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Location: North Australia | Looks like a very nice car.
As Doc would say, Desoto made a good looking Dodge, (or is it the other way round???)
Steve.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-DeSoto-Firesweep-Firesweep/19328803400...
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Location: Pacific Northwest | for posterity.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Fer #@! sake, .... of yer gonna run blackwalls, at least have the
pistachios to find the right dog dishies to match !
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | .
A Firesweep with some kind of hemi (?) (can't read the wire covers) but a Powerflite
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Location: somerville mass | needs a starter??????? at least replace that so you can drive it away!!!!! and run the exaust tthru
the bumper.. otherwise beautiful car..
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Location: California | What's up with the left front wheel? Sticks out past the wheel opening and the hub cap is not secured. |
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Location: California | Oh has mag wheels. Should have read the description before I made a comment. The colors are fantastic. |
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Location: northern germany | Paul Hettick - 2020-01-07 3:36 PM
What's up with the left front wheel? Sticks out past the wheel opening and the hub cap is not secured.
I noticed that too. Few things spoil the look of of a 50s car/FL like wrong offset wheels. Looks like a 70s hot wheels model. Terrible. |
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Location: Finland | Perfect driver with beautiful colors...the wheels would be number one on the to-do list for sure... |
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Location: So. Cal | A Firesweep would have come with a 325 poly motor, so it looks like they have replaced it with a DeSoto hemi. I wonder which one. |
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Location: North Australia | Reserve met, 2 and a half days to go, $16.5K, USD.
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Location: New Castle PA | Car has a Firedome S25 1957 341 hemi engine, non original to the car, of course. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Now on Craigslist.
https://palmsprings.craigslist.org/cto/d/palm-springs-1957-desoto/70...
From the ad "The starter needs to be rebuilt - you will have to bring your own trailer"
Wants 17,500.
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Location: Connecticut | What would really s-u-c-k is if the new owner repaired the starter, then found out that the engine was locked up, had a rod knock, or other problems. Ron |
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Location: So. Cal | What? I thought it sold?
I agree Ron, not repairing a $100 starter, will at best, cost the buyer $500-$1000 in transportation fees, and could hide a host of other issues. Thus, the value gets knocked down by the ensuing guesstimate. It's very irresponsible for them not to fix such a simple problem before it's sold, if that's really all that's wrong with it. |
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