Re: [FWDLK] 1955 Plymouth Hy-Fire V8 Engine Color Schemes

Your ‘56 Fury and many ‘56 Plymouths have the “A” engine, which was a new design that year; ‘55 Plymouths [241 & 260] and some ‘56 Plazas and Savoys [270] have the Dodge poly engine which is based on the 241-270 hemi Dodge. You can tell the difference easily from the valve covers; “A” engines have a sawtooth shape at the bottom, Dodge-based polys have scallops. I’m 99.9% sure that all 277 ci Plymouth engines had silver [argent] valve covers and block. ‘55 was the last year for “floating power” engine mounts on the V8.

--Roger van Hoy

From: Gary Day

Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 8:32 AM

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1955 Plymouth Hy-Fire V8 Engine Color Schemes

I have a 1956 Plymouth Fury with a 303 Poly engine. Correct engine colors are silver block with gold valve covers for it.

Gary Day

From: John Digney

Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 8:10 AM

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1955 Plymouth Hy-Fire V8 Engine Color Schemes

My 1955 Plymouth with a 241 V8 has red valve covers. It was an early production car, and according to the build record that I have for the car, it was built on October 20, 1954. Tomorrow, my car will be 60 years old.

John

In a message dated 10/19/2014 1:42:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I’ve never seen a ‘55-‘56 Dodge or Plymouth poly engine [241-260-270] with anything but silver [argent] valve covers.

The Plymouth Owners’ Club judging guides don’t say.

In ‘56, 2v had red air cleaners and 4v had bright yellow air cleaners. Not sure about ‘55 4v.

--Roger van Hoy

This factory sales picture has red valve covers, but it may have been a pre-production model::

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BUT here’s a pic of a survivor ‘55 with silver [argent] valve covers:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTcXnDS0NUYOkA8GGJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyaXY1N2hkBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANkYjUwY2Y5NDhlYmUzM2JkODIyNGViODkyMDdhOGRmYgRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3D1955%2Bplymouth%2Bengine%26fr%3Dyhs-Lkry-SF01%26hsimp%3Dyhs-SF01%26hspart%3DLkry%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=700&h=525&imgurl=allcarcentral.com%2FPlymouth%2FPlymouth_First_V8_Engine_1955_Rick_Feibusch_2010.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fallcarcentral.com%2FPlymouth_pix.html&size=119.9KB&name=%3Cb%3EPlymouth%3C%2Fb%3E+First+V8+%3Cb%3EEngine%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3E1955%3C%2Fb%3E&p=1955+plymouth+engine&oid=db50cf948ebe33bd8224eb89207a8dfb&fr2=&fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&tt=%3Cb%3EPlymouth%3C%2Fb%3E+First+V8+%3Cb%3EEngine%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3E1955%3C%2Fb%3E&b=0&ni=200&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11acg58p9&sigb=14fp4c251&sigi=12f022asj&sigt=11icp6vkp&sign=11icp6vkp&.crumb=ak3ixcZ9j7.&fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hsimp=yhs-SF01&hspart=Lkry

From: Jason Rogers

Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 1:36 PM

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: [FWDLK] 1955 Plymouth Hy-Fire V8 Engine Color Schemes

Greetings:

Somehow I have the notion in my head that the subject engine was colored with these schemes:

1. 241-cid: Aluminum/Silver block and manifolds, with Red valve covers and Red air cleaner

2. 259-cid: Aluminum/Silver block, manifolds, and valve covers, with Red only for the air cleaner

Can anyone confirm that notion...or correct it?

Thanks,
Jason.

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