With enough fabrication, anything will fit in anything. I’ve heard of classic ‘50s cars being retrofitted with complete drive train, suspension and running gear from modern cars (for instance, a ’56 Bel Air redone with engine, transmission, rear end, suspension and brakes from a new Corvette). If you’re actually planning to drive the car (as opposed to just park it in a show every Sunday), this is a great thing to do.
My dad built a cabin cruiser with DeSoto tail fins on it. It also had a windshield using the back window of a 47 Studebaker. The whole thing was hand-built.
Why would you ever do that? Its engine would probably outlast a dozen new engines! I have four Chrysler products of that era and they all work perfectly.
hsawlrae almost 13 years ago
Would love to have one…in like new condition, of course.
The Nihilist almost 13 years ago
Cosmo’s belongs in a museum for cars owned by Plugger’s
firedome almost 13 years ago
my screen name comes from a desoto just three years older than cosmo’s…
jofish10 almost 13 years ago
That car is about the prettiest thing I’ve seen in the comics for ages, next to Miss Buxley.
revisages almost 13 years ago
is that because desoto means un-soto?
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Believe it….or not. I was actually thinking of a line from Amazon Women on the Moon but can’t use that one here.
puddleglum1066 almost 13 years ago
With enough fabrication, anything will fit in anything. I’ve heard of classic ‘50s cars being retrofitted with complete drive train, suspension and running gear from modern cars (for instance, a ’56 Bel Air redone with engine, transmission, rear end, suspension and brakes from a new Corvette). If you’re actually planning to drive the car (as opposed to just park it in a show every Sunday), this is a great thing to do.
prrdh almost 13 years ago
Is there a Mary Kay Museum? True, it’s a DeSoto, not a Caddy, but it’s so over the top maybe they could make an exception.
J Short almost 13 years ago
Had to sell a lot of Mary K.
J Short almost 13 years ago
Yeah, I know it’s not a Cadillac.
FlatheadFord almost 13 years ago
Try looking up pictures of a ’59 Dodge Royal. The tail fins are remarkably similar.
kc7vpj almost 13 years ago
Jay Leno"s.
danlarios almost 13 years ago
why a car when he can fly?
RayThomas101 almost 13 years ago
I’m gonna get a Smart Car and put those tail fins on it.
RayThomas101 almost 13 years ago
My dad built a cabin cruiser with DeSoto tail fins on it. It also had a windshield using the back window of a 47 Studebaker. The whole thing was hand-built.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Remember those conversion kits you used to be able to buy? Put a Rolls Royce hood on a Volkswagen?
BigChiefDesoto almost 13 years ago
Why would you ever do that? Its engine would probably outlast a dozen new engines! I have four Chrysler products of that era and they all work perfectly.
BigChiefDesoto almost 13 years ago
That’s a ‘59 DeSoto and it’s FAR better than any Chevy or Ford of that era.
http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/mopar/59des.html
http://www.seriouswheels.com/1950-1959/1959-DeSoto-Firedome-Sportsman-Hardtop-Cream.htm