Hi All - 58 Plymouth 318s began with LP8; 59 318s were MP8. Ron > I don't know if any '57 Belvederes came w dual fours. I guess it's > possible, but I've never seen a "numbers matching" one like you want. '57 > 318s will have an engine # that starts P31- ###### (unless it's a Fury > engine then it will be FP31-######). '58 Plymouth V8s were the first to not > use the P numbering system, which dated back to the 30s. I'm not positive > on this, but I think a '58 V8 would start with MP-#######. I have a '58 > DeSoto block which starts MD-######. Can anyone confirm the '58 Plymouth > engine number sequences? > > Mark mjh > '57 Fury, '57 Savoy, '64 300, '68 300 convert > > > Subject: [FWDLK] 1957 Correct Numbers Matching Engine Versus 1958 > > > > Hope you guys out there can help me. Here's the deal: I have a 57 Plymouth > > Belv. Conv. that I bought with a 383 '65 High perf engine. I would like to > go > > back with a matching numbers engine. Could I use a 58 318? Would the > > numbering be the same? I want the optional 318 w/dual fours. I really know > > little about the matching numbers game, but I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP > > EVERYTHING AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE! What would I need to look > for > > to have things correct?? Thanks in advance. George. > > > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > Need an answer fast? Search the 17,000+ pages > > of the Forward Look Mailing List archives at > > > > http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm > > > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Need an answer fast? Search the 17,000+ pages > of the Forward Look Mailing List archives at > > http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Need an answer fast? Search the 17,000+ pages of the Forward Look Mailing List archives at http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm |