Designed by the father of the “100 Million Dollar Look”, Virgil Exner, the 1961 Chrysler 300G was affectionately known as “The Bankers Hotrod”. Jay, along with Model G Expert Bob Jasinski, gives us an in-depth look at Chrysler’s first true gentlemen’s sports car.
2019-01-18
I've suddenly gotten hooked on these vids.
Old Chrysler's always remind me of Christine, just a little evil, if a car is occupied by a spirit you will always feel it on the inside .
Batmobile.
Wonder what bob thinks now. Fiat- Chrysler? Lmao….
Challenge accepted. I'll draw it for ya…
There was one error that I caught on their talks about the hemi, and that was when Bob said the hemi is now back.. Im sorry but the hemi is not back other than in name only. the NEW hemi is not a hemi. it is in fact a POLY with the sparkplug relocated to where it was on the old hemis
This is the car that replaced the jeep in Nuketown 2025
If Bob doesn't qualify for car nerd who does?
Thanks, Jay for the Video.
It really brings back memories. My Dad was a big Chrysler fan of the ’50s. He was a salesman and loved DeSoto’s and Plymouth's. Most notable cars were ‘57 and 60 DeSotos. 57 had a Hemi in it and the ‘60 had the dual quad with ram induction. It passed everything but a gas station. We would go through a 26 gal gas tank before we got to Redding from Redwood City (about 200 mi). When we stopped for gas you should have seen the look on the attendants face when they popped the hood! They had to ask dad where everything was.
Although the DeSoto was not as fancy as your 300G it was fast, of course, no AC not in N California. It had plenty of Power to spare and yes handled great with torsion bar suspension.
Ahh, but everything had a downside and that was build quality. You always need to take the new car back and get all the things that did not work in the first week or so. We could not use the new ‘57 for a trip to our uncles when we got it because of the window wipers did not work. The ‘60 was much worse as it was in the shop many times till they gave him a new one. Once you got them working they were fine cars. The 60 D had a record player in it. Also noticeable were the cigarette suction trays that would suck the butts into a jar in the engine compartment. I think that was in the 57 or maybe 60 not sure of that.
On another note, another nice car he had was a 69 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ wonder if you have any car like that. Anyway thanks again for the show.
The 60 and 61 Chrysler's have been my favorites ever since they came out. This one is extra special.