I thought it was a ‘54.
One of my first cars was a ‘56 ‘Plymouth w/ a ‘54 Dodge hemi.
IIRC it was 270 cu in. Not as big as the Chrysler hemi.
Actually, my dad’s car was a Meadowbrook, which was a bit less exalted than the Coronet. 103 HP, for a large 5 member family. We have way too many hp nowadays, let’s stop sending so much money to the #$^&*@ Saudis.
The Dodge Coronet was introduced with the division’s first postwar body styles. Lower trim lines were the Wayfarer and Meadowbrook. The only engine for Dodge was a 230 cubic inch flat-head straight six cylinder engine with a single barrel Stromberg carburetor, producing 103 horsepower (gross).
For 1953, the Coronet gained an optional 241 in³ Red Ram Hemi Engine and set over 100 land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Dodge Royal line was added above the Coronet in 1954. The stock Dodge Coronet was a smooth running car, and the six-cyclinder engine could power the car to 90+ miles per hour. A limited production model was a four-door, eight passenger limousine, an extended version of the stock Dodge Coronet. One of the most notable features of the first-generation Coronet was a three-speed, fluid-driven transmission that was operated by a foot pedal on the floor. It required no shifter.