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Solved - MJW #728 - Kieft DeSoto V8 Fire-Dome 1954
« on: December 10, 2011, 11:50:02 AM »
In the middle of construction - what is the make, engine and year of this car?
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Re: MJW #728
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2011, 12:58:08 PM »
Moving up a level

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Re: MJW #728
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2011, 02:16:05 AM »
Time to move up again

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Re: MJW #728
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2011, 03:05:40 AM »
Kieft Desoto V8 from 1954.

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Re: MJW #728
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2011, 04:09:03 AM »
Kieft Desoto V8 from 1954.
That's the car although the caption to the photo says it's fitted with a Chrysler V8.
Another point for you.

The photo with the caption -

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Re: Solved - MJW #728 - Kieft V8 DeSoto (Chrysler?) 1954
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2011, 04:39:32 AM »
Yep - "Fire Dome" was DeSoto's hemi V8, introduced in 1952 in a new DeSoto model by the same name. You might remember this young lady from another thread in AutoPuzzles:
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Re: Solved - MJW #728 - Kieft DeSoto V8 Fire-Dome 1954
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2011, 05:21:48 AM »
Thanks Otto - yes I remember the young lady!