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1958 DeSoto Firesweep Convertible 139,500 € Moderators: ronbo97 Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [50 messages per page] | View previous thread :: View next thread |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 468 | Seems well worth it to me to bad these cars never get driven that's the as thing about owning a rare car your afraid to move it! DeSoto built only 700 Firesweep Convertibles in 1958 and they are highly sought after today by collectors! This is one of the only 12 that are known to exist. A magnificent body-off restoration, this example is one of the finest in the world! Designed by the famed Virgil Exner who introduced the dramatic "Forward Look". This Firesweep Convertible has a deep black paint with a contrasting body side accent. The interior is done in black, silver and coral with chrome piping and a black cloth convertible top. The powerful V-8 engine delivers 280 hp to the push-button operated 3-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission. Equipped with chrome wire wheels, new bias ply wide whitewall tires, power front seat, power steering, power brakes, radio, clock, dual outside mirrors and dual rear antennas. This stunning, show ready convertible drives as well as it looks and has great investment potential! http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/161387/index.html?no_cache=1&r... | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | here is another thread on the same car: It looks like it has already doubled in value + ! | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Six years later and this car is still for sale at the same price? http://www.lasalleclassiccars.com/auto.php?id=303&search=desoto
Edited by Lancer Mike 2018-01-31 4:33 PM | ||
hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3887 Location: Northen Virginia | these cars are astronomically expensive... | ||
Mike McCandless |
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Expert Posts: 1886 | They're incredibly expensive to restore, makes sense. Combined with being rare. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | When you say they are expensive to restore, is that based on incomplete cars, needing hard-to-find parts ? It seems to me a decent, complete car would not be any more expensive to restore than a comparable GM or other make. | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | 139,000 Euro is almost $180,000 in cold hard American. That's a lotta coin! Perhaps it is the best Firesweep convertible on the planet (not), but at that price you have many other, better choices for fine cars. Dollar for dollar, I guess I'd rather have a '53 Eldorado, Skylark, or Fiesta. Heck, you could probably have a pretty cool open Packard in that price range! But, if this same outfit has been trying to sell it for six years at the same price, guess what - they don't really want to sell it! Edited by Lancer Mike 2018-02-01 10:53 PM | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | It's a #@! Firesweep ! It's not like it is a fancy, loaded Fireflite or Adventurer. Yeah, it's got the DeSoto fins, but the way people hype these up as being like the real DeSotos ... including the big ticket price ... nah. I'd hold out for the real thing with some equipment on it. | ||
bbrasse1 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 537 Location: Upstate NY | 57 Adventurer conv. Sold for $115K at the last Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale. | ||
spinout |
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Location: Bjorneborg, Finland | >>>these cars are astronomically expensive... All fine classic cars for sale in the Netherlands by the companies (La Salle, Gallery etc..) are super-priced. Among this Sweep, La Salle have also a 1958 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer Convertible for €109500 and a 1959 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer D-500 Coupe for €59500. How about these ones, expensive or ...? | ||
Mike McCandless |
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Expert Posts: 1886 | bbrasse1 - 2018-02-02 4:51 AM 57 Adventurer conv. Sold for $115K at the last Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale. Which is really 122k. I know, I bought it lol. The same adventurer sold for 192 3 years ago. My point on restoration being expensive, zero parts exists. Everything for these cars is a pain. Any body parts will have to be made in most cases, meaning more labor. I think if you took a nice complete car, but in need of total restoration, you'd struggle to do it for under 75k-100k, not counting the cost of the car. Now, I'm talking full on restoration. Not driver quality. Your paint and chrome bill alone will be 25-30k. Muscle cars you can do cheaper as you have plenty of parts available reducing labor costs and almost zero chrome. | ||
hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3887 Location: Northen Virginia | Hand crank your window for that kind of money.... I will buy a really nice Dodge Charger instead.. | ||
Viper Guy |
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Expert Posts: 2003 Location: Branson, MO | He who has the money can spend it however he wants! | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Mike McCandless - 2018-02-03 4:47 AM My point on restoration being expensive, zero parts exists. Everything for these cars is a pain. Any body parts will have to be made in most cases, meaning more labor. I think if you took a nice complete car, but in need of total restoration, you'd struggle to do it for under 75k-100k, not counting the cost of the car. Now, I'm talking full on restoration. Not driver quality. Your paint and chrome bill alone will be 25-30k. Muscle cars you can do cheaper as you have plenty of parts available reducing labor costs and almost zero chrome. ==================================== Costs are certainly high when paying professionals to do the work. Always have done the body/paint/mechanical myself, so I don't really count that in. If a person did not have the skills (or time), any of these old chrome barges would be pretty pricey to buy parts for and pay someone to "make nice". Imagine a 58 Buick Limited ! | ||
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