Chassis No.
64024599
| Munke Bjergby, Denmark
1955 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman Two-Door Hardtop
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€25,000 EUR | Sold
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- Single ownership since approximately 1990, in the collection of a well-known Swedish collector
- Very well preserved, with impressive attention to detail throughout, including in the engine bay, having benefitted from a concours-quality restoration completed in 1995
- Won multiple Power Meet awards in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland
- On display for the past 15 years in the Engine and Nostalgia Museum in Grängesberg, Sweden, where it was regularly started up
- Finished in factory-correct two-tone Dolphin Blue and Surf White over a blue interior
- First year for the wraparound windshield and lower, longer, wider body
- Powered by a 291 cu.-in. V-8 engine paired with a PowerFlite automatic transmission
- Equipped from the factory with power steering, power brakes, Oriflow shock absorbers, push-button radio, electric clock, and adjustable-speed electric windshield wipers
- Rides on wide whitewall tires mounted to steel wheels with full covers
- Includes full-size spare, period shop manual, marketing brochure, magazine articles, and award trophies
