The Paddock is your source for Dodge/Plymouth Restoration
 
The Paddock carries a full line of Dodge and Plymouth Interior Parts
|
1955
On February 10, 1955, half-way through the 1955 model year, Chrysler introduced
the C-300, a new model that would prove to be, quite frankly, "the shot
heard around the world." By taking a light weight Windsor
body with an
Imperial grille added, leather interior and "export" suspension
underpinnings,
Chrysler created a distinctive-looking and luxuriously-appointed car. But it
was the installation of the Imperial's 331 cubic-inch Hemi
engine with a "hot" camshaft
and dual 4-barrel carburetors that created the "heart" of the beast.
The 300 name was derived from the fact that the Chrysler C-300 had the industry's
first 300 horsepower production engine. The early concept which created the
1955 Chrysler C-300 would guide the American automobile industry for nearly
20 years into the future: lightweight body - large engine. When Pontiac did
the same thing nine years later to create the GTO, it was dubbed the first
musclecar. Mopar fans know better.
|
|
