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    1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    That is a glorious throwback to a different time. It's every bit as Art Deco as the Chrysler building itself. Flippin beautiful.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    Wow, that's a beautiful car...it would get attention even at a Woody car show. The Suburban was also built as a taxi and a limo.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    In addition to this great car, there was a beautiful Kaiser Traveler at the event. The amazing variety of truly unique vehicles, the friendliness of the exhibitors, the real "car town" feel of the setting and the true enthusiasm of the organizers combine to make the Orphan Car Show my favorite event to attend all year.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/09/09

    @junkman: That Traveler was flippin' awesome, totally flawless and that old car smell was top notch. This was the only shot I got of it because I'm dumb and didn't circle back around:



    That Kaiser Carabela from Argentina was super cool too.


    Eventually a two-tone Manhattan will be mine.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    Awesome car.. just needs moar lights & sirens to make it perfect.


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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    06/09/09

    @Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable: Or more taxi.


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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    06/09/09

    @joneez isn't drinking that damn Kool-Aid: Where would film noir be without the DeSoto taxi?
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    Why does post-war fake wood look nicer than modern real wood?*


    * Audi's new Ash Almond Beige is pretty nice looking.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    I look at cars like this, or from the '20s, and I wonder if people 60, 70, or 80 years from now will look back at anything we're producing today with the same amount of awe and amazement that we look on these cars with.


    It's an impossible question to answer, because we are here now. I mean, what did people in 1947 think of this? It was a nice car? That might be it. Now we think it's art on wheels.

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    "modern Bentleys"

    A bit of a contradiction? That's like saying "sexy minivans" It just doesn't work.
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    06/09/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer:


    Exactly. Comparing an S1 to a Continental GT is like comparing Ingrid Bergman to Paris Hilton.

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    06/09/09

    @Jagvar: The Continental is a VW.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    Tom Bosley would be pleased.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    According to the description that you took a picture of, most of that wood is actually plastic or more properly Bakealite.


    I'm suprised at the addition of shoulder belts. I guess the owner actually drives this beast.

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    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    Yeah, but I'd still rather have a Scarab.


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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    06/09/09

    @A strolling player got Singofingered: I loves me some Scarab, too, but let's show the Dymaxion some love, too.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/09/09

    @Tomsk Яespects the BuЯbeЯЯy BanhammeЯ: You are so right. Any car made by a guy after whom a family of carbon allotropes has been named is a car I need.
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    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    One has to wonder if, back in the day, a vehicle like this would have the stereotyped drivers of today's minivans: boring families and morbidly overweight women (at least that's the stereotype where I live)
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    06/09/09

    @underwear-ninja: In the late '40s, moving to the suburbs, raising kids and leading a predictable life was all anybody wanted. Boring was COOL.

    Something to do with living through a depression, then sending all our boys off to get blown apart in the rubble of razed European towns...
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    Anyone else amazed BMW or Mercedes hasn't tried to revive this segment yet?
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    06/09/09

    @Tomsk Яespects the BuЯbeЯЯy BanhammeЯ: I thought the Mercedes R class was an attempt, albeit a lousy one.
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    06/09/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: I was thinking more along the lines of a stretch-wheelbase 5-door E class.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    Ahh, thanks Ben, that's what I needed after getting a little pissed off.


    And... WHY don't we still have these available to us? Oh wait. That would be a Sportwagon today, and we don't have them because Americans won't buy them.


    I'm seriously thinking of moving to Australia.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/09/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: That's where I'm lookin' to move, too. Falcons that will haul the whole family, but still put a smile on my face. And V8 Supercars.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/09/09

    @engineerd has lost the funny: Let's not forget the XXXX Angels, especially now that they appear to have new uniforms to dance in.
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    06/09/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Good call. And Utes. Super Utes, too.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/09/09

    @engineerd has lost the funny: Did you see the new KFC contest where you can win either a Falcon Super Pursuit or a HSV Maloo? I didn't see anywhere in the rules where it's restricted to residents of Australia...
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    06/09/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Enter it! Then, if you win, demand that they ship it to Canada.
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    Image of ferric oxide ferric oxide
    06/09/09

    It's not that we won't buy them, we can't buy them. CAFE means no more big cars. They have to be classed as light trucks to keep the automakers from racking up mileage penalties. And Shazam, in a flash of legislation we get crappy Minivans instead.


    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!:

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/09/09

    @triffid98: You make a good point. I will climb down from my clocktower and stop pegging off soccer moms for taking away my Sportwagons... and start pegging off politicians instead.
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    Image of elchimpo elchimpo
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    why the hell did a 6cyl engine need a bay that big?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/09/09

    @elchimpo: Because back then, mechanics liked to have some space within which to maneuver.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/09/09

    @elchimpo: Bear in mind, this car is apparently the size of a bus.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/09/09

    In reply to 1947 DeSoto Custom Suburban Makes Minivans Seem Really Crappy
    As awesomely beautiful as this car is, I fail to see the point of it. 9 passenger? If I owned this car I would never let any of my family or friends anywhere near it!
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