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Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe
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Lancer Mike
Posted 2025-03-29 11:32 PM (#639459 - in reply to #639453)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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Very cool!  I like the use of "Turbo Flash" 

where do they use that engine name?  I've heard it before, but I could find no references in the owners reference book.  couldn't find it in the service manual either. Was it just an advertising?

 

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Powerflite
Posted 2025-03-30 1:18 AM (#639460 - in reply to #590547)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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Location: So. Cal		They use it in the service bulletins and in the advertisements. I think it may have been a later decision and didn't make it to everything. But it's odd because the engine was a brand new design and only standard in the DeSoto line.



(58 DeSoto Ad TurboFlash Engine.jpg)



(58 DeSoto Wagon Ad Turboflash.jpg)



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Lancer Mike
Posted 2025-03-30 10:44 AM (#639467 - in reply to #639460)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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Nice!  I knew I had seen that before, but I was surprised it wasn't in the owner's manual.  That's where Dodge had all their engine names.  It doesn't sound like they distinguish between the 350 and the 361.  Both were the Turboflash.

That all leads me to kind of favor the Turboflash no V-8 design.  It shows it as all one word, consistent with the ads.  The V-8 might be superfluous since no in-line 8s or 6s were available (at least for US passenger cars - brings up an interesting point for Diplomats and the foreign De Soto truck production).

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Lancer Mike
Posted 2025-03-30 11:46 PM (#639472 - in reply to #639467)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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That De Soto script is not easy to replicate!





(Turboflash script 2.jpg)



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Powerflite
Posted 2025-03-31 1:12 PM (#639476 - in reply to #590547)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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Location: So. Cal		Good point, the '55-'59 DeSoto used a unique font on it. In my mind, I thought the Sportsman font was different, but it's really just the "S" that looks more script like. The font also has that very odd backward slant to it that you'll never see on any other font. I made a first attempt at it and came up with this - and a poorly colored version. And because of the slant, it might look better with the emblem in the reverse position like the last one.

Edited by Powerflite 2025-03-31 2:18 PM




(TurboFlash Custom Font-s.jpg)



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Lancer Mike
Posted 2025-04-01 10:55 AM (#639496 - in reply to #639476)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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Well done, Nathan!  

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Powerflite
Posted 2025-05-26 3:14 AM (#640211 - in reply to #590547)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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Location: So. Cal		The previous owner of this car got it from the back of an autoshop in N. Hollywood/Studio City. He recently posted a picture of it as he found it back there. I get the feeling they weren't very serious about working on it.



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Powerflite
Posted 2025-06-19 2:09 PM (#640496 - in reply to #590547)
Subject: Re: Turquoise '58 Fireflite Coupe



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Location: So. Cal		The universal upper radiator hose blew a tiny hole in its accordion folds while driving. Very annoying. Then it stopped for some reason. So I suspected that the thermostat had stuck. I took it apart and found that the thermostat was stuck open. That doesn't make a lot of sense, but whatever. So I replaced the hose & thermostat. I found that the battery wasn't charging as well, so I replaced the generator & regulator. There was an issue with the regulator wiring harness that I am sorting out now. But hopefully, after these are fixed I can drive it again. I'm really liking the way it's looking with dual rear antennae back on the car as it originally had.



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