1968 Plymouth Valiant First Gen HEMI

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I had 2 virgin 1956 354 Hemis, always stored inside. I looked into putting one in my brothers 67 Barracuda. Jim from Racer Brown took me to look at two A-Bodies with 354 Hemis in them running. Really nice cars, but when I learned what they did to get them in there I decided that was not the vision I had for the 67 Barracuda. Custom headers I figured on, spacing the K frame an inch or two lower and inner fender clearancing, not so much. I'm pretty sure it would be a piece of cake to put one in a B or E body.
As for scrapping an early hemi, sounds nuts to me. They are still worth good money to a lot of people. I'm currently building a 341 Desoto Hemi for the 67 Barracuda. Good luck.