1957 DeSoto

[73Coupe]

Seen this at the vintage trailer show in Palm Springs last week, as part of their annual modernism week event. I want one!

 

[FURYGT]

Beyond awesome!

 

[1978 NYB]

Very nice!

 

[bluefury361]

Classic 50's colors too.

 

[drpreposterous]

Love it, love it, love it. If you asked me to name the single, no-doubt-about-it, coolest looking car of all time, it would be the '57 De Soto. I do prefer the Fireflte, but even a Firesweep excites!

 

[mrfury68]

A few years ago at Carlisle they featured the Forward Look cars. It was one of my favorite years at the event. I always liked those cars but I came away with a whole new appreciation for them. By looking at all of the detail, body lines, chrome, and fins one couldn't help but to be impressed. Then you talk to the owners of some of those cars and find out what it took to restore them you are even more impressed. Remember there is next to no reproduction parts for these cars. Keep up the good work all of you Forward Look faithful.

 

[detmatt]

Sweet!

 

[mr. fix it]

 

[Pistol Pete]

"Keep up the good work all of you Forward Look faithful."

It's a labor of love, no doubt.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

I drove from Ypsi to Holland on my Wedding Day after working 02:00 to 14:00 in Quad tone Black+White '57 'Soto 2DHT. Wish that one waz still in the fleet. Crazy fast little Hemi.

 

[GJS]

swooooon.

 

[Imperialist67]

JUST amazing, hadn't seen that color combination before, unusual and elegant. Always wanted to go to Modernism week, and I'm sure the weather in Palm Springs is nicer in February than here in DC...................

 

[mr. fix it]

I got to stop looking at these Forward Looks. I'm just fueling a fire I can't get near...

 

[Snotty]

Had a chance to by one of these before I bought my '62 New Yorker. Only option it had was the Torque-flight as opposed to the Power-flight. Really wanted it... until I opened the trunk. I could read a newspaper lying on the ground - there was no trunk, only rusted edges where one used to be.

 

[FK3 Sport Fury]

Amazing car....never seen that color combo before but it looks great and really suits the car and the era.

 

[cm23uoc]

My favorite is the low line Shopper version.

 

[Vig]

My back yard was a junk yard growing up in the 60's I remember a few Desoto's

 

[1978 NYB]

• One of my favorite cars!

 

[ws23jrt]

My first car was a 57 DeSoto Firesweep 4 door.
I was 15 and paid $50 for it in good running condition. After a few years and rod knocking made me call a wrecking yard to take it away.---I miss that car.
In 1968 I bought a 300C for $350. It had passenger door and fender damage from a minor wreck which I fixed with parts from a Winsor donor car. Enjoyed driving that car for about ten years.
Lots of good memories with those cars as a teenager.

 

[ayilar]

Trailer show, you say? How about this trailer at Carlisle in 2006 (I was not there, that was before my time):



Here is the same 1957 Adventurer convertible in Minnesota more recently, in 2017:



The boat was apparently created using real 1957 Adventurer parts.