[{"id": 15275356, "authorName": "Pdigwig", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdigwig/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Photo 6 says it all.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1723681125, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15275793, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Photos 9 and 10 talk to me as well. Right on the tail of the 1957 Dodge Royale we have this premium Forward Look masterpiece. I'm always amazed when I see these cars in such incredible condition. GLWTA!", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1723685044, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15276381, "authorName": "virtualdent", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/virtualdent/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by virtualdent", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1723693347, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15276458, "authorName": "Fmandan77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fmandan77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Stunning!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1723694969, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15276588, "authorName": "e9er", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e9er/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Design wise, this car was so far ahead of anything GM and Ford had in 1957. No wonder Bill Mitchell freaked out. \r\n\r\nGreat looking car!", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1723698401, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15276856, "authorName": "boaboyoz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boaboyoz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This Adventurer is absolutely fabulous - GLWTA!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723717456, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15277414, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Absolutely Gorgeous !!!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723728175, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15277705, "authorName": "Jacksunoco", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jacksunoco/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This was a baby 300 , dual quads and factory AC . This was way ahead of the GM offerings, 4 head lamps ( only the Caddy Brougham had them) wow this is why this car was done . An engineering masterpiece. It really has it all . I bet this thing would top out at 140-150 mph . It was the beginning of the muscle car wars .", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1723730593, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15278167, "authorName": "Carzz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carzz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car. Dual headlamps were not legal in all states until 1958. Some \u201857 cars had them and some didn\u2019t. Many cars were styled to accommodate both single and dual, as this DeSoto which was also sold with single headlamps.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1723733779, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15278778, "authorName": "Virtualrobco", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/virtualrobco/", "bidAmount": 5250, "content": "$5,250 bid placed by Virtualrobco", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1723737976, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15279379, "authorName": "neverenoughgold", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/neverenoughgold/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Too bad we no longer have DeSoto! Unfortunately, soon we might no longer have Chrysler anything...", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723741600, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15280920, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@neverenoughgold I struggle anymore with what is a Mopar. In many ways my 300M and my son's Neons seem like the last cars. The subsequent Daimler Chrysler put the Hemi truck engine into some restyled Mercedes that besides the caricature styling invoking the E-body Challenger didn't have much Mopar going on. I've had a few Ram/Dodge trucks since which remain pretty much true to the USA lineage (even if they're made in Mexico or Canada) and I drive a Jeep Compass, bought at a Dodge/Jeep dealership that is purely an Alfa Romeo. Tracing \"Chrysler\" back to 1957 gets foggy...\n\nOddly enough one of the first family cars I remember that certainly kicked me down the path of being a carhead was our 1948 Desoto Suburban, with the 3rd row seat that is all the rage now in SUVs. I always liked the teeth which interesting here in the Adventurer have been pulled.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1723746753, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15281561, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So strange, @Valiantjim - I got an email showing that you had tagged me and the rest of the MoPar gang, but it doesn\u2019t show here in the comments. Hmmmm\u2026\u2026", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1723748602, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15281941, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I hit \"submit\", it went away, and as you note never showed up here. If @PDXBryan you got it I bet the rest did too. I'll wait to see.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1723750268, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15282316, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hmmm, very interesting. A number of my comments with links and multiple tags have been \u201cmoderated\u201d lately but always eventually show up. I actually appreciate the work BaT does to keep folks focused on cars or related tangents. Not an enviable job and sometimes overly cautious, but crucial to the health of the site.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1723752882, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15282325, "authorName": "ChargeRTBob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chargertbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks so much for the tag, @ValiantJim! Yes! I, too, received your \u201cBaT\ud83e\udd87Signal\" to \u201cThe Group!\u201d (I guess that we can chalk it up to the vicissitudes of the computer\ud83d\udda5\ufe0felectronics era\u2026) \r\n\r\n\u2026However, one thing about which there is no doubt in my mind is the magnificence of this Desoto! From it\u2019s quad headlamps to it\u2019s \u201cconning tower\u201d taillamps (as my Dad referred to them), and, everything fore, aft, & inbetween, this is a true beauty; a rolling sculpture; at once sinewy & serene; asphalt-conquering & artistic\u2026\r\n\r\nI wish all the best to you, @ledermarine, as well as all interested potential buyers, for a good new\ud83c\udfe1home for this stellar\u2b50\ufe0fbeauty\u2026 GLWTA!!!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1723752923, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15282490, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Valiantjim\n@ChargeRTBob\nThe \u201857 Chevy was my 2nd favorite car as a kid (\u201840 Ford was the first). Ever since I\u2019ve always seen the Chebby as the quintessential \u201850s American sled. But the more I gaze on these magnificent MoPars I realize that if you REALLY want maximum bling, flash and style - go with a Chrysler product from the golden age!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723753931, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15282803, "authorName": "ChargeRTBob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chargertbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@PDXBryan I virtually completely agree! The \u201940 Ford has been one of my absolute favorites since childhood, and, remains so to this day! Of The \u201cTri-Five\u201d Chevys, although I like the \u201957, I\u2019m much more of a fan of the \u201855s & \u201856s. (My favorite GM product from \u201957 is the Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz.) However, as a group (from the era of the Hula Hoop), yes, indeed! The full-size offerings from the quintet of Chrysler, Desoto, Dodge, Imperial, & Plymouth are at the top\ud83c\udfc6of\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffbmy\ud83c\udfc1list!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1723755699, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15287705, "authorName": "neilpierson25", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/neilpierson25/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "In those days, car clocks stopped working about 20 minutes after you drove out of the dealer lot. Putting them in steering wheel hubs or glove compartment doors reduced that time to 10.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723789384, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15287878, "authorName": "Bordeaux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bordeaux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's always nice to read that we can argue wholeheartedly about the '57s. Which was the most beautiful, the most valuable, the most important? You can give me any '57, I'll take them all.\nWill we ever be able to rave about the '79, the '93 or even the 2020? I don't think so.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723804962, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15288015, "authorName": "FAO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fao/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bordeaux\r\nI agree, the '57 year seemed to be a benchmark or turning point for the American cars.\r\nSome great stuff back then.\r\nHats off to whoever did the re-do!\r\nThank you for the great job, and putting this great machine back into proper order!\r\nBeautiful job!\r\nGood Fortune as always with the auction!", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1723809702, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15295965, "authorName": "Just_lookin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/just_lookin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh man! When I was a teenager I had a '59 Adventurer, same colors. I'm pretty sure it had a 383 with the dual quads.\nThe speedo was a linear display that projected a green band up to 35 mph, it then turned white, then red somewhere above 60. It went to about 130. One night I had the green coming back around again???!!!.\nWhen you floored it you could see the fuel gauge fall. Good thing high test cost about $0.35 a gallon. Too bad it was a rust bucket even back then. Oh yeah, and the front seats were buckets that swiveled out to the curb! Cool!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1723845861, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15299417, "authorName": "hemiviper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hemiviper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do you have the original wheels and Adventurer wheel covers? Very nice restoration!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1723905677, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15301024, "authorName": "Elvelio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elvelio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car! Has the engine been updated to run on unleaded premium or do you use a lead substitute?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1723917115, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15301234, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don\u2019t drive it much but it has fuel stabilizer and a lead substitute in the fuel", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723918061, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15301245, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes I do have original rims and hubcaps", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723918108, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15305021, "authorName": "Fatbastered", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fatbastered/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Did this car come from Edgewater fl?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1723931461, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15305899, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No it didn\u2019t come from Edgewater\r\nThe restoration was done in Chapel HillFlorida", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723943325, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15306265, "authorName": "thinkfuture", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thinkfuture/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know this seller, he's a Captain at sea and pilots vintage boats to ports all over the world. Knowing him the car was done at no expense spared, this is one that actually will be better in person than in pictures. GLWA. TB", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723948161, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15306686, "authorName": "gmsichner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gmsichner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please post pictures of the rims and hubcaps", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1723957765, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15306943, "authorName": "Ottersigns", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ottersigns/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "$7,500 bid placed by Ottersigns", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1723978504, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15307058, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you for the kind words, yes a career at sea. Details\u2026..", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723982196, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15307441, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723988559, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15307454, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1723988702, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15313955, "authorName": "jlclark44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jlclark44/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just to clarify...it is stated this beauty has a 345 hemi, do you mean a 354 hemi?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724072324, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15314292, "authorName": "jlclark44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jlclark44/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Upon gaining more knowledge, Desoto had its own family of hemi engines and the correct engine IS the 345. sorry for any confusion.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724076325, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15314306, "authorName": "jlclark44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jlclark44/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There is a set of gauges or something located on the driver's side adjacent to the emergency brake handle. Can you identify what they are?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724076438, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15314349, "authorName": "prescue", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/prescue/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The carpet makes me want to get out the vacuum cleaner. Is it the same as OE?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724076844, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15314451, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There is an amp meter and an oil pressure gauge there.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724078017, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15314464, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The carpet is new OEM but the photos don\u2019t do it justice. It looks much better in person. I think it\u2019s the bright sunlight or the cameraman.\r\nI noticed that too.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724078134, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15315289, "authorName": "Henry3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/henry3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My mother had a 57 Adventurer when it was new. Later I drove this car around South Dakota for a few years. Fun car. Would leave 57 Chevys for dead. I seem to remember this engine had dual point distributor and no vacuum advance, only centrifugal. Not ideal with automatic trans but seemed to work well when correctly set up. Pertronix would help a lot here. \r\nIf I had a place to keep this I would be bidding. Price should be higher for such an interesting car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724084824, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15321491, "authorName": "hitech1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hitech1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WOW! the shop that did the restoration is very, very good. Fin cars are extremely expensive to do. I will bid, but I fully expect the owner has 100k+ in the restoration.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1724105022, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15321494, "authorName": "hitech1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hitech1/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "$10,000 bid placed by hitech1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724105057, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15323639, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@hitech1 Beyond just click-liking your comment I want to emphasize your observation. As I alluded to in my earlier comment, I'm amazed when I see a Forward Look finned Mopar at this level of condition. Time and corrosion were particularly cruel to them and as you note they are extremely difficult and costly to restore to this level. I wonder frankly if this restoration from its timeframe could even be replicated now as parts, expertise and especially escalated costs have moved the target further into \"don't bother\". I hope folks are noticing and appreciating what's available here. Of course as usual I am getting all verklempt but don't have the finances to back it up, but I think I'm speaking some truth.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724130458, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15323927, "authorName": "hemiviper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hemiviper/", "bidAmount": 25000, "content": "$25,000 bid placed by hemiviper", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724152132, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15324418, "authorName": "Dothetime", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dothetime/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow!\r\n$100k car?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724160321, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15331563, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dothetime what we're guessing you'd have to spend to get this level of quality. Everything having to do with restoration cost has skyrocketed. I recently put nearly $2K into having 1966 Valiant bumpers restored and had to go some distance to get to a chrome shop. All the ones I'd known from years past have closed. I imagine it was hard for the seller to come up with a reserve they are willing to accept because of course you won't get your money back when making one of these rarities this nice.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724192926, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15333287, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 30000, "content": "$30,000 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724197292, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15334015, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724203151, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15335622, "authorName": "1957desoto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1957desoto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The gauges next to the emergency brake cable (asked about by someone else), I'm guessing to be the added-on AC controls, as the AC is definitely NOT factory.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724245368, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15337604, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Someone asked about gauges and I answered about gauges. The AC controls are down there too but they are not gauges.thanks", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724258692, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15339195, "authorName": "fbuzz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fbuzz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ledermarine (Seller)\r\n\r\nThis is a magnificent example of a very high level of expertise and attention to detail in this seller's offering. As a retired mechanic with 50+ years of experience, I thought that I was familiar with, and could identify all under hood components. However, I am not familiar with the engine belt driven accessory that is located just above the power steering pump. Is it the generator/alternator assembly, or perhaps the pump that operates the convertible top hydraulics? If so, I do not recall ever seeing an example such as this one. Would someone in the BaT forum community educate me about this? And again, what a reminder of the artistic and engineering feats that were produced by the American automobile manufacturer's in the 1950's.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724263574, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15339727, "authorName": "fbuzz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fbuzz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Lederarine (Seller)\r\n\r\nScratch the convertible top hydraulic pump. A current example of me brain drain.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724265042, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15341002, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That is the alternator up top", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724268331, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15341403, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So many folks go on about Cadillac and its finned cars. I've got news for them. The Cadillacs could never touch the Chrysler family of cars in the fin department! This one is prime evidence, IMHO. GLWTA!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1724269422, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15342319, "authorName": "Ottersigns", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ottersigns/", "bidAmount": 35550, "content": "$35,550 bid placed by Ottersigns", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724272332, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15342915, "authorName": "hemiviper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hemiviper/", "bidAmount": 40000, "content": "$40,000 bid placed by hemiviper", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724274371, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343015, "authorName": "lbswaney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbswaney/", "bidAmount": 42000, "content": "$42,000 bid placed by lbswaney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724274784, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343151, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 44000, "content": "$44,000 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724275266, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343230, "authorName": "Ledermarine (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ledermarine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ok guys time to get serious. Thank you for all the great compliments in your comments. This car is a beauty and may not see another like this for a long long time. Thanks again.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1724275497, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15343467, "authorName": "hemiviper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hemiviper/", "bidAmount": 48000, "content": "$48,000 bid placed by hemiviper", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276096, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343530, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 49500, "content": "$49,500 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276257, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343531, "authorName": "Tberd62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tberd62/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've never seen an alternator that looks like that. I wonder if its vintage and was installed when the aftermarket A/c was installed. It sure is compact.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724276259, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15343560, "authorName": "lbswaney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbswaney/", "bidAmount": 52000, "content": "$52,000 bid placed by lbswaney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276304, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343569, "authorName": "hemiviper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hemiviper/", "bidAmount": 55000, "content": "$55,000 bid placed by hemiviper", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276328, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343574, "authorName": "Tarheel6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tarheel6/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I so wish I could afford this, and have an appropriate place to store it! GLWTA in these final minutes, she's a MOPAR beauty!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724276335, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15343581, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 57500, "content": "$57,500 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276354, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343590, "authorName": "lbswaney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbswaney/", "bidAmount": 58000, "content": "$58,000 bid placed by lbswaney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276380, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343599, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 58500, "content": "$58,500 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276408, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343607, "authorName": "hemiviper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hemiviper/", "bidAmount": 60000, "content": "$60,000 bid placed by hemiviper", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276424, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343626, "authorName": "RevSome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revsome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a splendiferous car! Never used that adjective before so I'm happy for the opportunity. \ud83d\ude1c", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1724276471, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15343633, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 62500, "content": "$62,500 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276485, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343640, "authorName": "lbswaney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbswaney/", "bidAmount": 63000, "content": "$63,000 bid placed by lbswaney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276503, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343674, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 64500, "content": "$64,500 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276585, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343699, "authorName": "lbswaney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbswaney/", "bidAmount": 65000, "content": "$65,000 bid placed by lbswaney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276658, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343714, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 66000, "content": "$66,000 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276694, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343738, "authorName": "lbswaney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbswaney/", "bidAmount": 67000, "content": "$67,000 bid placed by lbswaney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276795, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343762, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 68500, "content": "$68,500 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276890, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343790, "authorName": "lbswaney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbswaney/", "bidAmount": 69500, "content": "$69,500 bid placed by lbswaney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724276976, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343817, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 71000, "content": "$71,000 bid placed by stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724277087, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15343857, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 8/21/24 for $71,000 to stracat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724277208, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 15343865, "authorName": "Tarheel6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tarheel6/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations @stracat These late 50's MOPARs will always be classics, superior engineering with superior styling. Just a straight up beautiful car. I'm envious.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724277223, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15343867, "authorName": "ChargeRTBob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chargertbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nicely sold, @ledermarine! \u2026And, Congrats on an excellent buy, @stracat! I hope that you enjoy this superb machine!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724277224, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15343908, "authorName": "PhilipMilano", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/philipmilano/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You just bought a wonderful car, a piece of jewelry. You only live once and you can\u2019t take it with you. I wish you a lot of luck with this vehicle vehicle", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724277361, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15343928, "authorName": "JackPlant", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jackplant/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Respect!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724277433, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15344037, "authorName": "66charger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/66charger/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations she\u2019s a beauty", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724278095, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15344041, "authorName": "PhilipMilano", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/philipmilano/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To the Victor belongs the Spoils !", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1724278105, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15344098, "authorName": "stracat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stracat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My thanks to all the positive comments. We are very exited and she is going to a good home! What a beautiful DeSoto!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1724278416, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15344803, "authorName": "mid60soldsfan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mid60soldsfan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a bargain! You can\u2019t go wrong\u2026just went grocery shopping, yikes. Money well spent\u2026no down side, enjoy one of Virgil Exner\u2019s Forward Look masterpieces.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1724284246, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15346963, "authorName": "fbuzz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fbuzz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Final thoughts here. Would someone identify the alternator on this beauty? Who manufactured it, years available and output specifications. Congratulations to the new owner, this is a well bought beauty.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724332694, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15347535, "authorName": "KingDragon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kingdragon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good God what a jewel. I'm glad I missed this one for I don't know if I could've restrained myself. Congratulations to the next caretaker.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1724337281, "type": "comment"}]