Re: [FWDLK] New on the mail-list

[David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxx>]

Lars,

Last summer I was at a salvage yard here in Minnesota that had 7 DeSoto Hemi
engines of various years. No Dodge or Chrysler Hemis. Most are still in cars
and are mostly or totally complete. The yard is French Lake Auto Parts, in
Annandale, MN, USA. E-mail at: flap@xxxxxxxxxxxx   You should send them a
list of serial number prefixes for the engine types that you would accept so
you get a 1956 engine. The Adventurer engine has a special serial number
prefix that includes the letter "A" (I know they do not have an Adventurer
engine, but they may have a 56 engine). I would try to find a correct 56
Adventurer engine if possible, but these are much harder to find and
obviously more expensive. But the added cost of the correct engine may be
small compared to the cost of shipping, import duties, rebuilding, and a
lower resale value of the finished car without the correct engine.

This yard has about 12,000 cars on 100 acres of land. Around 1000 are
1950's.

Other sources to try are the WPC Club and the DeSoto Club. Contact members
of these clubs that list ownership of an Adventurer in the membership
rosters.

Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500

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> From: Lars Christian Horne <lar-horn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Lars Christian Horne <lar-horn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] New on the mail-list
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:33:50 +0100
>
> Hello everybody.
>
> My name is Lars Horne, and i am from Norway.
> I have a 1956 Desoto Adventurer and a 1955 Desoto Diplomat (It's a Plymouth
> with Desoto frontclip and emblems). Both cars need some work. I need a
> complete engine with everything to the 1956, it's an hemi 341 cid.
>
> Lars

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