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1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 #3216392
02/26/24 04:25 PM
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Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: bigdad] #3216937
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Not long ago those wheels were worth 🤑

Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: TJP] #3217010
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Those are / were some butt ugly cars

Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: gtx6970] #3217081
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Originally Posted by gtx6970
Those are / were some butt ugly cars


I agree. Even chopping it, channeling it and other mods couldn't make it any better.


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Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: 67vertman] #3217106
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I had a 46 Sedan , it was cool .. no pics on this computer but, post some later .. it looked neat , went to Italy the place shaped like a boot


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Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: bigdad] #3217129
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de so low 440 , 727

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Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: bigdad] #3217147
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Originally Posted by bigdad
de so low 440 , 727


The roof-line and side windows are much nicer than the OP. wave


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Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: 67vertman] #3217154
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The coupe could be made to look good, little altitude and attitude would help.


The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: bigdad] #3217161
02/29/24 09:31 PM
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Sedan or coupe, I'd take either one, but I prefer the coupe a little over the sedan. I've always liked the '47/'48 years, whether it be a DeSoto, Dodge, or Plymouth.

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Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: bigdad] #3217239
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The 3-window coupes of that era are wild,the decklid looks an is a mile long.

Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: RTSrunner] #3217244
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Business coupe, lots of them had no back seat. and they had built in shelfs in back and they often had a place for a guy to stick his legs thru and sleep along the road.

Many moons ago, the Watkins man and Fuller brush man would stop at our farm and sell things .. both of those guys drove old business coupes.


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Re: 1948 DeSoto Coupe Iowa $3750 [Re: bigdad] #3218643
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In the 48 Plymouth line up, the body of the OP would have been a club coupe and would have had a back seat. The Plymouth business coupe didn't have the belt line around the rear of the roof so the transition from the roof to the trunk was much more smooth, but was still a 5 window coupe with a 6' long trunk. The 3 window Dodge and Desoto business coupes had the short passenger compartment (ended behind the front seat) and the long trunk lid that looked to be a mile long.

I prefer the Plymouth 5 window business coupe.







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