'57 DeSoto Fireflite

[has2bmopar]

If I had 20k, I would throw it out out there, because most of these are gone or worse than mine, and mine is pretty tough.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1957-DeSoto-FireFlight-Sportsman-relist-/150967456636?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item23265c937c

 

[mdh157]

I'd love to own that.........but waaaaayyyyyyyyy over my heard $$ wise. and only 1.5 hrs away too.

amazing how everything else I like is nearby exc for what I want the most.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

nice. Would like to see more pics of the seats. They seem not to be redone with the correct material

Carsten

 

[Greg B.]

That is gorgeous. Wonder why they slapped an Edelbrock carb on it though. That detracts.

 

[has2bmopar]

For those that didn't catch this from the other thread...

This one from the west coast sold for $41,000 a few years back, before the car market took a slide...

 

[commando1]

I know I say this car or that car is my favorite a lot of times, and I have mentioned my "short list" a lot but a 57 DeSoto is my one true love above all others.
My grandfather, who I loved, was one classy Guy!!

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[cm23uoc]

One of my favoite station wagons. The Dodge based 1957 DeSoto Firesweep Shopper.

 

[mdh157]

One of my favoite station wagons. The Dodge based 1957 DeSoto Firesweep Shopper.



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amazing how classy cars used to be...........now they look boring and have no 'character', so to speak.

i'm half tempted to go and take that desoto for a drive

 

[Fratzog]

That is gorgeous. Wonder why they slapped an Edelbrock carb on it though. That detracts.

Agreed it's a beautiful car but what were they thinking? Makes you wonder what other compromises are hidden.

 

[bigblockmopar66]

Beautiful car. I have always had a soft spot for Exner's Forward Look cars.

 

[detmatt]

That is sweet! Like that wagon too.

 

[70DartMike]

This is a friend's 57 DeSoto Adventurer. Dual quad 345. Original paint.

He has put 4 wheel disc brakes on it, the rears being from an early 70's Imperial.

 

[commando1]

We're so in love with the two doors, we forget how beautiful the wagons were also in their own right.

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[fc7_plumcrazy]

This is a friend's 57 DeSoto Adventurer. Dual quad 345. Original paint.

He has put 4 wheel disc brakes on it, the rears being from an early 70's Imperial.

looks like its been sitting since a long time. Hope it will come back on the road soon. Cars need tobe driven

Carsten

 

[polara71]

One of these is in my future but not soon enough.
Your right Stan i'd rather have a convertible but i'd absolutely love a wagon

 

[commando1]

Can you imagine seeing your grandfather coming home with this for the first time?
It will advance your impending puberty by several years.
Just like this one. Same model and color!

 

[mdh157]

Stan, you are very lucky, I was told my grandfather had great taste in cars too, but I never had the chance to meet him.

And I am very jealous of that DeSoto in the garage. Makes me want to dispense with the conv talk and hold for one of these.

 

[polara71]

Pop pop had a 55 and a 59 dodge

 

[cm23uoc]

Can you imagine seeing your grandfather coming home with this for the first time?
It will advance your impending puberty by several years.
Just like this one. Same model and color!

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The impression these forward look cars must have left in 1957 can't be fully imagined by someone who didn't face it first hand I guess where a new Mercury f.e. looked like a brick parked next to it, not to mention the various older model year cars in the streets.

 

[70NPORT]

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