Would you make this your ride in 2022?

44 Comments on Would you make this your ride in 2022?

1. yes

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2. Paint it lime green and you would then have a Planes, Trains and Automobiles tribute car. So, yeah.

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3. I wouldn’t have when it was new but now I would.
   Funky!

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4. What’s the zero to 60?

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5. Isn’t that an 80s Chrysler “K” car?
   Ummmm……….no.

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6. @Dr Tar: The 060 is measured with a calendar

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7. If you put gold spinners on it, I may want it.

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8. Where does it plug in?

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9. 1/4 mile times were measured with a sundial.

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10. mid-80s chrysler LeBaron, probably more reliable than most cars on the road today even with it being a chrysler.

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11. I used to own on of those.

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12. Family trickster.

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13. TRUCKSTER, dammit

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14. Only if it comes with Corinthian Leather…

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15. I’d rather have this, even if it is a bit older…
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/652270842239914/posts/1090449381755389/

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16. After we were married in 70, our first new car was an 81 Reliant.
    Stripper, 2.2L. 2 door, stick shift. That damn car ran for 200 thousand miles. I paid 5.5K for it.
    I kinda miss it.

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17. Saved Chrysler’ s Ass

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18. Tacky but beautiful!
    It says something about the era…

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19. IACCOA”I am chairman of Chrysler Corporation Of America”

    No matter what you think of him, that’s cool.

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20. I use to own an old MOPAR. Mine was turning 11.80s.

    https://youtu.be/4ljAjXrWQcU?t=285

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21. I had a Dodge Aries, everything about it screamed “tin can” on wheels.
    I gave it to my welfare sister. She put 80,000 miles on it in 6 months and blew it up. Wanted me to give her another car.
    No, she still hasn’t learned anything.

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22. The car epitomizes everything that was wrong with US car manufacturers in the 80’s.

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23. If it has A.C.

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24. Dr. Tar

    0-60?

    Depends what Tow Truck hooked it.

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25. Your door is ajar…your fuel is low…please fasten your seat belt. That voice lives in my brain to this day.

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26. And there, ladies and gentlemen, is the beginnings of gender confusion.

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27. Is that Big V8 with Chrysler Lean Burn,?
    Never saw a K body with a factory top

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28. What, no Continental Kit?

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29. Do you still have to keep an extra ballast resistor in the glove box like the older Mopars?

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30. Imagine the options checklist when ordering one of these:
    Fake convertible top
    Fake spare tire cover on the trunk
    Fake wood paneling (but only half-way down the side)
    Fake louvered fenders
    Fake louvered hood
    Rear fender skirts
    Rich, Cooooooorinthiaaaaaan leather….

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31. Add curb feelers and a furry dash and I might consider it.

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32. MORESO THAN A COAL-FIRED SHITBOX!!!

33. Does it have the “turbo” option?

34. Is that the LeBaron James NBA Model?

    Car goes over a pothole and it flops.

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35. OMG! This actually WAS a real car!
    http://davidsclassiccars.com/images/full/1986-chrysler-lebaron-convertible-turbo-all-paper-work-since-new-6.jpg
    .

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36. I got a woodie looking at that.

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37. Once owned by Jon Voight.

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38. Different Tim JANUARY 13, 2022 AT 5:20 PM: A couple paper clips and a light bulb in a pinch or just jump across the ballast and risk boiling the coil. I think the k’s ignition got rid of the firewall resister. Grndpa machined a points system for his brand new aries,he did not trust them e lec tronics.

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39. what a deal, its still in the packing crate

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40. Charlie is the winner.

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41. For no other reason than NO ELECTRONICS !!

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42. Note to BFH,

    Car threads are popular 👌.

    /Salute

43. I bought the “New Yorker” version of that car for my wife, back in the day. It was a good car for what was being offered back then. The turbo 4 cylinder engine was actually faster than the 350 V8 Oldsmobile Tornado (what a dog) it replaced.

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44. Needs a fireplace mantel on the back with candle opera.

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