There were a lot of bad cars built in the late 70’s and early 80’s.
Nice!!! I still have and drive my 1992 Chrysler LeBaron convertible and I still love it!!
I had a 1983 LeBaron convertible too and it was a great little car.
the K-car. A real piece of sh*t. Any way you slice it.
There are certain makes of car from certain eras upon which blackwall tires do not belong, and this is one of them. What, does somebody think they’re making this car look sporty by avoiding the standard whitewall tires? That’s just silly. Do it right, era appropriate.
The center cap is missing off of the left rear wire wheel cover also.
don’t knock em, they were hot chick magnets- provided you parked in a hot poultry farm yard
Or you could go to the Barrett-Jackson auction - also happening in Scottsdale as we speak - and get a real car.
My dad had one of those Chryslers...it was the first one with the voice that said “Your door is ajar!” (Might have been a “K Car”?)
My brother would invariably say to the inanimate voice “A door is a door, not a jar!”
He nicknamed the car “Einstein”, and it stuck...:)
We all called it “Einstein”!
This uncle would purchase used K Cars from federal fleet auctions and rebuild them in his driveway in Alexandria, VA. I believe at any given time he would have 4-6 K Cars in the driveway that he was repairing or cannibilizing. It used to drive my aunt and cousins crazy - the house had a very ample driveway, but they could never find a place to park at their own house.
I would have like to drive one in green, like the one in Planes Trains And Automobiles.
I wonder if they will get more for it than they did for Jon Voight’s Chrysler?
The article mentions being able to pay back government loans in short order.
They never got any government money. The government only guaranteed the loans if Chrysler defaulted.
Will they also be auctioning Lee Iacocca‘s Ford Pinto?
I have taken an oath that my next car will not be smart, won’t have a computer or a key that costs $200 to replace.
Something that any Gomer can fix in an hour or two, no matter what’s wrong with it.
A 1986 Chrysler doesn’t sound like a bad idea...just the auction part doesn’t appeal to me!
I would buy it for $250 and flip it for $1500.
I found it.
Lee Iacocca's Personal Viper:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/31857/the-very-first-dodge-viper-ever-built-is-headed-to-auction
That’s one ugly car.
Yeah, a woody. They tried to sell that kind of wagon but there was no need in the marketplace. Guys have often had a woody.
I had a 1957 VW beetle that ran on 3 cylinders. That was a better car than a KCar, any KCar.
Yeah. No Thanks.
