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1956 De Soto Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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◊ 2007-09-12 21:27 |
Grey one with black roof (top of the pic). |
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◊ 2007-09-13 02:41 |
Could be a Plymouth |
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◊ 2007-09-13 18:29 |
Looks another 1956 DeSoto |
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◊ 2007-09-14 02:55 |
The one at very top was the car I was refering to.If it were a De Soto,I'm guessing it would be the "Diplomat" Export model,which IIRC many were Plymouth based??? (Only one I ever saw in person was like a '59 Dodge front clip on a '59 Plymouth body? This was over 30 yrs ago) |
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◊ 2007-09-17 12:32 |
A couple of Youtube finds for DeSoto Diplomat 1960: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09ZhBjgaek 1958: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBV4gTt5Fc0 In the 1960 you basically have a Dodge Saratoga, Matador, or Dart Phoenix with DeSoto side trim. In the 1958 (music video) it is a DeSoto grille and body with Plymouth side trim. -- Last edit: 2007-09-17 12:35:35 |
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◊ 2007-09-18 19:52 |
It's not a Diplomat. Diplomat had rear fins that were strictly Plymouth, in continuity with the top of the doors. You can see here that they havea typical DeSoto bulge on the rear quarters. I'n not good enough at DeSoto side trim to tell what model though. |
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◊ 2007-09-19 02:26 |
you're right, dug out my Chrysler books and that single chrome spear without a color fill ahead of the front door puzzles me. My book says that Fireflite 4 door sedans with that kind of trim are very rare. Can't tell if that trim could be had on a Firedome. The emblem on the rear quarter panel is a "\8/" and there would be a "Sportsman" script to the right of it if this was a pillarless hardtop. -- Last edit: 2007-09-19 03:55:30 |
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◊ 2007-09-19 04:59 |
We "are" all talking about the same car,right?? There's two cars here that are definately a De Soto.(A 2-Tone Gray one,bottom right & another 2-Tone one to this cars left & slightly behind it)The one I've refered to trying to ID is the one at the very top of the pic,to the left of the 2nd De Soto that is either Gray & Black,or maybe Pink & Black?? This car is either also Gray & Black,2-Tone Gray,or 2-Tone Green?? "This" car is slightly smaller,and looks very "Plymouth"...or 'Export Model' De Soto?? |
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◊ 2007-09-19 10:40 |
Buc84, you got me a little confused with your Gray & Black, Pink & Black and so on. But I am talking about, as asked by Weasel1984, of the "Grey one with black roof (top of the pic)". I won't speak for 58roadmaster though. I re-checked my Desoto book. This single chrome pear could be had on Firedome and Fireflite models as well. And again, this is NOT a Plymouth or Diplomat. It's very hard to judge the real dimensions of a car, or whatever, in a film frame. You have to account with focal lenght, lens distrotion... For instance, if the car on the left is truly a Lincoln, isn't it a bit small compared to the DeSoto in front ? Here a short focal length was used, so the apparent size of objects in the background decreases very fast. |
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◊ 2007-09-20 04:02 |
No, I thought the "grey with black roof" was the car pictured in the middle. The top pic appears green, but color is hard to tell with aged film. For our purposes the colors we are seeing in the frame could be used to help point out an individual car to other members. And I wasn't agreeing that I thought it was a Diplomat. I didn't know, only to show that some years of DeSoto Diplomats used more Plymouth parts and other years used more Dodge parts. Sorry for any mixup. |
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