My Mom in-law is wanting to clean out the old chicken house that is falling in. Lookie what's in the back corner. Not sure how we're gonna get them out though...

I don't know too much about early Hemis. Any good sources/sites for info? Looking for the usual...casting numbers, how to I tell what year and displacement, etc.

They've all been sitting for a while, but 2 of them are still bolted together. The one with the six carbs (Stombergs?) looks interesting.

Any input? What do I do whith them???

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You have quite the find there. Go to Hot Heads web site there is ID info there and also you can get an idea of what they are selling for on there swap meet, There is a number stamped just in front of the lifter valley cover which would tell you what you have there. The six carb manifolds are worth good money as well as the chrysler engines with the 354 and 392 the most desirable engines.

The Chrysler Firepower valve covers should only be on the 354/392's, so one of those for sure is quite desireable. I couldn't tell with the others...

Good find!

goodfind ! make sure those get outa there and into your garage !

An interesting book, if you can find a copy, is "Tex Smith's The Complete Chrysler Hemi Engine Manual" by Ron Ceridono. The copy I have was reprinted in 2004 so it should be around easily.
Bryce

performance automotive warehouse aka PAW sells alot of early hemi parts as well.

id them first through hot heads ... or http://www.geocities.com/dodgedifferent2/hemiid.html

also www.thehemi.com another great forum for hemi information .. new and old and things in between

did 331's get chrysler firepower covers also?just asking,as i had always just assumed,i guess.

I got to thinking afterwards that the 331's probably did too...

my biggest question is...how did your mother-in-law have 3 hemi's in her chicken coop, and you didn't know about it until just now? or did you just get married? I'm picturing you as someone who's been married for 5-10, maybe even 15 years already, and mom-in-law is getting old and started asking questions about getting the place cleaned up now that she's getting older, in preparation of moving into a retirement home.

I know exactly what my mother in law has at her house, and while it's not a Mopar, it's definitly a desireable vehicle!

Sell them to me!!

The later engines are more valuable but the early 331 with the cast-on doghouse can adapt to a 4-speed with a Wilcap (i think) adapter. The early engine doesn't have as good of heads as the later two but who knows that? Around here you'd be asking $500 for the doghouse and $750 for the 4-barrel, $1250 for the "hot rod".
That's my guess. It's quite a find and I hope you have a heavy duty trailer or truck. GET THEM OUT OF THERE as fast as you can.

R.

I wouldn't mine finding more early Hemi's like that. That would to cool.

OK, I know it's been a while since I updated this thread, but the family and I finally got back to the farm to do some more cleaning up.

I climbed in through a window to pull off the top-end stuff (carbs, intakes, distributors) in case something falls on the motors when we are pulling them out.

The motor with the 6 carbs is very interesting--it is a Offenhauser 4062 model manifold. It's in 2 halves which are connected by 2 rubber hoses and hose clamps. I've not seen one like it.

The carbs have a "Holley 2100" marking on them, and also a "94" cast into them. One of the carbs is identical to the others but has a "Ford" cast in where the "Holley 2100" is on the other carbs. Unfortunately, 1 of the 6 is missing. I will dig around some more.

The funny part came in when I pulled the carbs off, the 4 corner carbs had been blocked off by a previous owner--he had cut up some old Falstaff beer cans and sandwiched them between the carbs and intake on all but the center 2 carbs. Also, the linkage was only connected to the center 2.

I guess the power was too much for him!!!

We're doing some more work today--I will update (hopefully with pics) later.

The 94s were what ford used on the Flathead. Everyone wants the 97s though. Alot of people block off most of the carbs on a multiple setup from what Ive seen. Its more eye apeal for most and the fact that most dont have the skills to tune them.

That is a heckova find!!! WOW!!