Re: [Chrysler300] Re:62 rams

["JERRY LINDSAY" <jerrylindsay.300h@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Merry Christmas everyone,
 I am told that the 1962 300 Sport coupe that Hot Rod magazine ran that year in the drag racing circuit was/had a ram set up. I never saw the original article myself, perhaps the West coast guys have more information on that car. Ray Brook I believe was the driver that won every race except the last one at Pomona as Ray had to cover Daytona ??
Did Andy Granitelli run a 62'?
Also there was a article this year in the St Petersburg Times that was about Daytona and the cars that ran there and a picture dated 1962 showed a 1962 Chrysler in the second starting row, but I was not able to determine if it was a "H" or sports model. I placed several calls to the lady reporter, but she never returned my calls. I forgot about it and now will try again.

Jerry Lindsay in beautiful Tampa Bay
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  To: j2farris@xxxxxxxxxxx ; john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx 
  Cc: wgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; kmotion45@xxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 12:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re:62 rams



  Hi Jack and All:
  One of the magazines with the road test of the Karen Carpenter/National Car 
  Rental 300H was Muscle Cars, January, 1989. (Cover is Linda Vaughn lying on 
  the hood of a Hurst Olds!) Anyway, the engine is pictured and it is the 
  standard issue 300H inline quad arrangement. Yes, there are a couple auxillary 
  gauges just to the left of the console. Rental was $49.95 and $.30 per mile, 
  but you had to be a "member" of National's Emerald Club. They said the fleet 
  of vintage rental cars numbered about 100. This particular 300H has been 
  for sale several times in the past several years. It was the Automotive 
  Quarterly car too when painted white. It was originally red, and is now, I 
  believe.
  That settled, what about a ram 300H? The 405HP 413 ram engine, among other 
  optional engine configurations, are listed in the AMA specs as available for 
  the 300H as well as all sport 300. These listings seem to be just for 
  legalization of the items for racing. At least Bud Fauble, according to an article 
  I have, built his up. The first mention I have ever seen that such optional 
  engines were available from the factory is in the "Spotlight on Detroit" 
  section of the June 1962 issue of Motor Trend. Even that little paragraph is a 
  bit "iffy" sounding----but it does state such engines can be ordered on any 
  Chrysler 300 or 300H. I seriously doubt any 300H was ever so ordered, 
  certainly not by a serious racer. The sport 300 would be much lighter. Rams are so 
  easy to add to an existing car that there would have to be an iron-clad 
  history to the vehicle before I would believe it was a "factory original" setup. 
  Haven't seen one so far.
  300ly, Gil C.


  In a message dated 12/22/2007 7:48:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
  j2farris@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

  I recall the magazine article. I don't remember what engine the car 
  had, but I do recall that it was a red convertible that once belonged 
  to Karen Carpenter. The car, as well as other significant 50's & 
  60's cars, were available for rent at National Car Rental out of its 
  LAX office.

  Jack

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  On Dec 22, 2007, at 5:31 AM, <john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
  <john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  > I seem to remember a magazine article from 15 or so years ago 
  > (maybe more?) about a red 62 300H convertible with the 405 HP rams 
  > that was available for rent from Hertz in southern California. 
  > They did an experiment with renting vintage cars to people for a 
  > short while, and one of the writers of the car magazine decided to 
  > rent this particular car for the weekend and do a review of it.
  >
  > I remember thinking at the time that this experiment wouldn't last 
  > long, and I fantasized a bit about how to go about contacting Hertz 
  > (or whoever it was) to try and buy that car when their silly 
  > experiment was up.
  >
  > This was all long before the craziness of Barrett Jackson sent 300 
  > prices soaring, so the rental car company didn't have much 
  > financial exposure on the car like they would today. I remember 
  > there were aftermarket gauges below the dash for coolant 
  > temperature and one other measurement.
  >
  >
  >
  > I do remember wondering if the car was a real H with 405HP and 
  > convertible, as that must be a very rare combination, given that I 
  > seem to remember that only 123 or so H convertibles were even made.
  >
  >
  >
  > Does anyone remember seeing that article or know of the car?
  >
  >
  >
  > There is a very nice white 405HP H here in Massachusetts. I 
  > believe it is owned by Dick Rigoli. He has a number of letter cars 
  > in his collection.
  >
  >
  >
  > ________________________________
  >
  > From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  > [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne Graefen
  > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:30 AM
  > To: Intl 300; kmotion45@xxxxxxxxx
  > Subject: [Chrysler300] Re:62 rams
  >
  >
  >
  > The 405HP short rams available optional on the '62 300H were water 
  > heated as they had been on the 300F and 300G 400HP cars. In fact 
  > they are the same manifold casting, with different casting #s than 
  > the 300J and 300K exhaust heated short rams.
  > I looked at one of the original 405 Hs in Southern California about 
  > 15 years ago. I'm sure there are a few others around.
  >
  > Wayne

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