De Soto

De Soto in Somebody Up There Likes Me, Movie, 1956

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
nzcarnerd ◊ 2010-11-09 08:40	The Checker Cab is difficult to date without seeing the grille.
pilou ◊ 2010-11-09 09:01	It is a car of the Checker Cab Company , not necessarily a Checker , may also be a Chrysler Corp.or other product , not enough details here to identify.
Alessandro58 ◊ 2010-11-09 09:11	nzcarnerd wrote The Checker Cab is difficult to date without seeing the grille. In the movie, there is no better view.
electra225 ◊ 2010-11-09 10:23	...not a DeSoto ?
nzcarnerd ◊ 2010-11-09 20:33	I thought it was a Checker because the windscreen is sloped back more than the Chryslers and I don't think the Chrysler cars have the big vent there.
maxp ◊ 2012-11-04 14:44	No Checker of that kind had chrome moulded windscreen. The vent-flap and angel of winscreen is correct for the bigger members of the Chrysler family. Stastistically id should be a 1946-48 "DeSoto Taxicab" or "S-1 Custom", as long as you don't see the Sky-view rear part of the roof. -- Last edit: 2012-11-24 11:06:16