1934 Desoto Airflow

[Veemoney]

Today an old friend called to go look at some old cars. He called last week, and I was busy on the roof I and asked that we pick a colder day for such an activity. He has the ich to buy a 1936 Plymouth coupe like one he had when he was younger. I say an old friend on two accounts. He will make 90 years young in two months and I've had the pleasure of knowing this like-minded energetic individual for some time. 

 

He picked me up and our first stop was "The Last Detail" shop a short drive away in North Chicago, IL. This shop was very impressive and had some of the nicest quality cars I've seen in a while. The only car I took a picture of today from the two places we went is the 1934 DeSoto Series SE Airflow. It presented so well and since I never seen one let alone this up close and personal I had to take a picture (These pictures are from their website) Collector and Classic Cars For Sale Chicago | Used Luxury Cars Chicago | Best Collector Cars Chicago. They of over 100 pictures of each car on the site and pictures don't do this one justice. The young man that showed us around and answered questions said they have a website with many pictures of all the cars as well so I will include it for those that enjoy looking at cars on cold days in the house. The second shop was "Northshore Classics" in Mundelein, IL. which had a really nice selection of cars of varied degrees of condition and detail normal to what you see at most classic car shows but I was ruined after our first stop. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[plymouthcranbrook]

I have driven by The Last Detail shop many times but knew it would not be a good idea to stop. Flat wallet syndrome. Nice to see the Chrysler pics. Airflows are one of the few preWWII cars I really like.

[Veemoney]

2 hours ago, plymouthcranbrook said:

I have driven by The Last Detail shop many times

Same here, all these years and never stopped till today. Nice way to kill some time.

[hi_volt]

That Airflow is a magnificent car!  I've always loved how these cars looked, and they were way ahead of their time.

[desoto1939]

in 1934 Desoto only made the airflow model. They did not have the airstream model which was a return back to the old style square bodied cars.  The Coupe is also very rare.

 

Few of these cars are known to exist.

 

Rich Hartung

Desoto1939@aol.com

[Veemoney]

The price was marked $147,500 If anyone has some spare change. I must of missed this model through the years and when I looked at the detail and options it wow'd me. 

 

 

 

 

[andyd]

Always liked Airflows, quite rare here in Oz, tho' when I lived in Springwood in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney in the 1980's, early 1990's there was an old guy in the neighbourhood who had a Chrysler Airflow 4dr sedan he drove around & after checking out the car one day in town we struck up a conversation, he invited me to call around to his place which I did & in his backyard under cover was his next project, an unrestored 1934 Chrysler Imperial 2door Coupe..........just like the 1934 DeSoto pictured but much longer......lol..........we moved from that area to where we live now soon after & I've heard that the old guy passed but that Imperial Airflow still remains in my memory, hopefully getting the attention it deserved........beautiful cars........andyd 

[Merle Coggins]

Aren't many of the vehicles at the Volo Car Museum also for sale too? I've been through that place a couple of times. 

[Veemoney]

49 minutes ago, Merle Coggins said:

Aren't many of the vehicles at the Volo Car Museum also for sale too? I've been through that place a couple of times. 

Merle,

I've never been there but have heard Volo does sell some of their cars and also take some in for sale on consignment. I mentioned Volo to my friend when he called to go look at cars and he picked our 2 stops.  

[soth122003]

17 hours ago, Veemoney said:

The price was marked $147,500 If anyone has some spare change. I must of missed this model through the years and when I looked at the detail and options it wow'd me. 

Let me just mortgage my house and soul. I might be able to swing it then. LOL Though the Airflow is awesome, I'm more partial to the convertable coupe pictured.

 

Joe Lee

[Veemoney]

Joe, I'm not ready to laydown that kind of cash either. I don't usually like convertibles as much as coupes but that 1960 Austin Healy caught my eye as well. Nice color scheme for paint and interior, just immaculately done.

[Booger]

Airflow. Maybe my favourite of all time. Saw the Airflow club years ago make a car club parade. 11 of them. took my breath away. 

[Veemoney]

12 hours ago, Booger said:

Saw the Airflow club years ago make a car club parade. 11 of them. took my breath away. 

I bet that would be a sight, seeing 11 in a parade right after the Shriners riding past on their tiny scooters😁.

[Bob Riding]

My buddy and I have been working on getting his Peugeot woodie ready for the National Woodie Club event being held this year in July in Santa Barbara. I would be driving my Plymouth woodie to the event, but I will be trailering his wagon, which has never been shown before. The 1948 Peugeot 202 U (Utility) was directly copied from the 1934 Airflow. Peugeot engineers visited Chrysler's engineering team in 1934 to get permission and design ideas. As you can see, they saved $ by putting the headlights behind the grill! As far as we know, my friend's wagon is the only one of it's kind in the US. And you thought finding Plymouth parts was hard!

[soth122003]

Sweet ride Bob. Does it have hubcaps for it. I think that would really set it off.

 

Joe Lee

[Dan Hiebert]

I can appreciate the Airflows, but they don't really blow my skirt up.  As nice as it is, that coupe looks too much like a classic VW Beetle.  I know that's putting the cart before the horse, but that's my frame of reference.  They just don't have what I consider that pre-war pizzaz.

[Veemoney]

5 hours ago, Dan Hiebert said:

I can appreciate the Airflows, but they don't really blow my skirt up.  As nice as it is, that coupe looks too much like a classic VW Beetle.

Normally I would not be drawn to this type of car as well. Something about the color with the silver pearl in it and the tan leather interior with all the stock chrome and accessories got my attention. Had it been red I might have walked past it.

[Bob Riding]

8 hours ago, soth122003 said:

Sweet ride Bob. Does it have hubcaps for it. I think that would really set it off.

 

Joe Lee

Hey Joe.

I thought so too until I saw the original owner's manual - the woodies only had the center grease caps- no need to "fancy" things up with extra flash like a hubcap, after all it's a utilitarian vehicle meant for work- not a soccer mom wagon!! My friend wants to keep it stock.

[Dan Hiebert]

Saw a similar Peugeot sedan on the Smithsonian channel last night on the "D-day to Berlin" program.  Pressed into service with the German army - the headlights behind the grill were a dead giveaway.  One of those "Hey, I know what that is!" moments thanks solely to Bob's post.