Message Index
- I couldn't help noticing something interesting about this Friday's random image posts... Both Bill and I included images of Chrysler K cars in our selections (Bill, a very clean Aries wagon and me, a mockup of my Dogde 600 ragtop project)
- The K car is what saved Chrysler in those days.. *NM*
- I'm aware... Good as "drivable appliances", but as exciting as cold plain oatmeal. *NM*
- Current events are flashing me back to 1979, which is really the year that it felt like Detroit caved in
- The K platform was in the works before Iacocca got there, as was the possibility of an exit from the truck business. The latter accounted for the stagnation of the pickups in the early Eighties...
- Reminds m of a Car and Driver reader who wrote in about Dodge's then-new ad slogan "Dodge: America's Driving Machines'
- Current events are flashing me back to 1979, which is really the year that it felt like Detroit caved in
- I'm aware... Good as "drivable appliances", but as exciting as cold plain oatmeal. *NM*
- Probably not "cool", ever. But if you can find a real nice example, not rusted/abused/modified, they are few a few bucks. *NM*
- I can't see a restoration on one, but a solid original would probably fetch good money. I drove a "later" one briefly back in the day, and it surprised me in how good it was *NM*
- My first car was an '88 Reliant handmedown...
- An '85 K car with tilt, cruise and p/windows (lebaron ragtop) lasted me over twelve years. Easy to fix and the magnificent heater made up for the drafts around the roof in cold weather :) Finally wore it out. *NM*
- The K car is what saved Chrysler in those days.. *NM*