Seems well worth it to me to bad these cars never get driven that's the as thing about owning a rare car your afraid to move it!
DeSoto built only 700 Firesweep Convertibles in 1958 and they are highly sought after today by collectors! This is one of the only 12 that are known to exist. A magnificent body-off restoration, this example is one of the finest in the world! Designed by the famed Virgil Exner who introduced the dramatic "Forward Look". This Firesweep Convertible has a deep black paint with a contrasting body side accent. The interior is done in black, silver and coral with chrome piping and a black cloth convertible top. The powerful V-8 engine delivers 280 hp to the push-button operated 3-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission. Equipped with chrome wire wheels, new bias ply wide whitewall tires, power front seat, power steering, power brakes, radio, clock, dual outside mirrors and dual rear antennas. This stunning, show ready convertible drives as well as it looks and has great investment potential!
Posted 2018-02-01 9:50 PM (#557358 - in reply to #557317) Subject: Re: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Convertible 139,500 €
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When you say they are expensive to restore, is that based on
incomplete cars, needing hard-to-find parts ? It seems to me
a decent, complete car would not be any more expensive to
restore than a comparable GM or other make.
Posted 2018-02-01 10:40 PM (#557361 - in reply to #557358) Subject: Re: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Convertible 139,500 €
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139,000 Euro is almost $180,000 in cold hard American. That's a lotta coin!
Perhaps it is the best Firesweep convertible on the planet (not), but at that price you have many other, better choices for fine cars.
Dollar for dollar, I guess I'd rather have a '53 Eldorado, Skylark, or Fiesta. Heck, you could probably have a pretty cool open Packard in that price range!
But, if this same outfit has been trying to sell it for six years at the same price, guess what - they don't really want to sell it!
Posted 2018-02-02 12:20 AM (#557365 - in reply to #557361) Subject: Re: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Convertible 139,500 €
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It's a #@! Firesweep ! It's not like it is a fancy, loaded Fireflite
or Adventurer. Yeah, it's got the DeSoto fins, but the way people
hype these up as being like the real DeSotos ... including the
big ticket price ... nah. I'd hold out for the real thing with some
equipment on it.
Posted 2018-02-02 7:47 AM (#557375 - in reply to #557369) Subject: Re: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Convertible 139,500 €
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bbrasse1 - 2018-02-02 4:51 AM
57 Adventurer conv. Sold for $115K at the last Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale.
Which is really 122k. I know, I bought it lol. The same adventurer sold for 192 3 years ago.
My point on restoration being expensive, zero parts exists. Everything for these cars is a pain. Any body parts will have to be made in most cases, meaning more labor. I think if you took a nice complete car, but in need of total restoration, you'd struggle to do it for under 75k-100k, not counting the cost of the car. Now, I'm talking full on restoration. Not driver quality. Your paint and chrome bill alone will be 25-30k. Muscle cars you can do cheaper as you have plenty of parts available reducing labor costs and almost zero chrome.
Posted 2018-02-03 12:39 AM (#557425 - in reply to #557375) Subject: Re: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Convertible 139,500 €
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Mike McCandless - 2018-02-03 4:47 AM
My point on restoration being expensive, zero parts exists. Everything for these cars is a pain. Any body parts will have to be made in most cases, meaning more labor. I think if you took a nice complete car, but in need of total restoration, you'd struggle to do it for under 75k-100k, not counting the cost of the car. Now, I'm talking full on restoration. Not driver quality. Your paint and chrome bill alone will be 25-30k. Muscle cars you can do cheaper as you have plenty of parts available reducing labor costs and almost zero chrome.
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Costs are certainly high when paying professionals to do the work.
Always have done the body/paint/mechanical myself, so I don't really
count that in. If a person did not have the skills (or time), any of these
old chrome barges would be pretty pricey to buy parts for and pay
someone to "make nice". Imagine a 58 Buick Limited !
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