09 Dec 2003, 08:00, Tom Walker (1:202/1324), wrote to Matt Mc_carthy:

Hi Tom.

 ->>  CA> Didn't some of the DeSoto have the 392 Chrysler hemis in 
 ->>  CA> them? 

 ->> Mine is the 1957 FireDome model, only the little 340 hemi.  There 
 ->> _was_ a 2Dr.
 ->> 'Sport' model that had the 392.  

 TW>  NOT according to the  www.thehemi.com  site 

 TW> The Largest DeSoto Hemi engine was the 1957 345 CI.

They've got a typo there somewhere, I never heard of a 345.  

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.

The reason I got the shop manual was that even back in 1963 no parts houses
could tell what was under the hood.  Chrysler spent a lot of effort
swapping things around in those days.


     Good luck...  M.

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