This car probably came from the 'factory' in central Minnesota where several Forward Look Plymouths with 'factory installed' hemi engines were (re)born. This same 'factory' also makes its own oval air cleaners for their 'assembly line'. At least one of the 'factory original' 1958 Plymouth hemi hardtops also got a convertable X member added to the frame. Other options from other MoPar car lines also show up in the 'factory original' cars from there. Larry > I am not an expert on 57 Plymouths, but I have seen this car several times > here in Minneapolis and am acquainted with the owner. He claims it is > factory and that he has documented it. I have not asked to see the > documents. The 392 is a very tight fit. Everything under the hood looks like > a factory installation. Nothing looks homemade or altered. The aircleaner is > the major visible unique item. All of the Mopar 2x4 carb performance > packages (300C, D500, Fury, Adventurer) I have seen in 57 had 2 aircleaners, > offset to opposite sides of the engine. This one is very different. It has 2 > snorkels on the same side running into a common air chamber, with one oval > filter element. It is black with a very old decal says "Hemi Commando". -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Need an answer fast? Search the 17,000+ pages of the Forward Look Mailing List archives at http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm
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