While I was in college at the UofD in the late 50's,
units of the Detroit Police Department had black Chryslers. A uniformed driver
and three plainclothes officers. Rumored to be vice units, but I don't recall if
I ever confirmed that.
Mike
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Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Whoa,
Nelly!
I recall that Chrysler
was always careful to call this system a ?Parking Brake?. I did use my
?Parking Brake? an emergency stop in a ?50 Chrysler Windsor when a brake hose
popped?and got away with it at about 20 MPH. Locked up the big 7.60 x
15?s and avoided a collision. Parking/Emergency brakes on my other
vehicles were not as effective in locking up the rear brakes, but could be
applied proportionally to ease to a stop with no trauma to the drivetrain and
eventually stop.
I also recall reading
in MI or somesuch that early Chrysler 300?s were used as pursuit cars on an
eastern toll road and only were outrun once?by a big Mercedes Benz.
Pennsylvania TPK or NJ TPK? I do recall that Iowa Highway Patrol used
Chryslers for a while in the late 60?s/early 70?s. Really cool to see a
huge parking lot in Des Moines full of the B&W?s?probably sold through the
same Friedman Chrysler-Plymouth dealership that sold J.C. White his Platinum
(?white? of course) ?55 C-300 that stoked my fires. I have seen the
Police Special brochure for ?64 Chrysler Newports that had a lot of 300
guts. Anyone ever seen a real one?
Sorry about these
snippets from the past. They all tended to shape and define the mystique
of the Beautiful Brutes for me. D?j? vu, all over
again.
C300K?ly,
Rich
Barber
Brentwood, CA?heading
for 87 today.
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Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Whoa,
Nelly!
As I recall, probably
from a MI Mag article, the California Highway Patrol held their road tests for
new Cruisers.
As much as they wanted
them for the power and speed, the Mopars failed due to the Driveshaft
E-Brakes.
Seemed like when they
were jammed on they just snapped the driveshaft or ripped off their mounts,
both disabling the cars.
If not for that,
you left coasters would have had some awesome CHP cars...
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 9:11 AM, 'John Grady' jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]
<Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Going back to 50?s when I learned to
drive , and no park, (stick anyway) part of driving test and instructions
prior was to always cut front wheels on a hill so it would jam to curb if it
moved. Maybe Boston thing..have a lot of hills. My test
consisted of parallel parking in a tight single car metered spot on a steep
hill in Brighton , stick shift, huge stress on me, ---and failing to cut
wheels, set brake meant flunk. NEW 60 pioneer black hardtop 318 stick.
Wish I had it now.
It
seems to me that the parking brake may be a little less effective in
preventing my cars from rolling backwards. Perhaps the rear brakes are
more self-energizing when rolling forward. On my vehicles, I really
stomp or yank the parking brake pedal or lever when parking on an uphill
grade?and I do this before placing the selector in ?Park?. This way, I
can get in, stomp the brake pedal, release the parking brake and hope to
easily move the selector from ?Park? to ?Drive? or ?Reverse?. Our
little ?86 Chrysler T&C convertible (K-car) is particularly difficult to
get out of Park if the proper parking brake process has not been
implemented. I know that some cars have had to get a little tug or
push to take the pressure off of the parking pawl. And with stick
shifts, fuggittaboutit unless you have a competition clutch?and don?t count
on that.
Way
too many people have been run over by their own vehicles while the vehicle
was in ?Park? or at least cringed as they saw their car going out on its own
to play in traffic or the neighbor?s pool. Don?t let it happen to
you. Thanks to the members who have shared their horribles. I?ll
add that a farmer friend was run over by his own Ford 3/4T truck as it
slipped out of ?Park? on its own with the motor running and started backing
up. He attempted to get back in and slipped under the LF tire which
cracked his pelvis. We can and should learn from these shared
horribles.
Much
too late for a recall on our letter cars, but the problem is applicable to
ALL vehicles?new and old.
Rich
Barber
Brentwood, CA (Kind of a belt and suspenders sort of
guy)
Agree completely. It baffles me
when I see people who should know better, not setting the parking brake
before releasing the brake pedal on automatics, particularly on any sort on
uneven surface. If you choose to call it an "emergency brake" and make that
argument, it might not be much help in an emergency if you never use it and
keep it freed up.
Ryan Hill
--
Ray
Jones. Y'all come on down an see us. Ya
hear?
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