1956, "Hey" That thing gotta Hemi???

[wingnutz]

My friend up here in Wisconsin has a 1956 Shepherd wood boat for sale (tentatively)!!! Looks like the one in this link...

http://www.mahoganybay.net/Boats/Boats%20for%20web/shepherd/1956%20Shepherd/

The boat originally came with a Hemi..., I don't know what size they were originally in 1956..., but it sports a 426 hemi w/dual quad now! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Everything looks original but I was wondering what sizes the Hemi's were in 56' and if there were Special Hemi's for marine use? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

What 426 parts would fit earlier Hemi's?

Mark

[Paul]

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What 426 parts would fit earlier Hemi's?

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I don't think anything from the 426 fit any early hemis

the 1956 Chryslers had the 354 ci motor

Paul

[Bigcheese327]

'56 Chysler - 354
'56 DeSoto - 341/345
'56 Dodge - 315

The Elephant Hemis don't interchange anything with the '50s Hemis to my knowledge. And little to nothing interchanges between the '50s motors.

[Paul]

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same type of valve covers

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the valve covers are quite different

the most obvious difference is the 426 had one top corner lopped off right front and left rear

the early hemis had a more or less rectangular shape

Paul

[55olds88]

I saw a marine Hemi here the other day, from memory the valve covers read Chrysler Marine ?? this thing was a boat motor with all the marine gear still on it and sure looked factory.

[cheaterslick]

There were Dodge 241, 270, 315 and a 325 as early as '57. DeSoto also had 276, 291, 330 and 341.

[ramrod]

Early hemis had the distributer in the rear.426 is in the front.

[SimonSez]

Paul, that Hemi at the Hot Rod blowout did have Chrysler Marine rocker covers.

It was real similar to the one in the Shepherd in the link above, but was a single 4 bbl.

It even had the same (marine only) front timimg cover setup with starter and gearbox attached. Now that I think about it, I guess that means it has a flywheel of some kind mounted off the front of the crank as well. Definitely different !

[jboymechanic]

Chrysler definitely made a marine hemi, and hemis were used in other applications as well, such as large generators. Every once in a while these generators show up on ebay. I believe the Chrysler Hemi even came in some of the larger Dodge trucks (grain/dump) later in the 50s.

[Mutt]

Most of these, in a friend's storage barn, are marine hemis. All are 392's.


Mutt