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Location: North Australia | Lots of chatter regarding 4 door cars and value recently. This one up to $13K, 88 bids in a short time!! Steve.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-DeSoto-Adventurer-Base-Hardtop-4-Door-... |
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Location: The Mile High City | oooooo! that's a dandy!
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Location: Under the X in Texas | White over turquoise hardtop sitting at a Florida '60s home under palm trees wearing a thorough restoration on a rare desirable car. What's not to excite any car collector?
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Location: So. Cal | The front grill.
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Location: Branson, MO | As hard as I try to like the '61 DeSotos, and I am a DeSoto guy, I just think back to the '60 model and how much more pleasing to the eye the look is. What a difference a year makes.
I will admit that this one is about as nice of a '61 as can probably be found these days that are for sale. |
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Location: Kansas City, Kansas | If I had a '61, I would have a hard time not painting the tail light surround body color like what was planned and shown on the brochure.
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| you can't beat the 60 Desoto for the best batwing car... Although I think that 61 has grown on me
I wish they had sloped that top of the hood instead of jutted it out.
I thought the 59 dodge was kind of funky also until I saw one in person, then I was like darn that car is mean.
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Location: Parts Unknown | 61's are an acquired taste ... DeSoto, Dodge, Plymouth ...
I found a white 4HT years ago with the tail light bezels painted in
like the brochure shows. It was in the mid-70's and the car was a
stripped out parts car. Not sure if a driver/owner did it, or one squeaked
out of the factory that way (?). Only one I ever saw done like that.
The side profile with the body color paint on the fin tip is very compli-
-mentary to the slippery, overswept look of the fin.
Blacking out behind that grille would be a help for making the grille
look better. Not sure why restorers miss this so often. The factory did
it, and it really sets off the sparkle of the grille.
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Location: Hershey PA | The VIN does not make sense, should be 6116 1xxxxx
There is a postcard "Welcome to Zephyrhills" circa 1971 with a similar Desoto parked on the right side.... |
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Location: Hershey PA | The postcard
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Location: Oley, PA | Sweet car! I believe the same seller sold a couple of other Desotos this past year. If I recall, they had a 57 and a 60. Both in similar shape. Does anyone here know this seller? |
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Location: North Australia | 3 and 1/2 days left, up to $16 1/2 K, reserve met, 109 bids.
Steve. |
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Location: DFW, TX | Call me crazy. The '61s have a beautiful and distinctive snout. What a great car! |
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| Indeed this seller sold a 57 and a 60 Desoto few months ago. Both reached serious prices at the end of the auction. It is interesting that I can't find positive feedback for the seller from these two sales.
Edited by Peter Panov 2017-08-04 1:24 AM
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Posts: 769
Location: Oley, PA | Looks like it sold for $18,000.00 (119 Bids)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-DeSoto-Adventurer-Base-Hardtop-4-Door/...
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Location: Lower Mainland BC |
Out of nowhere, with the single bid, e***5 snags it will about an hour to go. (Hmm...seems like there should have been a counterbid with that much time left).
Nice car if you like that sort of thing. (1960 looked better in my opinion)
Edited by 56D500boy 2017-08-07 6:59 PM
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Location: northern germany | CRAZY price for a a 4 door with a rusted away trunk edge and very poorly repaired, not original, trunk floor. makes me wonder how they fixed the rear quarters.... i've seen 61 4 doors with better bodys not selling for 500 bucks. what glossy paint can do! |
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Location: northern germany | when they installed the new trunk floor they didn't even bother to weld in the reinforcements that also locate the tank. explains the position of the tank. also note bent/cracked rear panel. if you look at the detail, that "restoration" ain't gonna last and that car is not safe.
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