Hi Jack,
 > Good to see another Dodge fan! You seem to a bit of an
 > expert on Hemi's so maybe you can help me. My
 > expertise only goes back to about the muscle car era,
 > and those Hemi's were 426's. Anyway my question is my
 > father in law has an old hemi in his barn, that he
 > pulled out of his old Dodge passenger car ( early 50's
 > I think) He says the  motor is a 2?? something, any
 > idea what it is and what kind of horse power it has?
 > It does say "Firepower" on the valvecover. I'm trying
 > to talk him out of this engine, but he keeps saying
 > he's gonna rebuild it. But it has been sitting for
 > about 25 years!
Here is a little information on the early MOPAR hemi's. Sorry I did not put 
the factory H.P. here but if you have questions on one or two models I will 
look them up for you.
Here are the sizes and years made for early MoPar hemi's:
Chrysler -
'51 - '56   331 c.i.d.
'55 only    301 c.i.d.
'56 - '58   354 c.i.d.
'57 - '58   392 c.i.d.
end of Chrysler hemis
DeSoto
'52 - '54   276 c.i.d.
'55 only    291 c.i.d.
'56 - '56   330 c.i.d.
'56 - '57   341 c.i.d.
'57 only    325 c.i.d.
'57 only    345 c.i.d.
end of DeSoto hemis
Dodge
'53 - '54   241 c.i.d.
'55 - '56   270 c.i.d.
'56 only    315 c.i.d.
'57 - '58   325 c.i.d.
'57 only    354 c.i.d.
end of early Dodge hemis
Plymouth
'55 only    241 c.i.d.
'55 only    260 c.i.d.
'56 only    270 c.i.d.
'56 - '57   277 c.i.d.
'56 only    303 c.i.d.
'57 only    301 c.i.d.
last of early Plymouth hemis
Imperial (split from Chrysler in '55)
'55 only    331 c.i.d.
'56 only    354 c.i.d.
'57 - '59   392 c.i.d. (note 392 only in Crown Imperial in
                        '59 (limousine) and only seven
                        produced)
last of Imperial hemis
It sounds like he may have either a 240 or 270 engine. An off the top guess 
for horsepower would be 190-225.
Gerry
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