Thanks Walter!
We can thank Walter P. Chrysler for the introduction of the HEMI to the automotive market. The first ones were 331 cubic inches in displacement, similar to what is pictured here.
Table of Contents
- HEMI engines led the way in the muscle cars of the 50s!
- '56 Chrysler New Yorker Newport
- HEMI engines in a nutshell...
- HEMI videos
- The latest HEMI news!
- Vote for or add YOUR favorite HEMI video!
- HEMI stuff on eBay!
- What people are blogging about HEMIs...
- And even more great HEMI stuff on eBay!
- Motor Trend Photo Gallery
- And yet even more great HEMI stuff on eBay!
- HEMI sites on the web...
- Great HEMI stuff on Amazon
- Tell us all your best HEMI story...
- Chrysler bookmarks
- Great HEMI stuff on CafePress
HEMI engines led the way in the muscle cars of the 50s!
This picture shows the passenger side of my 1956 Chrysler New Yorker Newport, which featured a 354 HEMI that supplied 280 housepower!
'56 Chrysler New Yorker Newport
You could really feel the torque in this puppy, even at 50 years and climbing!
I wasn't in this car for five minutes, before I knew I'd be taking it home.
The power steering was like air!
It was a lead sled, for sure, but it was fast, beautiful and it slept two comfortably!
The power steering was like air!
It was a lead sled, for sure, but it was fast, beautiful and it slept two comfortably!
1956 Chrysler New Yorker Newport
HEMI engines in a nutshell...
A Hemi engine (from hemisphere) is an internal-combustion engine in which the combustion chambers are of hemispherical form.
The latest HEMI news!
- One of the Summer's Best-Loved Bands, The Mighty Shims (aka The Lightning Rods ...
- And Paisley (often seen performing there at Papa Hemi's when he and Brock are a duo called "Spare Change"), Booth and Garing aren't exactly slouches, ...
- '71 Challenger convertible, Hemi, Rich Nedbal-tuned
- If you look at 426 Street Hemi production records, the only Hemi-powered E-Bodies made in '71 wore Plymouth sheetmetal/trim/VIN numbers. ...
- Live Music & Special Holiday Fare at Papa Hemi's
- By Matt VanderNoot, Papa Hemi's Hideaway Papa Hemi's Hideaway is offering a full schedule of Live Music throughout the holidays! (see schedule below) Live ...
- New SAE Tow Testing Standards Explained
- You boys won't need mirrors come next year. why dont you all just wait until the new hemi comes out then we'll be talking business! As long as that hemi ...
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- 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi | Sports Cars Database
- Externally, 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi reconstructed with a nice loop motif and the back loose and the rear fender blades. Under the hood powertrain was unchanged, while 426 Hemi engine is gone from solid to hydraulic lifters, ...
- What the?? conversions ! - Aussie V8 | Holden - Ford | Australian ...
- I took off and heard this bloody truck smoking all 4 rear tyres on the dually rear end right past me - and it smoked them for half the track! He had fitted a big Hemi engine and 4 speed to the damn truck! Even used the pistol grip ...
- The 2009 Chrysler 300C Heritage Edition Mixes Luxury - Family Car ...
- And the Hemi engine? We have got to love it for the fuel economy of 16/25 mpg from the 19-gallon tank. Over the road mileage should be better than that, if previous experience attests. Trunk space is a completely usage 15.6 cubic feet ...
- Chevelle Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - Gamers Crib
- BTW the Charger doesn't have the full on Hemi-engine... then it would have 450+ HP. But there's also the Plymouth Roadrunner... we could stick a Hemi in that one and put it in class A That would mean we have to watch what to do with the ...
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- Bentrepreneur Bentrepreneur Sep 3, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
- 5 stars! Love the pictures of the New Yorker and the engine. Nice write-up. If you get a chance, check out my Mopar Restoration blog.
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