Re: [FWDLK] '56 Plymouth Manual

["Roger Howard" <rhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Dave. That IS helpful and I will definitely look for those numbers.
The FP-31 and the P-31 also sound very logical.  Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '56 Plymouth Manual


>Roger Howard wrote:
>
>> On p. 4 of same manual, there is a data chart. My car is a
>> p-31  for which either engine was available.  I know on the 59's, the
engine
>> block has a number that starts 31, meaning it is a 318. Does anybldy know
>> how to decode an engine block number from 57, please?   Roger,  near
Seattle
>
>Please jump in and correct me if I'm wrong, but...
>
>I believe there was also a 277 Plymouth engine that year, too, although I
think
>it may only have been offered in the Plaza.  For '57, the MODEL designation
was
>"P31".  This changed in 1958 to "LP", then "MP" for 1959.
>
>As I understand it, for the 1957 blocks, if it was a 318 (the "Fury"
block), the
>serial number would start with "FP31...", with the "F" standing for "Fury".
I
>think the only way to tell if a "P31" block is a 277 or a 301 is to crawl
under
>the driver's front corner of the car, and look above the motor mount on the
>front underside of the block.  The size is stamped there, I understand.
>
>-Dave
>