1959 De Soto Firesweep 4-door Sedan [MS1-L41]

1959 De Soto Firesweep [MS1-L41] in Mad Max 2, Movie, 1981

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1959 De Soto Firesweep 4-door Sedan [MS1-L41]

00:48:54 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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antp ◊ 2004-12-03 23:29	00-48-54
Nightrider ◊ 2006-02-06 21:45	Anyone knows a model? I'm not big in DeSotos but hope,that they use different side trim for different models...
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-02-06 22:34	Its a 1959
Nightrider ◊ 2006-02-06 22:54	I see. Firesweep, Firedome or Fireflite?
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-02-09 00:34	I think it is a Firesweep it has no name tag on the side. The Firedome and Fireflite of that year had name tags on the front fender and the Fireflite had a medallian just above the V in the side trim. -- Last edit: 2006-02-09 00:36:41
andre1969 ◊ 2006-06-13 17:01	It's a '59 Firesweep. In '59 it's much harder to tell a Firesweep apart from a Firedome/Fireflite than in '57-58, but the '59 has a 4-inch shorter wheelbase, all of it taken out between the cowl and the front axle. It's hard to tell from that angle, but from other angles the shorter front-end clip of the Firesweep is much more noticeable.
58Roadmaster ◊ 2007-11-26 14:09	model 413
DynaMike ◊ 2007-11-26 14:22	?? My info says [MS1-L41]...
58Roadmaster ◊ 2007-11-26 22:55	You are correct, My book put the MS1-L in the heading to the chassis code table for 59 models (why?) so I overlooked it. Body style is indeed 41, but interestingly, the table includes a model column (again only for 59 the latest year shown in the book) and that is the 413. Stay with DynaMike's chassis code.
T ◊ 2008-01-20 01:25	In Australia it was more likely called a Chrysler Royal. T
Cycolac Fan ◊ 2008-02-21 21:43	It got totally destroyed sadly, burnt out then had the front stove in by the Mack towing the tanker when they leave the compound
nubby ◊ 2008-03-29 19:39	Now that's one Bad-ass car! Yeah, too bad it got destroyed. -- Last edit: 2008-03-29 19:39:58
midpuzzle ◊ 2009-09-29 01:12	this car looks awsome minus the fact that its pink
CRAFT372 ◊ 2010-05-10 00:21	I think that Pink made it look awsomer butt the name Firesweep was pretty ironic
55 Roadmaster ◊ 2010-05-12 15:06	Sorry T not a Chrysler Royal they were based on a 56 Plymouth. Interesting side note, all 59 Plymouth, Dodge and DeSoto's in Australia had right hand drive 57 Dodge dashboard.
rjluna2 ◊ 2011-03-10 22:40	Here is from Wikipedia that tells us that is assembled via CKD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_Firesweep#Australian_production Link to "en.wikipedia.org" Comments?
rjluna2 ◊ 2011-05-08 03:46
p5 coupe ◊ 2011-07-18 13:31	Looks like it's sitting high above chassis on body blocks
Moester ◊ 2012-08-18 04:21	Apart from being pink and sitting too high, it is a shame this gets destroyed the way it does.
Nightrider ◊ 2013-06-12 10:23
rjluna2 ◊ 2013-06-12 13:28	The last thumbnail provided by Nightrider, you can see the Ford Landau at the left that was swapped by an earlier sedan seen elsewhere
GodzillaFan54 ◊ 2013-12-26 19:59	Why would they TORCH a Desoto?! Well, I hope someone was able to restore this car!
Ingo ◊ 2013-12-26 20:10	GodzillaFan54 wrote Well, I hope someone was able to restore this car! No way. It was totally damaged, even burnt. And it was a bad car even before. See the rust bubbles on the main pic. And note, that this movie was made over 30 years ago, when it was a shabby, worthless 22 year old clunker. Nowadays noone would take care about a 1991 Chrysler Saratoga either.
drunkbear ◊ 2016-02-17 02:14	When the DeSoto pulls up short at the refinery gate and gets torched, it is outfitted with fancy chrome wheels all-round. Every time we see that car AFTER it explodes, it's wearing plain old steel wheels. Probably a budget consideration to save the expensive chrome rims.

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1959 De Soto Firesweep 4-door Sedan [MS1-L41]

1959 De Soto Firesweep [MS1-L41] in Mad Max 2, Movie, 1981

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