Do not underestimate the power of some of these old land yachts. When I was in high school, a friend that was a little older than I, asked if I would help him get his grandmas old car running so the family could sell it. We went to her home,and there in the garage was a Desoto a year or two older than your model. It had gold toned trim, and looked like a cross between a batmobile and an aircraft carrier. When we raised the hood, we got a whole lot more interested. It had a medium sized hemi in it, with factory two fours. We got it running, and smoked the tires off of it that afternoon. We had so much fun street racing it, because of the way it looked.
Olderndirt