[Land-speed] 1954 Bonneville

Joe & Lynne Lance jolylance at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 13 19:23:56 MST 2010


Not quite, the first Chrysler hemi V8s in 1951 were all 331 cid, first
Desoto hemi V8 in 1952 was 276 cid, first Dodge hemi V8 in 1953 was 241 cid.

In 1951 the Windsor came only with the 250 cid 6 which grew to 265 cid, this
six was replaced with the 301 cid hemi V8 in 1955. I believe 1955 was the
only year Chrysler made the 301 hemi--curious.

Lance

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The Chrysler 6 cyl, was 264 cu/in, the smallest V8- was a 301 cu/in, in the 
Winsor ,and the New Yorker had a 331 cu/in V8.
Glen
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>A senior moment brain fart - was the displacement of the original
> Chrysler FirePower hemi 262 cubic inches?  I sort of recall it wasn't
> big in terms of displacement, but made a lot of power for its size.
>
> mjb.
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