Fun fact: Corinthian leather is not a thing. Corinth does not have a leather industry or tradition.
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Not Jon Voight's LeBaron?Irish wrote:I had a Kahn/Costanza hybrid....
A Cordoba, not with Rich Corinthian leather but draped in fake Velvet (Velour)....
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I had forgotten about the LA Baron ....weird that both cars existed at the same time, they were very similar in the late 70s.... the Cordoba went away and the LA Baron got way smaller....troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 8:13 pmNot Jon Voight's LeBaron?Irish wrote:I had a Kahn/Costanza hybrid....
A Cordoba, not with Rich Corinthian leather but draped in fake Velvet (Velour)....
I was just looking them up and came across a Chrysler Press Release extolling their late 70s, early 80s line up
Scamp (low rent Dodge Dart, My uncle had one)
LeBaron (POS)
Cordoba ( )
Turismo/Horizob Shitty Hatchback
Sapporo/Colt Smaller Shitty Hatchback (Although an Army buddy of mine had a turbro Colt that was quick as shit)
Imperial/5th Avenue
Chrysler E Class (Cheaper New Yorker)
Reliant (POS)
Gran Fury (70s Cars)
Voyager (This was a full Sized Van in the 70's)
In the words of the immortal Dr. Ian Malcolm and played by the Always affable Jeff Goldblum. ....
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Irish wrote:I had forgotten about the LA Baron ....weird that both cars existed at the same time, they were very similar in the late 70s.... the Cordoba went away and the LA Baron got way smaller....
I was just looking them up and came across a Chrysler Press Release extolling their late 70s, early 80s line up
Scamp (low rent Dodge Dart, My uncle had one)
LeBaron (POS)
Cordoba ( )
Turismo/Horizob Shitty Hatchback
Sapporo/Colt Smaller Shitty Hatchback (Although an Army buddy of mine had a turbro Colt that was quick as shit)
Imperial/5th Avenue
Chrysler E Class (Cheaper New Yorker)
Reliant (POS)
Gran Fury (70s Cars)
Voyager (This was a full Sized Van in the 70's)
In the words of the immortal Dr. Ian Malcolm and played by the Always affable Jeff Goldblum. ....
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troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 8:13 pmNot Jon Voight's LeBaron?Irish wrote:I had a Kahn/Costanza hybrid....
A Cordoba, not with Rich Corinthian leather but draped in fake Velvet (Velour)....
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wheels + muffler delete. But this may be a fun "project" car to fix up.
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That would be fun to fix up.max225 wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 5:53 pm
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/d/ ... 19151.html
wheels + muffler delete. But this may be a fun "project" car to fix up.
Cars and Coffee swinging
the Shoe is pretty darn IMO, but obviously not a performance bang for buck type thing, more a fun cruiser/thing to be seen in. The price will only go up from here as well.
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Irish wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 8:51 pm 55 HP of unbridled fury....
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rElYyk ... onvertible
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wap wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 9:22 pmIrish wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 8:51 pm 55 HP of unbridled fury....
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rElYyk ... onvertible
I remember when these started selling for $10k+ in 2008 during the last fuel price "crisis". I always used that as my meter for in the auto industry. I bet this will get us 100% to
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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I think if the bodywork is ok. It would be a great project. I unfortunately simply don’t have the garage space. 2 car is not enoughD Griff wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 6:09 amYou going to ?max225 wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 5:53 pm
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/d/ ... 19151.html
wheels + muffler delete. But this may be a fun "project" car to fix up.
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Ha, good point.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Whilst "working on my car search" I discovered this: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... e1927f9d69
$7K
$7K
Seems like an OK /better than most on a FiST https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... e1927f9d69
Too bad the color sucks.
Too bad the color sucks.
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At some point you just need to give up on color and focus on quality of vehicle and price. The only way I've ever gotten a color I wanted was buying new.D Griff wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 9:56 am Seems like an OK /better than most on a FiST https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... e1927f9d69
Too bad the color sucks.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Those things have appreciated in value right now...
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