[Chrysler300] Fuel Pump

[Rich Barber <c300@xxxxxxx>]

It would be interesting to hear from some of the people that used to 
race these cars to see what they did to assure plenty of fuel in all 
those left-hand turns.

Remember-old racers never die, they just lose their pressure.

To those with whom I exchange personal e-mail, please note my new e-mail 
address is C300@xxxxxxx

C-300'ly
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 C-300  (nearly dies of starvation in moderate tight fast turns)

Gary Barker wrote:

>OK now. I don't want everybody laughing.  I had some bad luck with 
>electric fuel pumps, So  while  laying in bed one night thinking about a 
>universal way to fix the fuel problem.   I got up and went to the garage 
>and got into my box of old Midget and Sprint car parts.  Low and behold 
>I still had my old hand operated fuel pump that i used in the old days.  
>So I took a couple of large sheet metal screws  and attached it to the 
>outside of my 300F drivers door, right behind the spotlight  and then 
>ran a rubber hose to a fitting ( I used a tie strap to hold the hose to 
>the right rear antenna.to hold it up). that I brazed to my gas cap.     
>Now if I start running low on fuel pressure  I just put the window down 
>and start pumping the tank to 5 lbs of pressure.  It will last for 
>almost 50 miles before I have to pump it up again.  I know this is old 
>fashioned but it works great.   It doesn't look to bad when I polish the 
>Knob.
>
>    Gary Barker
>
>  
>




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