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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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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I sent you a private message.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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TG57Roadmaster had a nos side trim section, with unfaded paint. The best modern match I could find was 1980 Chevrolet "Red Orange". This is paint code 79. I had this mixed in single stage and used it on side trim and wheels.
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Can you scan and post the card?
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If you still have the old glove box lock, take it along with the ignition lock to a locksmith. That way you can make sure it is the same key. Even without a number the locksmith can make a key. If the cylinder pins are removable, he can make the key based on the pin lengths. If not, it can be made by the impression method. This is a little hard on the lock, but it works. If you do not have the old glove box lock, take your replacement along. He should be able to rekey it so it matches the ignition, door and trunk lock. I've had about a dozen keys made in these ways over the years.
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Yes, you do have to disconnect the exhaust pipe from the manifold. It doesn't have to move far. There should be enough movment with it disconnected only from the manifold. The exhaust hangers will support the pipe with no problem.
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Buicks used a single key setup. Pull the glove box lock and take it to a locksmith. Your ignition key should also lock the doors, glove box and trunk, unless someone changed the ignition lock. Does your ignition key lock anything else? I'm assuming this is a Buick. Other GM cars used a 2 key system in '41. The door and ignitions should be the same, with the other key fitting the trunk and glove box.
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A friend was selling a car, advertised at $1800. A guy came to see the car and was very interested. The friend offered to let the guy test drive it and said he would take $1600. The guy came back from the test drive and ask if he would take $1800. SOLD!
1942 DeSoto trunk light
in Desoto
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sdn 2dr 1075
sdn 4 dr 6463
town sedan 1291
sdn 4dr, 7P 49
S-10C Custom
bus cpe 120
club cpe 2236
conv cpe 489
sdn 2dr 913
sdn 4dr 7974
town sdn 1084
sdn 4dr 7p 79
limo 7P 20