installed the freshly restored
rear axial but holding off tighten it untill I hear
some comments.

Thanks in advance - Ken Wilson





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