K car

superdave · January 26, 2018, 07:51:55 PM

I passed a K car convertible this evenimg, top down and everything.

Looked to be in very good condition too.

I don't remember the last time i saw one of those.

Chryco Psycho · January 26, 2018, 08:00:44 PM

LOL , there is 1 locally here also

RUNCHARGER · January 26, 2018, 08:21:06 PM

A nice reliant automobile.

Topcat · January 26, 2018, 09:02:24 PM

Wasn't right after they made them there was "Lee Iaccoca for President"

Clinton and the gov't bailed Chrysler out earlier and then Lee go Mopar going again.

Cuda Cody · January 26, 2018, 09:11:41 PM

Haven't seen one on the road in a looooong time.

BIGSHCLUNK · January 26, 2018, 09:25:19 PM

They all went to the crusher around here......thank god

1 Wild R/T · January 26, 2018, 09:30:31 PM

Quote from: Topcat on January 26, 2018, 09:02:24 PM
Wasn't right after they made them there was "Lee Iaccoca for President"

Clinton and the gov't bailed Chrysler out earlier and then Lee go Mopar going again.

I don't think Clinton was president in 79 when Chrysler was bailed out... Seems to me it was a peanut farmer...

dodj · January 27, 2018, 03:24:54 AM

Quote from: Cuda Cody on January 26, 2018, 09:11:41 PM
Haven't seen one on the road in a looooong time.

Same here and i like it that way.

Second only to pacer in the butt ugly sweepstakes.

Jay Bee · January 27, 2018, 06:39:36 AM

I remember seeing them inside K-Mart for a promotion (car or store

). There's one around here I see from time to time.

Brads70 · January 27, 2018, 07:22:45 AM

I agree they are not Mopar's best example by a long stretch but without them we likely wouldn't have Chrysler still around to give us Vipers and new Challengers etc.....
There sure was a ton of them around back in the day though. My Dad had a 1983 chrysler lebaron that drove me nuts by saying " a door is ajar " everytime I got in the stupid thing.

303 Mopar · January 27, 2018, 07:44:05 AM

Quote from: Brads70 on January 27, 2018, 07:22:45 AM
I agree they are not Mopar's best example by a long stretch but without them we likely wouldn't have Chrysler still around to give us Vipers and new Challengers etc.....
There sure was a ton of them around back in the day though. My Dad had a 1983 chrysler lebaron that drove me nuts by saying " a door is ajar " everytime I got in the stupid thing.

Lee was an amazing auto business man with great creativity and insight. The K-car and the original minivan (laugh if you will) saved Chrysler. Otherwise there would be only new Carmaros and Mustangs to look at.

340challconvert · January 27, 2018, 08:00:26 AM

Lee's book is still required reading in some Business School Programs.

anlauto · January 27, 2018, 08:23:54 AM

We have at least one K car around here I see all the time.....Another one I see everyday is a young girl, maybe mid-20's driving a gold Pontiac Fiero

every day, all year round...

RUNCHARGER · January 27, 2018, 09:21:41 AM

Too bad later "leaders" screwed up what Lee did. I wish he had gotten in the second time to fix it again.
The K-car was obviously the right car for the times. I still remember strolling by them in the showroom to get to the parts department to order E-body parts so I am thankful they were built as well. I've never owned a 4 cylinder Chrysler product but I do still see them on the roads as well.

MEK-Dangerous · January 27, 2018, 12:00:31 PM

My poor Dad bought a turd brown Dodge Aries wagon back in 1981. It had a radio delete plate, so I couldn't wait to install an after market radio with some serious sound to it. I did, and that 2.2 engine was good until it got closed to 100,000 miles, then you felt like you would need to push it up hills. The upgraded engine was the 2.6 Hemi, so maybe that was a better option.

I just remember feeling the steel was so thin. Like if I shut the door too hard, my hand print would be in the door.

Here is a picture of a 1981 Plymouth Reliant that was at a car show last October.