1948 Desoto Suburban Deluxe

What made the Suburban unusual was its configuration and long length. She was placed on, essentially, a limousine body – and held 9 passengers. Naturally, this was an attractive configuration if you were, say – a prominent hotel that collected your guests from a local train station. On the roof of every Suburban was a roof rack that covered the entire roof – and it’s occupant’s luggage.

The car is huge inside with beautiful wood interior – on the doors and trunk flooring. She is quite charming. The rear doors are “suicide” doors and are very large – making ingress/egress easy.

The car has 78,000 original miles and runs extremely well. The interior was redone four or so years ago and looks outstanding. The wood appears to also have been redone. Again, the wood looks great and the two tone paint combination really sets the car off.

The 1948 Desoto Suburban cost $2,631 new. Her 6 cylinder engine produced a whopping 109hp. She also has the Desoto semi-automotic transmission – which operates as is was intended, and the car produces respectable torque, despite her curb weight of 3974 lbs.

She is a pleasure to drive.

The interior fabric, etc. looks great too. The interior is a great environment.

The exterior has been repainted but it’s not current. The paint is acceptable –looks fine for local cars shows but is, as we like to say, a 20 footer. The car does have new brakes and new radials. The chrome is original too – meaning there is mild pitting – but nothing too serious. She is perfectly fine to be left as is and enjoy. Especially is you have a large family or – a lot of friends.