57burb - 2011-01-20 3:06 PM

Fantastic!!

I've never seen, or even heard of, any cross-ram DeSoto cars. Very interesting! Do we know of any others?

Doctor DeSoto - 2011-01-20 7:08 AM



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I owned and drove a special-order 60 Fireflite coupe with 383 crossram and 3-onda-floor. All black car, heavy torsion
bars, 12" brakes, manual everything, clear glass, rubber floor mats, no heater, no radio, no backup lights. It was a
weird one.

There are several other 60 crossram cars known to the NDC.

60 Plymouth - 2011-01-21 1:53 PM
I owned and drove a special-order 60 Fireflite coupe with 383 crossram and 3-onda-floor. All black car, heavy torsion
bars, 12" brakes, manual everything, clear glass, rubber floor mats, no heater, no radio, no backup lights. It was a
weird one.

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Wow you have owned alot of rare stuff..

Doctor DeSoto - 2011-01-21 5:56 AM



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There was a time when these cars were all over the place, .... just old beaters and drivers.
Wrecking yards were full of them. I parted some cars that I really regret today .... they would
be PRIMO cars to restore now. But back then, there was always something else out there to
play with.

That crossram DeSoto was sold to a guy in Tacoma (with 2-3 others I had) when I culled my
"herd" down to just the 58 DeSoto. I later heard that he got into some sort of jam and the cars
were hauled off and crushed !!! Hard to believe, given this was as late as the early
90's. But attitudes were very different not so long ago.