1960 Chrysler 300F
Jan 29, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF KOCH
A four-speed stick has come to define the muscle car ethos: no muss, no fuss, shift it yourself. But, in the late 1950s and early ’60s, when four-speed Impalas, Galaxies, and Catalinas haunted America’s streets, the country’s most well-rounded performance car — the Chrysler 300 — was automatic only for most of the population who could afford one. And really, why not? The 300 was from the days when luxury and performance were intertwined — years away from the stripped-out midsized
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