Customs 1960 De Soto Interior Questions

I have a chance to pick up a 1960 DeSoto four door which I believe is an Adventurer?

It has buckets in the front with a small jump type seat in the middle. Was this a trim option? All the pics I can find on the net are of a bench seat with a taller driver side than p***enger side but it's a full seat.

This car is mostly complete just missing the radiator. I can buy it pretty cheap but the driver tail light is busted and probably hard to find. It would make great fodder for a custom.

Any help is appreciated and pics are better!

Thanks HAMB.

 

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Get it. If its reasonable then you can flip it of fix it. The taillight issue is manageable or customizable. But, only if ya got it.

 

I have no idea on the interior but it's always cool being the only one in town.

 

From your description it sounds like it has the swivel seat option. When a front door was opened the seat would swivel out for ease of entry... you get in and rotate the seat in and shut the door.

Adventurer's had a unique taillight with three little chrome fins. I think the cheaper Fireflite used the same taillight as the '60 Chrysler.

 

Some of them had swing out seats, the set up you mention might be them. When you relaease a catch, the seat swiveled out to great you then swivelrd back in, or visa versa upon debarkation.

http://images.google.com/imgres?img.../images?q=desoto+swivel+seats&hl=en&sa=N&um=1

 

The swivel seats look a lot like the standard bench seats. If it looks like a more traditional bucket, it was probably added later. As for the tail lights...Fireflite and Adventurer used the same light and '60 Chrysler tail lights are a bit different, but fit without any mods. New '60 DeSoto Tail lights are being made by a guy in Australia.

So...did you buy the car? If not, let us know about it, I love '60 DeSotos.

 

The 60 Desoto tail lights are just a bit wider than the Chrysler at the base. They will interchange, but the base on the body is different. I miss mine.-MIKE

 

The tail light lenses are also now made in Sweden. The guy in Australia has given people a LOT of grief with their orders. Equal quality in Sweden and far quicker service. I would never order from the Aussie again personally.