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DeSoto FIREDOME (1955)
for sale

Price: US $24,500.00

Description:

VERY RARE 1955 DESOTO FIREDOME
5 DOOR STATION WAGON.
ONE OF ONLY 1803 PRODUCED IN 1955 AND VERY VERY FEW EXAMPLES STILL EXIST!
THIS ONE IS AS ORIGINAL AS THEY COME WITH THE FACTORY 291 HEMI MOTOR AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FINE ONE AS ORIGINAL AND NICE AS THIS ONE.
GORGEOUS PERIOD SEAFOAM GREEN WITH WHITE ACCENTS AND A BLACK AND WHITE INTERIOR.
RUNS AND DRIVES AS SMOOTH AS SILK. A LITTLE SMOKE ON START UP, MOST LIKELY IN NEED OF VALVE SEALS ON THIS NEVER REBUILT MOTOR. INSTALL SEALS OR USE AS IS.
GREAT OIL PRESSURE, NO OVERHEATING.
HAS FACTORY POWER STEERING WHICH IS A NICE TOUCH WITH SUCH A LARGE CAR, OPTIONAL AM RADIO AND DASH CLOCK.
BRAND NEW $800. STEERING WHEEL AND HORN BUTTON THAT IS THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR THE INTERIOR.
LOTS OF NEW PARTS TO MAKE IT RELIABLE, LIKE NEW TIRES, STARTER, BATTERY, STEERING LINKAGE, HOSES, BRAKES, BELTS, FRESH OIL CHANGE AND FILTER.
THERE ARE SOME CHIPS AND A FEW DINGS HERE AND THERE, BUT OVERALL A VERY VERY PRESENTABLE WAGON.
LOTS OF POTENTIAL TO KEEP ALL ORIGINAL OR INSTALL A MORE MODERN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, OR A MONSTER CRATE MOTOR FOR A RAT ROD STYLE.

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