55-56 Dodge DeSoto Bumper ? - Price: 1 (Show Low, AZ)

55-56 Dodge DeSoto Bumper ? - Price: 1

55-56 bumper for Dodge DeSoto. Best Offer cash only. Tom (928) 358-2926 After wartime restrictions on automotive production were ended DeSoto returned to civilian car production when it reissued its 1942 models as 1946 models but without the hidden-headlight feature and with fender lines extending into the doors like other Chrysler products of the immediate postwar period. Until 1952 DeSoto used the Deluxe and Custom model designations. In 1952 DeSoto added the Firedome with its 276-cid Hemi engine. However in 1953 DeSoto dropped the Deluxe and Custom names and designated its six-cylinder cars the Powermaster and its V8 car remained the Firedome . At its height DeSoto s more popular models included the Firesweep Firedome and Fireflite. The DeSoto Adventurer introduced for 1956 as a high-performance hard-top coupe (similar to Chrysler s 300) became a full-range model in 1960. In 1955 [3] along with all Chrysler models De Sotos were redesigned with Virgil Exner s Forward Look . DeSotos sold well through the 1956 model year. That year for the first and only time in the marque s history it served as Pace Car at the Indianapolis 500.[4] For the 1956 update Exner gave the DeSoto soaring tailfins fitted with triple taillights and consumers responded by buying record numbers. The 1957 had a well integrated design with two variations the smaller Firesweep the Firedome Fireflite body placed on the concurrent Dodge 122 wheelbase chassis with Dodge front fenders and the Firedome and Fireflite (and its halo model Adventurer sub-series) based on the larger 126 wheelbase chassis shared with Chrysler. As was conventional in the era subsequent years within the typical three-year model block were distinguished by trim bumper and other low cost modifications typically by adding bulk to bumpers and grilles taillight changes color choices instrumentation and interior design changes and often additional external trim. The 1958 economic downturn hurt sales of mid-priced makes across the board and DeSoto sales were 60 percent lower than those of 1957 in what would be DeSoto s worst year since 1938. Also Ford Motor Company had introduced a new mid-price competitor for the 1958 model year with the Edsel. The sales slide continued for 1959 and 1960 (down 40 percent from the already low 1959 figures) and rumors began to circulate DeSoto was going to be discontinued. input my phone number in the search box to see all that I have posted. If its old I got it. covered wagon classic car antique auto farm ranch explore treasure gold home water mining equipment flatbed trucks trailers tools stoves fireplaces tailgates bumpers hubs intakes exhuast jacks lights rearend fenders chevy ford dodge mixers air compressors motorcycles transmissions jack hammers farm ranch fire fighter fire control livestock cattle sheep horse cow powerwasher plumbing water survival survivalist camp camping self mother earth suffcient construction earthwork transport firetruck cleaning farmer rancher sprayer washer garden game commercial home