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1939 De Soto S6 Business Coupe


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Guest James S Cooper

I am trying to find out how many of these cars are left.The 80 year old gentleman I bought it from has never seen any others.

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Guest imported_BaronvonR

There were 5,176 Deluxe Coupes and 498 Custom coupes produced. Which do you have??

As far as how many are left perhaps the National DeSoto Club could help you out.

BvR

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There was no way to tell the differance between a custom or deluxe from the exterior, the only way was through the interior trim , the custom interior had darker upholstery than the deluxe.

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Guest James S Cooper

The interior of this car is light seat and doors with a darker floor.Right or wrong I had been told that there had been 498 of this car made.It has the o/d trans and 228 eng.

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Guest James S Cooper

According to De Sotoland there were only 1316 De Soto's made in windsor in 1939 and Customs and Deluxe are listed together.I'm trying to find out how many were Coupes.

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Guest imported_BaronvonR

The DeSoto Plymouth story is where I got my numbers from...it seems to be accurate for US production. The way to tell a Deluxe from a custom was that the front mat was carpet and not rubber. The O/D tranny could be on either model. I have a 1939 Deluxe 2 dr sedan with the O/D

BvR

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Guest imported_Bill-W

Canadian-built 1939 DeSotos were all sold as DeLuxe (S6) models -

2-passenger Coupe : $1,151, #3,105

4-passenger Coupe : $1,228, #3,140

2-door sedan : $1,239, #3,185

4-door sedan : $1,294, #3,230

4-door LWB sedan : $1,595, #3,510

Imported models included -

5-passenger (Hayes) Club Coupe : $1,500, #3,215

4-door limouine (7-pass) : $1,716, #3,554

or DeLuxe Special (upgraded interior appointments) -

4-door sedan : $1,371, #3,235

As to how many of each were built, noone appears to know. Production figures given for Chrysler products over the years, such as in "The Plymouth and DeSoto Story", are for American and Canadian production combined.

1939 production -

DeLuxe -

2-passenger coupe : 5,176

4-passenger coupe : 2,124

2-door sedan : 7,472

4-door sedan : 31,513

4-door LWB sedan : 425

Chassis : 154

TOTAL - 48,864

Custom -

2-passenger coupe : 498

4-passenger coupe : 287

2-door sedan : 424

4-door sedan : 5,993

5-passenger (Hayes) Club Coupe : 264

4-door LWB sedan : 30

4-door LWB limousine : 84

TOTAL - 7,580

Taxi -

4-door LWB sedab : 1,250

TOTAL - 1,250

1939 TOTAL - 55,694

Detroit - 5634001-5687134 - 53,134

(Detroit : DeLuxe - 45,554; Custom - 7,580)

Detroit (taxi) - 1,250

Windsor - 9668606-9669922 : 1,317

Approximate Canadian production would be -

2-passenger coupe : 140

4-passenger coupe : 57

2-door sedan : 202 *

4-door sedan : 907

4-door LWB sedan : 11

TOTAL - 1,317

* - Includes DeLuxe Special sedan

On Canadian models the firewall under the hood has a tag -

Model

Body No

Paint Code

Trim Code

What appears on your tag?

I am trying to compile a list of paint colours Chrysler of Canada used prior to 1949. I would appreciate it if anyone who owns a Canadian-built Chrysler product built before 1949 could let me know what is on their tag and what the original colour of the car is (or a photo of same).

Please contact me at wwatson6@shaw.ca

Bill

Vancouver, BC

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Guest James S Cooper

The sale info on this car wasn't good.Eng,trans and brakes seized and interior not good,lights changed and on.It went for 6,500.

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Guest tcstroud

James,

I think this is the car that my Dad has and he was also looking for any others a few years back. I talked to him and he asked me to give you his email and to contact him.

Russ Stroud- email: rnstroud01@yahoo.com

Tom Stroud

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I HAVE A 39 BUS. COUPE THAT MY LATE HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN RESTORING. BURNED THE FLATHEAD UP SO NOW CAR IS HOT ROD WITH 302 CHEVY ENG. BODY PERFECT WITH ALL CROME. FRAME IS CLIPPED EL CAMINO, NEW GAS TANK, WIRING AND UPHOLSTERY IN LIGHT GREY. I AM CONSIDERING SELLING. ANY OFFERS?

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Guest garbear

I am looking for tail light assemblies and other parts for a 1939 Desoto s6 business coupe. Let me know if you have anything for sale.

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Guest steveland

Hello to everyone,

I've recently bought a 1939 Desoto 4-passenger Coupe, usually named opera coupè because she have a business coupe external body with two seats more inside. she has overdrive an lot of accessory like double hi-tone horns,

white wall tires, radio, electric windshild wiper, carpet on the floor, heater with electric fan etc. so I've deducted she a Custom, not a De Luxe

because I've read on a Chrisler book the difference was carpets and accessory...

I've bought it from a gentleman in Canada but the car came from California,

she's original and in good condition.

This model year has a beautifull body style!

Could anyone help me with the decodification of the tag on the firewall?

Thank you so much in advance for your attention and help!

Stefano Landi

Italy.

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