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1970 Plymouth Road Runner - It is Tor-Red exterior, with a white vinyl top and interior. It is totally restored back to stock and has unusual options. power steering, brakes, windows. Air conditioning, cruise control. Automatic transmission with consol, bucket 6 way seat, and the list goes on. It was rated at 335 horsepower from the factory with the stock 383. It has 275-60-15 and 235-70-15 BFG radials on reproduction magnum 500 wheels.

1996 Dodge Viper GTS - His best ET and MPH to date is 11.62 @ 120.61 on regular Michelin Pilot SX street tires. He has added a K&N drop-in air filters, Removed rain baffle from air box, smooth tube intake hoses, Edelbrock headers, Borla cat back exhaust. STD Max Horsepower, 464.3 RWHP. The interior has custom Vezano blue and white striped seats with the viper logo embroidered in leather.

1973 Plymouth Duster - 440, with 250  H.P. nitrous, 900 H.P., tubbed to frame. 380 watt stereo. lightened body, sub frame connectors, prostock springs, auto, MSD, TM7, Holley, TTI, slapstick, 6 pack scoop. - Ted Hlokoff - Nimpo Lake, BC,

2001 PT Cruiser - Cold air intake and custom dual exhaust, All LED lighting, custom graphics, chrome wheels,  soon to come, Lowering springs and sound system. - Jim - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

   

   

    

    

Chrysler 300C SRT8 Unleashed

Second SRT model for Australia

?font face="Times New Roman" size="1">         300C momentum continues with a dose of SRT performance

?font face="Times New Roman" size="1">         Power - 25 per cent more

?font face="Times New Roman" size="1">         Performance - 317 kW, 6.1-litre HEMI?V8

?font face="Times New Roman" size="1">         0-100 km/h in mid-five-second range

Chrysler has unleashed a high performance Street and Racing Technology (SRT) version of its highly successful 300C, boasting 317 kW and a 0-100 km/h time in the mid-five-second range.

Priced at $71,990, the Chrysler 300C SRT8 is the first SRT vehicle to be powered by a 6.1-litre HEMI?V8, which offers 25 per cent more power than the 5.7-litre HEMI.

With 20-inch alloy wheels, performance tuned suspension and Brembo brakes the 300C SRT-8 is engineered for incredible acceleration and stopping power.

?/span>The Chrysler 300C SRT8 is the ultimate performance sedan,?said Gerry Jenkins, managing director, Chrysler Group Australia. “It is a complete package for the customer who wants awesome performance in an award-winning sedan loaded with comfort and style.?/span>

?/span>In terms of affordability, no one else even comes close to delivering the 300C SRT8's combination of performance and value.?/span>

?/span>We’ve taken the local Holden and Ford competitors by storm with our standard 300C sedan, now we’re taking the challenge to their performance brands.

?/span>With its world-class handling, benchmark braking, functional exterior enhancements, race-inspired interior appointments and a jaw-dropping 317 kW, we're sure this new model will excite driving enthusiasts in Australia,?said Jenkins.

Since going on sale in its 5.7-litre V8 and 3.5-litre V6 guise the 300C has carved an unprecedented 30 per cent share in the upper large segment (under $100,000 ?as at March 2006).

The 300C SRT8 is the second SRT branded vehicle to be sold in Australia, joinging the high performance Crossfire SRT-6.

The 300C SRT8 exemplifies the SRT formula of all-around performance at a very attractive price, expressive yet functional design and stunning performance

Chrysler Imperial Concept

Elegance and comfort meets stable, smooth driving performance

Like the great Imperials of Chrysler’s storied past, the 2006 Imperial concept vehicle is designed as Chrysler’s flagship, a luxury sedan that is elegant, provocative, aspirational, yet attainable.

For inspiration, the designers looked not only to the classic Imperials of the 1930s and 1950s but also to Chrysler’s long tradition of creative concept cars, from the earlier Chrysler d’Elegance and Falcon to the more recent Chrysler Chronos and Firepower. This rich heritage is expressed in the crisp line that parallels the sill, then arches up over the rear wheel and flows to the rear of the car, signaling that this is a powerful rear-drive automobile.

A similarly-shaped line rises up over the front wheel and flows rearward, falling slightly as in moves into the doors. To fully realize the subtleties of the chaste body surfaces, every area was lovingly hand-sculpted in the hallowed tradition of the custom coachbuilt LeBaron bodies of the classic era.

?/span>The Imperial’s exterior artfully blends a stately nobility, hand craftsmanship, and modern dynamic sculpture and proportion,?says Mike Nicholas, principal exterior designer.

To realize the proportions the designers sought, the Imperial, mounted on a 123-inch wheelbase, is 17 inches longer and six inches higher than a 300 sedan. The roof was pulled rearward to enlarge the cabin as well as to create the luxury of length in side view. Most importantly, passengers sit nearly seven inches higher. Combined with the higher hood and deck and the large 22-inch aluminum wheels, this gives the Imperial the noble stance the designers envisioned.

V-shaped in plan view, the front end is dominated by a central upright radiator grille which imparts a stately eminence previously unobtainable in all but the most expensive of imported motorcars. Composed of narrow chiseled linear elements of brushed and polished aluminum, the grille is capped by a bright header emblazoned with the Chrysler wings. A polished molding, extending from the grille header to the base of the windshield, bisects the raised hood plane.

Nested beneath browed cavities, the polished aluminum parabolic pods housing the projector-beam headlights reprise the individual free-standing headlamps of the Imperials of both the early thirties and the early sixties. At the rear, the individual circular taillights with floating outer rings combine modern LED lighting with a look evocative of the signature “gun sight?taillights of previous Imperials. Separate slender LED lamp units provide for park, turn and back-up lamp functions.

Complementing the hood, the raised deck lid is also V-shaped and accented by signature silver wings that unfold across its surface.  Body ornamentation is confined to the upper bumper bars, side view mirrors, side window reveals, and the handsomely-sculpted door handles.

Hinged at the A and C-pillars, the wide doors can be flung open a la French doors for a dignified entry, revealing the absence of the customary B-pillar and permitting a dramatic realization of the entire interior. Attention to detail and materials is unsurpassed. In studied contrast to the monochromatic Imperial Bronze exterior, the high-contrast four-passenger cabin is smartly two-toned in rich Bay Brown and buttery Birch Creme, inviting the viewer into a world of supple leather and soft suede complemented by California burl wood and metallic-like accents rendered in a lustrous warm bronze.  

The interior is characterized by the interplay of harmonious, expressively curving shapes in which the fuller forms of the instrument panel, door armrest and map pocket elements appear to “float?above sculpted recessed cavities. Even the seats seem to float above the floor. Their elliptically-curved bronze-and-burl side shields echo similar elements recessed into the full-length floor console.

“We wanted everything inside to be nested, fitted and hand-crafted,?says Nick Malachowski, principal interior designer, “with every component subtly reinforcing the hand-sculpted look of the exterior.?

This is a driver’s car, with a minimum of distracting gadgetry. A simple touch pad with intuitive controls, mounted close-by on the suspended center console armrest, permits the driver to adjust settings for radio, climate and navigation functions. The driver air bag/horn pad is fixed, allowing the radio and cruise-control switches to remain settled in the same position regardless of the turning steering wheel. Boldly bisecting the uncluttered floating wood-and-bronze instrument panel are two large circular pods encircling sculpted gauges rendered in satin with polished aluminum bezels. Reminiscent of earlier Imperials, the exquisitely-detailed gauge faces are deliberately designed to satisfy the soul as well as inform the mind.

Since the windshield glass is carried up onto the mid-point of the roof, front seat occupants enjoy a comprehensive view of the passing scene. All glass has a distinctive bronze tint to harmonize with the car’s color palette. Rear passengers can recline their individual seats while watching different movies, thanks to the console-mounted dual-view entertainment screen and wireless headsets. The rear seat headsets store in the package tray at the touch of a button when not needed.

Finally, there is the luxury of expressive illumination inspired by the artistry and elegance found in modern interior architecture. LED lighting, placed behind the “floating?elements of the instrument panel and doors, is used to enhance the sculptural elements of the interior. LED lights also provide indirect cove lighting for the headliner, which in addition offers the choice of electroluminescently-lit fabric or directed-beam spotlights located in the overhead console. 

Drawing on the rich heritage of its memorable predecessors and endowed with modern dynamic proportions, this newest Imperial, crafted with a nobility of stance and purpose, is the finest expression of the Chrysler marque

Birth of the founders

1864: John Francis Dodge born, Niles, MI

1868 : Horace Elgin Dodge born, Niles, MI

1875 : April 2 - Walter Percy Chrysler born, Wamego, KS

1883 : November 8 - Carl Breer born, LosAngeles, CA

1886 : Kaufman Thuma Keller born, Mount Joy, PA.; Fred Morrell Zeder born, Bay City, MI

1888 : David A. Wallace born, Castleton, KS; Herman L. Weckler born, Pittsburgh, PA

1893 : Byron C. Foy born

Early events

1892: Walter P. Chrysler working as a mechanic in a railroad roundhouse in Ellis, KS. While there, Chrysler made his own tools.

1894: Henry G. Morris and Pedro G. Salom construct and test a battery-operated car in Philadelphia, PA.

1895: Morris & Salom build 4 Electrobats, as they call their new car.

- Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, CT, manufacturers of the Columbia bicycle, builds an electric car, designed by Percy Maxim, son of the inventor of the Maxim gun.

1896: Morris & Salom form the Electric Carriage & Wagon Co., concentrating on electric cab production.

- A.L. Riker forms the Riker Electric Motor Co. in Brooklyn, NY. (One of the first Riker electric vehicles is in the Henry Ford Museum)

1897: Isaac L. Rice, president of Electric Storage Battery Co, and the Electric Boat Co., purchases the Electric Carriage & Wagon Co. Firm becomes part of the Electric Vehicle Co., Elizabethport, NJ.

May - Production begins on the Columbia Electric by the Pope Manufacturing Co. The vehicles are sold in the United Kingdom as City & Suburban Cars and in France as L'Electromotion.

1899: The automobile division of Pope Manufacturing Co. becomes the Columbia Automobile Co..

- The Riker Electric Motor Co. is taken over by Electric Vehicle Co. Production of the Riker car moved to Elizabethport, NJ, but the Riker Truck continues in production in Brooklyn, NY.

- Dodge brothers work for Canadian Typothetac Company in Windsor, Ontario. Organize the Evans & Dodge Bicycle Co.

Early automobile development and Chrysler's railroad days

1900

• The Columbia gasoline car goes into production, with the engine in front instead of under the driver's seat - an industry first. This car also had a steering wheel on the left side of the car, another first, instead of the usual tiller on the right side.
• Columbia Automobile and the Electric Vehicle Co. merge to form the Columbia & Electric Vehicle Co. of Hartford, CT. The Elizabethport plant closes, ending production of the Riker.
• A.L.Riker starts up the Riker Electric Vehicle Co., Elizabethport, NJ, but this firm has no connection with Columbia & Electric.
• Carl Breer builds his first car - a steam car.
• Evans & Dodge Bicycle Co. taken over by National Cycle & Automobile Company, Hamilton, ON, which also takes over E.C.Stearns Company, Toronto, ON. The Dodge brothers, and Frederick J. Haynes of the E.C.Stearns Company, work for National Cycle.
• April 17 - James Churchill Zeder born, Bay City, MI (youngest brother of Fred M. Zeder).

1901

• Columbia & Electric Vehicle, renamed the Electric Vehicle Company, acquires the Selden patent. Firm begins action against various firms for patent infringement.
• Dodge brothers move to Detroit, MI and open a shop on Beaubien Street making bicycles and parts for the auto industry.
• The Graham brothers, Joseph C., Robert C. and Ray A, begin a glass-manufacturing business, Pluto Glass Co. They perfect a method of mass producing glass bottles with a crown strong enough to use a cap instead of a cork.
• Waltern P. Chrysler marries Della Forker and is promoted to foreman at Salt Lake City.

1902

• Jonathon Dixon Maxwell, of Detroit, MI, joins with Charles B. King and W.T. Barbour to form the Northern Mfg. Co., Detroit, MI. Maxwell and King were engineers at Oldsmobile. The first model produced is called the Silent Northern.
• Dodge brothers get contract to build 3,000 transmissions for Olds Motor Works.
• Frederick J. Haynes accepts job as manager of H.H.Franklin Company, Syracuse, NY.
• Walter P. Chrysler accepts job as manager of the Colorado and Southern shops in Trinidad, CO.

1903

• J.D.Maxwell leaves Northern and goes to work for the Briscoe brothers, Detroit sheet metal contractors, most noted for the sheet metal garbage can. The Briscoes built thermo-syphon colling systems for Oldsmobile and provided the early backing for David Dunbar Buick.
• The Electric Vehicle Company joins with nine other car manufacturers to form the Licensed Automobile Manfuacturers. The group's main aim is to watch over the Selden patent, and all members pay royalties on the patent.
• Albert A. Pope withdraws from the Electric Vehicle Company, and begins production of the Pope-Hartford in Hartford, CT. Late in the year Pope takes over the Toledo Steamer Co, of Toledo, Ohio, which becomes the Pope-Toledo. Pope then purchased the International Motor Co., Indianapolis, IN, producer of the Waverley Electric. The car is renamed Pope-Waverley.
• Dodge brothers equip their plant to build engines for Ford in return for 10% interest in Ford Motor Company. Cancel contract with Olds Motor Works.

1904

• The Pope company sets up the Pope-Tribune car in Hagerstown, MD, and the Pope-Robinson in Hyde Park, MA.
• Three other firms are formed this year, all independent of each other as well as the Columbia company and the Pope empire - Alden Sampson Mfg Co., Pittsfield, MA; Stoddard Mfg. Co., Dayton, OH and Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co., Tarryown, NY
• The Alden Sampson company had a contract to build the Moyea chassis and running gear for the Consolidated Motor Co., of New York. Bodies were built by the Springfield Metal Body Co., in Massachusetts.
• The Stoddard-Dayton car is built by John Stoddard, son of Henry Stoddard, a Dayton paint and varnish manufacturer.

1905

• Alden Sampson takes over the Consolidated Motor Co. The Moyea becomes the Sampson. By year end the car was replaced by the Sampson 5-ton truck.
• The Maxwell-Briscoe in production with shaft drive instead of the usual chain drive.
• Roy D. Chapin and Howard E. Coffin, leave their jobs as engineers with Oldsmobile, and with backing from E.R.Thomas of Buffalo, NY, form the E.R.Thomas-Detroit Co. in Detroit, MI
• Walter P. Chrysler becomes division chief for of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad.
• Owen R. Skelton becomes engineer for Pope-Toledo Company.

1907

• Frank Briscoe (one of the Briscoe brothers) provides financial backing for a light car designed by Alanson P. Brush. The company is called the Brush Motor Car Co., Detroit, MI, and is noted for its one cylinder engine, chain drive, wooden frame and wooden axles. Another of Brush's designs is built by the former Pontiac Buggy Co. - the Oakland - which in 1926 introduces a companion car Pontiac.
• The Columbia four introduces dual carburetors.
• The economic recession of the year brings about the downfall of the Pope empire. The Overland Motor Company, under the new leadership of John North Willys, purchases the Toledo plant and moves his company there. The plant forms the nucleus for the present day Jeep complex.
• Owen R. Skelton becomes transmission specialist for Packard Motor Car Company.
• Walter P. Chrysler becomes superintendent of the shops of the Chicago & Great Western Railroad at Oelwein, IA

1908 - Walter Chrysler buys a car

• Talks between the Briscoe brothers and William C. Durant to form one big automobile company collapse. The two groups go their separate ways, with Durant using his Buick as a nucleus for the General Motors Company and the Briscoe brothers using Maxwell-Briscoe and Brush to form the United States Motor Company.
• Columbia introduces Model XLVI, a 4-cylinder gasoline engined vehicle that drove an electric generator to provide power to an electric motor on each rear wheel. No clutch or transmission was used, or needed. Power to the electric motors controlled direction and speed. It was not a success as a motor car, but General Motors (and others) succeeded with the design principles on their diesel locomotives.
• With sales sliding at Thomas-Detroit, Hugh Chalmers is brought on board from National Cash Register. In mid 1908 the car and firm become Chalmers-Detroit.
• Walter P. Chrysler attends the Chicago Auto Show and purchases a Locomobile.
• David A. Wallace becomes a machinist at Buick Motor Company.

1909

• The Electric Vehicle Company becomes the Columbia Motor Car Co.
• Howard E. Coffin and Roy D. Chapin design a new lighter car and leave Chalmers-Detroit to set up a new company.
• February 24 - Hudson Motor Car Company formed, by Roy D. Chapin and Howard E. Coffin with major backing from J.L. Hudson. Other backers include R.B. Jackson, F.O. Bezner, J.J. Brady, and Hugh Chalmers
• Stoddard-Dayton forms the Courier Car Co., Dayton, OH, to produce a lower-priced car, the Courier.
• Carl Breer and Fred M. Zeder employed with Allis-Chalmers.
• Walter P. Chrysler becomes work superintendent of the American Locomotive Co. Pittsburgh, PA.
• Herman L. Weckler joins American Locomotive, where he meets Walter P. Chrysler.

1910

• The United States Motor Company is formed, taking control of Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co., Brush Motor Co., Dayton Motor Car Co., Courier Car Co., Alden Sampson Mfg Co., and Columbia Motor Car Co. Of these firms, only Brush and Maxwell-Briscoe were profitable, well-run companies. Another asset is the Selden patent.
  • Alden Sampson was run basically as a hobby, the owner not caring if profits were produced or not.
• Dodge brothers build a new plant in Hamtramck, MI
• Hugh Chalmers, E.R. Thomas, and Roy D. Chapin groups dispose of their holdings in the others' companies. Chalmers, Thomas, and Hudson proceed on their separate, independent ways.
  • The Chalmers-Detroit drops "Detroit." Now known as Chalmers.
  • Hudson Motor Car Company builds its new assembly plant in the Pointe Claire area of Detroit, across the street from the Chalmer Motor Company plant.
• K.T. Keller becomes chief inspector at Maxwell-Briscoe plant in Tarrytown, NY.

1911

• Production of the Alden Sampson company moved to Detroit. Truck production continues and the Sampson 35 car introduced. By year end, the Sampson was dead and Maxwell-Briscoe began using the plant.
• Ford Motor Company wins the Selden patent suit - Selden patent all but worthless.