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DeSoto rat rod S-11 sedan (1947)
for sale

Price: US $4,050.00

Description:

DeSoto . Condition is Used. The hard work has been done on this car. Equipped with a low mileage 5.2L Dodge V-8, Holley 600 cfm electric choke carburetor, GM one wire 100 amp alternator. New 12V battery and cables installed. Has new aluminum heavy duty radiator with a new 3600 rpm electric pusher fan. Transmission is a rebuilt three speed automatic (all filters and fluids are new). New driveshaft and u-joints, 3:73:1 gear ratio in differential. Painless Wiring kit, all lights converted to 12V, new Dolphin quad gauges, air horns that play La Cucaracha. New glass, glass channels and glass anti-rattle. All new windshield, rear window, vent windows and quarter window rubber (Steele Rubber Products). Have new premade headliner, 50ft matching wind lace, 4 yards extra material and seven new sarape blankets (see pictures). New radial tires with Mooneyes port-a-walls (wide whites). 1956 DeSoto hubcaps. Car is lowered 3 in front and 2 in rear. Aluminum Fulton sun visor painted patina to match car. Car has two coats of satin clearcoat, All inside garnish moldings are painted basecoat/clearcoat in color that matches upholstery material.
Here's what is needed to finish: Exhaust (I have turbo mufflers), brakes bled and adjusted (has all new brake lines & hoses), master cylinder and wheel cylinders have been rebuilt. Front end alignment. Headliner installed, seats and door panels upholstered (comes with most material).
Reason for selling: Wife recently retired, once life back to normal we plan on travelling in our motorhome. Been working on this car for 1-1/2 years. It had been sitting for years in the Tucson, AZ desert for many years, it is a very solid car.
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