Product Highlights
This 1:24 scale diecast by Motormax reproduces the 1955 Chrysler C-300 in black, the first of Chrysler's "letter car" performance series and one of the most successful early NASCAR machines.
Features
- Hood, doors, and trunk open smoothly
- Detailed engine and interior
- 1:24 scale, 9" long
About the C-300
Officially offered for sale in February 1955, the C-300 paired a 300-gross-horsepower Hemi V-8 with Chrysler's Imperial-based two-door hardtop body, making it the highest-horsepower American production car of its day. Drivers including Lee Petty and Tim Flock raced C-300s in NASCAR's 1955 Grand National season, where Flock and car owner Carl Kiekhaefer's team won 27 of 45 races and the season championship.
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1955 Chrysler C300
Beautifully detailed model! My wife has a black 2006 Chrysler 300C that she loves to drive so I bought a black 1955 C300 and a black 1957 C300 models for her so she can see the heritage. Delivery was unbelievably quick.
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too big to be 1:24 scale
while it is a nice diecast model, somehow it seems to be too big to be 1:24 scale and too small for 1:18 scale. It seems out of place with the other 1:24 scale models I own.
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First 300 hp car made in America
Chrysler's sporty 1955 flagship C-300, at nine inches, is the biggest 1/24 scale car we have. (Don't confuse the 1/18 scale models Jada Toys sell as 1/24 scale; I have no idea what that is about.) If you are confused by the odd triangular air cleaner, it
