- The origin of DeSoto cars (a Chrysler division) - Allpar Forums
A brief history of DeSoto cars (a Chrysler division)The car itself was a mid-price, six cylinder, 55 horsepower bargain DeSoto provided engineering advantages such as an oil filter and Lockheed hydraulic brakes that were either optional or not offered by contemporary makes DeSoto niceties included standard automatic windshield wiper, ignition lock, brake light, full-instrumentation, steering
- Early Hemi Serial Numbers - Allpar Forums
Early Hemi Serial Numbers The tables below detail the starting engine serial numbers used on the 1950s Mopar Hemi engines (often referred to as the "old style" hemi) These are easily differentiated from the new (426) Hemi motors in that the old motors had the distributors located to the rear
- 1928-1957 Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Fargo, and DeSoto. . .
1928-1957 Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Fargo, and DeSoto Car, Truck, and Military Vehicle Model Data Guide by Gerald Wilson The model chart was an annual publication which printed the starting and ending serial numbers of all Chrysler models from the begining to date As such it is the most
- The Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-DeSoto Hy-Drive automatic. . .
The Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-DeSoto Hy-Drive automatic transmission Contributed by Lanny Knutson, editor of the Plymouth Bulletin, and transcribed by David Hoffman The Hy-Drive transmission became available (in Plymouths, at least) in April, 1953 Advertised as the transmission for those who
- All engines used in Chrysler Corporation cars and trucks
The 'small' DeSoto Dodge Chrysler flathead eights: The "big" Chrysler flathead eight was a 385 cubic inch engine (384 8 to be exact) made from 1931-37 for the CG, CH, CL, CW, and CW*; it had a bore of 3 5 inches and a stroke of 5 inches 8 0 V-10 Viper, Ram trucks (Ram version used through end of 2002) Some Details Gary Howell clarified
- The B Engines: 350, 361, 383, and 400 | Allpar Forums
The DeSoto two-barrel version of the new 383 provided 305 horsepower and 410 pound-feet of torque, an inauspicious beginning The four-barrel version, coded D-500 by Dodge for that year, was rated at 320 horsepower
- Windsor, Ontario Chrysler plants - Allpar Forums
Windsor, Ontario Chrysler plants thanks to R Perry Zavitz and Jim Benjaminson of the Plymouth Bulletin, and Bill Watson Originally built in 1928, the surviving Windsor Assembly Plant now has four million square feet of floor space In the 1990s, started to Windsor increase its lead in
- “Semi-Hemi” Polyspherical Head V8 Engines: 241, 259. . .
"Semi-Hemi" Polyspherical Head V8 Engines: 241, 259, 270, 301, 315, 325, 331, 354 with thanks to Bill Watson and Hemi Andersen Chrysler's first V8 engine was the "dual rocker," now known as the original Hemi Developed from Chrysler's aviation research, the efficient powerhouse had roughly
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