Vintage Cars: highest land speed recorded chrysler 300, chrysler hemi engine, chrysler 300s

Question
i need to know the highest land speed for the 1967 chrysler 300 it was on the history channel and i bet a freind they said it was 176 mph please let me take this guys money

Answer
A 1958 Chrysler 300-D set a record speed of 156 mph on the Bonneville salt flats, which was the last year for the original Chrysler "hemi" engine (it was replaced in 1959 with the "wedge-head" V8).  The hemi, one of the most powerful V8 engines ever built, especially when it came to high-speed driving, was reintroduced in a new version in 1964. It never found its way into any Chrysler 300s (just Plymouth and Dodge cars), and I can't find any record of a 1967 300 achieving 176 mph.  The last high-performance "letter-series" 300, the K, rolled of the line in May, 1965.  300s built after that date were certainly beautiful cars, but were mechanically identical to run-of-the-mill Chrysler Newport.  Sorry, but there's no way a '67 300 could have EVER reached 176 mph.