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Chrysler’s First Hemi: Aircraft V16, Creation and Restoration
Inside the XIV-2220 Hemi V-16 and the people who created it

Dodge, Jeep, Ram, and Chrysler at the 2025 New York Auto Show
Putting on a show for Chrysler’s centennial-plus-one

Leak tests, freeze plugs, and plant markings
Why freeze plugs stayed around so long, how leaky blocks are fixed, and other factory tales

Other Car, Truck, and Company Stories

Car Spotter: Dodge D-200 Power Wagon
As told by Sam Spade, because why not?
from 5/17/22

The Walter P. Chrysler Museum, 1999-2012
Inside the museum which recalled Chrysler’s many accomplishments (and some of its follies)
from 4/30/24

When AMC won in Trans Am
(and the Javelin)
from 8/3/21

Plymouth Barracuda and Belvedere: Car Spotter #24
Spotting two vintage Plymouths - a flop that’s now valuable, and a hit that isn’t quite so popular today
from 2/24/23

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