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Al and Marge Coyote's 1960 Chrysler 300

Clarence Coyote and Project Courier - Part 35 - Close Call

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I took a copy of one of my older drawings of a Plymouth Fury two door hardtop coupe, and made it into a Chrysler 300.
This was easy to do because back in those days, the Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge and DeSoto automobiles started out from the same basic design, then were built up as the different models they are.
The only exception to this rule for Mopar automobiles for 1960 were the Valiant and Imperial. They started out completely different from the ground up from the other Mopar products...In fact, the Imperials were the only Mopar cars in 1960 that still had a full frame, while all the other models were unibody.
A unibody car is not body on frame. The body is the frame with unibody.

The 2nd pic shows the cars owned by Al and Marge Coyote.

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cars 515, chrysler 300 7, plymouth fury coupe 1, plymouth fury station wagon 1

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Published: 4 years, 3 months ago

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Snowfirechakat

4 years, 3 months ago

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wow very cool kind of makes me think of my stepdads 1960 Thunder-Bird

moyomongoose

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ Snowfirechakat

T Birds were also cool cars.

BTW, Thank you for the faves.

Snowfirechakat

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

your more then welcome

TheGroundedAviator

4 years, 3 months ago

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9 passenger car... that'll make me claustrophobic!

moyomongoose

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ TheGroundedAviator

They were big roomy cars though.

TheGroundedAviator

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

True, still a small place and many people. I'm glad I only take short bus rides!

nelson88

4 years, 3 months ago

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Classic!XD

moyomongoose

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ nelson88

That they are.

MrRoseLizard

4 years, 3 months ago

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That Plymouth Fury looks beautiful, even with that black-and-gold paint job. Those are the colors of my high school.

But personally, I would've preferred it in the colors of Marge's wagon.

moyomongoose

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ MrRoseLizard

Here are some others I posted last year, including two Savoys and a Belvedere.

Varieties of 1960 Plymouth Automobiles [Page 8] by moyomongoose

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RabbitGTI

4 years, 3 months ago

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I've been a huge car fan all my life, reading all I can, watching/learning all I can, and going to car shows most of my life, so when I saw your 1960 Chrysler 300, I researched it. Here's what Wikipedia said: It was a 300F (I had a feeling it was one of their alphabet cars) it was introduced with a 413ci Max Wedge engine-named for the shape of the combustion chambers-delivering 375 gross horsepower in basic form and 495 foot pounds of torque-net ratings wouldn't come until 1972-it was unibody construction and the styling was one year only given the demeaning look and reception of the "toilet seat" trunk lid. To boost power in the low/mid rpms, the cross ram intake manifold was introduced that put the carburetors at the corners. The intake runners were 30" long. Al Coyote's hardtop coupe is 1 of 969 built, along with 248 convertibles. His would of come with Chrysler's 3 speed TorqueFlite automatic, a 4 speed manual was available, but only for special land speed versions.

These long tubes were tuned so that resonances in the column of air helped force air into the cylinders at those engine speeds. Also new were four individual, leather bucket seats with a full-length console from dash to rear seatback like the Charger 6 years later, and swivelling front seats were fitted as standard equipment

moyomongoose

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ RabbitGTI

Plymouth was also available with a similar engine called the Sonoramic Commando.

Upon looking up a dealer options order and price list from 1960, I found out the Plymouth equipped with the Sonoramic Commando wasn't available with A/C....Hence why Marge settled for the Golden Commando 395 (has a single 4 bbl) when they ordered the station wagon.
There were some 1960 Plymouth wagons equipped with the Sonoramic Commando, though not many.

Being that Al's car was so rare...Dave Pine Martin, who is the sales animal at the dealership who sold the car to Al and Marge, tried to talk Al into trading the Chrysler 300 when they ordered the Plymouth station wagon....Dave wanted that car.

RabbitGTI

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

I'm not surprised he wanted it-for the rarity and that it was an early hotrod-I'm pretty sure the Sonoramic Commando V8 wasn't available with A/C so the compressor wouldn't rob power, and to keep non-racers away. Chevy did the same thing with their L88 427 Corvette in 1967-no heat or a/c. Thanks for the information, it's great to meet more car guys on furry sites.

RabbitGTI

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

I just found a really interesting article on the Sonoramic Commando V8, it even reveals the origins of the name:https://www.allpar.com/mopar/sonoramic.html

moyomongoose

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ RabbitGTI

That was an informative article. I appreciate you sharing it.

RabbitGTI

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

You're very welcome, I thought so too.

jackthepregnantfolf

4 years, 3 months ago

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as my fursona would say "damn she's pretty but i still like my chevys" of which he owns two a four door 1957 hardtop and a 1969 camero ss he also has a normal family van from around 2009

moyomongoose

4 years, 3 months ago

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@ jackthepregnantfolf

Chrysler did make some pretty sharp cars back in those days.

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