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    WORD'S OLDEST DESOTO

    Jun 14, 2021 5 minutes
    WITH JOHN LEE

    Curt McConnell has the world’s oldest De Soto, but he has a problem: What should he do with it?

    McConnell bought the car about five years ago in a bit worse condition than shown here, which isn’t saying much. He was apparently the first person in more than 90 years to appreciate the significance of the extremely low serial number enough to research it.

    Chrysler Corp. launched the new car, named De Soto for the 16th Century explorer remembered for sailing up the Mississippi River, on Aug. 6, 1928, as a 1929 model.

    A rancher in Colorado bought this Model K two-door coach new, and he didn’t put it in the garage, up on blocks, to preserve it so he could sell it 80 years later for many times the $845 original price. It was used as any

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