1950 Desoto custom coupe
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1950 Desoto custom coupe
Hi everybody. My name is Chris and I am a new member of the site. I have a 1950 Desoto I bought in 1994 and drove for a few months. I realized fairly early on that I wasn't ready for that kind of project to be my daily driver so I parked it and bought another car. The Desoto has been sitting in Arizona ever since. It gets started and moved around from time to time but needs full restoration. It had a restoration already started when I bought the car so most of the trim has been in the trunk for 20 years that I know of. I am thinking longer than that because the car came with a stack of registration stickers starting in 1976 that had never been put on the car. Anyway I decided now it is time to start fixing it up but have not completely settled on the direction I want to go.
I am a mechanic by trade for a Cummins Distributor in San Diego. I am also currently restoring a 1968 Olds 442. I look forward to conferring with all of you about our ongoing projects.
Chris
I am a mechanic by trade for a Cummins Distributor in San Diego. I am also currently restoring a 1968 Olds 442. I look forward to conferring with all of you about our ongoing projects.
Chris
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1950 Desoto coupe resto-mod
I am considering restoring the body of my 1950 Desoto on a second gen, Cummins powered, four wheel drive truck chassis.
My reasoning is that even perfectly restored Desotos only seem to sell for about 12k. It is a very cool car that nobody seems to care much about. I have tried to sell it as is and have had no intrest.
I know from my dealings with Dodge Customers and TDR members over the years that people can be fanatical about Cummins powered trucks and modify them heavily to make them stand out.
I am a mechanic for Cummins and a fantastic visionary and fabricator. I have no doubt I could build an amazing, one of a kind vehicle. The question is would anybody be interested in such a thing and do you think the price I could get for it would be worth my effort? It would register as a 1950 passenger car so none of the emissions regulations would ever effect it, even if the government decides to start inspecting the older vehicles. Any thoughts?
Chris
My reasoning is that even perfectly restored Desotos only seem to sell for about 12k. It is a very cool car that nobody seems to care much about. I have tried to sell it as is and have had no intrest.
I know from my dealings with Dodge Customers and TDR members over the years that people can be fanatical about Cummins powered trucks and modify them heavily to make them stand out.
I am a mechanic for Cummins and a fantastic visionary and fabricator. I have no doubt I could build an amazing, one of a kind vehicle. The question is would anybody be interested in such a thing and do you think the price I could get for it would be worth my effort? It would register as a 1950 passenger car so none of the emissions regulations would ever effect it, even if the government decides to start inspecting the older vehicles. Any thoughts?
Chris
