Vehicle Description
This 1959 Desoto Firesweep Sportsman 4-door hardtop was made in the
last year of Virgil Exner's "forward look" design and the last full
year for Desoto as a brand. Powered by a 361ci/295hp engine backed
by a 3-speed push-button TorqueFlite automatic transmission.
Presented with the original interior, it is equipped with power
steering, power brakes and Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels, and is
repainted in Aztec Silver Metallic over Glacier Blue Metallic
(original DeSoto colors). Only 2,875 of this model were made in the
last full year of production. Original wheels and wheel covers come
with the car.