Is this the year the Hemi turns fifty?

[Mopar Nut]

Is this the year the Hemi turns fifty?

[JB400]

Yes, it is for the 426.  426 hemi brought to racers in 64

[ACUDANUT]

Nope.  
Which Hemi are we talking about ?

[Mopar Nut]

Nope.  
Which Hemi are we talking about ?

The famous 426.

[68X426]

As Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) would say: "its' a trick question"

Mona Lisa Vito: It's a bullshit question.
D.A. Jim Trotter: Does that mean that you can't answer it?
Mona Lisa Vito: It's a bullshit question, it's impossible to answer.
D.A. Jim Trotter: Impossible because you don't know the answer!
Mona Lisa Vito: Nobody could answer that question!
D.A. Jim Trotter: Your Honor, I move to disqualify Ms. Vito as a "expert witness"!
Judge Chamberlain Haller: Can you answer the question?
Mona Lisa Vito: No, it is a trick question!

The first Hemi: Pipe in 1905.

Then Fiat in 1907. 

The first generation Chrysler Hemi (the Firepower motor) was 1951.

Then the 2nd gen was the 426 in 1964.

[cudaken]

P-47 WWII fighter had a Hemi Engine!  That is what inspired Tom Hoover if I remember correctly

Happy Birthday 426 Hemi!     

[ACUDANUT]

Either way, it's not the B-day of the Hemi. Sorry

[Mopar Nut]

Happy 50th anniversary Gen II 426 Hemi!

Is this better?

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140109/CARNEWS01/140109846

[Cooter]

I once read where the only "true" 'Hemi' was the early Firepower engines. Something bout valve angles.