This week for Fan Car Friday  we bring you Mark and his customized ’30 DeSoto CK Six.  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.

“Here are a few pic’s of my car. It is a 1930 DeSoto CK Six. Well that was the body style. I bought it at a estate sale. I had the 327 rebuilt. Chrome Tri Power Rochester carb’s on a high polished manifold with a mild cam. It puts out 350 hp. With mild braking on the dyno machine. I put a lot of up grade on this car and have been winning some local car club shows. And one more thing. The dash was signed by Big daddy Don him self. I have tried to contact Mr. Garlits before he pasted away to verify that he really signed the dash of the car with no luck. Well that’s my story.“

The DeSoto K series ran unaltered through July 1929, then continued for another six months as a “first-series” 1930. In January of that year it gained an eight-cylinder stablemate, the Model CF.

Most U.S. automakers in the late Twenties offered two series each model year. The first typically bowed in July of the previous calendar year and ran through December. A second series, sometimes all but indistinguishable from the first, was then trotted out for sale through the following July. DeSoto held to this custom.

A straight eight was the engine of choice for medium-priced cars in 1929-1930. The CF got a 70-bhp 207.7-cid engine and a new 114-inch wheelbase for a seven-model lineup offering all K-model body styles, plus a rumble-seat convertible coupe. It was also sold as a bare chassis for commercial applications and, perhaps, the occasional coachbuilder. Priced at $965-$1,075, the CF undercut ostensible rivals such as Graham, whose cheapest eight sold for $1,445, but clashed directly with Hudson ($885-$1,295).

It also had to contend with the first eight-cylinder Dodge, introduced at almost the same time. Designated DC, this rode the same wheelbase as the CF, but offered five more horsepower from a 220.7-cid version of the same basic sidevalve design (an extra quarter-inch of stroke made the difference). Despite being pitched slightly upmarket of DeSoto at $1,095-$1,145, the Dodge DC modestly outsold the CF with production of more than 23,000 units.

A new six-cylinder DeSoto CK appeared at the end of May 1930. Wheel­base was slightly shorter at 109 inches, a dimension not coincidentally shared with the Model DD Dodge. So was a 60-bhp 189.8-cid engine. At $810-$945, the CK, called “Finer Six,” was slightly cheaper than the DD, but most body styles overlapped and styling was similar. Even so, Dodge soundly won this sales race too, by a margin of three-to-one.

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1929-1933-desoto2.htm

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