I thought I would use this post to test uploading images to my blog.  Here goes!

Thumbnail Example (you can click on the photo):
Air Raid Siren, fully restored, as seen in the Don Garlits Antique Auto Museum, Ocala,FL. Photo taken 7 Jan 2009

(Click photo to enlarge) Air Raid Siren, fully restored, as seen in the Don Garlits Antique Auto Museum, Ocala,FL. Photo taken 7 Jan 2009

Full Size Photo Example (you can click on the photo):
Air Raid Siren, Photo taken at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, Jan 2009

Air Raid Siren, Photo taken at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, Jan 2009

I took some photos when I was in Ocala, FL at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Rasing.  The photos of the air raid siren were taken in the Antique Auto Museum building.  Do not trust the lives of innocent people to a Ch#*y or a F@*d motor!

The first building was all drag racing and included an engine room.  The engine room was like a shrine to the HEMI.  Wow!  It is a must see museum.

More Early Hemis

This first Early Hemi greets you as you come in the door.  Check out that magneto drive and all the carburetors!

Serb "Setto" Postoian's 392 Engine greets you as one of the first early hemi's you see. (see next picture for description)

Serb "Setto" Postoian's 392 Engine

[caption id="attachment_28" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Descriptive Plaque for Serb "]Descriptive Plaque for Serb "Setto" Postoian's 392 Engine [/caption]
Next two engines are cutaway views of early Hemis, first a 1951, then  a 1954…
1951 Chrysler 331 Hemi Cutaway view

1951 Chrysler 331 Hemi Cutaway view

1954 Chrysler Hemi

1954 Chrysler Hemi Cutaway View

1958 392 Hemi engine and Transmission from a Chrysler New Yorker.  Single 4bbl Carb and 325 hp

1958 392 Hemi engine and Transmission from a Chrysler New Yorker. Single 4bbl Carb and 325 hp

and for the last engine….

Another Chrysler 331 Early Hemi Engine and Transmission

Another Chrysler 331 Early Hemi Engine and Transmission (click photo to enlarge)

For more info on how to put an Early Hemi Engine into your 1961-1971 Sweptline Dodge Truck, Click here:

Early Hemi into a Sweptline tech page: http://www.sweptline.com/tech/engine4.html

Copyright Kris Wickstead ©2009. 



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