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Ok so here is a few clips of the Desoto I will be doing with my daughter. Hope they come out ok.
Here are the girls waiting for me to unload the car at my uncles till we can make another trip to get it back home.
Here is under the hood.
The front drivers side.
Rear view
Inside, needs alot of work.
Welcome to the National DeSoto Club
You will find that the 59 is one of the more popular models in the club and a lot of help is available
The club maintains a listing of 59 production and requests information from your data plate
The plate is located either on the radiator support down low to the right or by the driver's door hinge
Top line should look like 0827 433 M431 1xxxxx 3?? X?X which we can translate for you
Where are you located?
Good luck
B Terpak
I am in Columbus, Ohio area. Yes I did take a picture of the door plate and was going to try and find out what it all shows.
You need to join the Buckeye Region most of the people
are from around Columbus Ohio,I'm from Akron.dues are 10.00
a year.
Holy smoke, Lee, you found it! It's the missing Shoe-mobile! For a few chuckles, go here: http://www.shoecomics.com/search_comics ... esults.php
BTW...Bob Terpak also lives in suburban Columbus, OH, and is one of the Club's foremost experts on the '59 DeSoto. I once lived in Ohio and still am a member from a distance of the Buckeye Chapter of the NDC. You are in a good place to get lots of help and advice with your restoration project.
Mark
0413 433 M431 108852 354 XPX
0413 Car made on Monday April 13
433 DeSoto (4) Firedome (3) 4 door sedan (3)
M431 1959 (M) DeSoto (4) Firedome (3) made in Detroit -Jefferson Ave Plant
108852 8852nd Firedome out of 13,949 8859 4 door sedans
354 Gray cloth & vinyl interior cloth matches what is on your door panel
XPX Pearl White top/Bimini Coral body/Pearl white sweep
Actually the dues for the Buckeye Chapter are only $5 per year. (We just tell Rick that it's $10 becasue he's twice the pain to put up with than the rest of us! LOL)
Bill Noble
I think Mark's got the right idea. Do it up as Shoe's 59 DeSoto! There's tons of comic strips out there that feature the car. Collect them all and promote it as Shoes car come to life.
