RE: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300C ?

["Owen Grigg" <ram300@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Does the diff centre on your car have a stamping on the pad below the filler
plug on the passenger side? This is where the ratio is stamped, are there
any other letters or numbers on it? Or is there an aluminum tag around the
filler plug? Was your car a 399 motor code with the "chassis package"? 

 

Owen

   

 

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From: christopher beilby [mailto:thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2007 9:37 a.m.
To: Owen Grigg; lettercars@xxxxxxx; darrin.bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300C ?

 

My Dec 1956 build Daytona "Flying Mile" car/300C has a limited slip diff
fitted, however at this stage I do not know if it is factory fitment.  After
the car ran at Daytona in early Feb 1956, Briggs Cunningham (a la the
Cunnigham sports race car Le Mans attempts), took the motor and car to set
the supercharger mixtures correctly that limited/wrecked Daytona speeds to
just over 150mph, and set them up on his engine dyno, reinstalled it and did
whatever mods he felt necessary, whereafter the car ran supposedly
undefeated at various eastern states drags for some period.
 
The car has seemingly all other corrrect factory equipment, orig numbers
everywhere, however Cunningham would have been savy enough to fit limited
centre diff if car did not have it then, even to it still having one of only
two known special build superchargers that I believe Cunningham was behind
seeing built, one off, uprated to seeming so rare race specs.
 
Whatever, either way, the diff centre would have to have been available
either Dec 1956, or mid 1957?!
 
Christopher in Australia where some southern parts just had hottest November
since white settlement/arrival in the 1800s
 


 

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To: lettercars@xxxxxxx; Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: ram300@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:48:07 +1300
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300L

Hi all,

I believe there was some talk to suggest that Kiekhaefer was
using/experimenting with limited slip rear axles in his race '55-6 300's
too. 

Owen 

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Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Sure Grip Rear - 300L

Darrin and All:
The 300L was definately available with the Sure Grip limited slip rear 
axle----all year long. The info I have says it was standard epuipment, but
I 
think I will defer to 300L model year consultant Don Warnaar on that one.
Sure 
Grip was introduced in 1958 and was an option from that year on. 1957
390HP 
300C performance package included a "limited slip" differential as well. I

don't think I would put too much trust in the accuracy of that book!

In a message dated 12/2/2007 9:11:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Darrin.Bailey@ <mailto:Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scc.virginia.gov
writes:

The 300 Group:

I have a question about the availability of the sure grip differential
for 1965 Chrysler (and prior years). Per the Chrysler 300 Series
Pedigree, Power and Performance since 1955 hardback book from Veloce
Publishing, it states on p. 119 in the chart of 300-L options that the
Sure Grip option code 596 was available March 1, 1965. Does this seem
correct? Does this in fact mean Chrysler did not offer this type rear
until after mid-production year? I thought Chrysler offered the sure
grip for years prior on 300's? Does anyone know when the first was
offered? I even thought a 300-L that I previously owned with a 10/20/64
build date had a sure grip rear and my current 300-L, I believe has
sure-grip with a build date of 12/28/64? Could this just be a misprint
in the book? 

Thanks,

Darrin Bailey 

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