Charles Phoenix Auto Sales - 1960 Destoto Fireflite

FOR SALE: 1960 DESOTO FIREFLITE
20K original miles, spectacular survivor class, straight rust-free body, beautiful factory original interior, outstanding chrome, trim and details inside and out, power steering and brakes, peppy 361ci engine, pushbutton Powerflite transmission, original keys and spare, quick and tight ride. Rare find.
MORE … about this 1960 DeSoto …
LOW-MILEAGE: Driven just 20K miles, this has to be among the finest low-mileage 1960 DeSoto’s in existence.
ORGINAL TRI-TONE INTERIOR: To find any classic car with a factory original interior as well preserved as this is RARE. Even rarer when it’s black and white paired with raspberry red , a rare and stunning color by automotive standards.
JET BLACK is a striking finish on any car … and makes this DeSoto seem almost presidential!
QUICK AND TIGHT RIDE: At every speed this is a great driving car. The 361 engine has plenty of extra pep. The Powerflite transmission is surprisingly responsive. That, combined with the extraordinary agility of the torsion bar suspension makes for a thrilling driving experience superior to any 1960 GM or Ford product.
MORE than a classic car … MORE than mid-century modern masterpiece, this 1960 DeSoto is a WORLD CLASS NATIONAL TREASURE!
About 1960 DeSotos …
FORWARD LOOK: The 1960 DeSoto is in a distinctive and desirable class of classic cars manufactured by Chrysler Corporation between 1956 and 1960 promoted as “CARS OF THE FORWARD LOOK.”
SPACE AGE STYLE: Inside and out, from every angle, the out-of-this-world design of the 1960 DeSoto is a supreme example the most extraordinary era of American automotive styling.
BEST TAILIGHTS EVER: Both in scale and style, 1960 DeSoto taillights win the prize for most extreme taillights of the space age era … and extra points for that trio of boomerang highlights.
PUSHBUTTON CONTOLS: The transmission and climate controls are easily engaged with the ultra-modern convince of pushbuttons.
1960 was the FINAL full year of DeSoto production. In 1961 Chrysler Corp discontinued the marque.

[@dave1956]

My parents best friends had a ‘60 DeSoto that was powder blue and white. I remember the big fins.

[@randybock82]

It's delovely,It's delightful, it's Desoto!

[@michaeldonaher2851]

Incredible! This is Peterson museum worthy, everything about it is flawless. Thanks Charles for sharing this masterpiece.

[@Porsche996driver]

That’s right!

[@danielladd10]

I've always thought this was the best looking car ever made

[@Mr.QuantumC0re]

You must really love the animal crossing dog. That green tongue though.

[@geopioneergsxr5357]

I agree as far as classics go. I had this car for years back in the 90's never saw another one the road. Mine was a big block 383 though.

[@nkyriazi]

Me too. We had a turquoise one and I cried when my dad sold it in 1970.

[@user-dk8ly2ft9k]

I have seen one once , in Charlevoix Michigan several years back...these are oh so rare! Don't think Gilmore Museum has one even!

[@michaeltaylor1603]

If a 1960 car could get a "hug", This Desoto would be getting a HUGE one! Boomerang tail lights and that luscious chrome, interior with plenty of personality! This is back when cars were works of ART! Peeking at that perfect engine. Whoever last owned truly LOVED it! As the license tag expresses. Thanks Charles!

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

See sedans can look nice 👍

[@Awfulfeature]

Learned about this car through the “Sam & Max” series, because one of my favorite vehicles of all time.

[@michaeladamo1188]

Can’t believe how beautiful this is

[@vayabroder729]

What a sweet car!

[@angeloavanti2538]

Factory Batmobile. Wow!

[@rudy52350]

OMG , I would absolutely Love to have this Beauty ...

[@TuckerSP2011]

Just a beautiful car.

[@markmaiello9180]

The interior is extraordinary. The exterior is outstanding. The vehicle as a whole is out-extra… Seriously, it’s a diamond studded, gold plated heirloom…

[@Porsche996driver]

Wow are you kidding me with that perfectly preserved space age mid-century modern masterpiece?! Those taillights not only with the boomerangs but also the matching ribbed-for-your pleasure red lense! That really is Raspberry interior and steering wheel what is even going on?! That engine bay you could eat Bob’s Big Boy off of?! And the keys - with a very lucky rabbits foot!! 🚀✨🌛

[@lsh3rd]

Howard Cunningham never had it so good!

[@Porsche996driver]

Mr C!

[@TheDejael]

He drove a 1947 DeSoto Suburban in HAPPY DAYS. Nowhere near the Space Age styling of this 1960 model.

[@daviduliana9950]

The detail in the styling is pure art. Rolling art.

[@christopherkraft1327]

De Soto discovers the Mississippi!!! 👍👍🙂

[@67marlins]

So beautiful......thanks for posting.

[@user-er3xl3bv6e]

😢A splendid survivor of jet age styling !

[@georgeloizou2484]

The dashboard is incredible!

[@gyost8147]

Beautiful car

[@RBAILEY57]

Wow! How many younger people even know about DeSoto? It's a magnificent car.

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

I just left Tina’s book store. Your name came up. 🤔💁‍♂️

[@gimmesomesugar]

I had forgotten how gorgeous they were.

[@eugenepiurkowski5439]

Thanks for sharing. Being a base model sedan, with only a two speed automatic Powerflite and little chrome inside., it carries itself very well. Neighbor had the upscale Adventurer four door hardtop sportsman when I was a kid. Nicesst car ever.

[@chesterthawkins7510]

Behold the Glory!

[@markbehr88]

Lovely car Charles.

[@paulbennell3313]

I'm not the sort of owner a car like this needs because it wouldn't remain low mileage for long! I'd live in the damn thing.

[@Porsche996driver]

You could rent out the trunk to a family of 4! 🤣

[@paulbennell3313]

@@Porsche996driver Don't encourage me!

[@joemackey1950]

Same here. I am always amazed at very low mileage cars from years gone by. Wonder why it wasn't driven more? Neighbour of my brother brought a '70 Newport new, had a stroke two years later, wife didn't drive. Parked in her garage and :forgotten" about. She sold it in 1980 to my mother, $250. It had about 10,000 miles on it. Long gone now...

[@paulbennell3313]

@@joemackey1950 Pity, Newport's a nice car.

[@user-dk8ly2ft9k]

@@joemackey1950 Super bargain! I'd have done double back flips buck naked downtown for a deal like that!

[@devonvictor3210]

Amazing!!!! Love it!!! And its black, Wow!!! Thanks for showing this off!!!

[@barryervin8536]

When i was a kid we had a black 57 DeSoto, it was a great car, Then my dad traded it in on a white 60 DeSoto that was a total lemon, it was in the shop constantly for problems that never got fixed. He traded that in on a 61 DeSoto and was really mad when they stopped making them 2 weeks later. Traded that in on a Cadillac and never bought another Chrysler product.

[@BillyAlabama]

What a stunning car!

[@garymckee448]

Beautiful vehicle and the 361.is an excellent engine.

[@bigblockjalopy]

That is an understatement. As an owner and driver of a couple of the low deck Big Blocks (361/383) for 34 years almost daily. I would call them the most reliable, troublefree engines in automobile history.

[@garymckee448]

@@bigblockjalopy I owned many a vehicle with the 383 but I only had one with a 361 , it was a 64 Dodge Custom 880 4 door hardtop and it was probably the best vehicle that I have owned .

[@billdescoteaux]

I was surprised to see a Powerflite backing that 361! I always thought that the "B"-series engines got only the Torqueflite 3-speed for an automatic, the Powerflite being used only on Slant-6's and 318s. I stand corrected! Oh, and BTW, my first car had a 361 backed by a Torqueflite - a "62 Chrysler Newport Town & Country station wagon.

[@TheDejael]

Fabulous Exner Excellence! Love it!

[@thomassmolenski2600]

WOW VERY COOL and Thank You for the Joy Ride

[@chrisjeffries2322]

I have always liked Desoto from 1956 thru 1960, the 61 had a weird upper hood that looked out of place.

[@user-dk8ly2ft9k]

Which is why it didn't sell. An awkward styling...yet so totally collectible now!

[@asteverino8569]

Wonderful original car! The grill always reminds me of a Baleen whale 🐋 Thanks Charles.

[@hughjass1044]

Beautiful!!

[@rollingtones1]

3:49 That's the first rabbit's foot keychain I have seen where the fur is worn off and you can see the bones! Yes, this car has good bones.

[@sejembalm]

I would pay serious money to have you sell any classic car I have.

[@rick0e295]

Delightful, Delovely,DeSoto. This Fireflite ( base ) is unparalleled. Adventurer was a step up. Learned to drive on a55 Firedome just out of service from local funeral home. Formal black of course. 55 to final 61s always loved 😍 ❤. Ultimate favorites are 61 DeSoto and 61 Imperial LEBARON. Exners finned fantasies at their best 👌. 🏆.

[@andrewromano3105]

REALLY AWESOME WANT IT READY. FOR X COUNTRY !!!

[@Mr.Worf63]

That is one stunning car !

[@kfl611]

I want one ! It looks like a batmobile. I didn't know they had door handles like that back then, flip up door handles. I thought that was a 1970's thing. Such a pretty cool car. I wish they still made cars like this and still made DeSotos.

[@user-dk8ly2ft9k]

Me too! One can only speculate what they might look like now...certainly not as we see here!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very nice!! 👍👍

[@frankwood7878]

This car looks Presidential, that's for sure. I would love to own & drive this car. That's alot of car

[@bobbyashmore9036]

I never could understand why the public of that era let the Desoto go to waste. You did a great job in taking us into a different time when America made such a perfect automobile!

[@larryhogan3-16]

An exquisite 1960 Bat 🦇 Mobile 👍🇺🇸

[@slicksnewonenow]

I knowwwwww! And I really do, because I had a mint green, low mileage example back in the late Eighties. This one is absolutely SPECTACULAR.

[@drakbar5957]

Behold the boomerang tail lights. Oh, yeah! It’s de lovely; it’s de gorgeous, it’s a De Soto worthy of mid century mavens of style. I knooow!!

[@23727bgk]

The finest original condition car I have ever seen from the era. Would love to know its ownership history!

[@T-41]

What a beauty! Virgil Exner did some great work. This one has Powerflite automatic transmission. Thanks for showing it to us.

[@jd3552]

What a presentation, the voice, the dialog, the car! Buy now before the car "takes off"!

[@user-dk8ly2ft9k]

It's probably gone

[@geopioneergsxr5357]

I had that same car for years. Mine was white with a big block 383 though. Best grill ever! This push button transmission (on the left of the steering wheel) has a block off plate for one of the gear buttons, mine had all of the buttons there..🤔

[@tbuddy3005]

Black Jack Desoto!!

[@josephconsoli4128]

Gorgeous machine Charles. Jaw-dropping condition. Desoto always made an attractive car. I can't think of bad one!

[@gbriank1]

Something you don't see too often, the wagon version. Had all the extra space, bigger motor

[@user-dk8ly2ft9k]

They didn't make a wagon or a convertible for '60....more's the pity!

[@JohnShinn1960]

Swoon! 😍👍

[@frankmartinez4856]

We use to have one! Mom bought it from our Doctor! Dk. Blue!

[@takoma5]

Virgil Exner Magic :)

[@anthonys_expired_film]

This car was vacuum sealed! Beautiful example, Charles!

[@trudygreer2491]

...as though the operator and passengers were all wearing gloves, like good ladies and gentlemen.. *1960!*

[@jittychitty]

My brother has a 60 Desoto Adventurer with the cross ram engine and only 20 something K on it. It's a really cool car. It's not in the condition this one is in though... it sat outside for quite a few years, so needs to be fine tuned.

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

Big Retro grill now a days 🤔💁‍♂️

[@dugwthree]

i was 6 in 1960. but i remember seeing these later in my teens but not this nice. think i appreciate things more now, Thank you for sharing. My wife thinks you are a little annoying. But i think i understand you more now

[@hurricanefury439]

while i prefer the tail lights on the 1960 chrysler this is easily a very close second

[@andrewromano3105]

Nice car. Fins. Mopar. 4 $ale. ? Of course I want. It !!!

[@Kinseydsp]

Desoto's were wonderful Cars always. This Car is WOW.

[@algaroo7401]

Que lindo carro

[@judgegixxer]

The only problem with it is it would make me want to drive it everywhere. You'd have to pull me out of it,. Those tailights are off the chain.

[@garnerjazz58]

Exner at his best. I’ve never seen one of these with that particular tail light treatment. Glorious excess!

[@ronlynch7744]

Beauty 😎👍😎

[@jdcowan1]

The 59 Cadillac had some awesome taillights

[@knitterscheidt]

on the steering wheel? a winged phoenix!

[@joserafaelgrangefuenmayor7744]

Me gusta el carro

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

how do you find them Charles ?! stunning car !

[@rajanrairealty8979]

Mercury n DeSoto were top

[@nkyriazi]

The fins (I call them wings) were 11 feet long.

[@falsehero2001]

I don’t know why these reviews are started with that sinister sting.

[@patsfan8057]

Perfect. But I believe one thing is missing. Period wide whitewall tires.

[@anastasias.7186]

😍😍😍

[@MH-fb5kr]

Guessing the bumpers alone weigh as much as a 1960 VW bug.

[@markmalone5384]

I'm surprised about two options missing on this car: This car has the 2 speed powerflite and not the 3 speed torqueflite transmission. And no power windows?

[@user-er3xl3bv6e]

With a production of only 26000 for 1960 the hallowed mark was in its way out killed off by the Eisenhower recession and musical chairs in Chrysler s upper MGMT that couldn't t decide where DeSoto fit in it how to market it

[@DNIII]

Location looks like Pasadena, CA.

[@rajanrairealty8979]

Mid level DeSoto. Adventurer was top nice

[@tonykool5347]

This seems to have a powerflite 2 speed automatic, not the toqueflite. I thought all 8 cylinder cars had toqueflite.

[@Mr.QuantumC0re]

Where is the Price?

[@Geersification]

Cost??

[@beastbee0118]

Spike!

[@arnepianocanada]

Why make a strong "D - E - S - O - T - O" focus on the hood, then misspell it "Destoto" on the video title? *Quality control please!*

[@richardhatton4478]

Nice video, but wish you had spelled "DeSoto" correctly in the title.

[@_charlesphoenix]

You're right!

[@Jasona1976]

PRICE?

[@rick0e295]

Went to website but couldn't find price,etc. Old guy not too good with internet. Probably out of my range but who knows 🤷. Please advise. Thanks

[@57buickcentury]

$39,000.

[@user-dk8ly2ft9k]

@@57buickcentury Ouch! I haven't won powerball yet!

[@LlyleHunter]

I think that it was a great mistake that Chrysler eliminated the DeSoto division. I think that when they paired down the number of divisions they lost makes shares forever that lead to them becoming a weaker company over the decades.

[@andrewromano3105]

SO NICE $$$ MUCH ?

[@_charlesphoenix]

20K original miles. 39K obo

[@andrewoplinger4759]

Did anyone say "Batmobile?"

[@garysandiego]

All the care in the design concepts here, and this wasn’t even top of the line of Chrysler corporation. The 1960 Mopars were the apogee of automotive design.

[@bigblockjalopy]

The color combo is not really jet age 50s. That would be the typical pastel colors. In the 60s red and black became pretty popular. In the fifties ist was pastel blue and white, seafoam and pale pink. I own a 60 Desoto Adventurer in red/black, just like this car, and I hate the colors.

[@Flies2FLL]

OH NO you are not a member of the Lambda Car Club!!

[@loveisall5520]

This must've been considered a stripper back then, even to having the Powerflite tranny. My parents bought us a new Pontiac Bonneville in '60 when I was four. I wonder if they even looked at Mopar cars?

[@martinmccarty3126]

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