For Fan Car Friday this week we bring you John and his not quite finished 1956 DeSoto Firedome.  Fan Car Friday is a segment where we want to share with the world the automobiles that our fans have. We have absolutely no affiliation/relationship with the cars, the build or the owners. This post was made with written consent from the owner.

“My 1956 DeSoto Firedome has to be fun!!! Bought it from original owner 32 years ago, and it been sitting in the garage most of those years as you see it. Everyone is like “Why don’t you finish it, or why don’t you just sell it?” Well I do sneak it out around the neighborhood on occasion and it doesn’t pay any rent. Actually I need to adjust the panels, sand, primer, sand-sand-sand, paint and try to remember where everything goes since I stripped over 30 years ago. Life gets in the way, kids, school trips, college and more college and more college, golf, then the arthritis got too bad. Four knee replacements, one shoulder, wrist, and now ankles need fused and spinal surgery to come. Every Spring I say it gets done this Spring, AND it gets done this Spring right after surgery… Nope, I work on it for a couple hours here and there, rest and a couple more hours, but I’m not getting rid of it. Anyone who would like to help sand will be appreciated ??
It has to be fun, why else would it be in the family for 32 years.”

The DeSoto Firedome was a full-size automobile produced between 1952 to 1959 by DeSoto automobiles, a division of the Chrysler Corporation. Introduced as DeSoto’s premium line of vehicles in 1953 and 1954, the Firedome also occupied the least expensive position in the model lineup during 1955 and 1956 model years before it was reclassified as a mid-range vehicle offered by DeSoto between 1957 and 1959.

In 1955, Chrysler dropped its 6-cylinder DeSoto Powermaster series and added the topline Fireflite series, pushing the Firedome down to entry level status. Still, the Firedome was not a cheap offering, retaining its V8 engine, but increasing the 276 c.i. displacement to 291 c.i. with a larger bore,a power boost to 185 horsepower, and coming with a host of features and interior upgrades that were lacking in the Powermaster series. While Powerflite 2-speed automatics were advertised as optional transmission equipment on the Firedome, officially the car was also offered with a 3-speed manual as standard equipment, although few were produced. In 1956,the Firedome V-8 got still another boost in horsepower, to 230 H.P., an increase of 45 horsepower over the previous year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_Firedome

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