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DeuceCoupe · 10-30-2021, 08:27 PM

I'm putting this in here to add to Rat Patrol's nice 1962 summary at:

https://skunkwerkssuperstock.wordpre...s-experiments/

I found this while we were hunting for stuff about Antlocer being possible S/S R/U at 62 Indy as said on Boyce pg14.

But the fun part is I saw a big Chrysler 300 as S/SA R/U car.
Holy cow who would believe a big dog like that!
Well it turns out they werent THAT big.
NHRA lists shipping wt for the 62 300H at 3750.
That's lighter than a lot of Galaxies & Pontiacs & even fat 1970up "Muscle Cars".
The June 1962 Hot Rod article is here:

http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/membe...S_Auto_1-3.pdf

Off the assembly line the 1962 300H weighed 4040 with half a tank or about 4100 curb.
(Our 64 Galaxie XL curbs at 4200!!)

The car had 4.56 gears, a prototype 413/405hp-8v LRSP (Long Ram Short Partition) & they added the proper cam and then headers & some chassis work.

I'm surprised how good this big dog ran.
14.73 at 95.74 in street trim, closed exhaust & 4040 lb car.

12.88 at 108.40 in NHRA trim ready at 3880 lb ready for 62 NHRA Pomona Winternationals.
Great article.

10-30-2021, 08:27 PM	#55
DeuceCoupe Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 274 Likes: 98 Liked 48 Times in 44 Posts	Re: Indy 62 Pics I'm putting this in here to add to Rat Patrol's nice 1962 summary at: https://skunkwerkssuperstock.wordpre...s-experiments/ I found this while we were hunting for stuff about Antlocer being possible S/S R/U at 62 Indy as said on Boyce pg14. But the fun part is I saw a big Chrysler 300 as S/SA R/U car. Holy cow who would believe a big dog like that! Well it turns out they werent THAT big. NHRA lists shipping wt for the 62 300H at 3750. That's lighter than a lot of Galaxies & Pontiacs & even fat 1970up "Muscle Cars". The June 1962 Hot Rod article is here: http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/membe...S_Auto_1-3.pdf Off the assembly line the 1962 300H weighed 4040 with half a tank or about 4100 curb. (Our 64 Galaxie XL curbs at 4200!!) The car had 4.56 gears, a prototype 413/405hp-8v LRSP (Long Ram Short Partition) & they added the proper cam and then headers & some chassis work. I'm surprised how good this big dog ran. 14.73 at 95.74 in street trim, closed exhaust & 4040 lb car. 12.88 at 108.40 in NHRA trim ready at 3880 lb ready for 62 NHRA Pomona Winternationals. Great article. Last edited by DeuceCoupe; 10-31-2021 at 08:31 PM.