A Tale Of Torque And Luxury - 1961 Chrysler 300G, With 413 Long Ram Power!

[@Kevin-Murphy-007]

WOW,stunning, gorgeous looking machine. Absolutely Beautiful. Back when Chrysler built something special for someone special. Back when you could order color, engine,tires and hubcaps, interior style. A timeless masterpiece.

[@trojan440]

Big Chryslers are awesome, especially that 65. I had a 66 Newport,beautiful car. Put your A body in trunk in case you run out of gas.

[@chumleye1112]

What a beauty. It is a beautiful "boat" that rides like a dream with all that weight.

[@Ross046]

Yes, it is a Muscle Car. Yes, we need to see more. My personal fav is the 300D/E. The ultimate Forward Look. But the 413 Cross Ram cars are just....well pop the hood!

[@born_again_torinos]

Yes, it is a muscle car. That is what I said about my 57 Fury with the dual Quads.

[@jeffgibson184]

🇺🇸👍 They are a Gentleman’s muscle car with big low end torque.

[@urielgarcia4567]

Very nice Chrysler 300, and very interesting story of the fire 🔥

[@randyrobey5643]

I love the Chrysler letter cars.

[@packatk7431]

Wish one of these would just accidentally show up in my back yard... I love early 60s 300s... I'll keep looking for one to show up, till then keep showing em on your channel, please.

[@craigbowley6783]

You're so lucky to be able to drive these amazing automobiles 👌

[@rickrice3221]

Thanks for sharing - beautiful car! I’ve been a Forward Look guy since I was a kid. I bought my ‘57 New Yorker in ‘78 and took it to the dealership that sold it new for some work. The service manager gave me a tip on filling the master cylinder under those boosters: take a piece of sheet metal about 2 inches wide by 6 inches long, bend a vee into it the long way and use it like a gutter to pour the fluid into the pot. Been doing it ever since.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Nice. We used two sets of hands and a funnel. It worked… but still messy.

[@danielweith1075]

What a great dashboard, and a great color. Thanks for the introduction to the 300 G.

[@michaeladamo1188]

I love it! And yes it’s a muscle car! Would not mind if you had more on your channel.

[@milokerrigan7256]

Awesome car! I have a 64 New Yorker Hard top Wagon! Love the big ones! 🙂

[@indianaslim4971]

Buddy of mine, his dad had a 62 model 300 with a 4 speed, years of going to the dragstrip told me it was a musclecar.

[@gilbertwashburn7095]

Thanks for a cool video30 years ago I rented this house I got back at a 57 Chrysler 300C convertible that needed everything he sent it out for paint body work done a new top I rebuilt the motor rear end tranny big project took years turned out great it was copper bronze metallic White interior sent out the weird brake booster to get redone that Bellows thing it was a cool car he had a little over 87,000 and after it was done then he got old and said well I got to sell it so I took it to auction he got 40 grand for it took a big hit but hey that was cool ride have a great day

[@michaelnault5905]

Chrysler put those long ram intakes and swivel seats in their super deluxe wagons too. That dash is one the most fantastic ever made. Someone once told me the 413's were unbreakable. I doubt that, but I think it was earned praise.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Well, people have told me the slant six is unkillable, and yet I’ve hung a rod out of the side of one before… still, they’re definitely quite stout. Haha.

[@ExUSSailor]

A friend of my dad's had a GORGEOUS convertible one. He had one of those inflatable car bubbles for it, until the points on the back of the fins tore holes right through it.

[@craigbowley6783]

Wow! What a beautiful peice of engineering and a fine machine!❤

[@007fredh]

I would always watch a vid on these ultra rare cruisers , more please. I so wish I could drive one myself.

[@slantfish65sd]

I love it! I definitely want to see more letter cars. I think that thing is just really super cool. And yes it is definitely a muscle car

[@redxl883c]

I was 20 in 1978 and bought a 300G for $1200 from a Seattle cop. At the time the engine had a single 4bbl, with the long rams, carbs, and air cleaners in the trunk The leather interior was in decent shape and the electroluminescent dash lighting even worked. I rebuilt the 413 and put the long rams back on. I also painted the car (it had no cancer!), and bought new wide white wall tires. I installed manual chokes because I didn't have the heat riser tubes that went from the exhaust manifolds to the undersides of the carbs. I sold the car in 1981 for........ $1200. Yep, that's what they were worth back then. I also nearly bought my brother's 300-C (392 dual quad) that he had been restoring but I had no storage room. He wanted $2500 for it in the early 90's. Yeah, there are some regrets with my prior car-buying escapades.

[@fecustom]

Thanks for the memories Jamie, love the car. I had a friend/customer with a 300F convertible, basically the same drive train. The car was basically stock, the only changes we made were disc brakes in the front and converting the Tach drive distributor to Chrysler electronic ignition with factory small block parts. His last project was a 4 dr HT 61 Newport Wagon (440 powered). All the mechanical work of the build was handled at my shop. You haven't lived until you have to assemble the dash and gauge clusters on these cars LOL. The turn signal release mechanism is definitely unique. Your test drive of the G brought back a lot of pleasant memories of both cars and their owner. Thank you.

[@jamesadams4304]

To answer your questions.. YES YES AND MORE YESSES! So dang jealous of your job . You get to work on and drive cars that most of us only see a car shows and museums.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I know… I’m a really lucky kid. Haha.

[@p38kris]

Turn out seats like a Desoto coool

[@ijsmale]

The heater leak is probably from the heater control valve mounted up behind the glove box. I just changed the valve in my 60 a few weeks back. You have to take the glove box door off, take the glove box out to get at it up above the heater fan housing. Takes a bit of manipulating to get it out but not terribly difficult. Took me about 35 minutes to get it out and hanging down inside the glove box with the control cable still attached. Also had to make a new gasket before installing the rebuilt valve. Also had to remove one of the vacuum actuators to get it back in easily. Not the worst job...

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It was one loose heater hose clamp. The heater core had recently been replaced, and someone had been a little shy with the screw clamp torque. I think I showed that in the video. It was fixed for the last test run. But hey, that’s good to know. And dang… yours is pretty!

[@MrPFFlyer]

I happened to stumble upon a YT video about the 1961 Desoto right after watching this DDG episode. It made for a interesting comparison. However, poor Desoto...the front end was truly...words can't describe it.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah… the Chrysler is what I would call funky. The DeSoto is just… unfortunate.

[@staceyrenner5418]

Muscleboat? Have always thought these would be amazing on a really long road trip after throwing in a gear vendors unit. Like driving a couch across the country.

[@cougariog8817]

Cool video!! Enjoy these car lessons!!!! Keep up the good work.

[@OdySlim]

Personally I like most all Mopars. A , B, C body. They are all great. I love the pull of a really torquey big block in any of them . Thank you for showing the car! Regards from Ody Slim

[@majortwit]

Yah, more please. I love seeing/hearing the old ones that remind me of cigar smoke and cheap lipstick. Prime Detroit.

[@maniacjack3700]

Beautiful car. Very nice an unique style. And interesting engine.👍

[@60sproduct]

The interior is amazing. Can’t say I’m a fan of most late ‘50s exteriors.

[@edwardt9585]

I had a 300 G , I had to get gas at the airport . It's not particularly quick but it is terrifyingly fast , especially for a car where the steering wheel does not feel like it's connected to anything . The braking and handling were excellent compared to my 73 Country Squire . I loved my G and consider myself priveledged to have owned one .

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

That’s awesome. I agree - it sure doesn’t feel like a sports car, but it does impressive stuff. Higher octane fuel is definitely a necessity.

[@tonyb3864]

Really cool. Brings back memories. My aunt Agnes had one something like this back in the mid 1960s. It was black with a white interior. She was the aunt who I thought was rich. Her hair was black and waaaay too big as were the gawdy rings she wore along with her rhinestone encrusted black horn rimmed glasses. And of course she chain smoked. But she could haul some serious ass in that beast. Picture that if you will.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

That’s awesome. I’m picturing it right now. My great grandma drove a 383 powered ‘68 Charger… with gusto. Haha.

[@leehouston5436]

Thank you! A beautiful car I’d love to cruise in

[@gasser66]

I dig these 300 cars. Definitely count me in the want to see more crowd.

[@joshjesch6000]

Beautiful car. I love the color. I think 413's are just swell too

[@dougritchie4625]

My favorite classic car of all time. You know and engine is iconic when the Beach Boys sang a song about it.

[@derekstone355]

Wow!! I had a 1955 for a while with an under dash record player. Cool old car.

[@dantupper1784]

What a cool car on so many levels. Those twisting seats would be a nice ergonomic feature today. Plenty of room for both legs and shoulders- something that probably drives Truck sales in this era of downsizing. Large with the poor handling/braking typical for the era- but you can see bits of the styling carried over for several years afterward. But when you kick those dual-quads in- Yippee!! Funny to think that while Chrysler was designing and building this- they were designing components of Saturn 5, and had been building the Thor short-range nuclear-tipped missles. Maybe the reason for the 'rocket fins'. Glad Gary did OK it for you take us along for the ride.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh yeah. I think the fin stuff was a conscious tie-in with that era of rockets, space race development, etc. Very typical indeed - it’s definitely a boat. But the ride quality is excellent. It’s really interesting (to me) to look at all of these different cars from the 50s to the 70s and see them slowly evolve toward what we have today.

[@dantupper1784]

@@DeadDodgeGarage Agreed- like the '64-66 A-bodies with their vestigil fins w/strong verticle compenent to the tailamps, gauge faces with a resemblance to a aircraft level, and the rocket/jet cone housing w/red refective ring and white center of the reverse lamps - again rocket/afterburner(reheat) theme. After seeing the Chrysler G's 'Cockpit' styling- the carryover to the 66-67 Charger was amazing. Still, IMO the high water mark for 'cockpit' styling was the early '70's AMC Javelin SST Mark Donahue edition. It just wrapped around the driver's seat, great vision, well laid out gauges, informative- not distractive, just great.

[@richardparis8738]

Awesome looking car

[@DarrylDutton-y3b]

Hi, I have a 62 300 (non letter, called a "sport") the steering was SUPER easy, I did the "firm feel" steering box mod, huge improvement! Beautiful car!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yep! We put those in like everything.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

😍Beautiful '61 which is one of the better looking cars out there!!👍👍

[@anthonytursak51]

Love it!! Bring on that 65 too!

[@majorpayne5289]

👍I sure miss the old cars. Thx. Best to ya sir. Great channel! 👍🇺🇸

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Thank you!

[@chrissimes9445]

It's a muscle boat! Awesome car, love the color combo and the spaceship dash. But how soes that sucker swallow 1200 CFM?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Loudly, and slowly 😅

[@KiwiStag74]

Man, that thing is beautiful! Not a big fan of the slanted quad light era of Chrysler, but on that beast it certainly works! Love all the detail and little style cues they had on the cars back then. They certainly dressed them up to look their best. Lovely restoration job - and I too would have left something to mark the sad day she went up in flames. My Stag has several dents on it from where things (including a shelf) fell on it in the Christchurch earthquakes of Sep 2010 and Feb 2011 ( 7.1 and 6.6 respectively) and when I restore its bodywork, I thought about leaving one.....but then again, maybe not.

[@randallsullivan3692]

My dream car!!!

[@kellismith4329]

I’ve never seen one of those before, very cool car

[@DarrylDutton-y3b]

Hi again, I put a rear axle in my 62 300 from a 66 chrysler, it bolted in 100%, even the brake lines, no more tapered axles, got bendix brakes and a good e-brake, by the way, I got the diff for $50!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Well yeah. That’s the move.

[@jamesonpace726]

Best exterior color ever....

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

Yes, more letter cars and c bodies

[@kenjohnson3641]

Sweet car

[@samhicks97]

Beautiful C body Chrysler, thanks for sharing. I have a daily driver 64' Dodge custom 880, -A close relative of the 300 series.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yes! Extremely close in fact. I really like the look of the 63-64 880 nose. I’d like to have one of those in coupe form some day. Although I did a bunch of work on a ‘64 880 wagon, and it was pretty cool too.

[@samhicks97]

@@DeadDodgeGarage The wagon is the rarest of the 880's, something like only 1.5K were only made? The 2 door's are cool, but the 4 door with the hardtop is really nice also, can hardly tell it's a 4 door with the windows down. Anywho, thanks for sharing.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

@@samhicks97 I'm a big fan of the four door hardtop too. The same gentleman actually owns (or owned at the time) two 880 wagons and one Chrysler of the same body style.

[@davidwilkins3783]

I enjoyed the video!

[@waynedavis7245]

Very beautiful car. Kinda reminds me of the Studebaker Hawk , but bigger!

[@chevler6761]

Just found this video! I'm working on a 61 Newport that I'm doing a 440 swap on. Using a 62 trans. I have a few videos up of it but haven't posted in a while. Love your videos, I watched the 440 build video to help me out.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Nice! Sounds awesome. Thanks for watching!

[@LSSindustries]

Beautiful

[@hemibreath]

Awesome 😎 car ✅✅

[@RapperBC]

God I love these cars.

[@CorgiConnect]

I consider these to be, more "supercars" or "factory racers". The term "Muscle Car" really did not exist until Pontiac took a mid-size, lighter weight LeMans/Tempest, and put a full size car engine in it and called it GTO in 1964. The whole power to weight ration thing, light car, big engine. This is a big car, big engine, 100% amazing.

[@furyfantoo]

Beautiful car, esp in this color. 2:50 But it does suffer from the telltale sign of a missing PS pump bracket snubber. When the snubber is missing, it is near-impossible to fully tighten the PS belt. It will be tight enough to not squeal, but the belt can flop and rub on the water pump pulley. This bracket setup was actually quite ingenious, in that it allowed the bracketry to 'relax' when PS load was low, and when demand increased, the bracket would squirm a bit and bite the belt a bit more.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

So many earlier 60s big blocks are missing that. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever actually seen one in place, now that I think of it.

[@furyfantoo]

@@DeadDodgeGarage I haven't seen a 'correct' one either. Mine have all gotten a small rubber block put in place.

[@matthewsmith6486]

Love it!

[@JohnLittlepage]

See Nicks Garage he just rebuilt the 63 version

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Funny story… Gary owned that car too. In fact he posted a video showing it off on KZbin in December 2021.

[@m1a1hm]

That's NICE!!

[@THEMOFODRIVER.]

That is one cool Mopar 👍

[@glenbo2464]

My friend that lives down that way had a black 1962 300 he sold a year or so ago. You may have seen it around town . Think he sold it with a white 62 parts car. Im drooling over that 65 300L , WOW !

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Wait, I know a guy who had a black ‘62 Newport or New Yorker with red interior, and I’m pretty sure he also had a white one. I’m at least fairly sure it wasn’t a 300. I suck at names and am drawing a blank on his right now. But we did some front end work on that car. I really liked it and wanted to buy it but it wasn’t in the budget.

[@glenbo2464]

@@DeadDodgeGarage Was his name David H ? If so thats him but his looks like a 300 with the cross bars in the grill and emblem in the center.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

@@glenbo2464 That's him! Sorry, I was mistaken - his was indeed a 300, but the first year of the lower powered non-letter series (1962) with a 383. I did have to go refer to pictures he had uploaded of his cars. I guess I was thinking no 413 or dual carbs / cross rams meant no 300, forgetting about the non-letter car's existence. It's not a very big world we're living in here, either way. Haha.

[@Ripsaw17]

Man that's a old clean ride I like the old wing cars 🚗 dose that one have the push button trans yes it dose that's a clean ride

[@mikemckee1514]

Wow, beautiful car. I need to see if you can offer any ideas about my 62 dart witch when gets driven on a hot day will not manually shift, therefore I can not shift to neutral to go to park, so if I shut her off the neutral safety won't let me start again until she cools down a bit. Any ideas?? Thanks

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Huh. That’s very odd. I don’t know why ambient temperature would make a difference, but I do know correct shift cable adjustment is critical, and I have experienced something like that in similar situations of bad cable adjustment - it basically just won’t shift. But never relating to the temperature outside… if you haven’t done the adjustment process before, I recommend doing a bit of reading on the subject, then getting the cable set exactly right. Hopefully that helps.

[@ivanjones1804]

That’s when Chrysler was Chrysler back in the day you knew exactly what you wanted and what you needed in that Chrysler. Chrysler designed,built,created,made and manufactured Rides ahead of their time because their cars were based on the Space Race Competition with The USSR or Russia 🇷🇺 back then. If I had the proper funds room & space I would definitely 👍🏾 buy and add that 300G to my Antique,Classic and Vintage Auto Collection + drive them around in the end of Spring and beginning of Summer into the beginning of Fall. I like that 65 Chrysler 300 sitting on it’s right next to it Two thumbs up 👍🏾👍🏾 my Brother another different mother 🧑🏼👵🏽 two thumbs 👍🏾👍🏾 Sincerely Yours Truly Ivan I J🤵🏾‍♂️💼🕶️👓👍🏾👍🏾

[@culcune]

The Jay Leno video on his '61 300 G is very informative as he had a '61 300 G expert rattle off facts and figures. I have to say that Leno's 300 G in black has a very sinister, mafia look about it.

[@bertpryor1158]

I have a 62 sport coupe 300 in process of 800 horse 512 n new interior, yum!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh wow. That’ll be nuts!

[@budlanctot3060]

I drove my late friend's 62 300 w/ a 426 wedge and in line dual quads and CI headers at the drag strip. It's kinda frightening when you have 6k pounds of steel that is that fast.

[@aulduronsmith5577]

Astra Dome?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Indeed! I don’t know what I said but it was probably wrong.

[@Beanerds]

Looking at this , listening and watching this ,,, my heart is broken ! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE USA ? ,, that's right ,, POLITICS ! What a beautiful machine , something to be proud of ! not this pride B-S we get today !

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

A whole lot more than politics happened to the US. Nothing is as simple as that.

[@joshjesch6000]

Holy crap I didn't know tom was a twin. That's awesome. Me and jonnie are identical twins 9 minutes apart in age...me being the younger.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh, alright that’s funny. I guess I’ve never had the chance to make that obvious in a video. Haha.

[@Spectre197]

@Dead Dodge Garage Do you know good places or websites to find 68 chargers? Marketplace and scrap spots in Georgia/Alabama have been been disappointing.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Well, kind of. I see them fairly often in the nationwide Facebook groups. Mopar parts and projects (or whatever it’s called) and Mopar graveyard are a couple that come to mind. These cars are scarce, and there are probably a hundred different people ready to jump on any that come up for sale in a given area. It’s not going to be easy.

[@bigdaveturbo]

I like it, the dash is magnificent! but that blue 65 looks kinda cool, you’ll have to do a vid on it too 👍🏻

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I will as soon as I get a chance! That one is Tom and Gary’s dad’s. I did brakes on it last year some time. I really like it. Kind of surprised by how many people are excited about it here.

[@timbarry5080]

Wow! that dash is juke box heaven.. that must be awesome at night

[@mikesr3407]

Great Now I Need One Too ! 😂 Yes and we learned letter card Are Great 👍

[@BillMiller-gm1iy]

I have owned 2 1961 300 G one in 1968-1970 raced in in H Stock Auto 13/50 13/90 constantly what fun got married in it 1968. It got sold didn't know what a letter car was till i sold it . Dummy now i own a completely restored 1961 which my wife and i enjoy after 57 yrs of marriage .we go to car shows people today don't even know what it is .Hope my kids enjoy it after we are gone..

[@markallen1413]

It's a muscle car all the way.....Mopar or no car.....you know that 👍👍👍👍👍✅✅✅✅✅

[@MrShene123]

Epic.

[@budlanctot3060]

Was this shot at Ben Snobar's old place? I attended the auction there after Ben's passing.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Every video that I film at Rocket Restorations is! Tom with Rocket helped the family sort through things after Ben passed, and organized the auction for them. I live nearby but didn’t attend the auction for some reason. After that, he ended up purchasing the property, and the business now operates from there.

[@budlanctot3060]

@@DeadDodgeGarage oh, ok. Cool.

[@brentforte5950]

What a ride they came with manuals to right.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Ahhhh heck I can’t remember what years could come with what. I’m not an expert, but I know there were three speeds available, then there was some whacky four speed available in ‘63, then the A833 was available in ‘64. None of these were common. On at least early four speed C bodies with consoles, the shifter comes out of the floor *next* to the console instead of through it. It looks like an afterthought. It’s kind of hilarious actually.

[@rocketresto]

@@DeadDodgeGarage You could get a 3 speed manual trans in a G, VERY rare. You could get a French 4 Speed in an F (1960).

[@stephenholland5930]

​@@rocketresto Yes, the rare Pont-a-Mousson, also fitted to the Facel Vega.

[@PaulSteinberg-il4tw]

It's a beautiful muscular boat!

[@01trsmar]

They did over 150 mph.. Being a tall guy myself I always loved big Chrysler's(I own a few c bodies today and mainly b bodies)...Never owned a big Chrysler older than 1965 for myself as a daily driver,but my 66-70 C body Chrysler's beat up other muscle cars..and if I lose (rarely did) it wasnt by much.. they couldnt be to excited that they beat me as a car twice the size of theirs was right on their tail... I did ride in one of these a car club member back in the 90's took me for a ride and he beat up a 5.0 Mustang lol that guy looked pissed off! His had 3.23 gearing and tuned to perfection..Not sure if he had a cam in it but it sure moved!

[@erickruse3064]

I love it❤😅🎉

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

TORQUE = was the key to moving these large bodied cars of the line ! = 495 ft/lb

[@danplotkin8181]

The purpose of the removable fender aprons has nothing to do with spark plug access. They exist to clear the RAM manifolds as the front clip is lowered upon the front frame on the line.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m familiar with the body drop. That would make sense.

[@2098elk]

Dad had a 300D and then a 300F. I was a teenager and really though they were cool.

[@allanperryman388]

pushbutton auto. Nice!

[@Jim-ic2of]

Hey Man you broke my heater .😢

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Don’t look at me… blame Gary

[@derekstone355]

A muscle boat!

[@deepfreezevideo]

I want that blue 1965, she is swe-E-E-E-E-E-E-t! !!!!

[@michaeladamo6279]

You were wrong!!G stands for groovy!

[@realmaindrianpace]

We used to call them Typewriterflites.

[@markfarr-jones8380]

More of these please ! Love those big bastard yank tanks , don't see many down under. Love ya channel , give yourself an uppercut , stuff the nay sayers.

[@jonboy9912]

Get one.

[@AverageJoeBuilds]

I'm 6'4 and somehow fit A body live a glove, it's the 170lbs soaking wet feature i think