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• Chrysler 300F
• New Yorker
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1960 Chrysler Facts – Body Paint Color Mix Codes

NOTE: The 300F model was limited in available colors as follows: Formal Black, Toreador Red metallic, Alaskan White, and Terracotta metallic. Regular Chrysler models could choose from the entire list.

Click on the Paint Code Name to See the Mix Codes for the appropriate color:

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1960 Chrysler Facts and Specifications

General Year Information – 1960 Chrysler Cars

Beginning with the 1960 model year, all Chrysler Corporation cars used unit-body construction. Accordingly, all Chrysler models adopted the grille appearance from the Chrysler 300. Fins were rakish and set at an angle. They were emphasized by deep, rounded indentations at mid body height. Tail lamps were set into a sharply arched housing mounted at the extreme end of the tail fin. Dual headlamps were standard fare. An optional “Flitesweep” deck lid was available on coupes and convertibles at modest cost (it was an embossed likeness of a continental tire kit – sarcastically called a toilet bowl” by the press).

A new parking brake was also used, and the brakes were 11″ drums. The bodywork was also redone for 1960, using Chrysler’s new lightweight unit-body construction. The Chryslers were given sharper-edged styling with outward-tilting fins that were visually separated from sides, while the front grille would now adopt a corporate look used by all Chrysler level cars, ending a tradition where the 300 had unique styling not shared with other Chrysler branded vehicles.

300F
The 1960 model offered a 375 HP “Cross-Ram” version of the 413 CID RB V-8 introduced in 1959. New for this year were four individual, leather bucket seats for front and rear passengers including a full-length console from dash to rear seat back. A tachometer was installed in the center console below the radio. This was due to the complexity of the AstraDome instrument cluster.   The rear passenger electric window switches were installed in the center console within easy reach of those passengers. As an aside, the rear bucket seats were also offered on the New Yorker Custom coupe. The front bucket seats were the swivel type with mechanical operation initiated by the passenger – not synchronized to the door when opened. Sales increased over 1959 to 969 coupes and 248 convertibles.

New Yorker
The New Yorker was little changed as far as options went, but a surprising option was that the rear bucket seats from the 300 models were available on the New Yorker Custom coupe. The 413 RB V-8 continued as the New Yorker powerplant. It had the 4.1875″ bore and 3.75″ stroke, and this carry-over RB V-8 had an output of 350 HP.

Saratoga
The 1960 Chrysler Saratoga was based wholly on the New Yorker body shell, less New Yorker trimmings, and again offered in three body styles – four-door sedan, four-door hardtop, and two-door hardtop coupe. The Saratoga was powered by a de-bored version of the “RB” block (4.03″ x 3.75″). It was, however, equipped with a 4-barrel carburetor that delivered 325 HP.

Windsor
The Windsor was a de-contented Saratoga/New Yorker and also shared the new body shell and the futuristic semi-circular domed instrument cluster Chrysler called the “AstraDome”. Windsor models used the the RB 383 CID V-8, albeit with a 2-barrel carburetor for 305 HP.

The “AstraDome” instrument cluster
The dash had been designed with Chrysler’s push-button controls for the Torqueflite automatic in mind, with the “AstraDome” instrument cluster covering the part of the steering column, so manual transmission cars used a floor shifter. The traditional installation of the turn signal lever was relocated to the dashboard underneath the “TorqueFlite” push button gear selectors and was a sliding lever that would return to center as the steering wheel returned to the center position. To the right of the steering wheel but left of the radio were push button controls for the ventilation and air conditioning.

More on the 300F
To boost power at lower and mid RPMs, a special intake manifold was designed. Instead of the normal V-8 central intake manifold, “Cross Ram” tubes were designed with two pairs of 30 inch long tuned pipes that criss-crossed so that each set fed the opposite side of the engine. The carburetors and air cleaners hung off the sides of the engine over the fender wells. These long tubes were tuned so that it helped force air into the cylinders at specific engine speeds, adding HP and torque at different peaks. In the case of the standard “long” 31 inch tubes, torque and HP was boosted between 3000-4000 RPM.

(For Mode Information on the “Ram Tuned” Intake, See this article from the July 1960 Hot Rod Magazine HERE).

A special 400 HP “short ram” version was created, optimized for higher engine speeds and was intended for racing and high speed competition. The overall tube length remained at 30″, but the tuned portion of the tubes was only 15 in, moving HP and torque up to between 5000-6000 RPMs. Only 15 “short ram” cars were produced; 9 of which were also fitted with the exotic French manufactured Pont-a-Mousson 4-speed manual transmissions (developed by Facel Vega). Approximately 4 of these “Special Gran Turismo” cars are known to exist, including one convertible and one with air conditioning; it is believed that 6 Torqueflite cars were also produced.

NOTE: Full engine specifications for the entire line are shown in the “Engines” Section below.

1960 Chrysler Facts – Significant Options

• • Air-conditioning ($510).
  • Automatic beam changer ($44).
  • Auto-Pilot ($486).
  • Captive Air Tires. standard on station wagons; on Windsor ($89); on Saratoga & New Yorker ($94).
  • Door locks, Vacuum. on two-doors ($37); on four-doors ($56).
  • Dual air-conditioning, all except convertible and 300F($714).
  • Flitesweep deck lid, standard 300F and not available station wagons ($43).
  • Heater ($102). Radio, Golden tone ($100).
  • Power antenna ($26).
  • Power brakes on Windsor ($44.00).
  • Power seat ($102).
  • Power steering, on Windsor ($108).
  • Power windows on Windsor and Saratoga ($108).
  • Radio, Golden tone with touch tuner ($124).
  • Rear seat speaker ($17).
  • Rear window defogger ($21).
  • Remote-control left-hand outside mirror, standard in New Yorker ($18).
  • Solex glass ($43).
  • Sure Grip differential ($52).
  • Swivel seats. except two-seat station wagons.
  • Two-tone paint, on New Yorker ($20): on Windsor and Saratoga ($40) N/A 300F.
  • White sidewall tires: Size 8.50 x 14 Rayon, on Windsor station wagon and Saratoga ($46); Nylon ($66).
  • White sidewall tires: Size 800 x 14 Rayon. on Windsor ($42); Nylon ($60 ).
  • White sidewall tires: Size 9.00 x 14 Rayon, on New Yorkers ($51): Nylon ($72),
  • Windshield washer on Windsor ($14).
  • Windsor fender ornament ($9).