My '78 LeBaron

[restoman]

Taken back in '92, around the time I got married.
318 with 360 heads, 4bbl from a 360, cheap Hedman headers (tight fit), ditched the lean burn, swapped the A/C over to a newer compressor, slightly worked 904 trans and a 2.94 rear. Ran pretty good for a million mile 318.
Arizona fenders, doors, bumpers and decklid, painted Suzuki Aqua (it was the 90s) and a custom mixed vinyl top dye, grey interior.

I got it for free, did a shitload of work on it and drove it everywhere for 4 years.

Shitty pic- photo of a photo.

 

[69.5CUDA]

boy ive got a shitload of pics of old stuff ive had......

that color looks good..needs a few things to finish it tho

 

[restoman]

I could find that car in any parking lot, regardless of the available light.
Pink and silver pinstriping, not visible in the pic. Like I said, it was the 90s...

I had the rocker molding, never did put it back on. The chintzy wheel opening trim got canned.
I had actually cut up the old front fenders and used the wheel opening portions to fix the rear quarters. Turned out pretty good.

 

[69.5CUDA]

wheels tires and some kind of trim and shed still look great today...but i hated when compays ran those weird back windows taht looked almost 2 peice

 

[Dr.Jass]

Well, if you ever want another one, I know where there's a nice start on a double-red one with a white landau top and a 318. For being in a junkyard, it's still pretty complete and it certainly looks solid. I could probably drag it out of there for a couple hundred bucks. I thought about it a few times, just to flip it because it's a LeBaron coupe, but I've spent enough time on F/M/J-body boards to know those guys literally haven't got a dime to spend. Your car, in that shape, would languish eternally in a For Sale ad if it were offered at $1,500.

 

[restoman]

Nope, no burning desire to own another, though it was a damned good car for a couple years.

I've been trying to get a viewing of a local, one-owner Aspen R/T that supposedly is a low-mileage 360 four barrel car... one of those guys that wants to sell it on Sunday then changes his mind on Monday.

 

[Dr.Jass]

My '81 was a fine car too, but no desire to touch another one with a 10' pole. I think I liked the fact that it was a solid Mopar coupe I got for $350 a lot more than I actually liked the body style itself. It would've made a great sleeper, but all the cool stuff I wanted to do, there wasn't enough love for the car to warrant. I don't miss it.

My buddy is in the process of preparing his '80 Aspen R/T for sale, but that's a Slant Six four-speed car with a weird (but not ugly) Nightwatch Blue exterior/red interior factory color combo. Alas, Southern heritage notwithstanding, it's a bit of a rust bucket. I think he's on the fence about whether it might be worth more in parts. :doh: It's got all the cool bits R/T bits on it, although I think he put the early 1-piece deck spoiler on it rather than the 3-piece they used '78-'80. He was sort of where I was with the LeBaron, and then he found his high-school ride and any love or desire of the R/T went straight out the damned window.