Chrysler 300 – Walter P. Chrysler Museum, photo by MikeRyu

And then there were two…

Yesterday the Chrysler Corporation announced a plan for their acquisition by Fiat and filed for bankruptcy. Wikipedia’s Chrysler entry has a good overview of the company from its founding in 1924 by Walter P. Chrysler as a result of his reorganization of the Maxwell Motor Company through the building of the company into a global powerhouse, the Lee Iaccoca led rescue of Chrysler to the stumbling Daimler-Benz & Cerebus era.

The Walter P Chrysler Museum has a much more detailed timeline and all the Chrysler brands (Hudson, Valiant, Nash, Chalmers, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, Imperial, Jeep, etc).

See this picture bigger in Mike’s slideshow of photos from Mike’s visit to the Chrysler Museum and see thousands more photos of Chryslers right here.