Lee Exline

I imported both the Desoto and a Plymouth at the same time but have since sold the Plymouth. Needless to say the stick out like a sore thumb here in middle America!

I think I have that brochure in my collection? If not someone was nice enough to scan thiers for me and email it my direction. That is the front of the brochure!

All UTEs are very uncommon over here in the states! I would love to get more pictures of the other Desoto UTE if you ever drive by it again? If you look behind the 39 Plymouth there is a 39 coupe with the same three window body style. I would love to have a 39 also since the three window coupe style roof is shaped like the top of a bubble it just stands out!

It's a 1941 Desoto standard UTE for use by the Australian army I Ran across this and wish I could afford it but I need to concentrate on getting my 1956 Desoto UTE restored so I won't be buying it! The ebay OZ auction This may be the only one left? and it looks like they used the same body as the used on the Plymouth (but note the single piece windshield) I would guess the body is by TJ Richards? Of course these were only made in Australia! For those of you that may not be familiar with UTEs they were an Australian hybred car truck that was on the market long before we got the El camino or ranchero here in the states. Here is the 1940 Plymouth brochure And here is my 1956 desoto

here is the 40 Plymouth brochure showing the deluxe cab with quarter windows (Army would have gotten the standard cab) but the image shows a split windshield? and the 39 used a split window?

Ran across this and wish I could afford it but I need to concentrate on getting my 1956 Desoto UTE restored so I won't be buying it! The ebay OZ auction This may be the only one left? and it looks like they used the same body as the used on the Plymouth (note the single piece windshield) I would guess the body is by TJ Richards? Of course these were only made in Australia!

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The guy finally sent me some photos. Obviously a barn find! Can't tell much since it is packed in so tight and covered in dust. I shrunk the images 75% to get them smaller for posting. If anyone is interested I can forward the larger images to them. I do not know the guy selling it, just trying to get the car to a home that will care for it?

http://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/918155774.html I found this in my local Craigslist and thought that someone here might be interested!

I ran across this on my local Craigslist and thought someone here might be interested? Looks decent? It is very close to me so if someone wanted me to do an inspection, I can! http://desmoines.craigslist.org/pts/926703061.html

Not just trucks! There are lots of variables. Here is mine! It was made in Australia. Passenger car based truck!

Would it say Chrysler Detroit if it was made in Canada? I would not think so but you never know?

Here is a picture! I have asked for more including the bed and tailgate since the bed looks like it was replaced? Note the right hand drive and Desoto hubcaps.

I recieved this picture from a collector in Africa that found the truck in the middle of the karoo desert in So. Africa. And is working on getting it running again. Since this is a Detroit built model it would have been built on the Dodge assembly line and would have the same model series numbers as the Dodge trucks. I have asked for pictures of the truck and will post them when I get them. I am sure some of you guys will be able to decifer this vin plate without any book help and my garage is darned cold right now! The S on the begining is probably the Desoto series ID?

These are local to me but I am not in need of another project. One has a title the other does not. Both need work but I figured if anybody would possibly want these they would be on this forum. I called the guy tonight an he said he still had them and wanted $900 for both Craiglist lsting This is what I call barn fresh!

It looks like a Portugese version they had some really different bodies? It is not an Australian market! I suppose it could be a later modified body that came out as a standard cab and was then extended? Look at the rough areas of the rear cab area. Where did it come from?

Just a heads up in case some one here could use one? 1946-48 Dodge http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217598964 1949 Dodge http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217596617 1951-52 Dodge http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217596319 1949-50 Plymouth http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217597307 1949-50 Desoto http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217597918 1951-53 Desoto http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217596072 Sorry guys if you are looking for something else this is all I have for Mopar other than the truck ones!

I have a couple NOS Dodge / Fargo speedometer glass lenses listed on the bay. 1948-52 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217598341 and 1953-55 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290217598608 Gotta spare yet?

Nope just sold it yesterday. The guy had been trying to get over here for a month but the weather did not cooperate. It started right up and we took it for a spin around the block while he struggled a little to find the rear view mirrors and was trying to use the shifter for turn signals. When we got home he said I gotta have it! He drove it up on the trailer and I had to jack it up so he could ge the door open to climb out. He said when he got home he unloaded it in the street in front of his house and slid off into the ditch while going up his driveway on the ice that had formed from the thawing snow of the day. He said it did not get damaged and that he would get it towed out today. I look forward to him showing up with it at some of the meets I am attending with my Desoto.

I hated to do it but today I sold my 1956 Plymouth UTE. Here it is loaded up on the new owners trailer going to it's new home in Davenport Iowa. The guy owns two 1954 Plymouth coupes so this one will fit right into his collection. This was the first time the tires had ever seen snow! It still has the original 1956 Olympic 6-ply 16" Tyres on it since the car only has a little over 20K miles on it. But that gives me the money I need to work on my other UTE. The Desoto is the real keeper since it is the only one known in the states and one of only 275 made ( the Plymouth was one of 3 here and 505 were made)

It's a 97! Yes I am very worried they will total it since I can not replace it for what the book value is. also the trailer hitch is pointing ath the ground and that is not a good sign. I have had the truck since 99 so I like the old workhourse too. I did not get to see the damage to the other guys car but it could not have been good since I still had my reciever hitch in place. It is a ratcheting seat and I am well over 300lbs so that is where it gave way and at 6'6" the headrest just does not go high enough to support my head properly. I also just gave myself a nice new haircut tonight since I kept finding tiny chunks of glass in my scalp I am sure I will gets pains in muscles I forgot I had in the next few days also.

Here are some pictures of my truck after the wreck today on the way into work. The car that hit me was a Mitsubishi Eclipse and since he was slamming on his brakes he was going only approx. 45 MPH on impact. I was stopped waiting on traffic at the stop light. He knocked my truck forward and I stuck the back of the vehicle in front of me. The lady in front got out and took a look at her truck, got back in and drove away. She must not of had insurance because there had to be damage to her truck also? When he hit me the seat I was in broke and my head hit the rear window and broke the glass and the base of my skull hit the frame of the rear window. The box was actually pushed forward and hit the cab of the truck and the tailgate will not open now. I got a nice ride downtown in the back of an ambulance and got to spend 5 hours in emergency. I had CAT scans and X-rays but everything appears to be in order. I am getting sore and stiff and taking Vicodin for the pain. The base of my skull is very tender at this point. And there are some small cuts on the back of my head from the glass but nothing needing stitches. Hate to sound like I am bitchin since it could have been worse! If I was not built so tough I could have been paralyzed this morning. It is amazing how much life can change in such a short time! It looks like they may total my truck? Since it is older I will play hell finding a replacement for it for what they are saying it is worth. Since I am 6'6" I need a truck I can fit in and I also need it to have a hitch and a V-8 to be able to tow my old cars. The only positive thing is I have rental insurance and his insurance (Safeco) will have to pay for a rental until I find a replacement? http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/images/wreck/wreck1.jpg http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/images/wreck/wreck2.jpg http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/images/wreck/wreck3.jpg http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/images/wreck/wreck4.jpg http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/images/wreck/wreck5.jpg http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/images/wreck/wreck6.jpg http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/images/wreck/wreck7.jpg

The guy that bought the 33 said in the newspaper article that he can not stand the color and will get it painted black as soon as possible. Here is the article in the Sioux City journal

I took the results and sorted them by model year and here they are. Results of the Binder Desoto collection auction 1929 Rumble Seat Roadster K Series $29,000 1929 4 door Sedan K Series $10,000 1930 8-cylinder 4 door Sedan $8,000 1931 Deluxe rumble Seat Coupe $17,000 1932 2dr Suicide Rumble Seat Coupe $12,500 1933 2dr Suicide Rumble Seat Coupe $35,000 1934 Airflow 4 door Sedan $15,250 1935 Airflow 4 door Sedan $8,000 1936 Airstream 2dr Coupe $13,500 1936 4 door Airflow Sedan $16,500 1937 2dr Business Coupe $8,500 1938 2 Door rumble Seat Convertible $37,500 1939 2dr Business Coupe $6,500 1940 4 Door Custom Sedan $3,000 1941 Custom Club 2dr Coupe (green) $5,600 1941 2dr custom Club Coupe (yellow) $4,800 1942 4dr Deluxe Sedan $3,500 1946 Custom Suburban Long wheel-base 4dr $8,700 1946 Custom 4dr Sedan $1,100 1948 Deluxe Club Coupe $4,400 1949 Deluxe Woody Wagon $57,000 1949 Deluxe Club Coupe $4,500 1950 Custom Convertible Coupe $18,500 1950 Custom Long wheel-base Sedan (parts car) $400 1951 Deluxe Coupe $2,000 1951 Custom Sedan (parts car) $300 1952 Firedome V-8 4dr Sedan HEMI (parts car) $350 1952 Firedome 8 4dr Sedan Hemi Motor $1,500 1952 Custom Sedan $1,200 1953 Firedome- 8 HEMI $14,500 1953 Firedome V-8 HEMI 4dr Sedan $3,000 1954 Firedome 4dr Sedan HEMI $1,000 1954 Firedome 2dr Sportsman 2dr Sedan HEMI $7,000 1955 Fireflite 4dr Sedan HEMI $2,000 1955 Firedome Convertible HEMI $36,000 1956 Fireflite 2dr Hardtop HEMI $13,750 1956 Fireflite 4dr Sedan HEMI $1,000 1956 Fireflite 4dr Sedan HEMI $1,600 1956 Firedome Convertible HEMI $20,500 1956 Adventurer- Indy Pace Car Hubcaps $725 1957 Firesweep 4dr Sedan $5,500 1957 Firesweep 4dr Sedan $4,000 1958 Memphian Ambulance $36,000 1958 Sportsman Firedome 4dr hardtop Sedan $6,500 1959 Firedome 4dr Sedan $4,000 1959 Firedome 4dr Sedan (Parts car) $350 1960 Adventurer 2dr Hard Top $9,000 1960 Adventurer 4dr Sedan parts car $525 1961 2dr Hard Top (low miles but stored poorly) $21,000 Non Desoto cars 1924 Ford Model T Tall 2dr Sedan $5,500 1934 Dodge Brothers 1/2 ton Pickup $24,000 1962 Chrysler Imperial Crown 4dr Hard Top $1,250 1966 Chrysler New Yorker 4dr Hard top $3,900 1968 Chrysler 300 Convertible 440 V-8 $16,000 1977 Chrysler New Yorker 4dr Hard top $1,000 1978 Chrysler New Yorker 4dr Hard top $3,300 1989 Cadillac Brougham 4dr Sedan $1,500 The Desoto Marque also got some good press coverage! This reporter at least asked some good questions! Still got some stuff wrong but better than the other station! Channel 9 coverage from Sioux City This reporter did not ask good questions and got a lot of stuff wrong (I did not plan the auction!) Should have known since the night before they said Chris was still alive! Channel 4 reporters did a bad job all around! And here is the local newspaper article today! http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/10/21/news/local/68a2a62d516454498625737b0014975d.txt

Lots of nice cars will be traveling to new homes tomorrow to be loved again for the first time in many years.