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I'm sorry but no one ever ran tens in a stock 360 in a chrysler 300. It's not possible. It might have been stock looking in the engine bay, but probably built to the tilt inside the block. Even then, it's hard to believe. Maybe if it had 4.56 gears and A lot of nitrous.
If a late 60's C-body wagon can run mid to low 11s, a car that weighs nearly a ton less can do it in 10. 4.56 gears will severely hurt it's over all time unless you're running an 1/8 mile track. If you knew what you were ordering back in 1974 you could order a 360 4 speed Duster that would run in the 10s from the factory!
There were only 3,811 79 300's made in 79. My wife and I own two. She has a restored sun roof car with cruise, tilt, A/C, P/W, trunk release, CB. Mine is a "plain Jane" version. Besides a stroker kit (408") and some other engine mods, it has a stock drive train and with a 4.10 gear, runs low 12.20's @ 110mph. I enjoy doing Pustangs for breakfast!
I am the one-and-only owner of a '79 300 and it is a wonderful car that has never given me any grief. I purchased it in late 1980 from Chrysler with only one hundred miles on the odometer.
Pertaining too July 22 comment, you are correct the engine was owned by a machinist, who also raced.
The converter was over a 4500 stall, gears probably around 4.38- 4.58 Nos probable but could not see. Single 4 barrel lighter and much more efficient then 6 pack.
Track was about 1 hour out of Saint Louie, Summer of 2006 where the car ran 10.1.
I had owned a worked 71 Roadrunner 440 six pack, 4 speed, Dana 4:10 rear, tons of fun but at the track the holly 850 double pumper was much faster (also lighter) and consistent.
Never used aluminum heads as I did not use nos, and as they actually displace the heat better they also lower the compression of the engine. Mine was bored 30 over and had domed pistons think about 12:1 compression.
Used an adjustable pinion snobber, adjustable drag shocks so I could use lighter smaller tires.
Also owned 1 of the 367 1974 space Dusters built with a HP 360 4 barrel, 4 speed, Dana rear. In the quarter had better luck with this then the Roadrunner. Best car overall I ever owned. Think off the line the Roadrunner hooked up better, but mid range the Duster was quicker. Top end the Roadrunner kept going, but boy that engine was reeving.
The Duster only lost once to a worked 1971 351 Boss Mustang, I broke out of my time bracket so he won by default.
With the 1979 300 the inside medal cores in the bumbers probably weigh about 40 pounds each. Just put the original aluminum wheels back on, they are often switched off over the years, but are much lighter than the steel 15 - 7 wheels.
My uncle passed away last summer and I purchased his 1979 Chrysler 300...in very excellent condition... he had purchased it brand new in 1979.. still have original receipt... 100,000 original km... white leather interior.. anybody know the value of my little gem..
"anybody know the value of my little gem.."
There are dozens of websites you could go to and find out how much these are selling for. Like hemmings.com.
Wouldn't plan on funding your retirement with the sale proceeds, though.
I would go to e-bay and just do a comparison of similar cars and what they are going for. That will give you a better idea of fair market value, which commonly differs significantly from what a car collector magazine rates the value as. On e-bay you'll see what people are really paying.
E-bay is not a reliable indicator of what a car like this is worth, mainly because too few examples would come up for auction. You would be better off checking out the online car sales sites to see what range asking prices are in for ones in similar condition to yours, which should give you a ballpark figure of what yours should be worth.
Regarding posting of 5/30/09,
the 1979 300 only came with red leather interior no white this car is probably a cordoba.
The 300 with the white interior is likely a Canadian Only model for sale in Canada. The Canadian version came with more options and was considered an option package to the Cordoba instead of a model of its own like the US version. I know of a car like that in my area, white interior and no heavy duty driveline... know the car from new and it always carried the 300 badging...
Thanks for backing me up on the white interior leather.. It is Canadian... it was specially ordered like that... and it has all the 300 logos..
Anybody have any idea what top value price would be on a 79-300 with only 600 miles on it?
Thank you...
79 300 with only 600 miles. A car like this in perfect shape could be worth as much as $30.000.00...Or it could go for less than $20.000.00. I would not accept less than twenty if I owned it...
There were no white interior 300's made, Canadian or American, I have personally checked this through the Chrysler archives. This was probably a transplanted interior (Cordoba) and rebadged as a 300. I worked with Chrysler from 1975 through 2001, I know this to be fact. It is very easy to rebadge a panel, 79 magnum panels will fit a 300 door, the badging is different, a Cordoba panel will fit a 300 because the 300 is just a over zealous Cordoba, I have owned 3 personally and know that it is very easy to do these things and very few people would recognize it as such.
And for the 10 sec 360 300; no way, no how. My 300 is a 505 inch stroker from Muscle Motors, a Dynamic 727 (frank lupo) with a 3800 convertor, a dana with 4.10 gear, the best this car has ran is a 10.90, unlightened, maybe your friends has a feather 300 (lightweight, sarcastic comment for those of you without a sense of humor) with god at the wheel. Wake up, smell the coffee, and realize this story isn't true.