1956 DESOTO FIREDOME, IT HAS A HEMI

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BY '56, DESOTO DITCHED THEIR "TOOTHY" GRILL AND REPLACED IT WITH A MESH GRILLE. BUT TO PROMOTE SALES AND SPEED, PLANTED A V-8 330 CID HEMI THAT PUSHED 230 HP. ( THE NEXT MODEL UP, FIREFLITE, HAD A HEMI WITH 255 HP ). AN UNUSUAL OPTION INTRODUCED TO DESOTO THIS YEAR IS THE HIGHWAY HI-FI RECORD PLAYER WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO PLAY RECORDS EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS MOVING SOMETIMES OVER BUMPY PAVEMENT. THESE HI-FI PLAYERS HAD SPECIAL 7 INCH RECORDS THAT ROTATED AT 16 2/3 RPM. TWO TONE PAINT JOBS WERE STILL VERY POPULAR WITH ALL CAR MAKES AND THIS DESOTO IS NO EXCEPTION WITH IT'S SAGE GREEN AND LIGHT AQUA FINISH. DESOTO STILL HAS THE PUSH BUTTON SELECTOR FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. PUSH BUTTONS ARE TO THE LEFT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE LEVEL FENDER FINS STOP AT STACKED TAIL LIGHTS WITH THE BACK-UP LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. DESOTO MADE 44909 FOUR DOOR FIREDOME SEDANS THIS YEAR WITH A SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE OF $2678. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL SUVIVOR IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR VIEWING THIS FIFTYSIX DESOTO.

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Car, show, 21, 015

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