1960 Chrysler 300F - Color Promo Film Featuring Bob Rodger

Original 1960 Promo film. Guided tour around the 300F with Bob Rodger - Chief Engineer of Chrysler-Imperial Division. Includes test track, road test footage and the flying mile at Daytona Beach.
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[@lightingmaintenanceservice1716]

Bob Rodger was my father-in-law. Wonderful man..

[@classic-kool]

What a car! … Power, handling and luxury .. 300F was badass!!

[@mosesberkowitz3298]

What a wonderful film! The peak of mid-century American automotive dominance; I love those runs on the sand at Daytona Beach. Thank you so much for posting!

[@2098elk]

I was lucky. My dad owned a 300D when I was 16. He then traded it in for a 1960 300F. What a teen age dream. Loved the ran tube and dual 4 carbs. Dad shut down several Chevrolet's with this huge sedan. Remember seeing one with a 4 speed at the San Fernando Drag Strip. Fond memories.

[@darrenforest1492]

Oh gee, I just love the grille, dash and 4 bucket seats. Mmmm. Cheers from Australia

[@79tazman]

Bob Rodger was a great engineer. He was the best in the business and that is why Chrysler was ahead of everyone else on many things

[@mosesberkowitz3298]

from 6:45 to 7:00, those two incredible blasts by the camera! That's what it's all about!

[@christopherlarson3401]

One of the best looking cars of this era!

[@4406bbldb]

I was in my Uncles Fargo home basement watching houses explode and get sucked up into the air by a huge Tornado. Shortly my uncle screamed into the driveway and guarge. He came into the basement and was pale from fear. He was in a 300g, I might be off a year but with fender washer 4bbls/long tube ram. He was taking fast the Tornado had a grip on the car he floored it and looked in rearview, watched two streams of tire smoke go straight back and the car started to bounce. He said he wasn't moving forward but the speedo was wandering from 40 to 90mph. He was sure the tornado won and then the screaming 413 dug in and the car moved a foot ahead and it bounced again and streaming tire smoke was starting to look like Morse code. The engine screams and it dug in a away he went to safety of home. Well he promised to only drive Chrysler letter cars and did till 70 when he sold me his 300H and it was the V.I.N.

[@brober]

Work of art that did 140 mph.

[@leemartin2990]

7:09 My all-time favorite car in the world, bar none.

[@exxusdrugstore300]

That shot at 6:25 gives me goosebumps, it's like a shot from the Bullitt.

[@jaygatz4335]

The electroluminescently-lit astrodome instrument panel is my all-time favourite, of any car.

[@thewiseguy3529]

This car was and still is amazing! . Love this

[@skdinterceptor2828]

Great video.....loved watching this. Wish I could drive or sit in a 300f

[@robertlee9395]

Got to love those track officials sitting there while that car goes flying by ten feet away at the end of the run. lol.

[@shaunclifton5281]

That's what I LOVED lol

[@168charger]

The Virgil Exner years of design with Chrysler were the best. Just a beautiful looking car.

[@michaelmargaona1622]

Gorgeous!!!

[@mlm3165]

You can call me crazy but I would take this over any GTR.Beautiful machine!!

[@bighands69]

GTR is a modern play station car. It is boring.

[@xeong5]

You’re crazy. Give me a 300 SL and you take this junker.

[@mlm3531]

I think you are the one that has lost your mind.300SL iconic yes,practical no.You can't even roll down the windows in that thing and if you are a certain size,it is problematic entry and exit where this Chrysler you don't have those problems.No car is perfect!

[@BuzzLOLOL]

At 15:40 running a top speed Flying Mile (145-150 MPH?) while wearing a business suit, tie, white shirt, and no helmet! ... stock whitewall tires... LOL! At 16:10 fishtailing off on a standing mile run...

[@georgeszaslavsky]

Legendary automobile and finely collectible one

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Bada$$! I would still rather have a full sized "bomb" than all those mid sized and compact "muscle cars" that arrived later!

[@blu68caddy]

Duel cross ram induction‼️badass😎

[@InsanityHere]

Yes, I would love to drive this big 4 speed, 400 hp car. Or any 413 with the tunnel ram induction system. Could you turn back the clock to 1960 please?

[@TheRazvy1990]

Me tooo....

[@mikevale3620]

This car is simply a work of art of which nothing built these days compares. Todays cars show glimpses of the glory days of 40+ years ago...but offer too little in the driving experience...being all about safety, silence, electronic entertainment connectivity and aerodynamics. 40+ years ago you had to 'drive' the car and not expect physics and the safety devices built into modern cars to act as a 'nanny'. Moreover, as the 300 was the first full size performance car, it had it all over the Europeans as US cars of that era truly made a statement. The sound of that performance engine was music and when you arrived in a car of this era... you were truly arriving! As an Aussie, my classic ride is a 1970 Chrysler Valiant Pacer hardtop, proudly built in Australia to a Dodge dart design. www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1242&bih=580&q=1970+valiant+pacer+hardtop&oq=1970+valiant+pacer+hardtop&gs_l=img.12...2511.11857.0.15239.26.15.0.11.11.0.358.3026.0j6j7j1.14.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.18.3019...0j0i30k1j0i8i30k1j0i24k1.KZTvJAdhnhM#imgrc=QPY7FPy89thwhM%3A

[@antera77]

""40+ years ago you had to 'drive' the car and not expect physics and the safety devices built into modern cars to act as a 'nanny'" Driving a car with inferior safety features, noise levels, aerodynamics and performance, does not prove you're some sort of master over nature. Any more than deer hunting, guns or boxing as a sport. It's just more work and risk than necessary. Ludditism hurts your quality of life.

[@mikevale3620]

@@antera77 You do realise I wrote this over 6 years ago. I actually don't even recall writing it, however I still agree with its sentiment.

[@michaelmartinez1345]

Wow, what a Very cool piece this is!!! That engine really sounds nice on the test track... Those long-ram intake manifolds are just awesome... And the styling of the body, interior appointments and dash layout were magnificent on this car!!! I wonder how the 392 Hemi's would have run with a set on long-ram intake manifolds? That , coupled with High-flow headers and dual exhaust, and my guess is the 392 would have been able to pump-out SERIOUS torque at 2,800 rpm.... Still, a very impressive car with the 413's...

[@asteverino8569]

Oh Bob. I liked the 150 mph speedometer.

[@EricLehner]

When men were still in charge....

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

HOLY MOLY, that narrator at the beginning!!! The most MURICAN voice I've ever heard!!

[@79tazman]

This was 1960's "Muscle Car" they were the one's winning the Nascar circuit back in 1960 also

[@corlt1]

I really wanted to see the results of the Flying and Standing Mile runs that they did on Daytona Beach, but Bob Rodger did not advise it. But he did mention that another 300F that was modified with a 400 hp engine, special camshaft, obersize exhaust pipes, headers and carbs, did make performace runs at an asphalt track, but no mention on the results.

[@riejurv50]

a REAL car, as simple as that :)

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

What a car.....

[@DMBall]

"High performance" was the phrase hatched by Detroit to replace "high speed," and deflect criticism that it was building automobiles designed to break the law.

[@optimisticfuture6808]

Never seen one of these. Beautiful car

[@bobdavis3357]

Awesome car

[@maconp1119]

MO-PAR, MO-PAR, MO-PAR!

[@Juan-ll6sf]

Great time travel on classic car tests and demonstration. (We miss the seat belts, safety steering system, reinforcement in the cabin and doors, disc brakes and air bags.) However, the Chrysler 300F still outruns today's plastic fed compterized expensive throw away cars of 2024.

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

7:34. That motor is purring

[@leaturk11]

very nice car even by todays standards

[@tevinhoward4419]

Engineered of the unbeaten paths.👍

[@tevinhoward4419]

The Chrysler 300 becomes a legend of it's letter series.

[@70stunes71]

The long horn cross ram 413 was a torquey f#@&er lol . Big car lots of power .

[@stephenholland5930]

Great stuff, Bob. I'll take a 300F with a 4 speed manual please.

[@p47thunderbolt68]

Sure cars of that era rusted,leaked and consumed oil prematurely but damn they had personality .

[@vincentbrown8661]

it would be nice if you could hear what the guys was saying n the video 125 crysler 300f

[@saxongreen78]

That 400 HP would have been a scorcher...but could it STOP? (I know that high end Furys had woeful brakes in the late 60s - I'm guessing this had discs up front?)

[@borromeo50]

No man, just power-assisted DRUMS at all wheels, with very low fade-resistance

[@saxongreen78]

borromeo50 ...eeep! Scary.

[@WAQWBrentwood]

+Saxon Greene Try stopping a 1950 Buick Super from 75mph within a block. It was 1979 and I'm still sweating!

[@saxongreen78]

John Texas I agree that added safety features inevitably lead to drivers pushing the safety margins further, but with all due respect, the statistics don't back your claim - the death rate back then was obscene. My 1962 Morris weighs under a tonne, yet has large car type brakes...stopping distances are _adequate_, and only at moderate speeds. Any driver using that huge Chrysler at high speed, anywhere, is dicing with danger...it's basic Physics.

[@saxongreen78]

John Texas ...nah, it's a Major - they're related, but quite different. These were an Australian model only - larger saloon body, 1.6lt B-Series engine and big brakes.

[@edoardozampetti4601]

what's the cost in the 60..??

[@kirbywaite1586]

In the Imperial the seat swiveled automatically when the door was opened. I wonder why the Chrysker's doesn't. The engine hoods usrd to stay up without props . Why don't they in today's cars?

[@michiellombaers3198]

Lol. Downpitched from 30fps (well, 29.97 actually). Makes the sound just that little bit wonky.

[@FURY1958]

I ain't american, so I ask this: Which is the difference between expressway, freeway and a highway? There are differences between 'em to call 'em that way? Thanks.

[@MerleOberon]

It depends what part of the country you live in, freeways, mostly western states.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

Expressways in the Northeast.

[@sczuylevch13]

A highway is elevated above other roads and houses, A freeway has no tolls, and an expressway has tolls.

[@zelbole]

Ya. He's drunk, Thorsten. LOL!!

[@bobmarker6812]

I miss the industrial styling of these cars.

[@andyZ3500s]

Now the main bodies are designed in a wind tunnel. The only freedom a designer has is the grill and lights

[@bobmarker6812]

@@andyZ3500s True, creativity is now forbidden.

[@johntechwriter]

Twin four-barrels. It must have got about 10 mpg. But who cares?

[@shaunclifton5281]

@silverbird58 Amen. My dad got 13. I recently bought long rams for my hardtop wagon, but I am determined to have it injected. There is a 64 Chrysler convertible in several Mopar magazines with an injected long ram.

[@sergeykizin6101]

Fallout 2)

[@zelbole]

Spare me. Thing weighed 5600 pounds. Wahoo!! 3 m.p.g. !!

[@shaunclifton5281]

Think again. The one my family had DESTROYED our 72 Lincoln with 460 and a single four barrel. The Lincoln got 8 mpg, and the Chrysler ran circles around it in Every way possible.

[@brober]

Gas was 30 cents a gal in 1960

[@jamesaandf]

Nope. Between 4,000 and 4,500lbs. The hardtop was probably about 4,200lbs.

[@TheTotti67]

He is drunk, right?

[@LearnAboutFlow]

Absolutely hideous design, but the mechanicals and interior are impressive.

[@brober]

They have a sale on Lasix surgery.

[@Tumbleweed_Tx]

flip the grill over, put smooth headlights on it, and it's a 2011-2014 Charger.

[@keithdukes5990]

Each to their own but I'll take the 300 F design inside & out over anything built in America today & I'll wager millions of others would agree!!!