[Chrysler300] cheap White Walls & seized carby question

["christopher beilby" <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

1) I was taking my 57 TBird to circuit race it at a club day and so I put 
radials on it - they had no whitewalls, so I gave them couple of quick brush 
painted coats of flat white plasdtic house paint.

Looked OK, but by time I had got the 30 miles to race circuit at around 
60-70 mph, they had started to crack into little flake size sections. After 
three seesions of 4 lappers, they were bit worse, and by time I got home, I 
repainted them - verdict - if your 300 has blackwalls, they are a pretty 
good temporary 'better than nothing', but prepare to be rubbished by your 
'car friends'.

Re my recent query re 'is there a design problem re radial tires re material 
in white sidewall versus black 'non white' other side - no real authoritve 
responses received, other than it may be a modern day old wives tale ??!!


2) any one out there know any trick for freeing up Carter 4bbl Carby (as 
used on 50s 300s) butterflies when they have seized from water getting in on 
their shafts over a long period of non use, or being out in the weather/rain 
- I have tried alloy cleaner acids, but is there something more magic, more 
basic, known to old timers ??!! Something you dunk them in and leave soak?

and as a second (non true 300) part (for obvious reason, 300s did not exist 
in 1914) - anyone know what is best liquid/thing to free up a veteran cast 
iron T Head motor - by means of tipping it in plug holes and letting it 
stand?

This may apply to 300s as well, if motor has stood in weather for long time. 
  Normally one  might use acids such as phosphoric tipped in offending 
bores, to clean out rust above rings, however in this case the motor has non 
detachable heads, plus likely cast iron pistons, so it rather hard to remove 
head as one may do with a 300, and then tip in acid, check progress, rather 
than leave too long.  The barrels are in two pairs of two that unbolt from 
the alloy crankcase, but the motor/car is very rare, and I do not wish to 
harm/wreck the most decent part of what remains of what it was.

3) Not a true 300 topic, but relevant to the current 300C, and it being sold 
in the US - tomorrow at Chicago Motor Show it will be announced that you are 
getting our latest aussie GM Holden Commodore - it uses latest Gen Chev V8 - 
it is rear drive, runs quarter in high 13s here - your laws may allow a 
faster motor.  However the car that may interest current 3900C followers is 
it's bigger brother - Statesman, which is a real rival size and price wise 
to the 300C here - only  it has a swoopy latest Merc  streamline cabin, side 
profile.  Let me know if it is announced you are to get that one as well - 
it in top spec would maybe cost Cadillac sales though, never mind 300C ones.

Cooler weather here after over 114 degrees on weekend - nice evening top 
down convertible weather, and the days brilliant, around 80 degrees - and 
gas prices hit a dollar a litre for just one day, they now back around $1.10 
  - $1.18 a litre - mongrels, something to do with a little cool weather in 
the US they reckon !!!

Christopher in Oz



>From: G Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: listserver 300 club <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [Chrysler300] Lazy White Walls
>Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:43:55 -0800
>
>I remember my first set of phony white walls.  I bought them at Pep Boys
>and put them on my 1941 Ford.  The only problem with them they got very
>tired. Especially the ones on the Passenger side.  Every time I parked
>to close to the curb I would come out to my car and the white walls were
>laying up on the curb.
>
>           Gary Barker

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