Guest dansin1923 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Greetings!We just acquired a 1951 Desoto 4 Door Custom. As we are just now starting to lift the hood, kick the tires, and dig into the details, and as we do we are generating questions. It appears as if the car has been repainted a non-original color. It is a pale grey, but the inside of the trunk has some metalic blue. The upholstry is destroyed, but i was some form of blue, with the brown wood grain look metal dash. I have the color trim body tag, with the original codes, but I'm having trouble finding out their meanings. I saw in this forum that someone else had posted their tag and got their details, so I guess that is my first question.Thanks in advance.Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Your original color was Platinum Gray.See the link below. Also in the 40's and possibly early 50's Chrysler used the same color Grey-green inside all trunks, no matter what he exterior color was.AutoColorLibrary - Color Chip Selection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 We would love to see photos of the whole car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dansin1923 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thank you for the replies. Here are a couple of shots we took the day it was delivered to us. I'm sure I'll have more questions soon enough.'51 Desoto - a set on FlickrA couple of quick notes:-the speedo does not work, it was disconnected inside the dash, I had hoped that simpy screwing it back was going to fix that, but alas...-Desoto's head will light up on the hood soon; somewhere along the line, someone tried to wire it and got the ground backward. I tried to dig into the switch to get it wired correctly, but ran out of time-the car runs solid, shifts pretty good, stops on a dime-unfortunately, we are just about out of season here in Michigan...Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thats a nice original DeSoto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 VERY nice car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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