Rare Original 1950 DeSoto Custom w/ Only 5,861 Miles!

[@leftcoastclassics]

Thanks for watching our 1950 Desoto Custom video! Be sure to check out the detailed photo shoot showing interior, exterior, engine, and undercarriage photos as well as a detailed vehicle history here: www.leftcoastclassics.com/1950-desoto-custom/

[@GenerallyGeneralLee]

It's the closest you can get to time travel. Just beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[@malikaihoon7337]

Hes messing it up with the magnet!

[@arkangelnorthman]

@@malikaihoon7337 AMEN!!!

[@johnmaki3046]

Wish i could take one ride in this AWESOME car that i grew up in riding and LOVED...NO CAR EVER BETTER THAN A 1950 DeSOTO! A Beautiful and Great work of the "Great Old Chrysler Corporation" (before Iocca and others!) I MISS THESE GREAT MoPars SO MUCH!

[@brustar5152]

Golly, my heart stopped every time you hit that car with the magnet. Please find yourself a rubber magnet to use on those original cars - LOL

[@arkangelnorthman]

Yes!!

[@larrykrise3609]

when i was 18 i had a 50 desoto dark blue.good car.loved it im 86 now,wish i had it back.

[@brustar5152]

I saw those leaf spring sheaths and my memory bank kicked in. As kids we often went to auto scrap yards and stripped that lead sheathing off the springs to make fishing sinkers.

[@madelinesimmons4038]

Nice car today we just got our original 1 owner 1950 custom Desorto 😀 only 33.000 all matching numbers and the original owner manuals... only need a nice paint job no rust at all..

[@Barneylso]

My Dad taught me how to drive in a 1950 DeSoto, I would watch the hood ornament while steering. I loved the dash at night, the speedometer would glow blue.

[@seed_drill7135]

I have a '50 Dodge with Fluid Drive. When I was having some work done, my mechanic lost that brace that goes from the engine block to the air cleaner. I had to go to a junkyard to get another one. The one I picked up had a switch on it, like this DeDoto has. It took me a while to discover it was the kick down switch for the semi-automatic transmission. Apparently the parts car I was cannibalizing had the Gyro-Matic. They used different names for Chrysler and DeSoto, even though they were the same transmission.

[@johnmaki3046]

I miss these SIMPLY GREAT cars SO VERY MUCH!!!

[@chagall56]

DeSotos were painted at the factory with a synthetic baked enamel, not lacquer which was used on GM cars.

[@mikedrown2721]

👍👏😊 Between 1949 to 1952 body style, I like the 1950 grill the best

[@1940limited]

There was an illuminated hood ornament available for these similar to what Pontiac had. I guess the original owner didn't want to spring for that accessory. :-)

[@mikegehre570]

Nice and well narrated story, too

[@canadianclassics]

Mike Gehre gotta love a Desoto I just bought a 56 for a subscriber

[@johnmaki3046]

I LOVE this car! THE SOUND of the GREAT "flathead "6"" is a BEAUTIFUL "ride" to my childhood! I WOULD GIVE MY LEFT/RIGHT "stuff" to EXPERIENCE this GREAT CAR one more time!

[@raypeters4525]

ALL CHRYSLER PRODUCT CARS THIS ERA WERE PAINTED ENAMEL, NOT LAQUER ! NICE CAR, THANKS FOR POSTING .

[@wildcat64100]

What an amazing car. How did you manage to not include any photos or video of the interior?

[@emjayay]

Back seat and trunk!

[@davidengland3739]

I would have liked to see the interior of the car, gauges etc. That wasn't covered at all.

[@emjayay]

How the heater controls work, back seat, trunk, etc.

[@johnmaki3046]

THESE WERE THE BEST CARS EVER MADE, BY CHRYSLER OR ANYONE! THERE IS NOTHING THAT THESE GREAT CARS WERE NOT CAPABLE OF! SO DISAPPOINTING ARE THE GARBAGE BUCKETS ON THE ROAD NOW!

[@bobmarker6812]

A true time capsule.

[@canadianclassics]

bob marker absolutely I just added a 1956 Desoto to my collection

[@tomdeininger7379]

Beautiful car.

[@canadianclassics]

tom deininger couldn’t agree more I just added a 1956 Desoto to my collection

[@samborambobo]

6:10 is when he starts to FINALY drive it. You're walecum

[@miguelperez-gb5kr]

I like that car!

[@canadianclassics]

miguel perez love Desotos I just added a 1956 to my collection

[@johnmaki3046]

I LUV THAT CAR! I grew up with a '50 DeSoto! I am now 65 years old, and I NEVER, EVER drove or rode in ANY vehicle that is NEAR EQUAL!

[@clarebutterfield6927]

What a car!

[@johnmaki3046]

AN AWESOME CAR! I grew up riding in a '50 DeSoto...WONDERFUL!

[@larrycooper3343]

I’d like to see a 1940 ford in similar condition as that De Sota!!

[@stevengrotte2987]

THERE WAS A DAILY DRIVER UNTIL AT LEAST 1965 IN ANETA NORTH DAKOTA, THE RINGSTADS HAD A GLASSWARE STORE AND HE WAS A WATCHMAKER, IT WAS A 4 DOOR SEDAN EXCEPT THAT THE BACK SEAT FOLDED DOWN, I BELIEVE IT WAS NAMED A CARRYALL.

[@billkarmetsky4003]

Whoa! I am overwhelmed at the condition but the styling is so ... beautiful. The car's beauty leaves me speechless. Thank God there are car preservationists out there to care for these cars. People must understand this history to America, engineering, what white people designed and built in a most competitive atmosphere.

[@jerrycallender9927]

WHY not thank the preservationists instead of an imaginary creature?

[@hebneh]

Really wonderful, but I always worry that a subsequent owner will trash it - and not necessarily by intent, but just by storing it badly. I'm reminded of the video I saw a few years ago of a old man who was selling a barnful of old cars, all of which were damaged or ruined to various degrees. Some obviously had been in beautiful condition when he got them, which he even pointed out himself, but which now were scratched or dented or had junk piled on top of them. Meanwhile the auctioneer or seller guy was happily repeating, "Oh, that'll clean up real nice" or other stupid statements.

[@richardthomas1566]

For some reason the Midwest has great cars .

[@iantheinventor8151]

Reminds me of Doc from the Disney film Cars

[@waynejohnson1304]

It would have been nice to have seen the interior.

[@davidnahum9196]

Love it

[@arkangelnorthman]

Cringe with every magnet CLUNK!!! DAMN IT!! I have the 2 door version.

[@tomfrazier1103]

These cars were known for rust resistance when new.

[@jakespeed63]

Phenomenal slice of history Actually a very attractive Automobile Live to be the next caretaker of her

[@canadianclassics]

jakespeed63 couldn’t agree more I just added a 56 Desoto to my collection

[@johnmaki3046]

I would LOVE to ride in this WONDERFUL car again! I grew up with a '50 DeSoto, i doubt ANYONE EVER built a car as GREAT as this!

[@aaronwilliams6989]

WOW! NICE!

[@Daweisstebescheid]

If you use a strong neodym magnet, they holding with filler, but of course great condition after almost 70 years 👌👍🎖

[@jamesschult2475]

All this time spent and he never showed the interior.

[@jk8429]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@1940limited]

Yes, I wanted to see more of that, too and the trunk. I would assume an original spare tire is in there.

[@RS-tp3uu]

I would feel bad to put any more miles on this car

[@canadianclassics]

The Real J P Morgan gotta drive it so that people can appreciate it

[@RS-tp3uu]

Canadian Classics it won’t be as cool the higher mileage it gets. There are many thousands of old cars but very few that have this low mileage.

[@canadianclassics]

The Real J P Morgan that’s true i see your point I guess most of the cars on my channel are higher mileage rust buckets lol

[@bonnememoires]

why did you not show the inside of the car???

[@adoreslaurel]

Hope that magnet has some tape or plastic on it.

[@HectorAlmaguer-vc4ef]

Tengo uno de 1952 pero vivo en cuba y agui es muy difícil conseguir las cosas originales por el costo y por el precio

[@joenicoud5967]

Did this car have fluid drive

[@johnbradley845]

Please put a thin layer of felt on that magnet

[@adeeponionbreath]

You make me cringe snapping that magnet on original paint. What is the point of this? The owner says it’s original paint, are you checking to see if he’ s lying? An insult.

[@megaswenson]

I totally agree.

[@jamesmontan9189]

Right? I mean I understand he is demonstrating it is free of filler but could you put a little cloth over it JC!

[@canadianclassics]

Or you could just check the bad areas and if those are fine just trust that it’s okay

[@1940limited]

What are the chances a 5000 mile original has any bondo in it. All you have to do is glance at the car and you know what it is. An outstanding original.

[@1940limited]

I had a 50 DeSoto Carry-All in 1965. I paid $5 for it, but never got it running.

[@merc-ni7hy]

you never showed the interior or trunk area

[@1940limited]

Yes, I wanted to see that, too. I assume it's Fluid Drive. I would have liked to see him operating that.

[@Spahi77]

This 1950 has less rust than my 2015 Silverado...fml

[@johnmaki3046]

Sorry, but IT WAS BUILT WITH QUALITY IN MIND...NOTHING LIKE TRASHPILES NOWADAYS!

[@dharp1008]

❤

[@ronaldcagle6979]

I have a 1951 Desoto tiptoe transmission. Where can I buy 10wt motor oil?

[@chuckschafer942]

ANY AUTO PARTS STORE

[@stevenzeiser7081]

I would have changed every fluid before driving it .

[@1aikane]

Wasn't this the car driven by the dad on the show Happy Days?

[@chuckschafer942]

NO HIS WAS A "SUBURBAN"

[@redtra236]

A car made in 1950 named after someone that was born in 1500 bought by someone born in 1880 lol

[@supersoupguy6585]

Any One want a daughter I thought a i had a son - Big Bill Murphy