Introducing the all new 1955 Desoto! First time for tubeless tires... Which Ford claimed was a horrible safety hazard :) The Forward Look first cars..
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@jerrycallender9352 Жыл бұрын
I REMEMBER when the dealers windows were covered in brown paper until the announced introduction of the new models - I've seen crowds 3-4 deep waiting on the sidewalk for the paper to be removed and the doors opened.
@bradleyhannah8713 Жыл бұрын
I hung out with my Dad at the local DeSoto dealership ,so I love big fins!
@tbamagic Жыл бұрын
I had a '55 Firedome and a '56 Fireflight. Excellent cars
@tbamagic Жыл бұрын
That was 1958-1964
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
56 is my favorite, but I wouldn't kick a 55 out of the garage!
@johnellis2347 Жыл бұрын
Excelent cars in 55, 56 Chrysler too. Out west in the mtn states and no traffic we ran them 90 to 100 all day.
@MisterMikeTexas Жыл бұрын
Did he really say "They shot their wad"? 😂😂
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
well i think the 50's it didn't mean what it does today... :) but yes he did...
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
Yes he did!
@gordonhaire9206 Жыл бұрын
In 1964, I owned a brand new Dodge Dart. I T-boned a 1955 DeSoto. I dented the right front door. The door still opened and closed. The Dart needed a new bumper, headlights, grille, radiator, fan, water pump, hood and left front quarter panel.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
full frames work!
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
No comparison between 64 and 55! Although 64s were nice cars, too.
@tomservo56954 Жыл бұрын
15:25 "Yeah, it's got a Hemi"
@chrisjeffries2322 Жыл бұрын
Betty Grable and her husband Harry James were in a 1955 car commercial for the new 55 DeSoto, Groucho Marks was in the back seat. Marilyn was not there, she only rode in Cadillacs
@darthhemi1735 Жыл бұрын
I think she rode in imperials also
@chrisjeffries2322 Жыл бұрын
@@darthhemi1735 Yes, she was in Chrysler commercials
@glennso47 Жыл бұрын
Chrysler is moving the assembly plant of Jeep Cherokee from Belvidere Illinois to Toluca Mexico. 😢. How does the UAW like Biden now!?
@glennso47 Жыл бұрын
The company told all the employees “Merry Christmas. You’re fired.”
@glennso47 Жыл бұрын
DeSoto won’t have a frame in a few years. The body will be integrated with the frame.
@Greatdome99 Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how variable speed windshield wipers are not available today--and it'd be great to have.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
i think the variable electronics tend to cause heat/corrode and its suspect...
@jerrycallender9352 Жыл бұрын
OF COURSE they are..
@TheDejael10 ай бұрын
I have them in my 2002 Pontiac Firebird.
@jerrycallender935210 ай бұрын
Also in my 1991 Park Avenue and 2003 Rodeo Sport. I dare say there's not a car being built that doesn't have this feature.@@TheDejael
@jerrycallender9927 Жыл бұрын
I REMEMBER the dealership's windows being covered with brown paper until the announcement date, and different makes were introduced on different dates... That's when automakers had something to show - not the bland, generic 'car' being offered today.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
Yeah definitely there was more excitement about vehicles back in the day... They are simply appliances now mostly.
@sketchydustin8372 Жыл бұрын
OMG TUBELESS? THATS SO DANGEROUS :) and no knee knockers when getting in the front door!
@glennso47 Жыл бұрын
In just a few years DeSoto will be no more. (1961)
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
Desotos were pretty cool cars, and right up there in prestige... at a higher level than Buick actually just slightly
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe. I would always buy a DeSoto over a Chrysler.
@chrisjeffries2322 Жыл бұрын
Betty Grable sent me here.
@mikes2460 Жыл бұрын
she did?
@dave1956 Жыл бұрын
What about Marilyn Monroe?
@chrisjeffries2322 Жыл бұрын
@@dave1956 What about her?
@dave1956 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisjeffries2322 I may be wrong but I think Betty Grable’s heyday was the ‘40’s. My father had a pin up of her during WW II.
@BIGLOVE4TRUTH Жыл бұрын
Say, did I mention I had a 57 Fireflite when I was in high school in 1971?
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
Very cool car to be cruising around in :)
@bradleyhannah8713 Жыл бұрын
My Dad had two DeSotos! a early 50s and a 58!
@stephenholland59309 ай бұрын
Dig the '58s.
@seed_drill7135 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea “shot their wad” went that far back. Or that it wasn’t vulgar.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
hah yeah shooting wad was not vulgar back then :) The wad was from rifle shooting... when you shot a blank wad... they did use some old time slag a bit in this one
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
Also, you could be gay in '55 and it only meant happy!
@Greatdome99 Жыл бұрын
Civil War. Stuffing wads of cotton down your rifle barrel
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
I'll take 2 55 DeSotos: A wagon and a convertible. Notice the car in the showroom was stick shift. Not many were made that way. I've seen only 1 in my lifetime.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
they are super rare beasts... I've seen a few... but 50's mopars are always rare... people didn't value them until just recently.
@fairfaxcat1312 Жыл бұрын
Bill Kennedy and Joe Walker got chewed out in the back room because they didn’t sell enough new Desotos. Kennedy stormed off the job and Walker got so mad he stunk up the toilet. Then using extra paper he stopped up the bowl causing it to overflow into the sales floor. The owner ushered Joe out of the building. Because he lost his job his demonstrator car was taken away from him and he had to stand at the bus stop for 50 minutes in a cold driving rain.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
lol yeah... one too many mid priced brands for Chrysler... or just get a New Yorker/Saratoga?
@tomservo56954 Жыл бұрын
@@autochronicles8667 The last Desoto orders were filled with 1961 Chrysler Windsors, which had become the mid-level model with the introduction of the Newport.
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
Did 56 DeSotos with stick shift use 55 dashboards? Maybe some DeSoto experts know.
@mikedrown2721 Жыл бұрын
Back then a sentence was started with the word SAY, now a sentence is started with the word SO 😂😂😂😂😂
@glennso47 Жыл бұрын
Maybe next it will be “Say So”
@friendofdorothy937610 ай бұрын
Another common reply of the era was “I’ll say”.
@Ctrl-XYZ Жыл бұрын
This would be a lot better without the lame, distracting colorization.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
not sure about distracting but it did do a piss poor job on this one.
@1940limited Жыл бұрын
Nah, it's alright as is.
@peterdaniel66 Жыл бұрын
Shot their wad?
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
yeah got to love the old references. They didn't intend a pun.