In 1955 Chrysler began the 300 series of large sized luxury cars (around 5.5m/18ft in length), with a motor of at least 300 Cv and 2 doors. Originally they were hardtop cars, and from 1957 were also convertibles.
The first series was called C-300 (C for Chrysler), instead of 300 A, and later they sold the 300 B in 1956, 300 C in 1957, etc, at times with different restyling, until the 300 L in 1965. The E series is a re-styling within the C series, which is why the C, D and E series models have an identical exterior, and are the first convertibles.
Over the years they made changes to the motor and other elements.
In particular, the E series models were equipped with a 6.771 cc cd motor with 380 Cv, which allowed this 2,080 kg (4,576 lbs) vehicle to gain a maximum velocity of 206 km/h (128 mph) with a consumption that today seems absolutely unimaginable: 28.8 l/100 km (8.2m/gallon). These were vehicles for a very exclusive crowd (along with the options of air conditioning, power windows, power seats, etc.) which explains their small sales figures:
|
Hardtops |
Convertibles |
|
|
300 C (1957) |
1767 |
484 |
|
300 D (1958) |
618 |
191 |
|
300 E (1959) |
522 |
125 |
In this table we can clearly see the continuing decrease in sales, which lead to the F series in 1960, which along with technical changes and another re-styling in order to increase sales, sold 969 hardtop coupes and 248 convertibles.
Our Brooklin model is pretty heavy, which is unusual in a Die Cast model, but appeals to certain collectors. The bodywork is painted a smooth gold, which brings out the silver front grill with a red background, true to the original model, and the white painted tires, in the style of the time period.
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