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more about #desoto more comments → mechimike: Just picked up a '49 Plymouth with this engine. $500 I paid for the whole car. The oil looked fresh, I rigged up a battery to it and poured a little... more » Mad_Science: When it comes to old engines like these, the level of simplicity* blows my mind. The nuts and bolts are large, and placed where you can get to them. ... more » toyotadiesel: I know a guy who has one of these engines that he just rebuilt. Its in a 50's Dodge Coronet with a gyromatic transmission Bonus points to whoever kno... more » Deartháir II: So, fifty years later, what were the final performance numbers? Still 68 horsepower? It's not often that I don't know anything about an engine on EOT... more » MushyHeirloom: This engine had to walk to school uphill, both ways, in seven feet of snow (or, in its appearance in the original Chrysler Metric, 2.1 metres). And it... more » Alfisted: Gotta give an honorable mention here to another legendary Chrysler 6 - the 232/258/4.0 that powered Ramblers, AMCs and Jeeps from 1964 - 2006. Thank ... more » .357: I'm pretty sure the Flathead had a 50 year run. more » Novaload: I think it stopped in 72 but I wouldn't swear to it. As a closet MoPar freak, I checked and the biggest flathead 6 for cars was 265.5 c i for 218 ft/l... more » acarr260: Here's a Flathead that's a bit sexier (for our dragon brethren) more » Lost in the age of Aerostar: ...... but now it takes an Optima battery to start it? more » skaycog was here: Interesting article. This is an early photo of the M37, 3/4-ton utility truck production line. (I wish I could retain even half of what I learn here.) more » MadMechanic: Like the Sebring, an old design that just wouldn't die. Unlike the Sebring, its presence alone doesn't make babies cry. ....poet and didn't know it? more » CptSevere: I know that the displacement had grown to 230 CI by the fifties. That's what they used in the Power Wagons and M37. more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: I still cannot believe how well Chrysler pulled off the long, low, swept look from the late-50's through the early-70's. In fact, I pass, daily, now ... more » JC Whitless: Not a single 63'....Tisk Tisk. Perhaps we need to do a feature on commenters rides? Perhaps "Whip of the week?" Just a thought. Or just call it "D... more » -
#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: Chrysler Flathead Six
How long does an engine family need to survive in front-line use to become a legend? 42 years, like the Toyota R? 47, as with the small-block Chevy? Today's engine may have them both beat! More » -
#downonthestreet450
Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: Chrysler Corporation
After the '73 Challenger and '51 Dodge we saw this weekend, now seems like the right time to honor the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth vehicles I've photographed down on the Alameda street.
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#orphancarshow
1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
Minivans practically euthanize style as a matter of course, but it needn't be so. Check out this nine passenger 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban, it's more stylish than a dozen modern Bentleys and cooler to boot. More » -
#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: Chrysler B V8
Our last Chrysler EOTD was built for aircraft use, so today we'll be honoring one of Chrysler's earthbound engine families: the big-block B series, which came in displacements of 350, 361, 383, and 400 cubes. More » -
#retro
Get Your Bearings, Courtesy Of Chrysler's Spherically-Craniumed Tech!
When I was writing shop manuals for transit buses, the only fun illustrations I commissioned were nixed by my boss. That didn't happen with these Chrysler Master Technician pamphlets of the 1940s and 1950s!
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#downonthestreetbonusedition
Even More Old Cars Down On The Cuban Street
It turns out that many Jalopnik readers have been to Cuba, and now we're adding another set of Cuban car photos to the ones shot by AcaciaBogdan and Fantasygoat. More » -
