Does that ribbon speedometer work ?

Should be a 325" (poly)V-8 (?) sourced from Dodge division.

On the cast iron head of my 1953 Dodge Regent, are four letters : D, P, C, D for, Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler, Desoto 😁👍

Great car Mr Austin!

Super clean Surprisingly Solid Survivor Shopper! Thank you Austin for saving all these classic Mopars. I always felt the DeSoto brand had the most Adventurous Styling! All the best and I hope this car brings you a good buck. You deserve it. 👍🏼

LOOKS LIKE A PILE OF JUNK! 👎👎👎👎👎

I had a ‘74 Orange SE 360, automatic, (full time 4wheel driver up to 15mph) loved the truck . I bought it used , about 200,000 miles, drove it another 10 years, I did rebuild the body , interior, painted it two tone red. I think I took trim off. Traded it for the NEW Dodge design pickup. Still driving ‘94 RAM 2500 4x4 5.9 gas. ❤️

and the price is?

From a time when only Americans built such trucks. Thanks!

Cool roadtrip. I look forward to seeing the car put together

DeSoto was the best looking from the 5 Chrysler Corporation divisions.

There can't be many '58's out there. What a Mopar gem. Thank you.

What a doll. Hope you get all the money for it

" It's yesterday once more ..." Sixty-seven years ago! Thanks for a cool video.

Very cool wagon Austin.

Fine looking machine. Thanks for sharing Austin.

Clean, but not overly so that you’re afraid to park it somewhere to do some shopping.

How many digits are in your reserve price? If it's four l may have a shot...but doubt it...

A testament to how things were made in the fifties. All the controls and handling components were weighted and designed to work mechanically, and last for a long time. The Basic design of autos did not change a lot from 1945 to 1965. Cheers Austin

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's Mopar collection . I can't help it . You do have a knack of finding the coolest "Obsolete " Mopars .

It looks like a very nice original car. 👌

Prefer videos when you explain about the vehicles you are presenting. Cool car, would love to hear more about it Austin.

That is a good looking wagon

The bad thing is you can't "Bump Start" the car.

Your video was totally perfect! You put out there a wagon, the center and reason for the video. No distracting narrative or peripheral sounds, images, owners want to show off the driving and turn the damned radio on . . .loud, so can't hear the engine. But you showed just the wagon, brilliant! Good luck at auction day.

OOHH!V SO NICE ... MY SON MAX 9 YR.S OLD SAW A 1958 DODGE CUSTOM ROYALE , SWEEP WINGS . TWO TONE , FOR SALE AT A CAR SHOW IN 2024 AND SAID DAD I WANT IT ,, HE BEGGED AND CRYED FOR IT .. I SAID YOU HAVE A 1965 MUSANG YOUR WORKING ON , BUT WANTED THE DODGE ,, THE OWNER FELT BAD AND SAID HE WOULD TAKE THE 1965 MUSTANG AS A TRADE AND SOME MONEY NOT THE FULL PRICE SO WE BOUGHT IT .. MAX CARES FOR THAT CAR EVERY WEEK , IT JUST FITS IN THE GARAGE ,, HIS MOM SAID WHAT IS IT WITH THAT CAR,, MAX SAID THE MEAN GRILL AND WINGS TAIL LIGHTS,.. WE GO TO CAR SHOWS AND DRIVE IT ON THE WEEK END... A KIDS STORY .... YOUR CAR IS SO GREAT AND MAX LIKES THE LOOK SWEEP WINGS AND GRILL... AND DRIVE , AND THE OLD RADIO!!!!!!! WE SAW 978275 OB. ,, AND EMPTYING GAS TANK, GET GAS HA!! AND PUSH BUTTON TRANS AND DASH..LOTS OF ROOM IN THE BACK,,,THE ENGINE IS GREAT, NICE GREEN PAINT ORG. WE LIKE THE MIRRORS ON THE FENDERS ,,THAN THE DOOR YOU CAN SEE MORE.. MAX AND I -DAD SAY GREAT CAR!!!!! SORRY YOUR SELLING IT ,,IT LOOKS FUN,.. GOOD LUCK.. THANK YOU!!!

This wagon will be worth a pretty penny. Great lookin and has the "patina", seems popular these days. In NZ back in the day our family wagon was a 57 DeSoto Explorer, one of the most beautiful wagons I've seen, let alone it been our car!

wouldn't be surprised if this beaute will end up in Sweden, cuz they usually buy up any 50ties american vehicles they can fetch😢

What a beauty!

Good luck with your sale, Tex.

Cool wagon with patina as they call it now. They will never build vehicles like that again! Thanks Austin

71+ year old retired Kansas farmer and equal opportunity old car enjoyer. Another educational and entertaining video! I thought the engine on the Fairlane sounded good when you first started it up in the guys garage. Except for tires it doesn’t look like it needs a lot to be a driver. Appearance wise it’s a “20 footer”. I know I’ve mentioned either on this channel or some other that I can remember every car my parents had from the time I was about three or four years old until I left for college. The oldest was a 1950 Plymouth of which I have a vague remembrance of but only know what it was because Dad told me what it was when looking at family pictures with me standing on the front seat. During those years we had a mix of Fords and Mopars. One of the Fords was a 1957 Ford Custom sedan with the 272 V8 , 3 on the tree with no radio and no power nothin’. It was definitely the Plain Jane version of that body style with a mixture of green, white and yellow to the best of my memory. I do remember Dad saying that it had one complete engine overhaul and one ring and valve job during the six or seven years we had it. Dad was not hard on cars but drove a lot because of his job. Oils in those days was pretty poor compared to what we have today. I don’t remember how many miles it eventually had on it but I do remember the day riding in the car with Dad when the odometer rolled over to all zeros for that magical first 100,000 miles which was considered high in those days. Sometimes after the big rollover Mom and Dad bought a new Dodge Coronet 440 with the 318, power steering and an AM radio. Still no AC but we were movin’ on up! The last thing I remember about the 57 was that Dad sold it for $75.00 after they bought the Dodge. That was probably more than any dealer would give him on a trade. Dealers are the same today. Your car is worth nothing until they have it and then it’s made out of gold. For reference that $75 in 1965 is equivalent to $750 today.😊

I was curious was it rare for a plain Jane cargo van to have cruise control? And did the cruise work on the van? It looked like it did…

71+ year old retired Kansas farmer here. Multiple Mopars in my family history. I think I had at least 8 over the last 50 years but nothing newer than 1987. Only two left now, a 1954 Coronet with 241 Hemi and a 1977 Aspen two door coupe with the 225 and four speed manual OD transmission. I had a 1974 Plymouth Scamp, two door hardtop with the 225, automatic transmission and AC. Body appears to be basically the same as this Dart. Another case of “gee I wish I still had that car”, even with the rust It had in the left rear quarter when I sold more than 25 years ago.😢

Very nice. 🔧

It has the wrong grill if its a 74 the grill thats in it was only used 76-77 dont get me wrong looks like a nice truck

Restoring this Ramcharger to original could be a good series of videos for your channel 🤔

My uncle had a chocolate brown Ramcharger just like this one. Loved it.

Nice vid, and thanks for the honesty in relaying just how shitty some aspects of malaise era cars were. I have a ’66 Dart 170 2-door base, and the build quality on my car is exponentially better than my ’75 Dart Sport was. In this car’s defense, the drive train is supurb. I wouldn’t mind finding a car just like this, but with a factory 3 at the knee, or 4 on the floor, sans power steering.

What are the panels with the wholes?

Mine is a 79. Teal Green Sunfire poly and white. It was a 360/727/203 SE. I swapped a 360 magnum/NV4500/Dana 300 and 83 part-time axles in 2009. It needs paint now and I’m rewiring it. Then it’s getting a 5.7 Hemi Eagle engine.

Dang, that thing is Cherry! NICE 👍 👍

Had a 79' pumpkin orange last of the steel tops. Four wheel drive had an extra low in the transfer case . Great truck, "I miss ya orange crush!!!" 😢🇺🇲

I personally don’t care for the orange paint idea. I like the white just fine as is. The truck does its job. Why spend time and money on things that will not improve the usefulness of the truck or increase its useful life? I know from experience that the headers are a RPITA. Unfortunately a good set of exhaust manifolds may be hard to find but good luck anyway.😊

Can't believe your channel hasn't popped on my feed before today. Amazing old Mopar you have there! Back in 1981 I bought a 74 Plymouth Trailduster. 318 2bbl automatic. Back in those younger days of mine I would back it up to the front porch unbolt the top and get under it and walk it off. That thing was a go anywhere 4x4 and I absolutely had a blast in it. Back then these old rides were plentiful and fairly cheap. What I'd give to have my old Mopar's back today. Want to sell it? Seeing how you got a new sub today.

The drawing on the rear window... hahaha

you have got to be the most annoying person on earth

Who was first??? Fordman or this kid??? Well this kid talks!!! My bad.

Happy New year 2025 , in North Carolina. From Key West Florida viewer. 🏖️

That would make the ultimate overlander with just a driver seat. Sweet truck. Own a 85 Ramcharger. Currently nonrunner. Love to have the Plymouth version. 😊