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Location: Northen Virginia | from the movie Mystery Date, 1991
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Location: Parts Unknown | There were two cars used for the movie, one a real Firesweep convertible, the other a lop-
topped coupe with a custom made top mechanism. In the early 90's, the latter was owned
by John Fay in the Seattle area. He sold the vehicle to a local guy when he moved to Hawaii.
No idea about the other car.
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Location: Northen Virginia | good info doc! |
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| it is in sweden think carlo bougth the car and took it over the sea |
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Doctor DeSoto - 2016-05-16 1:30 AM
There were two cars used for the movie, one a real Firesweep convertible, the other a lop-
topped coupe with a custom made top mechanism. In the early 90's, the latter was owned
by John Fay in the Seattle area. He sold the vehicle to a local guy when he moved to Hawaii.
No idea about the other car.
I have heard also that it, one off the two was not genuine convertible.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I saw the car once at a WPC Regional Meet in the Seattle area. The owner at that time was a friend of Jeff Carter, and he did state that the car started as a hardtop and was beheaded for the movie. |
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| Ah Ha! Yes, I did own the converted car used for the film (supposedly). I say that because that was the story when I bought the car and since I didn't care about it's movie provenance, I took it with a grain of salt. It did have red paint on the front bumper
from when it hit the barricade in the film and I never attempted to remove it...
I bought it as a "consolation " as I had missed by hours a 61 Newport ragtop. I did have a ton of fun with that car. The person I sold it to started a frame off restoration to fully convert it but as of late, I hear it's still unfinished.
Ironically, last year I finally got a 61 Newport ragtop though I do miss the Desoto! Hahaha! |
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Someone know where this 1959 DeSoto Firesweep is?
