- The origin of DeSoto cars (a Chrysler division) - Allpar Forums
A brief history of DeSoto cars (a Chrysler division)The car itself was a mid-price, six cylinder, 55 horsepower bargain DeSoto provided engineering advantages such as an oil filter and Lockheed hydraulic brakes that were either optional or not offered by contemporary makes DeSoto niceties included standard automatic windshield wiper, ignition lock, brake light, full-instrumentation, steering
- Dodge cars of 1955, including Royal and Coronet - Allpar Forums
With torsion bars still in the future, 1955 Dodge cars (along with Chrysler, DeSoto, Imperial, and Plymouth) used coil springs up front and leaf springs in back
- LA engines: 273, 318, 340, 360 - Allpar Forums
LA engines: 273, 318, 340, 360 Mike Mulvaney, Altamont, IL: I worked in a shop that ground crankshafts, cams, rods I have never come across a steel 340 crank I know that we have 318 steel cranks, and it seems the 360 has different kinds of iron used My Dad worked there for 47 years says
- Chrysler, Plymouth, and Dodge Pace Cars | Allpar Forums
Doug Dressler wrote about the DeSoto Pace Car Convertible in the November-December 2008 issue of the NCPC Journal He noted that 1956 was the only year in which DeSoto outsold Chrysler; and confirmed that the Fireflite Pace Car was produced as a commemoration of the Indy 500 pace car, with between 300 and 500 made
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- Jeep, Valiant, and Eagle emblems and logos through the years
Jeep, Valiant, and Eagle emblems and logos through the years See: AMC • Chrysler • DeSoto • Dodge • Imperial • Mopar • Plymouth • Pentastar Jeep Jeep started out as a military vehicle and was later a Willys-Overland model; its logo was the word "Jeep," in single quotes, kept from 1944 ads (at the latest) well into the 1960s
- Any old HEMI fans in here? - Allpar Forums
I owned a '57 DeSoto with a 341" 4bbl Hemi in it I used to drag race with it at the old Half Moon Bay and Fremont dragstrips I actually got it down into the mid-l5's ET which was quite good considering it was a convertible that weighed in at almost 4300lbs after lightening it for the races I sold it back in 1966 so can't help you much with tech questions If you are into racing (or just
- Chrysler 1957: Lovely Lines, Quality Qualms - Allpar Forums
DeSoto had impressive names: Firesweep, Firedome, Fireflite, and, for midyear, Adventurer The midrange Firedome was most popular, with about 45,000 sales, while Firesweep reached about 40,000 They made fewer than two thousand Adventurers, a special high performance edition Plymouth was always Chrysler's big seller, and 1957 didn't disappoint
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