Make: | DeSoto |
Model: | Firedome not Adventurer |
Type: | Convertible |
Year: | 1957 |
Mileage: | 23000 |
VIN: | 55370227 |
Color: | Gold |
Engine: | 345 V8 |
Fuel: | Gasoline |
Transmission: | Automatic |
Drive type: | -- |
Interior color: | -- |
Vehicle Title: | Clean |
Item location: | Sarasota, Florida, United States |
UP FOR AUCTION @ NO RESERVE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A UNICORN! THIS UNRESTORED 1957 DESOTO FIREDOME HEMI CONVERTIBLE IS1 0F ONLY 18 KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!MORE RARE THAN HENS TEETH!! WHAT MAKES THIS CONVERTIBLE EVEN MORE UNIQUE IS THAT SHE WAS ORDERED SOLID BLACK WITH NO COLOR SWEEP! RED/SILVER INTERIOR!PURCHASED NEW @ ED EISENHAUER CHRYSLER IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO WITH POWER WINDOWS, POWER SEAT, POWER CONVERTIBLE TOP AND POWER BRAKES! (STILL HAS HER DEALER PLATE)WINDOWS ALL GO UP AND DOWN.RUNS AND DRIVES GOOD. MOTOR SOUNDS GREAT! PUSH BUTTON TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO ALL GEARS AND OPERATES AS IT SHOULD. PREVIOUS OWNER SAID TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. SAME FAMILY OWNED FOR THE PAST 45 YEARS! THIS OLD GAL WAS WELL PRESERVED, SAT IN A BARN IN WYOMING FOR QUITE SOMETIME. OVERALL VERY SOLID CONVERTIBLE.INNER ROCKERS AND FLOORS LOOK GREAT! EYEBROWS HAVE USUAL RUST BUT NOTHING HIDING ON THIS BABY! TRUNK HAS SOME RUST THRU UNDER EACH ANTENNA! I WILL ADD MORE PHOTOS. FRAME IS ROCK SOLID AS WELL AS THE HOOD, DOORS, TRUNK LID AND LIP IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. HOOD OPENS AND CLOSES VERY NICE. VERY EASY RESTORATION OR DRIVE AS IS.CLEAN TITLE IN MY NAME. ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO BIDDING. I CAN SEND MORE PHOTOS OF ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SEE. INSPECT PRIOR TO BIDDING OR SEND SOMEONE TO INSPECT. AVAILABLE ANYTIME FOR INSPECTION. SOLD AS IS. DEPOSIT IS NON REFUNDABLE. LOCATED IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA. I WILL HELP WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING! CAR IS STORED IN BARN SO NO RUSH ON PICK UP ONCE IT IS PAID.I WAS PLANNING ON RESTORING BUT WIFE WANTS TO ADD ON A FAMILY ROOM SO SHE HAS TO GO! NO RESERVE SO THE CAR WILL SELL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!I HAVE NEW CARPET AND SEAT COVERS ON ORDER FROM SMS. IF THE WINNER WISHES I WILL SELL THESE AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. SMS WILL NEED THE ORIGINAL SEAT COVERS IN ORDER TO REPRODUCE THE ONES I ORDERED.I ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL SPARK PLUG WIRE COVERS AS WELL AS AN ORIGINAL FIREDOME EMBLEM INCLUDED IN THE SALE.