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1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question
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1958300
Posted 2019-06-30 10:16 PM (#584270)
Subject: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Location: Chattanooga		It was possible to order the 2x4 383 Adventurer engine in every Desoto body style in 1959, and apparently there was an emblem somewhere on the body the indicated if a car was equipped with that engine. These emblems show up on eBay every so often, and I would like to know where the emblems were mounted. Does anyone have a picture of the emblem mounted on an actual car?



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2019-07-01 1:55 AM (#584277 - in reply to #584270)
Subject: RE: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Location: Parts Unknown		They were mounted on the fender, between the door and the wheel opening,
about halfway between sidetrim and the bottom of the fender. I do not have a
photo .... *sorry*
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1960ny
Posted 2019-07-01 3:07 AM (#584278 - in reply to #584270)
Subject: RE: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Powerflite
Posted 2019-07-01 4:33 PM (#584304 - in reply to #584270)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Location: So. Cal		I'm not sure I would want that badge on my car. Very disappointingly bland looking compared to the fine Fireflite script above it.
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1960fury
Posted 2019-07-01 5:47 PM (#584308 - in reply to #584304)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Powerflite - 2019-07-01 4:33 PM

I'm not sure I would want that badge on my car. Very disappointingly bland looking compared to the fine Fireflite script above it.


Yup, when I first saw it I thought no way this is a 50s OE Mopar badge. Terrible dull and clumsy design.
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1960fury
Posted 2019-07-01 5:56 PM (#584310 - in reply to #584308)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Location: northern germany		I like that scare badge (for the same engine) better!



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2019-07-01 9:28 PM (#584314 - in reply to #584310)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Location: Parts Unknown		Yes, the 59 Adventurer Powered badge is pretty underwhelming and degrades
the swept-over look and appeal of the Fireflite and Firedome scripts. Firesweep
did not have a "Firesweep" script on the front fender, so the "Adventurer Powered"
badge was there by itself, on cars so equipped.

I don't think any FL era badge was as dynamic as the Forward Look "darts". It
has always been disappointing to me that this emblem saw such limited application.
The non-300 emblem for fuel injection is another really dynamic design.





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Powerflite
Posted 2019-07-01 10:01 PM (#584318 - in reply to #584270)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Location: So. Cal		Those dart emblems made a great comeback on the fenders of a '61 Dart Phoenix.
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1958300
Posted 2019-07-01 11:23 PM (#584323 - in reply to #584318)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2019-07-02 12:36 AM (#584326 - in reply to #584318)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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Powerflite - 2019-07-02 7:01 PM

Those dart emblems made a great comeback on the fenders of a '61 Dart Phoenix.


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Yeah, ... those are pretty cool too !

While we are at it, how about the winged D500 emblem from 60 ? Or the "star"
Dodge used for the 61 D500 ?

I am very partial to the font style used on the 56 Dodge model designators. The 58
"New Yorker" script had an awesome styling too.
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1960fury
Posted 2019-07-02 8:02 AM (#584336 - in reply to #584323)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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The 1958 fuel injection emblem was the best design ever made!


In my book it is the 61 Dart emblem. I liked it so much I put it on a 61 Desoto. Also love the 61 D-500 badge.



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ttotired
Posted 2019-07-03 6:32 PM (#584410 - in reply to #584270)
Subject: Re: 1959 Desoto Adventurer engine emblem question



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