Re: IML: is a 440 a 440?

["Tom Scott" <shelbyguy@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,
I had a very similar occurance with my 60 at a cruise night.  An older guy 
approached me saying he like my 58 and wanted to see the hemi under the 
hood.  I told him it was a sixty and unfortunately, no hemi but he persisted 
in claiming it was a 58.  When I opened the hood he muttered something about 
an engine change and walked away.
Tom
60 'hemiless' Crown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PAUL WENTINK" <randalpark@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: IML: is a 440 a 440?


Some guy at a gas station said that my 1960 Imperial had a Hemi. I told
him it didn't and showed him under the hood. He said, "See, I told you
so!". I just shook my head and let him think what ever he wanted to.

Paul W.


-----Original Message-----
From: santiam oregon <santiamoregon@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 3:16 pm
Subject: Re: IML: is a 440 a 440?




maybe he was thinking 430 Lincoln or 430 Buick?



Scary how few people know what they are talking about, but insist they
do. I recently had an acquaintence friend, who I should add has likely
never even seen a chrysler/imperial hemi before, insist that my 57' had
a 2 speed automatic. We used to call such people "bench racers"
when I was in high school, because they never actually had any hands-on
experience with mechanix, but they sure liked to talk about it.





Todd

Portland, OR
"dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi All....I'm having some work done on one of my '66's (the LeBaron).
The vehicle has about 67,000 miles and as far as I know the original
440 is still in the car. A mechanic who was checking out the front-end
while the car was on the lift asked me what motor was in the car and I
told him that '66 was the first year for the 440 and that all the
Imperials (as far as I know) came with this engine. He showed my some
numbers stamped on the passenger-side of the engine block that ended
with "430" and said that this means its a 430 NOT a 440
engine.......would one of the 'motor-guru's" please clear this up for
me?!
thanks a bunch all!!!
Dan Melnik



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