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Christopher, Sorry to hear of your misfortune with your DeSoto. I believe your bumper guard and fog lamps would have been dealer installed accessorie...
Roger, Have you viewed this information on the fluid drive transmission?
The vehicle serial number was used as the VIN number on these cars. The serial number on a 42 DeSoto would be located on the left front door hinge pil...
The car pictured is a 49 model as determined by the hood ornament as well as the stand up tail lights. There is no one listed in the NDC roster from t...
The Spanish Gold spring special paint was available on the Firesweeps, Firedomes, and Fireflites as a solid color as well as in combination with white...
Welcome Ron, The Powerflite two speed auto transmission was standard on the 56 Fireflite models The three speed Torqueflite transmission was not avai...
The Spanish Gold color was introduced as one of the spring special colors which became available during the 1957 model year in time for spring. The Fr...
Ed, Your trim code as well as the other codes for your car's options were embossed on a metal data plate which was rivited on to the firewall. This p...
Ed, Your car should have a data plate mounted on the firewall to the right of the brake master cylinder.The paint code should be 316 for your Lexingt...
The Chrysler part # for this item is 1530775. Its nomenclature is shoe guide & grease shield spring. Collectors Auto Supply shows this available. ...
DeSoto did not have a hemi engine until the 1952 model year. Even then there would have been a multitude of differences between the six cylinder Delux...
Your trim code 264 is for blue cloth which I believe was nylon fabric. The back of the front seat in the rear compartment and the seat bases were prob...
Larry Your data plate shows that your car was produced with paint code 308 which is the code for French Blue. Mac
The web site autocolorlibrary.com has information on the available interior moulding colors for the 59 DeSoto Firesweeps as well as those for the Do...
The trim code 406 on a 59 Firesweep convertible was for red all vinyl trim. On the paint codes for sedans and hardtops, the XXX code would be for a c...