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Bernie Moen
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February 17, 2022 1:11 am  

Thanks Fred, I might contact him later and check if it's still available. Have a few other items to buy first, so I have to prioritize ???? 

1959 DeSoto Firedome Coupe
Pearl White/Bimini Coral


   
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Topic starter March 30, 2022 3:38 pm  

 

Fortunately I was able to obtain a reproduction D E S O T O trunk mat and finely installed it today.  With a little bit of trimming it turned out really nice.

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"It's delightful, it's delovely, it's DeSoto"


   
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Bernie Moen
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March 30, 2022 8:19 pm  

Last finishing touch, love it!

 

1959 DeSoto Firedome Coupe
Pearl White/Bimini Coral


   
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Topic starter June 21, 2022 3:49 pm  

On Father's Day I took my '59 Firedome to the annual Father's Day car show held at the College of the Ozarks in Hollister, MO.  It was a small show with only 62 cars of many makes, models, and years.  Mine was the only DeSoto but did get the award for the "most original" of which I felt honored to receive.  

It was unusual that of the three awards presented, only one Chevy won and it was the Peoples Choice award.  The other two were my DeSoto for the most original and the last was for "Best of Show".  It was won by a 1950 Plymouth convertible and the ironic thing is that two of the three awards were "orphan cars" and both are MoPars!  Gotta love it!

No question about it, I would have rather been at the DeSoto Nationals but for health reasons I didn't feel comfortable traveling that distance alone.  I look forward to the Convention issue in the DeSoto Adventures. 

 

"It's delightful, it's delovely, it's DeSoto"


   
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Jesse Bashaw
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June 28, 2022 7:40 am  

Finally managed to get my 1960 adventurer out to the local car show and it ended up storming shortly after. about 20 minutes in they canceled, but it was still nice just having the old girl out of the garage.

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June 28, 2022 10:25 pm  

@jessebashaw looks good! I went to an all-c body show on Saturday with my '66 New Yorker and it rained most of the day there too. On Sunday it was the complete opposite!


   
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June 29, 2022 9:02 am  

I took my 60 Adventurer on it's first drive since the rebuild today and put 8 miles on it.

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June 30, 2022 1:33 am  

@davidfrank we are hoping to ht up another one on the 4th so fingers crossed the weather holds out. i have so little time to do shows that i had even contemplated selling the old girl so she can get the attention she deserves.  


   
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June 30, 2022 12:19 pm  

@regisbodnar awesome to see it out on the road finally!


   
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June 30, 2022 12:22 pm  

@jessebashaw it sounds like you are doing your best to enjoy it! I sometimes drive my car for non-car show duty just for the sake of driving it and that gets extra me extra time enjoying it.


   
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June 30, 2022 4:54 pm  

I need to wait until July 6th to have the front aligned before I start putting more miles on it. All new ball joints, bushings, tires, etc. I don't want to chew up any tires on it.


   
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 William Phillips
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August 2, 2022 9:16 pm  

Took the 29 to the Syracuse nationals, only seen 2 desoto's out of 8000 cars. Was proud to be one of them.

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Bill Helm
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March 25, 2023 12:02 pm  

Was mighty proud that my 1960 Fireflite was accepted into the premier 50th Anniversary Boise Roadster Show last weekend.  Only DeSoto there out of 160 entries.  3-day event.  Great fun!  Won a trophy in "58-67 restored" class.  Plus the interior of my car was featured on the BRS website as a highlight of the show.

BRS   DeSoto Interior
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 FredRoman
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Topic starter March 26, 2023 9:22 am  

Congrats Bill, beautiful car - my favorite DeSoto color and all.  I even have a 1960 Johan 1/25 scale model molded in white and I painted interior red.

"It's delightful, it's delovely, it's DeSoto"


   
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DavidFrank
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March 26, 2023 4:33 pm  

Great job representing the DeSoto brand!


   
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