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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | odd car. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ebayimg.com/15/!BcR...(KGrHqUOKisEq5,w0W5SBKzzo!S(bg~~_1.JPG%3Fset_id%3D8800005007&imgrefurl=http://cars2.ebay.com.au/1960-Dodge-Phoenix-2-Door-Hardtop_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ320452850157&usg=__ZaHFsEPaeCf6tDazqf_6sxYxAoM=&h=300&w=400&sz=20&hl=en&start=12&tbnid=vO6uZ9gCcdy6VM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpoly%2Bengine%2Bv8%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG
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Location: The Mile High City | Very attractive. That would be so strange to drive on that side! |
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Location: Australia | yuck! yuck! yuck! seller also states misleading information... this is an aussie delivered '58 desoto firesweep, my father has one which is restored to standard/ original ... one of around 100, so why someone would do this to one seriously disappoints me... george laurie is a past owner of this car... adriana
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Location: Australia | lancer mike... it can be yours for $60,000au
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Chrysler-1958-DeSoto-Firesweep_W0QQitemZ2505...
he originally had it in just cars magazine for $85,000 |
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Location: The Mile High City | Wow! that's a lot of milk and honey. |
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Location: Dallas,Ga. | I believe the "lavender" colored car used to belong to George Laurie. -Z |
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Location: Dallas,Ga. | OOps! Didn't read all of Adriana's post....Sorry. -Z |
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Location: Australia | production numbers have been found... there are now believed to have been 84 aussie delivered '58 desoto firesweeps produced... lowest production of all the aussie delivered forwardlooks... adriana |
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Location: Parts Unknown | What is the paint code on the ID tag ? This is almost the exact car I found years ago that inspired
my interest in this color. The one I found had a white top and aluminum Spring Special inserts.
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Location: Australia | the ID on which one? the purple/orange one is a custom, have no idea what the original colour was... adriana |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I would be referring to the lavender color. I'd like to know what the code was for that color (or a similar shade that was stock).
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Location: Florida | I would guess the code for the lavender-orange paint combination would be "P-U".
Edited by Chopper John 2010-02-16 9:48 AM
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Location: Parts Unknown | Chopper John - 2010-02-17 6:47 AM
I would guess the code for the lavender-orange paint combination would be "P-U".
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That "orange" looks to be a very deep yellow-gold on my monitor. Either way, it is not an OEM color.
The metallic lavender, of which this "restoration" might not be an accurate match, WAS a Spring Special
offering that is not shown in any factory paperwork I have seen. A member of this site has a 59 NY'er
in this shade and the above mentioned car I found was painted this color. Unfortunately, when I went
back to get the tags off that 58 Firesweep, the yard had been cleaned out and everything was gone.
So, the search goes on in trying to get an actual paint code for this color as it appeared on 58 DeSotos.
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Location: Australia | the aussie forwardlooks were available in completely different colours to the american ones... email the seller through the ebay auction... i highly doubt that you will find what you are looking for... i doubt very much that the firesweeps would have been released here with metallic paint, i think its a complete fabrication on the owners behalf... would be interesting to know what the 'original' colour scheme was for that poor car... adriana |
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Location: DFW, TX | Doctor DeSoto - 2010-02-16 3:00 PM
The metallic lavender, of which this "restoration" might not be an accurate match, WAS a Spring Special
offering that is not shown in any factory paperwork I have seen. A member of this site has a 59 NY'er
in this shade and the above mentioned car I found was painted this color. Unfortunately, when I went
back to get the tags off that 58 Firesweep, the yard had been cleaned out and everything was gone.
So, the search goes on in trying to get an actual paint code for this color as it appeared on 58 DeSotos.
Doc, I wonder if the paint was Spring Special for '58, and widely available for '59. I think that is the case with some other S.S. colors.
There is some '59 discusson here, with a couple of cars (slightly different shades??) in the color I believe you are looking for. They are scattered throughout the 3 pages.
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=28006&...
And, here is a dealer brochure for 1959, perhaps the color you're after is code S?
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Location: Parts Unknown | Danny ~
You are right on the money. The color was widely available in 59, even if not very popular.
GM even used it. Back at Mopar, the problem is the codes got changed every year. I'd just
like to know what the code was in 58. Some of the Spring Special colors show up on late-issue
chip charts, but I have yet to see one with this color shown. If the color was not very popular
in 1959, it is simply rare as hell on 58 cars. As mentioned above, I have only seen one in my
entire life, and I have paid reasonably close attention to these since the mid-60's and foaming
-at-the-mouth attention since 1978.
I have my original chunk of decklid color sample right here on my desk and I am moved to
suspect the 58 color was actually a deeper and redder tone than the similar 59 offering. This
car above being sold looks deeper and darker in tone than the 59 color, but my "chunk" looks
even more red in tone. This piece being from the underside of a decklid was never exposed
to the sun and may indicate the survivor cars or repaints paled when weathered ?
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | Could it be Metallic Coral? Ditler#DQE-21345-DAL or DUPONT DUCO #2860 DELUX #181-15537 or ACME #22-8476-X Paint trim code SSS It's a light purple in most lighting. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Got a photo sample ?
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