1931 De Soto SA COUPE

What you see on these pages is an entirely convincing hypothetical. It’s a sort of mental exercise asking “what if?” What if, instead of a Ford, a handy fellow with a bug for speed had gotten ahold of a ’31 De Soto business coupe back before the war and decided to give it the hot-iron treatment? What if Chrysler Corporation had decided to build a sport coupe worthy of the name?

Peter Hendrickson, of Paso Robles, California, is better known to many as “Pedro” of the Montana Dodge Boys (he’s recently escaped those wintery climes for the Golden State). His credentials as a Mopar (and Dodge Brothers) enthusiast are