Re: [FWDLK] 56 Desoto arrives!

["Bill G." <nilla6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a '56 firedome 330 four door sedan. 2-bbl carb,
of course. I put the key in and was trying to see how
hard it was to turn. I just barely touched it and the
engine was running!!

I could use a shiny front and rear bumper and tail light
assemblys with lenses would be nice.  I have some spare
lenses in the trunk that I'll look at. From a distance,
the cracking doesn't show, tho.

Rechroming the rear bumper (all 5 parts of it) will run me
$400. The plater is just up the road. If I could buy a nice
one + shipping for less, I'd be ahead of the game.

I could go out and steal the parts, but I'd probably have to
travel hundreds of miles to find another DeSoto!

thanks for writing,

-bill

I know you'll get 2 copies of this.

At 05:58 PM 3/10/01 -0800, you wrote:
>What model?  There's a guy up the road a piece [Columbia River Gorge] that
>has a '56 Diredome sedan he's parting out.  Out our way the rust isn't a big
>problem but it is damp, we tend to have good interior parts.  Doubt if the
>chrome is "good", probably fair.  Should have some straight stainless.
>
>Got pictures to e-mail?
>
>--Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth, '73Duster, '81 Imperial,
>Washougal, WA
>
>P.S.  Just noticed my typo; maybe considering your poor review of your car
>it's a Freudian slip!