[plumcrazy55]

Hey everyone, new to your site, been looking 4 awhile, need some expertise.. have a 57 2 door, 65000 original miles.. body is very good as well as int, most every thing works , here is the info i have,, true or false,,, u tell me... vin#42630980 l.a. san ceandro factory torque flite 210 trans..custom int.. 11610 were made.. this car #10980 392 chrysler hemi ,,runs excellent.. was told that dodge ran out of parts, so came the hemi from a 1958 chrysler 300. my block # is575277.. intake #1781703-1 firewall#08165722d6612142lpl210,, segment#1408 car is glasier white and gallant red,,, just finished brake job, pretty sure someone can help me,, here goes,,,,,, vin#42630980,, firewall#08165722d6612142LPL210,,,,segment#1408,,, 11,610 made in 57,, my car was #10,980,, built aug. 16th 57in LA/san ceandro factory,, what i'm told is dodge ran out of parts, so in came the 392 chrysler hemi built for the 1958 chrysler 300 torque flite210 custom int. block #ne575277,,, intake #1781703-1 which supposedly makes this a very rare car, inside and out ,car is in great shape, looks good,,runs good,, is 2 tone glacier white/gallant gold car has 65,000 original miles also don't know how to go about documenting that it was purchased new by Big Daddy Don Garlits,,,, will appreciate any help with information i have furnished, thanks Bill

any help would be appreciated.... had some guys from local mopar club come by to see.....they fell in love w/car and told me that i don't realize what i have here

[Centerline]

Originally Posted by plumcrazy55

Hey everyone, new to your site, been looking 4 awhile, need some expertise.. have a 57 2 door, 65000 original miles.. body is very good as well as int, most every thing works , here is the info i have,, true or false,,, u tell me... vin#42630980 l.a. san ceandro factory torque flite 210 trans..custom int.. 11610 were made.. this car #10980 392 chrysler hemi ,,runs excellent.. was told that dodge ran out of parts, so came the hemi from a 1958 chrysler 300. my block # is575277.. intake #1781703-1 firewall#08165722d6612142lpl210,, segment#1408 car is glasier white and gallant red,,,

any help would be appreciated.... had some guys from local mopar club come by to see.....they fell in love w/car and told me that i don't realize what i have here

In '57 Dodge came out with the D-501 option. These cars were delivered with the Chrysler 354 Hemi. These were left over engines from the 1956 Chrysler 300B production. I've never heard of Dodge producing any cars with the 392. Sorry to say this but its unlikely your hemi is from a '57 Chrysler 300. If so its ID stamping would begin with 3NE57 and it would be equipped with dual 4 bbl. carburetors. All that said and although the 354 was most likely swapped out for a 392 sometime in the past... its still a great car and you should enjoy it.

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[dinger]

I have merged some of the info from the other post that was sent to the dump.

[1957plymouthhemi]

Just wondering where the info you are quoting comes from, the build date actually sounds a little late for a 57 model.

As noted the NE prefix indicates the engine is from a 57 New Yorker, not a 300. The thing about the 1957-8 Dodges is that a Chrysler Hemi is a bolt in using factory parts (i.e. it can be made to look like it came that way) which I suspect is probably the case with your car. With the exception of the 354s installed in the D501s (which are documented) there is no evidence showing that Dodge ever put Chrysler HEMIs in their cars. There are a LOT of stories that generally get better with each telling but unless you can come up with genuine proof and documentation that is all it is....stories.

Don Garlits is still alive (although going thru some health and personal issues currently). I sure if you contacted the museum in Florida however they would be able to tell you is he ever did own such a car.

As a side note, as Centerline mentions Dodge came out with the D501 in 57 which was a special model with a 354 from the 56 Chrysler 300B. I’ve read a couple of different figures but the general consensus is there were only 50 of these cars built. Those cars can be identified by the special D501 badge on the trunk lid that replaces the regular Dodge D500 badge.