1951
300L
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American motoring history
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Chrysler
Chrysler 300
Chrysler C-300
Chrysler history
Classic American cars
classic cars
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hemihead engine
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luxury cars
marque history
most powerful car
NASCAR
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reprint
Robert Ackerson
softlaunch
stock car racing
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V8 engine
Veloce
Virgil Exner
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- ISBN 9781845849610
- Weight: 632g
- Dimensions: 209 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 10 Aug 2016
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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In 1951 Chrysler produced its first ever V8 engine – and what an engine it was! Technically advanced and featuring hemispherical combustion chambers, the new “Hemi-Head” engine produced much more power in relation to its capacity than any of its competitors could manage.
In 1955 the new Chrysler C-300 was launched. The new model combined muscle (300 horse-power), style (by Virgil Exner) and superb handling for what was a large car.
In its first year of production the new C-300 would win both major American stock car racing series: NASCAR and AAA. So began the legend and for each of the next ten years a new 300 model, identified by a different letter of the alphabet, would appear.
Here, from C-300 to 300L, is the full story of Chrysler’s famous 300 Letter series - “America’s Most Powerful Car.”
Robert Ackerson lives in Schenevus, NY. Formerly a public school teacher, he now writes full-time on a wide variety of automotive topics. His books cover everything from American classics such as Ford pickup trucks, Jeep CJ, and Chrysler 300, to Mercedes racing cars in his books Two Summers and Return to Glory.
