Car of the Week: 1957 Desoto Sportsman

[dodgechargerfan]

As Jimmy Buffet might say, “there were fins to left, fins to the right.” The year was 1990, and Jeff and Sue Baker were at a large car show and were surrounded by big 1950s big-fin cars that we being spotlighted at the event.
“My wife said, ‘Boy, those are cool,’ and after that I was always kind of looking for one,” recalled Jeff, a resident of Franklin, Wis. “Then I finally saw this one for sale in the Milwaukee Journal, and it was only $3,500.”
The car seemed to have a bit of a mysterious past, but the 1957 DeSoto Fireflight Sportsman four-door hardtop was a fantastic surviving specimen with a paltry 16,900 miles on the odometer. Baker knew he had found the car he had been looking for.
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[68R/T]

$3500 was a fair amount of change 23 years ago. Inflation puts it at $6400 today. A well kept unique car, but that's probably what it's worth. :huh:

 

[restoman]

Nice!
Some of the best looking cars of the fifties were the finned Mopars, in my opinion. Nothing from Ford or GM compares.

 

[Dr.Jass]

I hate it much less than I would normally hate a brown 4-door. That's a pretty cool machine, really. I like it.

 

[thrashingcows]

I hate it much less than I would normally hate a brown 4-door. That's a pretty cool machine, really. I like it.

Now that's funny right there...

I do love me some finned Desoto....:2thumbs:

 

[Not A Duster]

brown 4-door.

That pretty much does it for me.

Well, that and Desoto's tendency to gaudy-up cars that actually had nice lines in the first place.

 

[Fishy]

I can tolerate the fact it's a brown 4 door but, that trim line looks out of place and, those tail lights are hideous! [smilie=f:

 

[69.5CUDA]

always liked these tail lights..and the trim line plays off the bumper points.....which is better than most fin era stuff where the trim comes and goes out of nowhere


brown 4dr or not..its a desoto and that makes it good