Vehicle Description
1950 Desoto Sedan is a unique project opportunity. About 33,000
were sold in 1950. Car Details: Straight 6, 237 cubic inch.
'3-on-the-tree' column-shift manual transmission. Personal history
of car: I picked this car up and drove it about 100 miles straight
home with zero issues over the summer of 2020. Since then, I have
covered all exposed metal and replaced the following. -Driver's
window with original glass -Coil -Points -Rebuilt carburetor
-Battery The Good: Smooth ride, Brakes were rebuilt by previous
owner, super straight body (all doors close very easily) with
pretty much all trim included on car! Gauges work, solid floors.
The Bad: Slow, no heater, no radio, wipers don't work, some rust at
the base of the B-pillers and moderate rust around trunk. Dash
lights don't work This car runs and drives great, extremely smooth
ride. Slow as molasses as is normal of a 6 cylinder of the time,
but good torque in the super low 1st gear. Still very much a
project as there is no carpet and the interior overall could use a
refresh, but you can also drive it around as-is and get a feel for
it. There's a fresh air vent that you can open that's pretty cool
but there is currently no heater as the box rusted out. Tires all
hold air just fine, but I'm not sure of their age. Car is a 6v
electrical system as opposed to the 12v system on modern cars so
you cannot jump the car from a modern car or jump pack. This is
closer to the electrical system on an ATV. Also, the car is whats
known as positive ground, meaning the positive battery terminal is
the one to ground out while the negative provides power. Important
to keep that in mind when working on it. Reason for selling:
Honestly, its super neat but turned out to not be my style, so I
need to make room for a different project. This is still a 70 year
old car! Does not need to be towed, but anytime you drive an
antique there is always potential for problem.
