Hello Everybody,
I'm sorry about that. Somehow I managed to hit the post button. Let me start again. My name is Michael and I am an avid classic car fan. The reason I am posting is that I will be coming into some money in the near future, and I might like to buy an old Plymouth. My grandparents had one that the drove into the ground until the early 80's. It was a 52 Cranbrook. I always thought that it had an old straight 8 in it, but I have been unable to find one for sale with such an engine. All I can find are 6's, so that got me wondering wheather or not Plymouth sold cars with 8's in the early 50's. If they didn't then I'l stop searching for one. I hope that someone can answer this for me. Thank you
Mike S
nope, no straight eights in any Plymouths until I think 1955 when they went to the overhead valve V-8
Prior to that they were all flat head six's
Hope this helps,
Bob
Straight eight in a Chrysler product - not in the 1950's. It could have been a 30's or 40's vintage Chrysler with a straight 8. Dodge had a straight 8 from 1930-1933; DeSoto also had a straight 8 but it was gone by 1933 as well. Chrysler kept the 8 in the "senior" series of cars but from 1951 on they were all V8 Hemi engines....