When I was a kid growing up in the 50s my mother had a 49 Desoto it was all metallic green I remember she was taking us to the doctors when we were little kids and my brother was standing on the front seat and she had to make a quick stop and he went through the windshield and he still has a scar on his face today from that they were nice cars when you stop thinking about it that’s a nice looking car
those old inline flatheads are such great little engines..I knew a guy who had a plymouth about the same year as this and you could be standing right beside it and you'd have to lay your hand on the front fender to see if it was running.. because you couldn''t hear it..
So true. My father had a 50 De Soto Custom 2 door from 52 to 65. Our elderly local gas station owner would trot out and open the hood just to listen the silence of that famous six. It really made him happy. I don't know the mileage on it, but it was a daily driver, and took the 7 of us through many states, and climbed mountains from NH to TN, to OH, and ran fine when he sold it. Bulletproof
I grew up in a very rural area and houses were few and far between. We used to camp out almost every night in the summer and weekends after school started. There was an older couple with a DeSoto just like this one. We used to sneak into their apple orchard and pick up apples and throw them at their roof. The old man would yell at us and shoot his shotgun loaded with rock salt in our general direction. Funny how a car can bring back so many memories. Thank you.
This is a really nice 1949 DeSoto sedan.Love the styling of these.Nice interior and instrument panel.You can tell this car was well preserved.The build quality on these are really good and you notice it the way the doors close.The door handles do remind me of old refrigerators.Nice car!.Thanks Jeff!.😎
I had a 1950 and the fluid drive was a special feature you can put it in 1st or 2nd and pop the clutch and the wife can drive it around town as an automatic.
What a great find, it is one awesome car. This DeSota in one classy looking car, and the condition it is about as good as it gets. I love just seeing one that is almost new condition.
Great original car! Brings memories from my childhood. One thing to help clarify about Fluid Drive, an optional at this very car, is that: The early Fluid Drive, launched in the 1939 Chryslers and Imperials, was, until the early fifties, not a transmission box, but a fluid coupling used in place of the rigid heavy steel "Flywheel" used in every internal combustion engine car, in order to retain mechanical energy derived from the chemical energy of the fuel after burning in the cylinders. But by the early '50s, Chrysler Co. finally launched its first semi-automatic transmissions, which received different denominations, like "Gyro-Matic" in the Dodges, but some people tend to make confusion, because the Fluid Drive denomination was still used. The real automatic transmission came in 1955, and then the Fluid Drive (both fluid couplings and the semi-automatic transmissions) were discarded. The fluid coupling was a real piece of engineering and it was a pity to have been abandoned by Chrysler, because it was extremely useful for manual boxes' car drivers.
Very nice video of a really nice car. I own one of those, also a 49-er, but with the 4 speed fluid drive. My DeSoto originates from Elizabeth New Jersey. If the car you showed us also has this fluid drive gearbox, there should be a switch mounted on the strut between the engine and the air filter. Thanks for sharing this video!
Hello, Jeff, thanks for sharing this one, it sure is a beautiful car! I liked the hood ornament and the detail on the door handles! What a tremendous amount of room this car has! I wish the best to who will own this car! Have a great evening!👍🧡
Hey you have a good picture of what the heck the world was like right after the Second World War, I have to say that is about as close to the real life in the late 40's as your going to get. Not quite pure survivor car , but not bad as I said and as close as you can get to see a museum piece. The certain things and places on the car show that it is been gone over a good 5 or 6 times tuning it up and replacing original things here and there due to age , being wore out, or just wanting something like that for a good collection that could be driven short distances. Such as parades, shows an so on. They did not like the extremely hot weather and will get warm in downtown traffic. I would hate to see something like a big auto bug tear it up for a restomod. Depends on the set up for how it will work in the heat and traffic. So happy for you guys to be able to enjoy that gem, for their far and few between anymore. Great Tuesday to you all and I will be praying for you guys to hang on to that one. Like I said depending on the condition of the he impellers on the water pump, and radiator/fan, you might be able to enjoy this one.
You didn't mention the "Fluid Drive" transmission. First introduced by Chrysler in 1940, it was optional, and was simply a three-speed manual gearbox with a fluid torque converter. You could shift without depressing the clutch. You could sit at a light with your foot on the brake, and let the clutch out, and the engine would continue to run. Great on a hill.
My grandparents on my mom’s side had one back in the late 60s and early 70s, distinctively remembering the two tone colors they had as they owned a mid-late 50s model. Even though I’m of this 2000-2003 generation, I absolutely adore these old classics!
Super deluxe luxiry car 🤟 colour same as My old chevy bel air 1954 powerglide i, inside like a livingroom motor smoth in line engine 6 cyl, wow what a car 🤟 thanks jeff and Jordan for this video i enjoy every moment from tom your friend now and always 🤩 🤩 USA 😎, have you changed the gearbox in your studebaker and Jordans gto,
De Soto was legendary. Nothing to joke about. Tom Bosley and Henry Winkler made that clear. A lucky owner bought that car brand new. Not me. Before my time
You're right Mike, it does have the fluid drive, I didn't notice the badge until afterward. I guess technically it is still a manual trans though, just with a torque converter like coupler.
When I was a kid growing up in the 50s my mother had a 49 Desoto it was all metallic green I remember she was taking us to the doctors when we were little kids and my brother was standing on the front seat and she had to make a quick stop and he went through the windshield and he still has a scar on his face today from that they were nice cars when you stop thinking about it that’s a nice looking car
Holy cow!!! What an amazing time piece! We’ve seen some real gems on your channel but this has to be one of the top best.
It really is in amazing condition. Thanks for taking a look, we appreciate it!
those old inline flatheads are such great little engines..I knew a guy who had a plymouth about the same year as this and you could be standing right beside it and you'd have to lay your hand on the front fender to see if it was running.. because you couldn''t hear it..
They are really smooth and reliable for sure. Thanks for taking a look Ken!
So true. My father had a 50 De Soto Custom 2 door from 52 to 65. Our elderly local gas station owner would trot out and open the hood just to listen the silence of that famous six. It really made him happy. I don't know the mileage on it, but it was a daily driver, and took the 7 of us through many states, and climbed mountains from NH to TN, to OH, and ran fine when he sold it. Bulletproof
Jeff, your videos are the best. Thank you
Thanks Michael, I appreciate you watching!
I grew up in a very rural area and houses were few and far between. We used to camp out almost every night in the summer and weekends after school started. There was an older couple with a DeSoto just like this one. We used to sneak into their apple orchard and pick up apples and throw them at their roof. The old man would yell at us and shoot his shotgun loaded with rock salt in our general direction.
Funny how a car can bring back so many memories. Thank you.
Sounds a lot like MY childhood, lol...
This is a really nice 1949 DeSoto sedan.Love the styling of these.Nice interior and instrument panel.You can tell this car was well preserved.The build quality on these are really good and you notice it the way the doors close.The door handles do remind me of old refrigerators.Nice car!.Thanks Jeff!.😎
I had a 1950 and the fluid drive was a special feature you can put it in 1st or 2nd and pop the clutch and the wife can drive it around town as an automatic.
What a great find, it is one awesome car. This DeSota in one classy looking car, and the condition it is about as good as it gets. I love just seeing one that is almost new condition.
I can't imagine finding one any nicer. Thanks for taking a look my friend!
Great original car! Brings memories from my childhood.
One thing to help clarify about Fluid Drive, an optional at this very car, is that:
The early Fluid Drive, launched in the 1939 Chryslers and Imperials, was, until the early fifties, not a transmission box, but a fluid coupling used in place of the rigid heavy steel "Flywheel" used in every internal combustion engine car, in order to retain mechanical energy derived from the chemical energy of the fuel after burning in the cylinders.
But by the early '50s, Chrysler Co. finally launched its first semi-automatic transmissions, which received different denominations, like "Gyro-Matic" in the Dodges, but some people tend to make confusion, because the Fluid Drive denomination was still used.
The real automatic transmission came in 1955, and then the Fluid Drive (both fluid couplings and the semi-automatic transmissions) were discarded.
The fluid coupling was a real piece of engineering and it was a pity to have been abandoned by Chrysler, because it was extremely useful for manual boxes' car drivers.
Sweet piece..Can't be many left in that condition.
Yeah, you don't find many like this. Thanks for taking a look Zig!
Very nice video of a really nice car. I own one of those, also a 49-er, but with the 4 speed fluid drive. My DeSoto originates from Elizabeth New Jersey. If the car you showed us also has this fluid drive gearbox, there should be a switch mounted on the strut between the engine and the air filter. Thanks for sharing this video!
Hi Jeff,
I'm in love with this car, yet I never heard of this make of car yet this is an excellent looking,
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it Michael. They stopped making Desoto's by 1961. It's not a car you see very often anymore. Thanks for taking a look!
beautiful car, what a time capsule.
Thanks for having a look!
Hello, Jeff, thanks for sharing this one, it sure is a beautiful car! I liked the hood ornament and the detail on the door handles! What a tremendous amount of room this car has! I wish the best to who will own this car! Have a great evening!👍🧡
Hi Leta, thanks for taking a look, I'm glad you like it!
Hey you have a good picture of what the heck the world was like right after the Second World War, I have to say that is about as close to the real life in the late 40's as your going to get. Not quite pure survivor car , but not bad as I said and as close as you can get to see a museum piece. The certain things and places on the car show that it is been gone over a good 5 or 6 times tuning it up and replacing original things here and there due to age , being wore out, or just wanting something like that for a good collection that could be driven short distances. Such as parades, shows an so on. They did not like the extremely hot weather and will get warm in downtown traffic. I would hate to see something like a big auto bug tear it up for a restomod. Depends on the set up for how it will work in the heat and traffic. So happy for you guys to be able to enjoy that gem, for their far and few between anymore. Great Tuesday to you all and I will be praying for you guys to hang on to that one. Like I said depending on the condition of the he impellers on the water pump, and radiator/fan, you might be able to enjoy this one.
Amazing! Its crying out...take me to Route 66! Outstanding find.👍👍😎🇺🇸
Glad you like it, thanks for taking a look!
You didn't mention the "Fluid Drive" transmission. First introduced by Chrysler in 1940, it was optional, and was simply a three-speed manual gearbox with a fluid torque converter. You could shift without depressing the clutch. You could sit at a light with your foot on the brake, and let the clutch out, and the engine would continue to run. Great on a hill.
It's just beautiful! How many younger people know about DeSoto?
My grandparents on my mom’s side had one back in the late 60s and early 70s, distinctively remembering the two tone colors they had as they owned a mid-late 50s model. Even though I’m of this 2000-2003 generation, I absolutely adore these old classics!
You don't see too many of them anymore. This one really is in amazing condition. Thanks for taking a look, we appreciate it!
I love your videos, BTW.
Wow well worth the price. Thanks Jeff
Same family car that the Cunningham’s had in the show Happy Days! LOL. 👍🇨🇦
Please continue doing these. I love them.
Freaking Awesome 👍 I enjoy all your videos, this one is super great, I appreciate you sharing.
Great Workhorses, favourite of Taxi Fleets everywhere until the arrival of the Checkers.
Love those grilles--like a toothy grin! 😁
It really is a great looking front end. Thanks for checking it out!
I'm in love!
Thanks for showing the price that says a lot .
Yes • Very nice car & historic 🚂
Thanks for taking a look my friend!
These are cars that need to be saved. Chrysler Corp. built rock solid cars prior to the mid-1970s.
A car like that did not come cheap. De Soto died too soon.
The name desto fits Diego desoto a noble man from spain like Diego de la Vega, aka zorro
Super deluxe luxiry car 🤟 colour same as My old chevy bel air 1954 powerglide i, inside like a livingroom motor smoth in line engine 6 cyl, wow what a car 🤟 thanks jeff and Jordan for this video i enjoy every moment from tom your friend now and always 🤩 🤩 USA 😎, have you changed the gearbox in your studebaker and Jordans gto,
Thanks for checking it out Tom. We have the GTO up and running again, we'll have a video up soon. Studebaker is still waiting.
👍 yeah man
Thanks for watching!
I thought the interior would be very bland and basic. Boy was I wrong. Very nice surprise. Nice car.
Thanks for checking it out David!
De Soto was legendary. Nothing to joke about. Tom Bosley and Henry Winkler made that clear. A lucky owner bought that car brand new. Not me. Before my time
Nice DeSoto I'm sure it's fluid drive not 3speed manual. My uncle bought a similar new '52 with the 6 cylinder engine. Thanks for showing
You're right Mike, it does have the fluid drive, I didn't notice the badge until afterward. I guess technically it is still a manual trans though, just with a torque converter like coupler.
Wouldn't this car have the tip=toe shift fluid drive and not the 3 speed as you described?
Saw this video again the hood oraments looks like a helmet from a soldier a coonqistor from spain back in the days 15 16
Yep, that's exactly right, the hood ornament has Hernando de Soto on both sides.
@@RamblinAround thanks jeff for your feedback always apriciated from tom your friend now and always 🤩 🤩
"Hey Mr. Cunningham- is Richie home"?😊
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Thanks for checking it out Kenny!
De Soto died an untimely death. Chrysler leaders did not play their cards right. De Soto, RIP.
Fluid Drive vs 3 speed standard.
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Thanks for watching Gerri!