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The Adventurer was the top-trim car from car maker
DeSoto from 1956 until 1960. It started as a hardtop
coupe, but a convertible was introduced in 1957
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the four door hardtop and sedan were sold in 1960. |
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The Adventurer started out as a sub-series of the
DeSoto Fireflight. It only came with one color option:
a gold, black, and white combination.
With a hi-output V8 and dual exhaust, it was one
of the quicker cars of its time, and served as the
Indy 500 pace car in its first year. Almost 1,000
of these cars were sold in its first year. The design
was changed a little in 1957 and the engine was now
a 345 horsepower Chrysler high output V8. Not much
was changed for 1958, although a throttle-body fuel
injection system was introduced. Sales were way down
due to a recession. The car was restyled again in
1959, and it included a 350 bhp 383 V8 engine. There
was no convertible available for 1960, and the entire
DeSote line was dropped following the 1961 model
year. You can still find these cars for sale if you
look hard enough. They are often listen on eBay,
and they usually sell there for much lower than they
would in a Hemmings type classified ad catalog. |
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