1957 DeSoto Adventurer - More Iconic Than a '57 Chevy?

1957 DeSoto Adventurer - More Iconic Than a '57 Chevy? | AutoMoments

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6 жыл бұрын

With 345 HP and gorgeous bodywork, the 1957 DeSoto Adventurer is one of the greatest designs of the 1950s. The story behind the car is equally captivating, with automotive designer Virgil Exner creating multiple iconic cars for Chrysler Corporation.
However, Exner's designs are often eclipsed by the '57 Chevy, which has become the poster child for jet-age styling. Joe Ligo gets behind the wheel of this rare classic, and sets the record straight on which car he'd rather have.
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@billburke7352 5 жыл бұрын

I begged my dad to let me buy this very car in 1963. No, I never got that wish, but that DeSoto still stirs my heart. Over 60 years later, it still is a classic beauty.

@AutoMoments 5 жыл бұрын

Classic, indeed. Thanks for watching!

@BIGLOVE4TRUTH 6 жыл бұрын

In 1972 when I was in high school, I got my grandfathers 57 DeSoto Fireflite. Man what a cool car it was.

@eddstarr2185 6 жыл бұрын

As a little boy I noticed that '57 DeSotos & Chryslers had "happy face" front styling. Both brands seem to be smiling! Kids today will never experience traveling on highways filled with handsome, friendly-looking big cars like the '57 DeSoto Adventurer.

@styldsteel1 6 жыл бұрын

Even if there were cars like this on the road today, today's kids would have their heads buried in their hand held electronic pacifiers. That's their whole world now. The adults aren't much better though.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@jackgrattan1447 6 жыл бұрын

That's probably why I loved cars from that era when I was little. The cars looked like cartoon characters.

@radioguy1620 5 жыл бұрын

oddly enough and I am sure the people who own them dont notice it or know where the design comes from but many of the new cars seem to copy the eyebrow look of the headlights with their LED light display trim, especially cross;over models.

@Bartonovich52 5 жыл бұрын

Kids today don’t care.... and will be happy when the Baby Boomer generation finally dies off so we can stop being bored with 1950s cars and wingadingadinga music and finally catch up on the high paying jobs you won’t retire from. Looking at an electronic device? What are you doing right now, ya hypocrite?

@TheOzthewiz 4 жыл бұрын

That '57 Desoto was EASILY the BEST styled vehicle in the Chrysler Corp. line-up! Thanks for uploading this video about an "under appreciated" American car!

@leemartin2990 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome car! BTW the stabilizing effect of tail fins was real - Exner was the first designer to use wind tunnels in the design process and Cal Tech proved the fins really did reduce need for steering correction (at high speeds) by up to 15%. They also proved fins moved the center of pressure backwards to the rear wheels, improving safety. Thanks for posting!

@poisedforduty 4 жыл бұрын

chrysler airflow?

@ravenmcbike6849 Жыл бұрын

Would love to read the Cal Tech research…will one find it at a beach in Arizona?

@dicksanders8206 3 жыл бұрын

What a pleasure to see this. Not just one of the greatest designs of the 1950s, but in all of automotive history. No car today comes close! Thanks for posting.

@Killer553 6 жыл бұрын

Damn these things are tagged wrongly. They arent cars.They are dreams on wheels.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Very true. Thanks for watching!

@styldsteel1 6 жыл бұрын

ha ha. This is true. I like to think of these cars, not so much as cars, but as drivable sculptures.

@joeford860 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Batman-wv5ng 5 жыл бұрын

Killer553 I agree too nice.

@ronaldhuff635 4 жыл бұрын

they are by todays ideals, ART

@bigkahuna1950 6 жыл бұрын

Our family doctor drove one of these. In those days md's still made house calls and my seven year old self couldn't stop looking at this car whenever he visited. I loved it then and love it now. Thanks for the great video!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

What a great story! Love hearing old car memories like this. Thanks for watching!

@JBuddis 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I've always been a fan of Exner's very personal styling sense. Though, just to note, Exner didn't retire, but was effectively fired after the disaster that was the 1962 model year - and which cars Exner himself was already open about not liking. He remained as a "consultant" for his replacement Elwood Engel for 1963, but was gone after that year. But he never stopped designing, going into doing boats in the late '60s and exploring his passion for implementing past design cues with a modern touch for cars that largely never went beyond a prototype. The most famous and only production car that resulted from these was the Stutz Blackhawk, which became a darling for celebrities like Elvis. So he certainly remained active even after Chrysler, even if a lot of that work remains less well known.

@dynaflow666 5 жыл бұрын

All `57 models from the Chrysler Corporation are the pure beauty and iconic legends.

@michaelcerza871 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation! Yes, this car could be considered the most beautiful of the 1957 Chrysler "forward look" Exner creations, and one of the best in the 1950s!

@HoosierDaddy_ 6 жыл бұрын

Everything Exner did was pure perfection.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Truly iconic designs. Thanks for watching!

@jakekaywell5972 6 жыл бұрын

Not in my opinion. The 1961 Plymouth line and first generation Dart stand out as pugs in regard to style.

@styldsteel1 6 жыл бұрын

I believe we are all put on this planet for a reason. This was Exners.

@TheItsmegp46 6 жыл бұрын

Brad Conklin Except for quality control.

@HoosierDaddy_ 6 жыл бұрын

itsmegp46 + that's for sure! Perfect design, junkyard within 5 years! I had family that bought a couple of these new and they didn't get 3 good years out of them. Boy they still look great in pictures though.

@riejurv50 6 жыл бұрын

Proud owner of a '58 Plymouth, Exner put a true dream on wheels, the whole lineup of his Chrysler Corp. cars during the complete Forward Look period are pieces of art, jet-age style at its top.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jschadle1 6 жыл бұрын

Love that styling, so distinctive with those soaring fins and other touches. Shame it gets overlooked. Thanks for another superb video!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

We totally agree. Thanks for watching! Please share our videos with your friends!

@ericrolv 6 жыл бұрын

As a Mopar fan, especially Exner era cars, I'm so glad this video came out. Once again, congratulations on your awesob job!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@retrocat1 4 жыл бұрын

Professionally produced. well-written video and you couldn't have picked a more beautiful car to feature. I just discovered this channel, and I love it!

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@johnoakes3106 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, these were just great cars! Big and fast and built to last.

@MrAtheHun 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such high quality video content. I don’t know much about the vehicles that you cover, (being from England) but I really enjoy discovering them through your videos. For informed and entertaining retro car reviews I think here and Jay Lenos Garage are the best places I have found. Thanks again.

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@GLC2013 4 жыл бұрын

The '57 lineup is really the '60 lineup. In the Spring of 1954, Exner rolled out his designs for the 1960 lineup. Board members and dealers got so excited they demanded the cars be moved up to 1957 - a monumental task. The tagline, "suddenly it's 1960" was true; you really were getting the cars 3 years early. Body engineers, angry that for the first time they had been excluded from the design process, sabotaged the build process, hoping the flaws would reflect badly on Exner and his team. This and the rush - combined with booming sales they could barely keep up with - fomented the quality control issues. By 1958 the word was out that MoPars were "built like crap." That and the recession tanked sales and unlike GM & Ford, sales stayed low in '59 despite a recovery in the economy. GM's 1959 lineup, inspired by Exner's '57 cars, were so exaggerated (particularly Cadillac & Chevy), the public rejected tailfins unilaterally and designers scrambled to remove them from future cars. In May of '59 Exner rolled out his designs for '62. Dealers were horrified by what they considered un-sellable ugly cars. In the fall of '61, the '62 lineup debuted and sales bottomed out. The '62 lineup was all undersized, thanks to a ChryCo exec who overheard a fake conversation GM staged, in which a GM exec claimed all their '62 cars would be compacts. ChryCo fell for it and had no full-size cars for that year, until thanks to dealer demand, they re-tooled the '61 Chrysler and called it a '62. But the damage was done and Exner was fired. Later, ChryCo reconsidered and made him an honorary board member with zero control over production. Ford's Elwood Engel was brought in to salvage the '64 lineup and get ChryCo back into mainstream territory.

@alcyr5655 6 жыл бұрын

I always liked that body style, along with the Chrysler 300. I have a 57 Dodge D-100 that is far from original. At times I regret all the modifications we did to the truck in the early 80's.

@hullinger 5 жыл бұрын

Love these Forwardlook cars! That was a very nice and thorough presentation of what I consider the greatest period of Chrysler history! Well Done! -Chris

@jeffreyabrahams7440 4 жыл бұрын

This put such a lump in my throat. I grew up with one of these. I was a kid in the 60's when my dad drove a 58 DeSoto Firesweep in baby blue and white. I've never seen another one in South Africa. We had (still have) a love affair with mountain passes and what you said about the rumble of that V8 - I can still hear it bouncing off the walls of mountain passes. I had a few vehicles in my day, but NOTHING since has ever come close to that sound. My favourite dream is that one day someone will offer me any car in the world. And I won't hesitate one second: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep, four door. Ahhh, if only...

@AutoMoments 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, thanks for sharing your DeSoto memories!

@Iconoclasher 4 жыл бұрын

Back in 1990 I had the pleasure of driving my friends 57 Adventurer. We went out on a long flat highway. As I remember it wasn't a wheel breaker on take off, but I took her up to 100 mph and my friend said to "punch it". I was astounded! It almost threw us into the back seat! It went up to 130 in about 3 seconds. I never knew a car could have that much top end power. 😊

@AutoMoments 4 жыл бұрын

That hemi is quite the engine. I was impressed!

@joealbert7773 5 жыл бұрын

A buddy had a 57 Desoto back in the early 60's. Even with a single 4 bbl, it really would run.

@asafaust8869 4 жыл бұрын

My father had a Desoto in 1963. It may have been a 1957. I remember it being a very large, good looking car. We lived in the rurals, that had rocks, instead of paved roads, so Daddy never drove very fast. He was very proud of that car. Momma could not drive. Daddy parked it at the train station Sunday night to go to work on ICRR. (He caught the train from Southern Illinois to close to Chicago where he worked). He got home Friday, night. The Desoto had low mileage,since it was parked for 5 days at a time.

@joszeb 2 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly, I am from Uruguay. My dad had a 1958 yellow/white DeSoto when I was about five. I remember the “torsion bar” breaking appart in a country road 😉😉😉 Gorgeous car. Everyone’s eye on it.

@AutoMoments 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your DeSoto memories!

@firstnamelastname7143 5 жыл бұрын

Can't tell most of them apart anymore. Used to have unique style you could instantly recognize.

@DiRF 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! My father currently has a '57 DeSoto Fireflite 4-door that was his grandmother's car. It was a real treat to show him this video. He adores his Fireflite.

@ebutuoy6055 5 жыл бұрын

My first car was a 1957 DeSoto Fireflite 4-door. I paid $100 for it in 1964.

@larrybe2900 5 жыл бұрын

Seeing this '57 DeSoto brought back memories of the first car I drove, my parents '57 Chrysler New Yorker with a 392. It drove like a dream but not a car for a teen.

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 6 жыл бұрын

OMG such a great video and channel you my friend are very good at what you do!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@watchtyme 5 жыл бұрын

My grandparents loaned us their DeSoto in 1963 to take up to Clear Lake CA. That push button transmission, the AC in Dash (not under the dash AC), seat belts, the car never even swayed on curves; all 3 of us boys, ages 8, 7 & 5 could lie down side by side in the back seat. Like my Mom & her Brother did in their Nash in the Forties. What as Killer553 says here-"Dreams on Wheels."

@redlywaxer 3 жыл бұрын

Loving your videos man. Father in law has a couple of these Desotos. I usually drive one of them to car shows around here when he wants to bring more than one. At 77 years old, he and his wife drove their 58 Desoto all the way to San Diego a couple years ago from here in upstate South Carolina. Along the way the met up and joined other Desoto owners. His never skipped a beat, but he stopped to help the others when theirs had a problem.

@AutoMoments 3 жыл бұрын

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@qmopar 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video from AutoMoments! Love the Forward Look-era cars. Exner was quite the stylist. Great to see and hear from Mr. Vince Geraci - a man that was right in the thick of such amazing and unduplicated automotive design. Great job Joe!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it man!

@jmiranda63 5 жыл бұрын

Uyss

@OsbornTramain 6 жыл бұрын

Joe, I have to say. This is your absolute best video ever! The absolute best. So well research so accurate so correct. My first car in 1977 was a 1958 Chrysler New Yorker two door hardtop with the 392 Hemi. It had so much style and was just simply awesome! My New Yorker is still on the road today fully restored in all it's glory and traveling the roads of Sweden. I never should have sold it.....But, I did buy a 1958 DeSoto Fireflight last year and is not in prep for restoration. You really out did yourself on this video, everything. the filming, the historical data everything is absolutely fantastic.....and I agree, I'd own this over the Chevy any day of the week! Thanks for this upload, it's simply great!!!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and you're absolutely right--a lot of work went into this production. This was a fantastic car. Hopefully the next video will be just as good!

@hankaustin7091 5 жыл бұрын

Listen folks... for Osborn Tramain to say this? For all those who DON'T know who Osborn Tramain is, he is the king of the car videos! so, it is truly one HELL of a great video, I agree with Osborn completely!!

@tuanh_duong 6 жыл бұрын

I always look forward to your videos! Fantastic and fascinating! Glad you got a chance to review a DeSoto!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

This car was great. Thanks for watching, and please share this video with your friends! We've got more coming soon.

@carlosmurphy6870 5 жыл бұрын

My neighbors had this automobile! I remember it well! WOW! I LOVED that big fin era!!

@philipp9481 6 жыл бұрын

Such a great video, thanks for that! The car also is one absolute glory... Keep it up!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@xrmerkur 6 жыл бұрын

your channel produces quality content. I enjoy the story approach and background info to your videos.

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@rick0e295 6 ай бұрын

Always enjoy sharing! Those were the days! In the late 70s, I had an opportunity to buy a black 61 LeBaron but couldn't find the money.

@jonnydave8660 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, what an amazing, high quality video! Watched a few of your other ones, and this is the best one yet. Also, happy birthday!!!

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@kingdingaling781 6 жыл бұрын

Sub count should be in the millions with the quality of this content. No...everyone is too busy watching rehashed late night television skits on trending. 🤦‍♂️

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@canadianclassics 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed great video hopefully mine will eventually turn out like yours

@kbanghart 4 жыл бұрын

Well, late night shows are pretty funny after all

@emjayay 5 жыл бұрын

The DeSoto and Chrysler had identical rear sheet metal, but notice that on the DeSoto the blade-like bumper curves up at each end and appears to continue up the fin, sliced by the exhaust openings and then punctuated with the three tail lights.

@philippetraglia3541 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I love the cars from the mid to late 50's. Big, bold, powerful, tail fins, colors. Take me back to Happy Days and American Grafitti!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for watching!

@chestermajos880 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. In 1957 I was a grammar school student in a small town in northwestern New Jersey near where New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania come together. That year, our teacher, Mrs. Doe (not her real name) bought a new 1957 De Soto. She would joke that when she parked the car at night, the front bumper was in New Jersey and the tail fins were in Pennsylvania!

@michaellindquist31 4 жыл бұрын

Joe, this is an awesome video. You always produce great content.

@beatglauser9444 4 жыл бұрын

I am a GM man: But those forward look cars could make me change my mind. When I think of this De Soto, the 57 Fury, the Chrysler 300 models of 58 and 59, the Dodge modles of 59 or the 59 Imperial. They ar BEAUTIFUL cars.

@beatglauser9444 4 жыл бұрын

@Mark Prowatzke A friend owns a 59 Imperial. In Europe that is an extremely rare car.

@coolfabba 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent auto moments! Superb video of a nice rarity with Exner lines... Hernando De Soto lives! ♫

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@johnvinga5446 6 жыл бұрын

Desoto lives, but Hernando doesn't. He's buried somewhere in the Mississippi River in Arkansas.

@marstondavis 5 жыл бұрын

My dad bought a '57 De Soto and it ran great. We took it from N. Cal to Texas and it was like floating on a cloud. He'd floor it to about 80 and you would never feel unsafe. Damn, that car was nice. It was the Fireflight model. Another family in our town had a black De Soto convertible with red interior. Now that car was a stand out! God, it was beautiful!!! Great days in the '50's!

@AutoMoments 5 жыл бұрын

We're glad this video could bring back some good memories for you!

@adenanthony5257 6 жыл бұрын

God this was a gorgeous car. Always wanted something like this. Keep these great vids coming man . Love them.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@oldwillie313 2 жыл бұрын

My dad had a 57 Desoto when I was 16 and this thing could really burn rubber! I loved that car!

@stephendavidbailey2743 5 жыл бұрын

This was the first of your videos that I watched, and it is still my favorite. But I haven't seen a bad one yet.

@NicholasKrise 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think that I would have ever seen one of these had it not been for this video. +1 subscription.

@NicholasKrise 6 жыл бұрын

By the way, it's freaking beautiful.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@feralcatbrothers 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! I've always preferred the 57-58 Mopars (especially the DeSotos) over GM & Ford for their engineering & style. Put ANY Mopar against a comparable GM or Ford model and that "Forward Look" clearly stands out as superior. My ex used to have a 57 Plymouth, and while we kept it as stock looking as possible, I found that a good set of radial tires and slightly stiffer shocks improved the handling with only a slight loss of (soft) ride comfort.....and wow, did it attract attention! I miss it (but not her!).

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We're glad you liked the video. As for radial tires, that would make a huge improvement for many old cars! Haha

@borginator1493 6 жыл бұрын

I have faith that this channel will gain momentum. Great content!

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@jamesp504 6 жыл бұрын

I love the exhaust coming through the rear bumper, that's cool. This video made me think of myself 50 years from now. We take cars for granted, the Firebirds and Eclipses I'm used to seeing will eventually be unicorns like this one.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

It's hard to predict what will become collectable in the future. So many people drive their cars into the ground today that it'll be hard to find clean examples of "everyday" cars from the 80s and 90s.

@jamesp504 6 жыл бұрын

AutoMoments Well end up with a lot of Japanese variants I believe. There's folks out there with low mileage Acuras and Honda's because they're convinced they'll be collectible one day. Now I see they may be correct in preserving them.

@mikeyp2277 6 жыл бұрын

These videos are fantastic. Keep plugging away, you will find a larger audience.

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@DeSotoDave1956 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! It's very refreshing to see someone talk about a DeSoto without spewing a bunch of false information. P.S. Not only was it a 1 h.p. / 1 c.i. engine, it was the first U.S. production car to have a standard 1 h.p. / 1 c.i.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@monkmchorning 2 жыл бұрын

'57 was the apogee of styling for the decade, and in my opinion the DeSoto was the best of the best. I'm digging the bi-level front grille-bumper treatment with the free-standing headlights and the way the line of the rear bumper curves into the tail fins and is bisected by the flat oval exhaust tips. And, of course, the profile.

@jamesmyers9285 Жыл бұрын

Drop Dead Gorgeous! Nothing can go up against this beauty regardless of the decade.

@GenerallyGeneralLee 5 жыл бұрын

In addition to the beautiful car, this is a very intelligent and creative video. Thanks for the enjoyment!

@AutoMoments 5 жыл бұрын

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@srercrcr 6 жыл бұрын

Add the optional 45 rpm record changer and you were ready to FLY.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

That would be even better! Haha. Thanks for watching! Please share this video with your friends!

@DeSotoDave1956 6 жыл бұрын

There was not a 45 rpm record player available until 1960. The Highway Hi Fi, released in Chrysler products in 1956, was a unique 16 2/3 rpm player and though it was listed in the initial advertisements for 1957, was actually not offered as a factory option by the time the Adventurers were released in January. A buyer likely could still order one through the parts department and have it installed at the dealer, just not at the factory.

@TheItsmegp46 6 жыл бұрын

Later for the record player, get factory air conditioning instead.

@shaggybreeks 5 жыл бұрын

It was a record *player*, not a changer. You had to change the records yourself. They didn't sell well in part for that reason. It was easier just to listen to the radio. Plus, people were skeptical that they wouldn't skip at every bump. Seen as just a "because we can" gimmick.

@mczenk5095 5 жыл бұрын

Superb video, beautiful car. Can't go wrong.

@7316bobe 5 жыл бұрын

I saw Hernan De Soto go past in one of these the other day. He still had his armour on.

@servicarrider 4 жыл бұрын

My dad had one of these. I was just a little kid but from the day he drove it off the showroom floor I knew it was something special by the people gushed over it. He drove it for two or three years and gave it to my uncle, moms brother, and he got an Imperial.

@AutoMoments 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a great memory. I wonder where the car is now...

@servicarrider 4 жыл бұрын

@@AutoMoments I don't know but I wish it was in my garage.

@devonnewest7990 6 жыл бұрын

Another great review Joe! Lovelovelove you channel. (oh, and yes indeedie, agree w/ you all-the-way on THIS being the car from '57 to have!)

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@nitrousninja882 4 жыл бұрын

My father owned a '57 DeSoto 2 door hardtop with a hemi. It was green and white. I can remember the car very well. We used to take it to Atlantic City from Pittsburgh on vacations and I would stand rather then sit right behind my dad while he was driving. I would look over his shoulder and it almost seemed like I was driving even though I was only a little boy. Those were the days!

@aaronbays4 5 жыл бұрын

Man that is a beautifully restored and VERY RARE car right there. Gotta give the salute to whoever restored this beast and the current care-taker, as its much harder to restore/care for a car like this with very limited parts availability. Any damn part you ever wanted for a 1957 Chevrolet is in a catalog or on the internet, finding parts for 1957 Chrysler vehicles has to be A LOT harder. Also the DeSoto light up hood ornament on earlier 1950's models is pretty damn cool.

@bendavis9733 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful shots, Joe!!!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude!

@floyd066 5 жыл бұрын

I have taken 2 1956 Chrysler's apart to make 1. I am amazed at the designing of these automobiles and all the very small parts that had to be produced and work together, with the technology at that time.

@michaelcuff5780 4 жыл бұрын

My dad had this exact same car! Gold and white paint and everything! Brought back memories.

@Seasonal50 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to it?

@limehighliter 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Very fascinating history. Thanks!

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@smalltalk.productions9977 5 жыл бұрын

once again, top notch. thanks. thumbs up.

@MicrobyteAlan 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and well presented. Thanks from Orlando Florida

@johnbroughton3401 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not a fan of GM but my fave '57 car is the Olds hardtop. Big, slick and smooth. For a Mopar, the Desoto and Chrysler 300 rock. For Ford, the Fairlane retractable hardtop

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

All beautiful cars for sure. Thanks for watching!

@jayrussell1825 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah the 57 Olds & Cadillacs were hot

@minbannister3625 5 жыл бұрын

oldsmobile without doubt. 88s had better proportions than 98s

@jeremythompson9122 5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to have a 57 Olds J2 or either a 57 Bonneville or Tri Power Pontiac Chieftain. 57 Chevy's are a dime a dozen and the J2 Olds and Tri Power Pontiacs were faster.

@canadianclassics 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve owned almost all of the cars you’ve listed nothing like the 50s and 60s era of classics I just added a 56 Desoto to my collection

@Troy_Tempest 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Joe!

@agfelippi 6 жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome, thanks for the good content.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@peterprzekop9608 5 жыл бұрын

Our 59 Desoto station wagon had a second ceiling mounted air conditioner. The dog loved it and do did we. It was the only car of that era I remember people complaining about being too cold in in the steamy South I grew up in!

@dianegonzalez4748 5 жыл бұрын

My first memory of car love at four was the De Soto 🖤

@unclemikeb 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought that Desoto with the tall fin and six taillights was AWESOME! With a Hemi engine it was truly a muscle car long before any one coined that term.

@brober 5 жыл бұрын

My dad's car. Kids always wanted to drag race at stop signs. Still can remember the hemi rumble.. Miss ya dad.

@AutoMoments 5 жыл бұрын

We're glad we could bring back some automotive memories for you. Thanks for watching!

@bobaldo2339 5 жыл бұрын

"You'll understand the reason why the car you wanted is your best buy. It's delightful, it's de-lovely, it's Desoto".

@AutoMoments 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, true indeed! Thanks for watching!

@deloreanman14 6 жыл бұрын

I never found the 57 Bel Air to be that good looking. There...I said it.

@mgambuzz3 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@stephendavidbailey2743 5 жыл бұрын

The last two sentences are gems. "You don't have to explore new worlds to find gold. All you need is a Forward Look." Thank you for being almost reverential about a truly great car.

@AutoMoments 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! We're so glad you enjoyed it! It took a long time to come up with those last two sentences. There was a lot of writing and re-writing...

@TheR1200clc 4 жыл бұрын

My very first car was a 1948 DeSoto Delux convertible White with a black roof. Flat head six with the sludgepot transmission, loved that car!

@AutoMoments 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for watching!

@rocksteele6926 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Car, Great Video!

@AutoMoments 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@Spooms1961 6 жыл бұрын

Good video with a well balanced attitude. Well done.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

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@questfortruth665 4 жыл бұрын

My first car was a '59 Desoto!! I called it my Batmobile! Talk about POWER!! I could do infinite donuts with that thing! I won races with GTOs, Plymouth hemis, Corvettes - nobody could believe it! And talk about a big back seat!! Good for dates!

@commodore665 4 жыл бұрын

one of my best friends when I was growing up grand father , had a De Soto Fireflight .

@SPH56 4 жыл бұрын

Actually '58 was the first year for 50 state legal quad headlamps, but that's quibbling.... This car is absolutely stunning and thanks for your great videos.

@AutoMoments 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! And you're right, '58 was the first year it quad headlights were legal in all states; '57 they were only legal in some.

@jasoncarpp7742 6 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video! I've heard of the DeSoto Adventurer. But I've never seen one in person.

@AutoMoments 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Adventurers are super cool but somewhat rare. We were lucky to find one. Please share this video with your friends!

@jasoncarpp7742 6 жыл бұрын

Lucky is right.

@johnvinga5446 6 жыл бұрын

One on Ebay for sale right now! It needs work and was over $20K last time I looked. It is in Roseburg, Oregon.

@jasoncarpp7742 6 жыл бұрын

That's one state down from where I am. If I lived in Oregon, I might consider it.

@adoreslaurel 6 жыл бұрын

Hemi Engine and the indestructible Torqueflyte transmission, nothing like THAT today.

@adoreslaurel 3 жыл бұрын

@Louis Edwards Pity that the Chrysler name today does not mean what it used to.

@davidtosh7200 4 жыл бұрын

I like the 1959 DeSoto Fireflite 4 door hardtop with dual rear antennas, two tone paint, V-8 engine, and whitewall tires. DeSoto with rumble seat between 1928 and 1938 in convertible or roadster form look great at the drive in movie.

@servicarrider 5 жыл бұрын

My dad had one of these when he was young. Drove it for a couple of years, bought a Chrysler and gave the like new Desoto to my moms brother who was an electrician and used it to haul tools, materials, etc. Go figure. Beautiful automobiles...even today.

@mxm3556 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect review 🤗

@eddietucker3334 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, as always. I completely agree and have from the beginning (I'm 74) that Chrysler owned 1957. Owned it.

@AutoMoments 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Thanks for watching!

@GoMango1969 6 жыл бұрын

Very well done!

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@mikehawes4935 4 жыл бұрын

Marvellous , really loved this

@AutoMoments 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@burtonburrus5049 4 ай бұрын

A Beautiful Car! The 1956’s were so beautiful too! A friend had a ‘56.

@bradleyhannah8713 4 жыл бұрын

My Dad had a 58 four door hard top I remember the windows wouldnt work most of the time, big old boat it was light blue over dark blue.Dad drove that car way up north in Canada on our summer vacations!

@helios1912 5 жыл бұрын

Joe--nice vid production. The Forward Look still reigns as so distinctive. I grew up in a basic Chevy/Ford neighborhood. Seeing a De Soto Adventurer was head-turning rare, or any of the up market Mopars.

@AutoMoments 5 жыл бұрын

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