Item Info
Item No: arcd05588
Title: Chrysler De Soto Adventurer concept car: 1953
Media Type:
Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes: De Soto Division, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Mich. The Desoto Adventurer, newest member of Chrysler Corporation's family of experimental "idea" cars, will be displayed for the first time November 12 (1953) at a national press showing of new 1954 model cars at the Company's general offices in Detroit. The Adventurer, a four-passenger sports coupe, was conceived and designed in Chrysler's styling studios in Detroit. The body, built on a modified Desoto chassis, was hand-crafted by Ghia of Turin, Italy. Car has a wheelbase of 111 inches, is only 53 inches high and is powered by the 170-horsepower Desoto FireDome V-8 engine.
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