RE: [Chrysler300] Goodyear Blue Streak tire

Right Paul,

Had 392 300D in 57 D500 dodge convert, Packard OD stick, 3:70’s , never lost to a 55-61 Chev until 425 409’s came out, and --honestly ,a particular 62 300hp 327 running right. The 300/327 were fast cars , he held C stock at Sanford Maine at about 13.2. must have had 4.50 gears. but they all got beat by a lightweight package 62 max wedge 3 spd one night., beige granny car 2dr sedan ----so all remained cool. One mopar, one pig ford , 25 chevs every night, Route 2 in Boston/Cambridge . I did beat a brand new 61 or 62 Ventura 421 Pontiac coupe with triple carbs, 4 spd , best win ever. That poncho was a beautiful car, 8 bolt aluminum wheels, the thin roof, Honduras maroon. Remember it like it was yesterday.

My friend had a fortune in a small block Chev, 283 out to 370” stroker, quads, in 2dr sedan 55 Chev , looked like a B gasser; he had Bukies on that worked great, but caused him to blow up 4:11/4:56 (?) Chev toy axles once a month , snapped them, bent them, stripped diff gears you name it. Blew up Chev 3spd’ s too. (they are a BAD design) No problems with mopar 8 3/4! But blew ~ 25 57-60 mopar pin syncro 3 spds before Packard switch, behind 392. They are junk. Pins break off on fast 1-2 shift, fall into gear mesh, or in first gear , it just peeled all the teeth off cluster with 392; D500 was factory stick 325 Dodge hemi , blew up two of those 325’s before 392. 325 threw rods. 392 bulletproof! Took 3 Packards out before I learned how to build them right, then bliss. No more trans BS> ; Velvetouch metallic clutch disc, 3800 lb 11” B&B Dodge oil truck clutch.

Other fast car around Boston, 1960-61 was a 430” 394 olds with B&M hydrostick , J-2 3x2 in stock looking 50 olds coupe , faster than that 55 Chev! And faster than me. It would rise up in the air off the line and just go! 4;1 first had something to do with that , comes in a hydrostick. Chev was burn or bog half the time, lesson in too much cam. , MOPAR sat down nice but would break loose on one side sometimes, could not afford Bukies ; forget 406 /427 fords..wheel hop.

I remember HRM 300H duplicate winning AS/A at about 12.5 in 62? Think it had short rams, do not remember details. Someone in club should research that car. Faster ET than the stick GM’s ; boy did I rub that in , first year of 727 . And Granatelli going 189 in twin Paxton 300F at Bonneville ...

Those were the days...19 yo !

John

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Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Goodyear Blue Streak tire

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Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Goodyear Blue Streak tire

Remember Atlas Bukies? (Bucron) they were really good in that time frame for street drag racing. Not sure what they were, construction wise, but they really grabbed the street; Blue Steaks were thought of as Cadillac tires, as in big hat no cattle, but also known for top end safety, as in 300 letter car . big $ back then, seldom seen on street drag cars...

Rob Kern had posted about American Classics being the best bet for 14" tires...as on Nov of 2013. After a bad trip with Cokers.

Any comments on that? looking to buy a set for 300c and 300f

AH, Atlas Bucrons, I remember those well and fondly.
Somewhere somehow I ended up with a pair of 9.00x14 Bucrons back
in the mid 70's after I rebuilt the motor in my 300 C.
Around my area we knew them as real nice 'cheater slicks'

Excellent traction, real grip. Really made a difference on a superb dragstrip
surface. (Indy Raceway Park) :-)

About 1976 my racing partner and I ended up working behind the scenes
at the US Nationals to raise some racing $$. One of the big car teams left
behind some liquid traction compound. WE 'played' with it a little at home
one day. At the time my buddy was driving a 57 Nomad that we installed
a fresh (shade tree job) motor in. We ended up with a manual tranny in it,
hydrolic clutch too.
He splashed some of that stuff under the tires and tried it out on the
street. We were not allowed to use the stuff in the class we were racing.

So, a voice was heard to say, let a real car try that!

I had the Bucrons on the back of my 300C and between those and the traction
compound stuff I really laid down some marks. A Full trip around the block and
the tires were still picking up all the loose pebbles on the road.

Paul Holmgren

2 57 300-C's in Indy
CPUs run on smoke. I know this because when the smoke comes out, it stops working.