Definitely putting it back to stock ride height was in order. I like the trim rings with the dog dish hubcaps. I like this one you bought, a great looking wagon.
What a great car. Super cool. looks way better at normal ride height. I love all the forward look cars, but 57-58 Desotos are the best lookers of the lot
Looks way better at standard ride height and hubcaps. Nice looking old wagon- nice clean looking grill. Sad the geared starter hadn't been born yet. Very cool.
Man I love everything about that car! I'm glad to see you raised it back up and put the dog dish hubcaps on it. Can't say I've ever seen one before viewing it here.
My dream car, since I was a kid, is a 58 Fireflite Sportsman in red and white....a four door hardtop, please. Never found one. Love your wagon. Your colors were very popular. I have a Johan Fireflite hardtop promo that our salesman gave me when Dad traded in his 53 DeSoto.... for a Plymouth Belvedere sportsman in 1958. It was a recession year, so we couldn't afford the DeSoto.
I had a 1958 Desoto Firedome convertible 1 of 519 made. Bought from the original owner in the early 1990s with original paint. It was very valuable and I eventually sold it for over 30,000 but now worth easily double that. Loved that car. Nice wagon!!
I never knew they made Desoto wagons until today It mustve never crossed my mind but seeing this thing with that long minty green 2 tone pattern is almost hypnotizing to see
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I personally think most 50s and even 60s cars have the body lines to pull off a green really well Car looks 1000x better on stock suspension height
This is a great example of a great mopar wagon product. My dad had a '57 Chrysler wagon I loved it. Two tone blue . l loved riding in it. It looked beautiful. I remember seeing wagons all over the place all makes and models. My all time favorite of dads was a '50 ford woidie. Fad never bought new cars,, always used ones. I loved it because I always had different rides growing up. Mam, I really like the rings N caps. It was stupid lowered! Looks right and great now!!. I'm 76 yrs old I love seeing all these old rides!!!!
You find really good cars/vans etc really good condition for their age. I just got done watching your 79 Dodge van from California road trip. I would have loved to pick up that van for a beater Home Depot runner. I live in California and makes me wonder how many of these types of vehicles exist sitting in someone's garage or backlot.
It's good to see that car returned to stock height. I remember years ago when a Chrysler product would come in for a wheel alignment I would check the front-end for loose parts and then check the ride height. You would just crank those torsion bars up and everything was cool; no need to replace springs or use spacers. Prior to 1958 those bars would break and need to be replaced, however Chrysler got that straightened out. I am wanting to say all Chrysler cars had torsion bars until the front-wheel drive K-cars arrived in 1981. This car has longitudinal torsion bars that extend toward the rear of the car held into a crossmember. Later, the F-body cars (Aspen, Volare) had transverse torsion bars up front and you could adjust those as well. GREAT VIDEO!
I like the look of the hub caps and trim rings, especially if the wheels were the lighter, accent color. But, 58 Desoto wheel covers are good looking too. The hub caps ARE rare, I have never seen them before. Congratulations, Austin, on a fabulous find.
Thanks for showing your DeSoto. It is always enjoyable to see a nice survivor from the era.. 1958 was the first year for that B block. If memory serves, the longer produced 361 version appeared in 1959 . It looks like you've got a very nice car to start with. Good luck and enjoy it.
I have not watched the video yet but let's see if you're reading my mind I hope you put it up to stock Rinehart height again? Also get rid of them funky lug nuts and trim rings and put the stock hubcaps back on it then she'll be looking good.
What an amazing find, especially since it is so rust free! Restoring it to the correct ride height with stock wheel covers is a definite improvement. My preference is to keep cars stock, but that’s me.
Austin, Another gem!!! I love it. My Mom's first car and her favorite was a 1947 DeSoto Coupe. It was gray and she named it Betsy. My ex wife would say about your wagon that "it's green, it's old and it's ugly!" Boy was she wrong. My current wife loves it. It's a wagon and is one year newer than I am. I love it too. I sure do enjoy your channel and can't wait to see more. Thank you for sharing. --Dick.
First time watching one of your videos. Loved this car. A real treat. I have heard of a Desoto Firesweep...but never the Shopper model. Thanks for sharing.
1958 DeSoto Firesweep Shopper wagon - very rare model now. A DeSoto in a Dodge body, the lower priced Firesweep series was only three model years, 1957-1959. Firedome was mid-series and Fireflite was the top of the line with the rare Adventurer super high performance sports model.
I absolutely cringed when I seen that car so low in looking all worn out. It was so refreshing to watch you saw those stupid things off. Too busy doing that to make the car run right with proper choke as well as that cotter pin. Thank God you have that car that's all I can say
I never heard of a shopper edition probably marketed to suburban moms in the 50s I Love it keep the beauty rings My dad's 59 galaxy had those seat covers you sweated in the summer and got the chills in the winter
YES!! Thank you for restoring it back to it's original ride height!! I absolutely hate it when people lower classic vehicles, especially pickups. That's a duel headlight beauty!! Love duel headlight cars and trucks. I have a 1960 Chevy Apache pickup with duel headlights. Love it!! That is one looong car. Plenty of space when you go "shopping".😉
Sounds like a PT Boat idling. It is super cool in every respect. And it's NOT computerized, doesn't resemble a Mini Van-SUV-Crossover crap they call cars. It does however need to be raised 4". I even like the color. It's got more chrome than 4 Toyotas put together in metal. Outstanding.
I’m just starting to learn a little bit about cars, This channel is so awesome. It’s really cool to get to learn about mopar stuff and see how things evolved over time
Great car. 58 was the beginning of the end for DeSoto. The Eisenhower recession really hurt sales of mid tier models and Chrysler didn’t sell enough cars to warrant 5 makes.
So satisfying to see those lowering blocks removed.
Big improvement to me
@@ObsoleteAutomotiveyup!
To each their own I suppose
It’s a thing of beauty when a well engineered system is brought back into spec. @@ryanwitman8672
Lowered cars are clapped out garbage.
Hubcaps look absolutely fantastic instead of those plastic bolt covers
Definitely putting it back to stock ride height was in order. I like the trim rings with the dog dish hubcaps. I like this one you bought, a great looking wagon.
Been saving these dogdish caps for a long time. Finally got a use for them!
It is a Desoto, a wagon and it is green. I LOVE IT! I do not even care that it is a Dodge in Desoto clothing.
What a great car. Super cool. looks way better at normal ride height. I love all the forward look cars, but 57-58 Desotos are the best lookers of the lot
Looks way better at standard ride height and hubcaps. Nice looking old wagon- nice clean looking grill. Sad the geared starter hadn't been born yet. Very cool.
Man I love everything about that car! I'm glad to see you raised it back up and put the dog dish hubcaps on it. Can't say I've ever seen one before viewing it here.
They are super rare cars. I’m glad to be able to own it!
Nice wagon. Glad to see you raised it up to its proper height! Can’t wait for the next video!
Looks 100% better at proper height. Cool wagon
Neat car, looks much better raised back up. 🙂
Getting the car so you could use your set of '58 DeSoto hubcaps was utterly brilliant.
Meant to be!
That's a cool old rig, Austin. Glad you finally got her.
My dream car, since I was a kid, is a 58 Fireflite Sportsman in red and white....a four door hardtop, please. Never found one. Love your wagon. Your colors were very popular. I have a Johan Fireflite hardtop promo that our salesman gave me when Dad traded in his 53 DeSoto.... for a Plymouth Belvedere sportsman in 1958. It was a recession year, so we couldn't afford the DeSoto.
That’s pretty cool that you got one of the promos directly from the dealer!
There are two 58 Fireflite 4dr htp here in Hamburg/Germany, both in very nice condition. The one is blue/white, the other is red/white.
@@olafthiemer5759 Wow. Spent a few days in Hamburg a couple of times. One of them there were many Smart cars on the streets.
Nice score, Austin
I want one 😊
I like that you try to keep them original
Really like the beauty rings with the Desoto dog dish caps!!! And you're right, it's much better raised up to the original ride height!!!
I had a 1958 Desoto Firedome convertible 1 of 519 made. Bought from the original owner in the early 1990s with original paint. It was very valuable and I eventually sold it for over 30,000 but now worth easily double that. Loved that car. Nice wagon!!
What a nice, honest old car -- it's great!
I like cars that haven’t had too much monkeying done to them.
What a great video for this American car obsessed Brit! No music either, amazing how peaceful it is to watch videos without daft music over them.
@@carlmichael5592 I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for commenting!
Magnificent car it’s the worth effort you put into it !!! This car is a work of art…. Can’t wait to see what you are going to do with this bird….
I never knew they made Desoto wagons until today It mustve never crossed my mind but seeing this thing with that long minty green 2 tone pattern is almost hypnotizing to see
Green is one of my favorite car colors. This car looks excellent in two tone.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I personally think most 50s and even 60s cars have the body lines to pull off a green really well
Car looks 1000x better on stock suspension height
Yes. Just like Dodge Coronets loaded, appears like….( ours was 1959 Coronet’s)
Lucky score man. I'd love to get my hands on a late 50s desoto, Especially a wagon
My favorite one so far Austin....I'm a wagon nut. Yes, Rare to begin with and I'm sure the rest were beaten into the ground...like MOST wagons.
Survival rate is probably quite low. 1 of 1303 makes this a very rare MoPar!
Awesome car really, really nice brings back.A lot of memories used to ride To school in one of those😊
What a find! Beautiful! I'm consumed with envy
This is a great example of a great mopar wagon product. My dad had a '57 Chrysler wagon I loved it. Two tone blue . l loved riding in it. It looked beautiful. I remember seeing wagons all over the place all makes and models. My all time favorite of dads was a '50 ford woidie. Fad never bought new cars,, always used ones. I loved it because I always had different rides growing up. Mam, I really like the rings N caps. It was stupid lowered! Looks right and great now!!. I'm 76 yrs old I love seeing all these old rides!!!!
You already improved it 1000%!
I think so too!
What a rare and charming old Mopar!
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍. Very cool , I have 1958 Olds Super 88 holiday coupe !
Very jealous! That’s a fantastic vehicle! Love the green
Green is one of my favorite car colors. And it looks great on this one!
It’s just great! I’m stuck with my Italian project cars, but I need a winged Chrysler product at some point!
@@Mitkawatch They are great cars. You’ll enjoy owning one I’m sure!
Love this DeSoto wagon. My family had anew 58 Plaza that I still remember.
Pretty awesome and rare Mopar, Austin. Congrats! Thank you for restoring the suspension to normal height.
You find really good cars/vans etc really good condition for their age. I just got done watching your 79 Dodge van from California road trip. I would have loved to pick up that van for a beater Home Depot runner. I live in California and makes me wonder how many of these types of vehicles exist sitting in someone's garage or backlot.
They are still out there! I love finding old original vehicles that haven’t been messed with!
She’s a beauty
It's good to see that car returned to stock height. I remember years ago when a Chrysler product would come in for a wheel alignment I would check the front-end for loose parts and then check the ride height. You would just crank those torsion bars up and everything was cool; no need to replace springs or use spacers. Prior to 1958 those bars would break and need to be replaced, however Chrysler got that straightened out. I am wanting to say all Chrysler cars had torsion bars until the front-wheel drive K-cars arrived in 1981. This car has longitudinal torsion bars that extend toward the rear of the car held into a crossmember. Later, the F-body cars (Aspen, Volare) had transverse torsion bars up front and you could adjust those as well. GREAT VIDEO!
Nice find, that's a keeper for sure and yes to dual quads on the 350.
Had a '60 Dart Pioneer Wagonback in the early '80s
Awesome Ride!!!
Beautiful colour scheme.
An extra board or two behind the rolloff ramp would help.
Love it. Great body style and colors. Much better without being "lowered" (why?) and with it's original hubcaps.
I like the look of the hub caps and trim rings, especially if the wheels were the lighter, accent color. But, 58 Desoto wheel covers are good looking too. The hub caps ARE rare, I have never seen them before. Congratulations, Austin, on a fabulous find.
Thanks for showing your DeSoto. It is always enjoyable to see a nice survivor from the era.. 1958 was the first year for that B block. If memory serves, the longer produced 361 version appeared in 1959 . It looks like you've got a very nice car to start with. Good luck and enjoy it.
Great buy. These were rare when new.
I have not watched the video yet but let's see if you're reading my mind I hope you put it up to stock Rinehart height again? Also get rid of them funky lug nuts and trim rings and put the stock hubcaps back on it then she'll be looking good.
That’s exactly what I did.
Nice wagon. Great find!
What an amazing find, especially since it is so rust free! Restoring it to the correct ride height with stock wheel covers is a definite improvement. My preference is to keep cars stock, but that’s me.
It’s stock for me! Not big on customs.
Austin, Another gem!!! I love it. My Mom's first car and her favorite was a 1947 DeSoto Coupe. It was gray and she named it Betsy. My ex wife would say about your wagon that "it's green, it's old and it's ugly!" Boy was she wrong. My current wife loves it. It's a wagon and is one year newer than I am. I love it too. I sure do enjoy your channel and can't wait to see more. Thank you for sharing. --Dick.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I love the ‘47s!
That car is so awesome !!😎😎
First time watching one of your videos. Loved this car. A real treat. I have heard of a Desoto Firesweep...but never the Shopper model. Thanks for sharing.
The shopper nameplate was only used on the 6 passenger wagons. So seldom seen.
Never have seen one of these. Thank you for taking care of a bit of history.
That's a really nifty and rare classic. Thanks for sharing.
God, that brings back some memories!! Thanks for posting! ❤️ I think the hub caps and trim rings look GREAT!
Very nice to see it at the proper ride height!
I bet it's a lot of fun getting bolts loose that were on there for 70 years. That's a really cool car.
That's a cool wagon!
What a beauty. Thanks for taking care of it.
Love the look of this wagon great combo of looks and motor !!
love those wagons. one cool ass car!
1958 DeSoto Firesweep Shopper wagon - very rare model now. A DeSoto in a Dodge body, the lower priced Firesweep series was only three model years, 1957-1959. Firedome was mid-series and Fireflite was the top of the line with the rare Adventurer super high performance sports model.
Coral Gables 🌴🇺🇸 Hehe. You helped return to the original 👌 My Dad had one new back in the day.
You can never go wrong with a dog dish hubcap
My sentiments exactly!
Your car is in amazingly good original condition. Congratulations.
Congratulations on your Firesweep, love it, its been on my bucket list since the 1970;s
That's a beauty! I love the color. 👍
Love your videos and your car's and Vans
I absolutely cringed when I seen that car so low in looking all worn out. It was so refreshing to watch you saw those stupid things off. Too busy doing that to make the car run right with proper choke as well as that cotter pin. Thank God you have that car that's all I can say
Definitely looks way better now!
There was a Firedome model too. My neighbors had one. Big engine, real fast.
Beautiful car.
d in Canoga Park, CA when I was a kid and I seem to remember a wagon similar to this in the next cul-de-sac over from our place. Nice ride!
@@stuartkline1611 This car originally came from California actually. And they didn’t build very many.
I never heard of a shopper edition probably marketed to suburban moms in the 50s
I Love it keep the beauty rings
My dad's 59 galaxy had those seat covers you sweated in the summer and got the chills in the winter
You are living my dream! I’m a wagon man myself looking to buy one soon nevertheless love the new wagon you acquired! Greetings from Las Vegas.
Now that's a nice grocery getter. Thank you for the lowering delete lol.
Yea I use my cars so lowered ones do me no favors.
Beautiful Desoto, we watched your videos here in Brazil
@@adrianodenk400 Glad you like the videos! Thanks for watching and commenting.
A Very Rare Car 3:05
Nice survivor and a wagon too; YEAH!
Wow
Nice 😊
Proud owner. Congratulations.
DeSoto the first MoPar to have a Hemi. First DeSoto wagon I've seen.
YES!! Thank you for restoring it back to it's original ride height!! I absolutely hate it when people lower classic vehicles, especially pickups. That's a duel headlight beauty!! Love duel headlight cars and trucks. I have a 1960 Chevy Apache pickup with duel headlights. Love it!! That is one looong car. Plenty of space when you go "shopping".😉
Well said turns cars into clapped out garbage
Sounds like a PT Boat idling. It is super cool in every respect. And it's NOT computerized, doesn't resemble a Mini Van-SUV-Crossover crap they call cars. It does however need to be raised 4". I even like the color. It's got more chrome than 4 Toyotas put together in metal. Outstanding.
Nice ride,,,,,,,,,Chomping at the bit
She's a beauty!! Great video!!
Great job. I hope you got a great deal. Thanks for saving it.
I would leave the patina go to vice grip garage and order you some of the shine juice
I’m just starting to learn a little bit about cars, This channel is so awesome. It’s really cool to get to learn about mopar stuff and see how things evolved over time
Nice allusion to Christine with, "whoever sold me this should be ashamed of himself!" But you forgot the expletives. 🤣
😂
Dang, I just thought I had a sidecar problem! (4)
Love the wagon!!!!!
That is so cool.
Has nice long arrow-like lines but probably handles like a sponge. I like the green and yellow chewing gum paint.
It would be great to see the reverse lights work.
Great car. 58 was the beginning of the end for DeSoto. The Eisenhower recession really hurt sales of mid tier models and Chrysler didn’t sell enough cars to warrant 5 makes.
My parents wheen I was a kid had a 1958 Plymouth Station wagon which is almost identical except the front and year which were a little different.
Love it man where do you find all these and I have to ask how do you fund your habit lol. Love it.
Others go so others can come in. Otherwise I’d keep them all. I’m by no means rich. Ha
Cool car 🎯
Another great find
Love this car. 👍
Good looking car
You are very. Lucky these. Beautiful. Mopar s. Thanks