[Chrysler300] re 1957 300C metallic brake linings

["christopher beilby" <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My first 300C purchased in Los Angeles in Feb 1980 still has metallic front 
brake shoe linings, and the car had stood for maybe 15-20yrs before I got 
it, so the linings may be orig Mopar issue? (All of the 'flat for years 
until ruined' tires were original late 50s/300 issue.)

Key point however is it has brilliant brakes, you can lock them at maybe 
60-70mph if you really push on the pedal, and around town at 20-40mph you 
can bury the car into the bitumen with the modern 235 radials I have on it.  
The other 2 300Cs I have, the brakes on the supercharged car are good, but 
do not seem to have same initial bite, whilst the other 300C, the brakes 
seem pretty ordinary, sort of like my 57 TBird, or the 58 Caddy, ie other 
mid-late 50s US cars.

When I see all the US 300 members putting discs on their late 50s 300s, I 
wonder have I got the only set of killer 300C brakes? - they are still the 
original late 60s -early 70s material - I have never relined them - the 
material has obvious metallic material/particles showing when you look at 
them.

I can check the supercharged car's linings to see if they metallic, plus the 
other one too, if other members think it worthwhile, but first see if any 
others remember if years ago metallic was fairly common re their/any other 
300Cs, or maybe other early 300s ?!

The metallic linings on my first 300C may not be original though, as the car 
had/has professionally mounted/fitted  rear traction rods/bars, a non stock 
bigger solid cam, and had a few small old late 50s aftermarket hot up 
company stickers under the hood, such as Hillderbrand (sorry if mispelling), 
and had evidence of being (painted) metallic metalflake deep candy red, with 
the hood letters and washer nozzle holes lead wiped/filled - so hardly a 
virginal/stock car for it's few years of use before left, from likely mid 
60s, to bleach in LA sun before I got it - it looking so sad Customs here 
thought it purchased just to import drugs/firearms in !!??

Do not know if all this is any help,

Christopher in Australia


>From: Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: 300 club list <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [Chrysler300] found some info
>Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:20:47 -0500
>
>it is burried deep in this site
>
>http://chrysler300country.com/table_of_contents.htm
>
>there are references to the Centerplane brakes on our 300's
>It answers the Brake Fade PROBLEMS some experience
>
>it says the 300's got semi-metallic brake lineings
>NOT the organic that is used in the replacement shoes you probably are
>using today.
>
>This might bear some varification and further exploring.
>
>I know several years ago I chatted with a brake place that said, given
>the right shoes we can reline them with what ever material specified by
>the customer in an effort to get better braking.
>
>Maybe semi-metalic linings were ORIGINAL, but the aftermarket supply
>chain back in the late 50's didnt have the material????
>
>so hence forth, we were not getting the proper lining material and
>no-one was the wiser???
>
>--
>Paul Holmgren
>2 57 300-C's in Indy
>Hoosier Corps L#6
>
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