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ANYBODY EVER DRAG RACE A DESOTO ADVENTURE?
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Ron
Posted 2012-09-22 2:41 PM (#340090)
Subject: ANYBODY EVER DRAG RACE A DESOTO ADVENTURE?



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Where do I get the impression that I am the only guy that ever took a beautiful DeSoto Adventure to the drag strip?????
I took it to the drags only 4 times over a 10 year period and I won class trophies winner 3 out of the 4 times I drag raced it. I started drag racing in early 1957 and I never had a car that drew so much attention on the drag strip. Many guy were surprised to see Chrysler Corp. made a DeSoto with 2/4 bbl carbs as standard equipment.
Somewhere in my computer files I have photos of it on the drag strip, if I find them I will post a few.

Ron Swartley




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Handygun
Posted 2012-09-22 7:33 PM (#340121 - in reply to #340090)
Subject: Re: ANYBODY EVER DRAG RACE A DESOTO ADVENTURE?


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Location: STL, MO		I did, Left it like it was tied to a tree, A Hemi one with my 340 Duster, better than 30yrs ago.
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mogge65
Posted 2012-09-23 2:24 PM (#340227 - in reply to #340090)
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Location: Nasco , SWEDEN		If your Desoto looked something like this when you were Dragracing i´m very impressed and eager to see pic´s



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2012-09-24 2:32 AM (#340302 - in reply to #340121)
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Location: Parts Unknown		Did a little light-to-light racing for fun with the 60, but never took it to the track.

Surprised the hell out of the driver of a 69-70 SS 396 Nova one time when that
ugly old DeSoto beat him to the end of his lane.
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JT Vincent
Posted 2012-09-26 11:43 AM (#340670 - in reply to #340090)
Subject: Re: ANYBODY EVER DRAG RACE A DESOTO ADVENTURE?



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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA		I used to race my 59 Firedome for laughs in Indiana. It had a 413 and shift kit. About all I did to it. It smoked Novas and Mustangs pretty good. As I recall, I got smoked by a Nissan 340 Z or whatever they were called. I decided to be kinder to it after that. Jeff fast59DeSoto has it now.
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1956DeS
Posted 2013-03-28 1:16 PM (#366792 - in reply to #340090)
Subject: RE: ANYBODY EVER DRAG RACE A DESOTO ADVENTURE?


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Ron -  Somewhere in my computer files I have photos of it on the drag strip, if I find them I will post a few. Ron Swartley

 

Waiting for those photos, Ron

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dukeboy
Posted 2013-03-29 7:11 AM (#366872 - in reply to #340121)
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Handygun - 2012-09-22 7:33 PM

I did, Left it like it was tied to a tree, A Hemi one with my 340 Duster, better than 30yrs ago.
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