Re: [FWDLK] Chrome colosseums

["Roger Howard" <rhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My thanks to Mike Sealy for the information  regarding the export Desotos et
al.  Facts I never knew before...
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Sealey <mopar2ya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, August 07, 1999 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Chrome colosseums


>Roger Howard wrote:
>
>> According to the Standard Catalog of American Cars---------
the
>> 1961 Desoto came only as 2 dr hardtops and 4dr hardtops. Marko reports
he
>> recently saw  two Desoto Diplomat station wagons - a 1960 and a 1961.  I
do
>> not know much about the Diplomat model, since the Diplomat name was used
>> only for Canadian and export models.   Can anyone shed any light on this
>> mystery?
>
>The Diplomat was export-only, and was not sold in Canada
>altho it was sold in Mexico and U.S. territories such as
>Puerto Rico and Guam.  Most Diplomats were Plymouths
>with DeSoto trim features (even DeSoto front clips in
>'57-'59), but the '60 and '61 Diplomat were rebadged
>Dodge Darts.  And Marko is correct, they were sold as
>wagons in '60-'61, as well as a '60 Diplomat Custom
>convertible.
>
>South Africa got the added bonus of the DeSoto Rebel,
>which was a rebadged Dodge Lancer.
>
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