This 1957 DeSoto Adventurer convertible is one of 300 examples built for the model year, and it was refurbished around 1990. Service performed in anticipation of the sale included replacing the fuel sending unit, hoses, and filter. The vehicle is powered by a 345ci Hemi V8 paired with a push-button three-speed automatic transmission and is finished in white with gold accents over gold vinyl and tweed cloth upholstery. Equipment includes a power-operated white soft top, dual four-barrel carburetors, power steering, power brakes, wheel covers, whitewall tires, a power front seat, power windows, dual antennas, and a self-winding steering-wheel clock.
The 345ci Fireflite Hemi V8 was factory rated at 345 horsepower and 356 lb-ft of torque, and it is equipped with a pair of Carter WCFB four-barrel carburetors as well as a dual exhaust system fitted with both resonators and mufflers. The fuel sending unit, hoses, and filter were replaced in anticipation of the sale. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a push-button TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission.
Refurbishment photos will accompany the vehicle along with owner’s and service manuals, a 1957 sales brochure, car-show documents, and expired state registration certificates from the 1960s.
The car was finished from the factory in Surf White with an Adventurer Gold lower body sweep, and it was repainted during the aforementioned refurbishment. The power-operated white soft top is augmented by a beige parade boot, and additional exterior details include hooded headlights, front-fender spears, fender-mounted split-post side mirrors, gold-colored badging, decklid trim strips, dual antennas, and fins with three-lens taillight towers as well as dual exhaust outlets that exit through the chrome rear bumper.
Steel 14″ wheels wearing branded gold-finished covers are wrapped in Lester Tire Company whitewall tires. Braking is provided by power-assisted drums, and suspension is handled by independent torsion bars up front, a live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs out back, and hydraulic dampers all around.
The cabin features bench seats trimmed in gold vinyl with tweed cloth inserts, matching door panels, and a brown dash pad and carpeting. Appointments include a dash-mounted rearview mirror, power windows, a heater/defroster, and a power-operated front seat.
A two-tone gold and white steering wheel equipped with a semi-circular horn ring and a self-winding center-cap Benrus clock fronts a sweeping 150-mph speedometer and a textured-aluminum control-panel insert.
The five-digit odometer shows nine miles; true mileage is unknown.
