Comparison of some 1955 Desoto order codes and 1955 Dodge order codes
56D500boy
Posted 2020-07-28 3:06 PM (#601429)
Subject: Comparison of some 1955 Desoto order codes and 1955 Dodge order codes



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The 55 Desoto order code sheet was posted by fwrl (Igor) in another thread. I stared at it until I realized that many of the 55 Desoto numbers looked the same or similar to the last digit in the three digit 55 Dodge codes that Mike Petersen compiled for the 1955 Dodges. I had a few minutes to kill before lunch today so I did this: (many of the 55 Desoto and Dodge codes are indeed similar at the last digit):







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frwl
Posted 2020-07-29 7:38 AM (#601452 - in reply to #601429)
Subject: RE: Comparison of some 1955 Desoto order codes and 1955 Dodge order codes


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