1959 De Soto Firesweep
1959 De Soto Firesweep in Mystery Date, Movie, 1991
Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
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Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2007-12-28 06:37 |
1959 De Soto Firesweep according to dialogue![[Image: capture2bjwo2.2712.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is502/capture2bjwo2.2712.jpg) ![[Image: capture2cfm3.3383.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is502/capture2cfm3.3383.jpg) ![[Image: capture2lio0.4148.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is502/capture2lio0.4148.jpg) ![[Image: capture2hns7.th.jpg]](http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture2hns7.jpg "http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5316/capture2hns7.th.jpg") ![[Image: capture2htli9.th.jpg]](http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture2htli9.jpg "http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8338/capture2htli9.th.jpg") ![[Image: capture2imqj3.th.jpg]](http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture2imqj3.jpg "http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5201/capture2imqj3.th.jpg") ![[Image: capture2ixp7.th.jpg]](http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture2ixp7.jpg "http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5076/capture2ixp7.th.jpg") ![[Image: capture2iujv6.3969.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is502/capture2iujv6.3969.jpg) "Firesweep" badge on glovebox ![[Image: capture2fout6.th.jpg]](http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture2fout6.jpg "http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7667/capture2fout6.th.jpg") ![[Image: capture2fnxf8.337.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is502/capture2fnxf8.337.jpg) "push-button transmission" ![[Image: capture2fpushbuttontransw2.th.jpg]](http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture2fpushbuttontransw2.jpg "http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8580/capture2fpushbuttontransw2.th.jpg") -- Last edit: 2007-12-28 21:37:33 |
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◊ 2007-12-28 06:58 |
I don't have my book handy, but per your comment, it would be a MS1-L41-415, 1 of 596. She's quite the stunner! -- Last edit: 2007-12-28 07:00:33 |
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◊ 2007-12-28 07:06 |
Hang on a sec, I think we caught a break on this Rock Hudson classic: /vehicle.php?id=97427 Did Firesweeps have any model badges? The Pillow Talk convertible clearly has them. |
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◊ 2007-12-28 21:39 |
It kind of ticked me off that they felt the need to damage this beauty...![[Image: capture2vql9.4325.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is502/capture2vql9.4325.jpg) |
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◊ 2007-12-29 01:47 |
Agreed. I saw this movie when I was about 9 and winced even then. Luckily, the damage was pretty much confined to a bullet hole and hammer dents in the trunklid and smashed out taillights on the passenger's side. |
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◊ 2007-12-29 08:34 |
One of the thumbnails shows an Alpine tape deck. |
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◊ 2015-10-18 08:20 |
According to a claim by a poster on the Chrysler Forward Look website (who apparently supplied some parts to the production), two DeSotos were used in this movie: One genuine 1959 Firesweep convertible (which was pampered) and one 2-door hardtop with the roof cut off, which was not. Although the latter had some damage, it basically survived the production, and was given a top mechanism and fully made into a convertible by a subsequent owner. |
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◊ 2019-02-01 05:06 |
Reviving a zombie thread... I owned what was supposedly the converted car from early 1993 to 1998. When I bought it, I did ask about the bullet hole and the broken tail lights. I was told that was all "movie magic" and when I got the car it was all intact. There was still red paint on the front bumper from where it hit the barricade in the last scene it was in. I loaned that car and a '60 Imperial coupe to the production of "Prefontane".(Not sure about the spelling; it was over 20 years ago...) The person who ended up with the Desoto did start a frame off complete restoration but I hear to this day it is not fully complete. Anyway- That was the story when I bought it, though I didn't care about the movie thing, I just wanted an 59-61 Mopar with a top that went down as I had missed by hours a 61 Newport ragtop... |
