desoto

we picked this up yesterday, its the oldest car we have got to date, pretty sure its a 50, but it could be a 50-53 from what we have looked at but some of you other guys may have a better idea, the carb is gone, the hood ornament is gone and the horn button on the steering wheel is gone. the seats are all but gone, and the floor is at least 25% rusted out. all the other trim appears to be present. i will get more pics tomorrow if i have time, its scheduled to be a busy day, all 4 of the desotos are in the door. all the door handles inside and out seem to work, the rear trunk opens and closes flawless, there is at least one fluid drive emblem on it and im gonna look closer tomorrow because im sure ive missed some of the good

i hope not, ive got alot of cars that can go first, i just got done looking at google images and ebay "desoto emblem" and couldnt find the ones in the door, so im thinking they are rare, i also found out why the hood ornament is gone, alot of them were lighted, and i found the horn button on ebay for 188 whether it was the same id ont know. it was in the barn behind the first pic. i got it at the little more than scrap price but less than crap so if i have to scrap it ill be okay as the radiator will push me over, ill hang on to it as long as i can and ive had a few sitting since this time last year. just waiting to see what happens

thanks brandon, i introduced myself over there and posted a classified, im probably too cheap but i hate to part it out if someone wants the whole car

its straight 6, and on the dash says fluid drive, if i read right thats something like a torque converter, just glancing on wiki last night

Originally Posted by Mick

Cory, I'm guessing that to be a 1950 or '51. In case you didn't know, back then you could usually tell the year by looking at the bottom of the tail light.

thanks mick, no i dont know anything about this, im used to my 90s cars, the tail lights are there and look original, its about dark now so ill try to check tomorrow, i didnt get to the pics today neither, the only thing i noticed that i hadnt noticed yet was it looks to have the original cigarette lighter and it has a clock in the dash i didnt notice before. im outa my comfort zone on this one

Originally Posted by Libertytow

ah yes the hamb (hokey ass message board i am on it"S sister site and have dodne well congrats on the score corey i don"T know why but it looks plymouth to me

it is actually made by chrysler, i guess plymouth and dodge were the same back then, the only dodge reference on the whole car ive found yet is on the radiator, use mopar fluids only

I should take my family to that museum. I have been wanting to go for years!