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If You Can Find a Better Car Than Lee Iacocca’s Personal Chrysler LeBaron, Buy It
Car and Driver ^ | January 15, 2020 | Chris Perkins

Posted on 01/16/2020 12:19:08 PM PST by C19fan

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To: irishjuggler
Not sure, but I understand that John Voight the periodontist’s LeBaron is a sweet ride.


101 posted on 01/16/2020 6:16:57 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: bgill

My grandparents had a 78 Monte Carlo. The only problem they had was with the chrome strips on the plastic bumpers kept becoming loose and falling off.

While not very fast, they did look distinctive and different unlike today’s cars.


102 posted on 01/16/2020 6:18:04 PM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: C19fan

I had issues with a few Chrysler products and won’t buy another one. I remember test driving a LaBaron around that time, it had like 10K miles on it and drove like it had 100K. Total rattle trap.


103 posted on 01/16/2020 7:03:17 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: MissEdie
He responded in a a hand-written letter

My mother always said "The bigger they are, the nicer they are."

104 posted on 01/17/2020 1:27:08 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Aiyee Tila, she is a big one!)
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To: Spruce

Yep - I had a Dodge Aries...bad seams and coating under wheel well let water leak into trunk when driving on wet roads, lousy gasket let water fill up[ left taillight assembly, alignment couldn’t be adjusted to specs w/o special kits, VW Rabbit engine had paper head gasket which blew at about 50K miles, A/C crapped out around same time. Heating/A/C air system fan motor stopped working and the 29 cent piece of plastic with coils on it, that fed power to the blower motor, cost about $40 to buy so I could replace it. Lousy acceleration and gas mileage wasn’t commensurate with lack of power.
Other than that it was a nice little car.


105 posted on 01/17/2020 2:42:14 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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