Have you ridden in a DeSoto? - Page 1

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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:00:17 PM EDT

I have.
Around 1960 with my grandfather. Two speeds, stopped and WFO.
I think it had push button shift but I'm not entirely sure.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:04:16 PM EDT

[#1]

No, but I've sat in one.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:05:34 PM EDT

[#2]

Rode in a 32 DeSoto. That was in 2003.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:06:26 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:07:18 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:07:27 PM EDT

[#5]

I believe I did back around the same time. Rambler station wagon too.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:07:54 PM EDT

[#6]

Nope

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:08:42 PM EDT

[#7]

I have. The car of choice in my hood growing up was an old, cheap, ratted out shit box. My Dad had one, I’m think he paid like $35.00 for it used,10 years old, and with some whiskey marks.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:09:13 PM EDT

[#8]

I have fixed a few.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:12:58 PM EDT

[#9]

Yes. Dallas. 1959.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:25:00 PM EDT

[#10]

Those engines screamed, Fire Flite, Fire Dome whatever, been a while, and typewriter buttons on the dash you were rollin' !

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:29:56 PM EDT

[#11]

Not sure I've ever even seen one.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:30:40 PM EDT

[#12]

Yup grandpa had one when I was little.

I want a big late 40s DeSoto Suburban, lifted with 4 wheel drive.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:35:16 PM EDT

[#13]

Yes, I'm old... but I still own a 66 Chevelle that will run 10 secs if I don't detune it.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:36:32 PM EDT

[#14]

Yes, my Mom had a DeSoto wagon ( push button transmission) when I was little. Red and cream, and I remember her putting in a ditch on a snowy day.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:40:22 PM EDT

[#15]

Yes OP. Have you ever ridden in a Nash Statesman with dual carbs? My grandpa had one.

Wish I had it today.

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Posted: 1/22/2021 9:41:04 PM EDT

[#16]

yes my grandfather had one, around 1959-63 era

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:41:56 PM EDT

[#17]

The coach in middle school accused the class of fucking around like we're in the backseat of the old man's DeSoto. One dumbass raised his hand and asked what a DeSoto is. That's as close as I've been.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:48:19 PM EDT

[#18]

Teenager during the '50s, so plenty of them.

Posted: 1/22/2021 9:57:54 PM EDT

[#19]

Yes, Parents owned one.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:00:06 PM EDT

[#20]

my father bought a 57 desoto firedome 2dr when i was a kid... had a 330 sumthin hemi... push button auto transmission and an auto seek am radio that actually worked. Car was cool.

he gave it to me when he moved out an then reneged on me and sold it to my uncle.

back end was awesome

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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:03:10 PM EDT

[#21]

Yes. Neighbor had one; I believe it was a slightly-upscale Dodge or downscale Chrysler.

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:03:42 PM EDT

[#22]

I’ve never sat in one but I found a business card for a Desoto salesman in an old book I inherited from my grandpa.

I also used to live in a town named Desoto.

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Posted: 1/22/2021 10:04:20 PM EDT

[#23]

In the 50's & 60's my Grandfather owned 3 used car lots

I'm sure I rode in, maybe even drove a DeSoto

He let me drive cars around the lot before I was in my teens

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:05:38 PM EDT

[#24]

Yep. I had one. 1941 with Fluid Drive. Restored sometime in the 70s and had it for short while during 80s. Even had a wolf whistle for horn.

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:08:28 PM EDT

[#25]

yep, also owned a Packard and a Studebaker. Truth- and a Nash Rambler too

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:10:34 PM EDT

[#26]

Maybe, who knows?

I'm talking about when I was little...the only cars I knew for sure were VW's.

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:15:15 PM EDT

[#27]

Caught a ride in South Dakota with two girls in a light blue DeSoto.

One's name was Jane. The other was plain, but they both had racing motors.

Delbert McClinton

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:19:03 PM EDT

[#28]

Yep. Owned a 48 DeSoto Suburban in high School.
Crazy enough, we used to road race in an unfinished housing development. Herding that beast around corners was a gas.

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:20:34 PM EDT

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I had a Rambler American convertible and Studebaker truck. Was probably the easiest truck to ever work.

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:27:10 PM EDT

[#30]

Worked on one from tha 30's as a mechanic. Had a flat head straight six. Neat car.

Posted: 1/22/2021 10:42:34 PM EDT

[#31]

Yes,my Dad had a 53 and a 58.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:18:08 PM EDT

[#32]

One of my running buddies father had one. A 48 Firedome. Got to drive it a couple of times. It was a cool car. Circa 1968-1985.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:20:58 PM EDT

[#33]

My dad had one

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:23:28 PM EDT

[#34]

I almost bought a 1958 twenty years ago.Tail fins made Cadillac look small. Could possibly have fit a refrigerator in the trunk. Had a 383 and push button automatic on the dash. It had potential.

I called my body man to discuss the issues I saw and he said nobody makes quarterpanels for it. Also needed floors, rocker panels, etc. He’d have to custom make so much, the bodywork would’ve cost $50k.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:23:58 PM EDT

[#35]

No but i have 4 hubcaps for one in my garage.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:28:36 PM EDT

[#36]

Dad had a 56. The back window got busted and no replacement was available. I think my brother still has it in a shed.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:33:06 PM EDT

[#37]

I owned a Fire Flite (sp?) briefly.

Had serious body rot issues, and I had no time or experience to fix it.

Wish I still had it though, the interior and engine were in great shape.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:44:45 PM EDT

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I have.
Around 1960 with my grandfather. Two speeds, stopped and WFO.
I think it had push button shift but I'm not entirely sure.

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1970, my father bought a 49 DeSoto that was in a barn from some farmer for $50.
Hauled it home and after a few weeks had it running like a top. Even got the clock in it going.
Sold it to guy in Portland for $500.

it was sweet driving it around the block.

Ed

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:54:37 PM EDT

[#39]

Yes. Mid 70s. Old lady passed away and her heirs sold her car. Local young guy bought it, I cruised around town a few times with him.

Kind of a two tone green, weird controls as I remember. Also curb feelers.

Posted: 1/23/2021 1:29:55 AM EDT

[#40]

Apparently, there's still quite a few of them rolling around in Cuba.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:27:42 AM EDT

[#41]

Oh hell yeah.. when I was a kid my best friends dad had a '55 De Soto Firedome - it was a beast.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:31:00 AM EDT

[#42]

yup..

brother had one in the 70s

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:32:18 AM EDT

[#43]

No, never was with a Spanish chick.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:37:56 AM EDT

[#44]

My grandparents neighbor had one......it looked like something the Politburo rode around in, but it was a cool car

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:46:53 AM EDT

[#45]

Yes, I have. My Dad was a car collector. He's had DeSotos, Edsels, and Hudsons. I favorite was the Hudsons.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:51:25 AM EDT

[#46]

I believe I have. Was the gas cap hidden behind the drivers side brake light.

Posted: 1/23/2021 11:46:59 AM EDT

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I believe that 1960's-era Zil limousines were the USSR's lame attempt to copy the DeSoto...

It tells you something about the USSR that their idea of the ultimate in automotive luxury was a tarted-up Dodge.