1942 DeSoto Custom Business Coupe original custom

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Uploaded by on Oct 4, 2008

There was only built 120 cars of this model in 1942. This is the only one Custom known today. Now sold to Nurnberg in Germany. Take care of her... i miss her

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  • I LOVE this car! Thanks for demonstrating those hidden headlights...I never saw the actuator before! There's a 42 white convertible in "The Strange Case of Laura Mars" a Hollywood movie of the time..you HAVE to see it...includes a contemporary Chrysler too! :) Jack

  • Never seen it or even heard about it! Have too look for it -thank you. I have a friend in Seattle who has a conv -42 DeSoto.

    Take care

    Ola

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  • @wiggums1 even into the 1970s cars were made with a mechanical lever to pop the lights up.....like the Opal GT

  • wow....the front looks like a halloween skull face

  • I always wondered how the headlight covers opened.. I thought it was electric! Wonderful video, thanks! :)

  • What a beauty of car!! I LOVE DeSotos! This particular model, with the hidden front lights is SO elegant!! Thank you for this video.

  • @thedavidjoss46 Very true! Not many around, though! :) Jack

  • @raconter1 WHAT A RAT ROD THIS COULD BE . LOL

  • A beautiful and rare car. Too many old cars are being butchered into so called street rods and low riders. I hope this one stays original to preserve it's rare historical significance which these days seems to mean very little.

  • The hidden headlights really make the car fantastic. I would have put vertical tail lights on back and gone all the way with a continental kit!!! and painted the car cream/tan metallic!

  • I just bought a 42 buis coup it is being delivered thursday . Barn find parked in 1957 i am the third owner. minor dents paint poor . i ordered brake kits and hoses also tuneup parts ill be buisy for a while. winter611

  • Enjoy your fat pension and benefits package you'd never get for polishing chrome in the private sector!

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