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Title: Introducing the new 1942 Dodge!
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Chrysler Corporation/You Tube
URL Source: http://www.youtube.com
Published: Dec 9, 2009
Author: Chrysler Corporation
Post Date: 2009-12-09 12:53:13 by sneakypete
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Keywords: hot rod, rat rod, classic car
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#2. To: All (#0)
I have one of these rare beauties,but mine is a 3-window business coupe like the one in the photo above. 1942 was a short production year because the 42's came out in Sept of 41,and WW-2 began for the US on 7 Dec.1947. US civilian passenger car production ceased so the auto plants could gear up to produce airplanes,machine guns,tanks,trucks,jeeps,and other war goods. There were just 5257 business coupes produced that year,making it and parts for it pretty hard to find. I have been looking for a undented and unrusted grille for over 2 years now. For those of you who think some things are new,the 42 Dodge had child proof rear door handles as standard equipment,and the 1942 DeSoto even had hideaway headlights like the newer Corverttes.
Those hidden lamps never did catch on. The DeSoto grill and hidden lamps remind me of a moustache on a blind man.
Only because they were new,introduced in 1942 when production stopped for the nest 4 years. When they geared back up for production of civilian cars in 1946 they dropped the complicated hidden headlights because their concern was stamping out as many cars as they could as quickly as they could to meet the pent-up demand for new cars. The headlights on the car in the photo you posted are not adjusted properly. The doors should be flush with the fender all around. Also,the grille is bent.
Only because they were new,introduced in 1942 when production stopped for the nest 4 years. When they geared back up for production of civilian cars in 1946 they dropped the complicated hidden headlights because their concern was stamping out as many cars as they could as quickly as they could to meet the pent-up demand for new cars. You're probably right about the "complicated" hidden head lamps not being worth the trouble...Simpler was better and easier. Desoto no sooner released their "new" style when the war arrived...yep, by '46 remained virtually the same except for blending the front fenders into the doors. The headlights on the car in the photo you posted are not adjusted properly. The doors should be flush with the fender all around. Also,the grille is bent. You got good eyes, boss. Yeah, the headlight flaps are not adjusted well at all; they should be more flush. The door's not flush with the fender? Where's the grill bent?
#17. To: Liberator, *Gear Heads* (#16)
Ok,ya got me. It's not bent. It is a optical illusion caused by the bumper guard's reflection. The 42 grille is a lot simplier than the 46-48 grille. It costs a ton of money to get one of the later ones polished and re-chromed.
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#13. To: sneakypete (#2)
The 1942 DeSoto even had hideaway headlights like the newer Corverttes.
#15. To: Liberator (#13)
Those hidden lamps never did catch on.
#16. To: sneakypete (#15)
Those hidden lamps never did catch on.
Replies to Comment # 16. Where's the grill bent?
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