1947 DeSoto Custom
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A little classier than the '48 Dodge I drove for a couple years! Suicide doors, fluid drive and a big sun visor.Jun 24, 2021 07:23:54 #
KTJohnson wrote:
Six cyl., Flathead
Nice shots. I love the forward-opening back door. Wish that would come back. Much easier to get in and out.
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Very nice. I remember when those cars were a common sight on the street. A neighbor had a woody version.
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BushDog
Loc: San Antonio, TX
When I was born, my family had a 1946 version. It wasn’t a pretty blue like this one. When I was two years old, my brother and I were in the back seat one night while we were on Highway 90 (now IH-10) when I must have been fiddling with the door handle. The door caught the wind and flung me out at around 55 mph. Frightful night for my family who had to come back looking for me. They found me in the ditch, crying for a bandaid.
Jun 24, 2021 09:32:28 #
rmm0605 wrote:
Nice shots. I love the forward-opening back door. Wish that would come back. Much easier to get in and out.
Once a door was slightly ajar and the passenger opened it to slam it shut. No damage or injury, but quite a surprise!
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Xinloi6870 wrote:
Great pictures of a beautiful car. I didn’t know they had “suicide” doors.
Many cars in that era had suicide doors. I wish they had none. As a child I succeeded in opening a car's back suicide door and made a quick exit from the vehicle. Fortunately we were not traveling very fast, maybe 15 mph or less and my injuries were minor and without lasting effects, other than learning and remembering to not open the door of a moving vehicle.
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