For Sale: 1957 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman Hardtop - "rare Exner designed Mopar" - Florence, SC - Not Mine

[6T-FinSeeker]

For sale on Facebook: 1957 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman 2-door Hardtop in Florence, SC  -  $29,900  -  Must be a member of Facebook to access Seller's contact information.

 

Link: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1208441716347394/1957-DeSoto-Firedome-Sportsman

 

Seller's Description:

1957 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman 2-door Hardtop

• Driven 999,999 miles
• Automatic transmission
• Exterior color: Green · Interior color: Green

Very rare Exner designed Mopar. 341 ci 4v. Push button automatic Interior redone in new old stock fabrics.

 

 

 

 

 

[6T-FinSeeker]

 

[Gearheadengineer]

Nice!  I love the white accents on the green. Not normally a fan of skirts but the trim and two tone section really makes this one work for me. Very cool car. I think the price is too high, but I always think that. 

[TerryB]

Dual headlights for a 1957 model is unusual as not every state allowed them in 1957.  Nice looking car but no mention of its running condition.  I too think it’s on the high side of the price range.

[Brooklyn Beer]

Did not know that about dual headlights.  Might just be me there seems to be something off with the tire size?  The skirts make this into a land barge (Like it needed much help) but something about the tires could even add more to that look.   Color is nice. Different.  But I just see something distracting in the tire department. I just see early 1960's cruising written all over this look like with American Graffiti but it is missing something I can't place 

[6T-FinSeeker]

3 hours ago, Brooklyn Beer said:

Did not know that about dual headlights.  Might just be me there seems to be something off with the tire size?  The skirts make this into a land barge (Like it needed much help) but something about the tires could even add more to that look.   Color is nice. Different.  But I just see something distracting in the tire department. I just see early 1960's cruising written all over this look like with American Graffiti but it is missing something I can't place 

The skirts give the car a very different look as opposed to without skirts. (Pictures from the internet):

Skirts and dual antennas give it more of a "crusier" look, IMO.  Also, I don't know if the narrow whitewalls are correct.

 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2021 by 6T-FinSeeker (see edit history)

[George Smolinski]

1 hour ago, 6T-FinSeeker said:

The skirts give the car a very different look as opposed to without skirts. (Pictures from the internet):

Skirts and dual antennas give it more of a "crusier" look, IMO.  Also, I don't know if the narrow whitewalls are correct.

 

 

 

Yes, the skirts do give the car a very different look, it’s called fugly. I like the car in these photos better. No skirts and a much better color combination.

[B Jake Moran]

I prefer no skirts.  Generally, not a fan of skirts or Continental kits on older cars. 

[58L-Y8]

Trust Exner's design savvy: these Mopars were not designed to wear skirts.   The sculpted wheel-well flairs are there to emphasize the open wheel-well feature; fender skirts only draw the eye to an incongruous pairing.  

[Dosmo]

Exner was doing some great design work during these years.  Unfortunately, his designs started trending in the opposite direction as the 1961 model year approached.  Actually, I like the '61s and the plucked chicken '62s, but these '57s were just great.  The Mopars of this era may not have had the greatest build quality, but their designs - my opinion only - were far ahead of the offerings from GM & Ford.

[gofasttoday]

The tires look like small radial rather than bias ply witch would be larger in diameter