This is the major Desoto collection I told you guys about. I was asked by the bank to do a review and give a preliminary auction estimate on the collection. I have over 400 pictures of the cars to sort through but here are some just to give you an idea of the job ahead. All of the cars are basically untouhed for the last 14 years until they were hauled from the farm were they were collected to this secure storage facility where they are being cleaned, detailed and everyone so far that they have tried has started up and ran. but there are a lot more to go. As you can see the birds and general farm dust have got the best of them and one of the barns had a racoon problem. When Chris was alive he would keep the varmits away from them, but he has been gone a while.
Here is an inventory listing 1928 roadster (nice) 1929 sedan (nice) 1930 8-cylinder sedan (nice) 1931 coupe (nice) 1932 coupe (nice) 1933 coupe (nice) 1934 sedan (needs retored) 1935 Airflow sedan 1936 Airflow sedan 1936 Airstream coupe 1937 Coupe (needs new rubber seals but was restored) 1938 Rumble seat convertible coupe (stunner) 1939 Coupe 1940 Coupe and 4-door 1941 2-door 1942 sedan (needs restored) 1946 sedan 1947 sedan 1948 2-door 1949 coupe 1949 Woodie wagon (nice) 1950 Convertible (nice) 1950 8 passenger 1951 sedan and coupe 1952 Firedome and powermaster sedans 1953 2-door and 4-door Firedomes 1954 2-door and 4-door 1955 2-door 1955 Pink and Whit convertible (nice) 1956 Red and white 2-door hardtop multiple option car 1956 Blue and white convertible (nice) 1956 Sedan (super low miles) 1957 Firesweep sedans two of them (nice) 1958 Firedome 4-door hardtop (one owner nice) 1958 Mempian ambulance (nice and complete even has streacher) 1959 4-doors two of them 1960 2-door and a 4-door 1961 2-door hardtop 1 owner low mileage (nice) There is also some more none Desoto's 1924 Tall T 2-door sedan (nice) 1934 Dodge 1/2 ton truck (Very nice) 1970 Chrysler 300 ragtop with a 440 (nice one owner)
Wow. Looks like a lot of nice cars. There's a guy near me with a similar collection of Mopars, mostly Plymouth's.
I read about this in a DeSoto forum. Wish I had the money for one of em, and was closer! Very nice collection.
Nope the date has not been set yet. As soon as i know the date and I get my hotel reservation set I will let everyone know the date. I have a feeling this one will be well attended?
Yes I am working on getting the other pictures loaded to my sever now. It is complete down to the streatcher
Nice cars! Damn, I'm primarily a Ford girl but have a soft spot for DeSotos that I inherited from my dad... Were there a '55 Firedome 4-door listed, I'd have to go tap a loan. Jan
After one hell of a lot of work I have the 402 images sorted, a homepage built and 32 subpages (all hand written HTML) I still do not have the descriptions done but the images are sorted and linked to the appropriate subpages. So get some plastic wrap for your keyboard to catch the drool and click the link below. I realize that a lot of the shots are not very good because the building is dark and the cars are packed in tight, Oh yeah and they are filthy! I will be adding more images later when they get all of the detailing done I will be making another trip. Plus the guy that is detailing them is video taping each car and I will load those videos along with videos of the cars running (or failing to run) but so far everyone they have cleaned has started. But there is a lot of work left to do! Here is the link! http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/binder/binderdesoto.html Would this make a nice ride?
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