Thread: Car/Grill ID?

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Hey, I found this ol' car out in a dry lake bed just outside of Baker Calif. and was wondering if anyone knows what it is. Desoto, Hudson,,,,?? The body is shot up and not much left but the grill is in great shape so I did like any good car nut would do and pulled the grill out of it.

Appreciate any help. Is this grill worth keeping?

Larry M.

Larry,
It's got to be a DeSoto. The Merc guys would kill for that.
Ron

1951 Desoto

http://carnut.com/cgi-bin/mopar.pl?/...all/all254.jpg

Amazing that the grille looks that good with the rest of the car being that bad

Probably a $500 grill

Larry not only is the grill in great condition, but the photo of the car in the dry ground is great too! Good score!

It's hard to believe that DeSoto grille wasn't harvested a long time ago from the looks of the rest of the car. Great find.

Tom

That grill will fetch a lot more than 5 bills, when i had my merc i looked for a grill like that and the cheapest i ran across was $750 and it was no where near as good as that! you can fetch 1-2 hundred a tooth.

Thanks again guys. There is no center supports going from one tooth to another like there is in the '54-'55 pics, each tooth is independent of the other.

If I were to sell these, where would be a good place, Ebay??

Thanks,
Larry M.

Originally Posted by Larry M

Thanks again guys. There is no center supports going from one tooth to another like there is in the '54-'55 pics, each tooth is independent of the other.

If I were to sell these, where would be a good place, Ebay??

Thanks,
Larry M.

Maybe here with this other guy........

http://forum.olskoolrodz.com/showthread.php?t=47616

All them teeth sure would look good in one of my Mercs, Larry!!!! and no, I'm not too proud to accept charity!!!!!!

You ought to really think about what this grill is worth, the grill linked to on the Old Skool Rods site is a good example. That one is I am sure worth the $500 asking price, but when compared to the pictures of yours it just not in the same class. Yours appears to be almost pit free and worth ever cent of $200 a tooth "AT LEAST".

Here's a couple of pictures of the early Desoto grill like yours being used in Customs. The one picture of the coupe its the car in the background.

Thanks T42, might try them.

Dave I'll let ya know if they don't sell. My wife gives me a short garage storage time on old car parts.

Thanks Hombre259, that looks sharp in those chevys.

I was at the 2009 Sacramento Autorama and they had a large collection of lead sleds with the Desoto grill , here's a pic of a couple of them.
Larry M

See how nice they look in a Merc, Larry???????

It sure does look purdy tucked in there.
Larry M.