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Now, I am not sure how the Mopar factories were set up but here's a little not urban myth story for you. My uncle worked for G.M. Canada for a number of years. The employees often took advantage of buying cars direct from the factory. Now, if you had friends in the right places there were some tricks to be pulled. G.M. had a special area that repaired major assembly line gaffs that couldn't be fixed "on line". So my uncle ordered a 1971 4 dr Acadian ( a Canadian Pontiac version of the Nova). He ordered it with a Power Glide and standard V-8 (307). But it "accidently " got a 6 installed in the assembly line so it had to go to the repair area. Most guys used this trick to get a 350, or free a/c or upgraded stereo. He decided a 455 and turbo 400 were more appropriate. In 1971 G.M. had stopped putting big blocks in the Nova, but they used mounts etc from the earlier models. As far as G.M. records show and the build records,!
the car left the factory with a base V-8 and automatic, not the upgraded engine that actually went out in the car. I had a little run in the car when I was young and it was snappy, though he seemed more tickled with his free A/C. DOn't know what ever became of the car, but he said there was a small number of the big block cars made like this. I don't know how the accounted for the missing engines. Perhaps someone knows if that type of midnight shift stuff was possible at the mopar factories. Given that the Plymouth cars were the designate export factories, there was likely a lot of custom building to suit overseas needs.
Tuff Shift <nitekatt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yessir, and I am probably as big a skeptic as you are about it being a
"factory" job. But at least the rumors that it doesn't exist at all, are
dispelled for the time being. That was my only real purpose in mentioning
this.
Karl
>From: "Mark J. Hash"
>Reply-To: "Mark J. Hash"
>To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Hemi Commando?
>Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 21:30:29 -0700
>
>Cool car and all, but I'd have to see a copy of the build sheet from
>Chrysler Corp before I'd ever believe it was installed by the factory. . .
>
>Mark mjh
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tuff Shift"
>To:
>Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:40 PM
>Subject: [FWDLK] Hemi Commando?
>
>
> !
> Remember the discussion about the '57 Fury/Belvedere with a 392 Hemi
>being
> > nothing more than an Urban Legend some time ago?
> >
> > Well, you'll never guess what showed up at the Mopars in the Park in
> > Shakopee Minnesota this weekend. That's right, a cream colored
>Belvedere
> > hardtop with the 392" 2 4bbl hemi nestled comfortably in the engine
> > compartment complete with official looking decals which read "hemi
> > commando".
> >
> > The owner swears it came that way from the factory. Good show by the
>way,
> > over 400 cars including quite a few FWDLK fins, '56 Dodge D500 Hemi, '57
> > Fury, '58 300D, '58 & '59 Desoto, '58 Plym 2dr Wagon w Fury package, '59
> > Dodge 4dr, '61 300G, etc etc etc.
> >
> > But it was that "Hemi Commando" that really made my day.
> >
> >
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