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Based on the '42 DeSoto part manual, all '42's used the same brake light housing. Part #990584. I'm looking at a US manual, so export cars may be different.

The great thing about this thread is that in one place we have photo's of 3 of the 4 known surviving '42 DeSoto Custom convertibles!

In an e-mail to me he mentioned that the car was or is in Austrailia. I've ask for photos because as an export, that part may be a Dodge or Plymouth.

The column does not seperate from the box. Remove the steering wheel and gear shift lever and pull it out through the floorboard from underneath the car. You will have to raise the car enough for clearance. If the center of the floor pan unbolts and can be removed, you may get it out that way.

For saftey sake, buy a brake spring tool.

I've driven many tour miles on my '47 Roadmaster, with no issues with the factory brakes. These are very good brakes. I've never had a fade issue. Moving to disk brakes would also require a power boster because of the increased pedel pressure.

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Production figures for 1942 DeSoto's are: S-10S DeLuxe bus cpe 469 club cpe 1968 conv cpe 79 sdn 2dr

Here are photo's of my car and the brake light assembly. The assembly is approx 19.5 x 4.5 inches. Your car is Austrialian. Can you post a photo no matter what condition it is in? I'm curious to see if it is the US DeSoto or an export model which may be based on a Dodge or Plymouth body. That may make the brake light a Dodge or Plymouth part. My car is unrestored original and in driving condition. Mine is one of four known to exist. For anyone else following, this is the North Carolina car that many thought did not exist. I purchased the car from the second owner who bought it in 1949. I've had it for about 10 years. It is not a Fifth Avenue, but has all the Fifth Avenue accesories except for the finder skirts and cigarette dispenser steering wheel. The car is licensed and driveable, but has no top on the frame.

The bookmobile completed legs one and two of its trip to the AACA Library today. First leg: extraction from its storage location for at least 20 years. It was started and running two weeks ago, but today was the first time it has actually moved! Tom Gibson drove a block to be loaded on the AACA trailer for the second leg to Charlotte Autofair to be on display at the AACA National Show on Saturday. By Sunday evening it will be in PA in the restoration shop! Special thanks to Steve Moskowitz, AACA Library and the AACA Museum for their assistance in this effort! Chris, you were excused from this event due to prior commitment you couldn't get out of. We anticipate your posts after you see the Bookmobile on Monday! Dave Bowman and Tom Gibson

On my '42 the housing with the brake light is body color not chrome. Only the strip below that says "Fluid Drive" is chrome. My car is an unrestored original. It is not a black out model and is a Custom conv. I've talked to the owner of the yellow car in the photo and he believes his was originally painted body color also. The sales info shows it plated. Do you have any other info to add?

The bookmobile is up and running, and now has brakes to get it out of the building. It will be extracted from the upstairs of a 1924 Overland dealership this week and will be on display at the Charlotte AACA National Meet this week. Dave Bowman

That is a rare car. What body style? Search E-Bay for the Brass and Gas store. He had an assembly and many other '42 DeSoto parts.

The correct '57 pump does not have a heater outlet. If your pump has one with a rubber cap blocking it off, it is a '58 pump.

An interesting aside....The original Holman-Moody shop was an old aircraft hanger at Charlotte Douglas Airport (CLT). When HM was ready to test a race car, they called the tower and received clearance to do test runs on the runway. This was in the '50's.

In '58 this was still vaccum wipers. I belive the switch is mounted on the left below the end of the windshield wrap around like on '57 and '58 Buicks.

A rather obvious question, but is this a Plymouth truck? Plymouth build trucks in the late 30's through about 1940 and they look very much like Dodge trucks

I sent you a private message. Thanks

Have you looked on the firewall. That's where it is on my '53 Cadillac. I'm not sure what year Buick changed to a trunk mounted unit.

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DHL and FEDEX will be expensive because it's air freight. Partial container shipping will save a lot, but will take possibly a month or two. Contact a international shipping broker for partial container shipping.

Played that game many times. We also would try to guess the car behind from the glimpses of light from passing cars. Did this from the back seat of a '56 Buick Specal 2 door sedan and then from a '61 Dodge Polara 2HT, which I still have.

It was a lot of detail masking for 3 quick passes down each side of the car. Yes, we did remove the wheels and tires from the rims before painting them!

TG57 had a nos side piece, with no fade. The best match I could find was 1980 Chevrolet "Red Orange" This is GM paint code 79. I had this mixed in single stage and sprayed the side trim and wheels on TG57's Roadmaster. I believe '56 and earlier was more of a red.

Seine blue will look grey in some light and blue in other. It's a color that's not seen often. That's my '47 that TG posted above. The car still had 1956 plates on it in 1991.