Part of the long list of car brands that are no longer with us, DeSoto had a bumpy ride. Born in 1928 as a brand of Chrysler, it last for a little over 3 decades, war years included. That pretty much ...

1955 MARKED THE TURNING POINT for DeSoto, from Chrysler’s most conservative division to its most flamboyant. Arguably, the transition began in 1952, when DeSoto released its own version of the 331-cid ...

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Founded in 1928 by Walter P. Chrysler, the DeSoto marque slotted between Plymouth and Dodge in the Chrysler lineup. It was initially created to compete with Pontiac, Hudson, and Studebaker in the ...

The 1955 DeSoto Firedome doesn’t always make the cut in talks about 1950s American cars, but it deserves a spot. Positioned between Chrysler and Dodge, DeSoto struggled to stand out—until 1955. That ...

The 1950s were a revolutionary time for the American automotive industry. Immediately after the close of World War II, several brands resumed production of pre-war models as a stopgap until they could ...

Some folks remember high school auto shop as their introduction to customizing automobiles but, for those who have been around seven decades, they can look back to a time of building a crude, wooden ...

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Thomas Kenney was about to enter his teenage years when his father drove up to their Havertown, Pa., home in a new 1955 DeSoto. For the next five years he washed and polished that DeSoto, but just ...

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