Tag: 413-Powered 1960 DeSoto Fireflite Hardtop

The African mahogany conference table stretched the length of Chrysler’s boardroom in Highland Park, polished to a shine that looked wet. On most days that table was a launching pad—men with new-model smiles sending ideas into orbit. Today it felt like a pew after a funeral. The ice clinked like teeth. The cigars tasted like…