SittingSince85
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What describes a 300?
Obviously, you never drove a Hemi car. I have driven my share. Ridden in a bunch too.My two cents.... it would have been interesting to see how sales would have been if the Hemi had been added to the dealer supplied stock like they did with the modern 300!
Def the family musclecar, but it would have fried tires like the R/T's and GTX's did in that era.
Obviously, you never drove a Hemi car. I have driven my share. Ridden in a bunch too.
They were finicky at best, horrible at worst. With a few very notable exceptions, they were dogs out on the street. A good running 440 could usually smoke a Hemi car. The problem was that not many guys could keep a Hemi running right on the street. Even a good running Hemi car could get beat by that good running 440 in the 1/8th mile (been there, done that) with the Hemi coming on in the last 1/8th. Since most stoplight to stoplight "racing" was just a few hundred feet, the Hemi just didn't live up to the mystique.
A C-body would have been a bad choice unless the factory did some "detuning". You are still dealing with huge intake runners in the heads that kill low end torque, important to a heavy car.
The discerning C-body buyer wouldn't have put up with a car that needed to be wrenched on a lot, could be beat by almost any muscle car, and then didn't even have the Chrysler 5/50 warranty on the engine!
They could have done a sonoramic hemiObviously, you never drove a Hemi car. I have driven my share. Ridden in a bunch too.
They were finicky at best, horrible at worst. With a few very notable exceptions, they were dogs out on the street. A good running 440 could usually smoke a Hemi car. The problem was that not many guys could keep a Hemi running right on the street. Even a good running Hemi car could get beat by that good running 440 in the 1/8th mile (been there, done that) with the Hemi coming on in the last 1/8th. Since most stoplight to stoplight "racing" was just a few hundred feet, the Hemi just didn't live up to the mystique.
A C-body would have been a bad choice unless the factory did some "detuning". You are still dealing with huge intake runners in the heads that kill low end torque, important to a heavy car.
The discerning C-body buyer wouldn't have put up with a car that needed to be wrenched on a lot, could be beat by almost any muscle car, and then didn't even have the Chrysler 5/50 warranty on the engine!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the OP had the 300 Slab Sides in mind...
Would not have made much of a difference. Hemi cars never sold well as they were not good streets engines, as Big John wrote. Their manufactured numbers are low, not out of "rarity," but because they weren't fun to drive daily.My two cents.... it would have been interesting to see how sales would have been if the Hemi had been added to the dealer supplied stock like they did with the modern 300!
Def the family musclecar, but it would have fried tires like the R/T's and GTX's did in that era.
Obviously, you never drove a Hemi car. I have driven my share. Ridden in a bunch too.
They were finicky at best, horrible at worst. With a few very notable exceptions, they were dogs out on the street. A good running 440 could usually smoke a Hemi car. The problem was that not many guys could keep a Hemi running right on the street. Even a good running Hemi car could get beat by that good running 440 in the 1/8th mile (been there, done that) with the Hemi coming on in the last 1/8th. Since most stoplight to stoplight "racing" was just a few hundred feet, the Hemi just didn't live up to the mystique.
A C-body would have been a bad choice unless the factory did some "detuning". You are still dealing with huge intake runners in the heads that kill low end torque, important to a heavy car.
The discerning C-body buyer wouldn't have put up with a car that needed to be wrenched on a lot, could be beat by almost any muscle car, and then didn't even have the Chrysler 5/50 warranty on the engine!
No, it wasn't "unnecessarily harsh". It was a statement of fact. Sorry if you feel that I need to apologize.This is unnecessarily harsh. My statement was only about the fact that it would have made an interesting vehicle and a nice addition to the dealers toolbox (i said sales). I do assume it would still be a bit of a rarity if they had offered it, but it would surely be a valuable car today. It would have been Sporty, and that's mission accomplished. Not meant to compete with the new Dodge Demon in the prowess department.