http://www.ehow.com/about_5065801_history-hemi-engine.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemi_engine give overviews of Hemi engine development, with no mention of Chebby hemis though. http://www.hemi.com/ is the official Chrysler page about Hemi's. Thanks, Gary H. -----Original Message----- > >Bill, > Someone else has probably already answered this, Chrysler patented and developed the hemi, as an airplane engine during WW2. >DJ > > >--- On Thu, 9/9/10, William Harrison wrote: > >> From: William Harrison ... >> There is an old wives tale that Chevy originally came up >> with the Hemi head engine but didn't follow through with a >> production engine and Walter Chrysler hired the engineer >> that came up with the idea and let him develop the engine >> that came out in Desoto as the Firedome and the rest as they >> say is history. >> Don't know if the story is true but it makes for good >> debate. >> Alas, marriage and children ended fun cars. >> >> Later >> Bill >> >> ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.