11 Dec 2003, 07:27, Tom Walker (1:202/1324), wrote to Matt Mc_carthy:

Hi Tom.

 ->>  ->> Mine is the 1957 FireDome model, only the little 340 hemi.  

 ->> My original shop manual and serial number says I have the
"small" 
 ->> engine at 340.  I've even got the stamp on the first main journal 
 ->> telling that the factory screwed up and cut the #1 journal 
 ->> undersize.  That only happened on one run of the 340.                 

 TW> The 341 Engine was used in the 1956/57 DeSotos. I see NO 
 TW> reference to a 340

You ARE correct!  The page I looked at had part of the "1" peeled
off and stuck on the facing page (flood got it in 1983), and I've not yet
gotten around to re-wetting it and getting each page separted properly
(there's PLENTY of pages) :-((.  341 _is_ the correct number.

I am saving your message for reference, and will bookmark that website, as
I know I will be needing to find some parts in the next year or two, as I
only have one head gasket and one set of main bearings left.  Can't do too
much with only one head gasket!   :-((

Thanks for your effort and help!

     Thanks, M.

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