Re: [FWDLK] Lower Grill Guard

[Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  Well over 20 58 Firesweeps are documented to have survived.  

  What color/s is the LeMay car ?

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  Some car guys get bent about me saying this, but a Firesweep is not a DeSoto.  It
may have a lot of DeSoto skin and have DeSoto badges on it, but one can get a real
surprise if they think parts are the same.  What is Dodge on a Firesweep ? ….built on 
a Dodge frame and chassis, Dodge brakes, runs a 350 B-block, available only in a 
Firesweep or a Dodge., the nose clip sheetmetal is Dodge, and they were built in the 
Dodge plant/s.  What “Desoto” stuff is present is the rear clip sheetmetal, bumpers,
side trim, and a Firedome interior with Firesweep-only fabrics.  So, when looking for
parts or parts cars, it is good to keep in mind that most of a Firesweep will not inter-
-change with a real DeSoto.  Big difference between the 122” wb Firesweep and the
126” wb DeSoto.
 
  You are correct, 700 Firesweep ragtops were built in 1958.

  B.

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> On Dec 10, 2018, at 2:54 PM, CenturyLink Customer <tallfins@xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I don't know of the whereabouts of a 58 Fireflite, but there's a 58 Firesweep on display at LeMaymarymount.org., just outside Tacoma, WA.  I think only 700 of those were built.
> 
> Dan C
> Ocean Shores, WA
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:35:52 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Lower Grill Guard
> 
> You are also correct.  Attrition through use and scrapping before interest in restoration came
> about led much of what was “out there” to vanish forever.  I often ponder where the other 468
> 1958 Fireflite convertibles went, of the 474 produced.  I find it impossible to accept that anyone
> could see one of these magnificent cars and just let it rot in a field or pull the lever on the crusher
> ….  but they did, and LOTS of them did !  Even as junker cars, that is 468 complete top mechanism 
> assemblies, convertible frames, top wells/wheel tubs, special convertible top trim …  just gone !  
> 
> Such a blind waste.
> 
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> 
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2018, at 3:44 PM, WAYNE WOLOSHIN <rcwingsandthings@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I thought that they got destroyed doing there job and that's why there is not many survivors left, same for front bumper Wings, right front being the most damaged?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Dec 9, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> David Wallace posted a photo of one earlier in this thread.
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 9, 2018, at 1:46 PM, Daniel Davids <ddavids@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Could we see a photo of this "grill guard"?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 9, 2018, at 1:24 PM, Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> This was not a popular option.  I remember few back in the day and in old street scene photos, 
>>>> they just aren’t there.  Most people I have spoken with about them do not think they enhance the
>>>> crisp lines of the front end on these cars, and I suspect that is why they never sold new in large
>>>> numbers.
>>>> 
>>>> For the option junky, a real desirable piece !
>>>> 
>>>> Burger
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 9, 2018, at 12:25 PM, WAYNE WOLOSHIN <rcwingsandthings@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes David that's it exactly, like I said I have only seem one other, I would think there are more out there. It might have been yours that I saw at Carlisle or Tulsa a few years back.Anyway I have one For Sale Show Quality. Tks Wayne 
>>>>> 
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