Doctor DeSoto - 2013-10-25 1:19 PM

I am surprised to see the level of still-in-paint metal here, right alongside totally wasted areas.
I am accustomed to seeing a more uniform rust throughout. Cars from Seattle typically need the
entire trunk pan and side drops replaced, as the rear window trough leaked and allowed water to
just sit on the flat surface, the drops going gunnysack with the outer quarter skin from the wet debris
that always accumulates in that "sump"-like pocket.

I will need to hone my own rusty welding skills, but with this much metal still present, it will be more
of a patch job than a build-it-out-of-nothing adventure. Those are always fun because you are building
out into thin air with no straight lines for reference points. This should not be TOO bad.

Doctor DeSoto - 2013-10-23 12:53 AM

If this were a Firedome, I would not hesitate running the dog dishies. It truly would
be unique. I don't know of a single example of a 57-61 DeSoto running doggies today,
let alone a big body, or a convertible ! But a Fireflite just would be wrong with dog
dishies as an original appearing upline car.

It will boil down to wires or custom wheels and those spinners.

57Kelii - 2013-11-10 3:23 AM
You forget Nick Nichols collection? I've been eyeing that Desoto of his for about two years now. It has doggies... http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s579/57Kelii/1959%20Desoto/100_...

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It's not that I "forgot" Nick's stuff (he has a rough original 58 Adventurer coupe), but this
is a 59 And it is a mystery 59 with no model emblems, but Fireflite "warts" glued
on the rear quarters and a sexy brown paint job.

I don't track 59's. Hate 'em, don't want to see them, just don't like 'em. Hate the blunted
nose, hate the fins and rear end even more. Hate the idiot light dash. The only thing I like
about 59's is the cool hood latch door. Unfortunately it was used on the ugliest DeSoto from
the Forward Look era.

Did I mention I don't like them ?

Doctor DeSoto - 2013-11-09 12:18 PM



I know they aren't very pretty. It's a Firesweep (no front emblem) and someone decided to add some fireflite circles to the rear of the fin. I like it a bit because it's a ugly ducking, least amount of chrome so you can see the shape of the body.

Doctor DeSoto - 2013-11-12 1:29 PM

I would stress to anyone that to be successful in getting the car you want (versus settling for what
you can find/afford) is to turn away from the cars and focus on the self improvement needed to make
the kind of money that will put your ass in the seat of the car you want, rather than pissing away a
lifetime wishing for something that is out of reach. Where's the fun in that ?

Yeah, 59 got a few goodies like cruise control and swivels that I dig. I have a set of 59 power swivels
hanging in my rafters that *might* go in the DeSoto, but since it has power seat already, I an undecided
on that. I prefer the slimmer look of the swivels, for sure.

The 59 DeSoto and Chrysler got this groovy little spring-hinged door that pushes out of the way to
access the hood release. Swivels and cruise are nifty add-ons, but this door is an integral part of the
body of every car, and IMO, the best thing about them.