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| The Chrysler Six of 1924 |
The 1924 Chrysler six is the first ever car made by officially FCA US LLC. The 1924 Chrysler Six, an all-new car priced at $1,565 that featured two significant innovations - a light, powerful, high-compression six-cylinder engine and the first time four-wheel hydraulic brakes were standard on a passenger car. The well-equipped Chrysler Six also featured aluminum pistons, replaceable oil and air filters, full-pressure lubrication, tubular front axles, shock absorbers and indirect interior lighting.
The Chrysler Six was a 6-cylinder automobile, designed to provide customers with an advanced, well-engineered car, but at a more affordable price than they might expect. (Elements of this car are traceable to a prototype which had been under development at Willys during Chrysler's tenure). The original 1924 Chrysler included a carburetor air filter, high compression engine, full pressure lubrication, and an oil filter, features absent from most autos at the time. Among the innovations in its early years were the first practical mass-produced four-wheel hydraulic brakes, a system nearly completely engineered by Chrysler with patents assigned to Lockheed, and rubber engine mounts to reduce vibration. Chrysler also developed a wheel with a ridged rim, designed to keep a deflated tire from flying off the wheel. This wheel was eventually adopted by the auto industry worldwide.
Have a look on the images gallery of this landmark in the history of auto-mobile.
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Six Chrysler was build in 1924. With S-6 / Wet sumped SV / 12 valves total / 2 valves per cylinder engine type, sized at 3301 ccm it was able to deliver 68.0 bhp @3000 rpm.
It is a RWD driven car, with Front engine location, wighted at 1388 kg. The car comes with a 3 Speed Manual transmition. compression ratio 4.70:1 and it is a Benz fueld engine.
Originaly mounted front tires are 30 x 5.75, rear 30 x 5.75 and brakes (F/R) Dr/Dr.
The Chrysler Model B, the first car to bear the Chrysler name, was designed by Fred M. Zeder, Owen R. Skelton and Carl Breer. It made its public debut at the 1924 New York Automobile Show. Powering the new Chrysler was a high-compression six-cylinder engine and Lockheed four-wheel hydraulic brakes. They featured advanced engineering features that were unprecedented in a car in its mid-level price class.
This Phaeton is one of five prototypes completed before Chrysler production began in the former Chalmers plant on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. This example has been owned by the company since its creation.
The car has a wheelbase that measures 112.8 inches and measures 170-inches in length. There is an L-head six-cylinder engine that displaces 201.5 cubic-inches and produces nearly 70 horsepower. There is a three-speed manual gearbox with a conventional clutch.
This car, designed by the famed engineers Zeder, Skelton and Breer, was something new to the automobile market, a high-compression, high-speed six-cylinder L-head engine that developed 68hp. This prototype had two-wheel mechanical brakes. Production models had four-wheel hydraulic brakes.
The first car bearing the Chrysler name was presented on January 5 1924 at the New York Motor Show.
His Chrysler Six marketed with the model designation B-70 because of it's top speed of 70 mph. The model set new standards in the mid-sized U.S. cars. The first Chrysler launched became a bestseller and it was the base foundation for the Chrysler Corporation. Walter P. Chrysler reached one of his personal aims with the launch of the Six, a dream that he was pursuing since 1908.
