Hi all, I picked up a 1954 Plymouth belvedere a while back and basically just cruised in it for a while, but recently its developed a knock in the 4th. so my dad and i thought what better excuse than to tear it out and down, give the old girl a birthday.
first nights work was removing the head and anything that might be in the way. well this might also be a problem...
and todays work, removing the block from the old girl to finish stripping down. (only time a 54 plymouths been on its rear wheels i'll bet)
Very interesting... if that is the stock front seat you got very posh upholstery compared to US and Canadian versions. If your engine was sourced from Canada it is a smaller version of the Chrysler/DeSoto engine which is larger than the US Plymouth. You can bore it out to 3 7/16" to take stock Chrysler pistons and add a Chrysler crankshaft of up to 4 3/4" stroke for 265 cu in. The engine will measure 25" at the head if it is the larger unit, 23 1/4" for the smaller.
cheers for the info. it measures out to 25" on the head of both, and the info i have on both blocks so far is that ones Canadian and the other is out of a 1934 model of some description. the block numbers read Pe2 694 and KEW 2pf 1792 im not sure what any of the other numbers mean but i found out that PE was a 34 run and KEW was a Canada built, UK assembled block.
Maybe the folks at this page can help. Good luck! http://www.t137.com/registry/help/otherengines/otherengines.php
Those numbers must be some Australian only system. They don't match the number system used in the US or Canada. So far as I know the engines used in Chrysler products in the fifties were imported from Canada. Perhaps an old time Chrysler dealer or mechanic in your area has more information, or a locally produced repair manual with more details.
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