When it first hit the street in 1951, the Chrysler Fire Power Hemi helped to shift hot rodding away from the flathead era and into the post-WWII age of overhead-valve architecture. But unlike the competing 1951 OHV V-8s from Caddy, Olds, and Studebaker, the Hemi stood apart. (Note that the OHV V-8s from Buick, Pontiac,



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