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Originally Posted by rickkolber
I know its a different car but in 1962 Hot Rod magazine raced a 62 Chrysler Newport with a 413. I'm not sure but I think it ran ss/sa at 62 Winternationals and took runner up in class to a Pontiac. Big Chrysler and Dodge 880 shared same body except for front end sheet metal.
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All true except that the Newport wasn't the "big Chrysler" in 1962. That was the New Yorker, with a wheelbase of 126 inches, vs. the Newport's 122. The Newport was somewhat shorter, at 214.9 inches, overall, vs. the New Yawker's 219.3.
The Newport was the "entry-level, el-cheapo model and shared its wheelbase with the 300.