Re: [FWDLK] 57 Plymouth hemi??

[Tuff Shift <nitekatt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I heard it rumoured many years ago that Chrysler actually fitted a couple 57
Furys with 392 hemis and even named them "Hemi Commandoes".  Never saw one
myself.....just a FWIW comment.

Karl


> From: Mike Clark <fatmac99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Mike Clark <fatmac99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 57 Plymouth hemi??
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:58:36 -0400
>
> I just saw a car that looks just like this at the Peterson Auto Museum in
> Los Angeles.  My exact words to my friend standing next to me were, pretty
> cool, but a waste of a Fury.
>
> In fact this might be the very car, since I believe the next
> Barrett-Jackson auction is to take place at the Peterson Auto Museum coming
> up here pretty soon.
>
> Mike Clark
> Stockbridge, Georgia
>
>
>
>
>   Its a '57 Fury with a Keith Black hemi in it. It was the model for those
> little red "hot wheels" toys with the big tires and the blowers sticking
> through their hoods.
>   A well built fine example of big bucks engineering, what a waste of a
> nice car.




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