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Re: Convertible Mopar [imidazol97]
by andre1969
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Jun 23, 2009 (5:55 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 23, 2009 5:35 am)
It was probably a LeBaron convertible. There was a Dodge 600 convertible, but it was dropped after 1986, and never sold all that well. Plymouth was relegated to mainly boring cars by this time, so they never got a version.
One of my friends had an '86 LeBaron convertible, in that same cream color as the car in the link you posted.
One other possibility...could it have been a Dodge Shadow convertible, perhaps?
Or a LeBaron GTC?
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Re: Convertible Mopar [andre1969]
by imidazol97
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Jun 23, 2009 (5:57 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 5:55 am)
The front grill was white rather than chrome, so it may be a Shadow. Did they write "Shadow" on the plastic white molding along the lower part of the door? The script was bright red.
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Re: Convertible Mopar [imidazol97]
by andre1969
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Jun 23, 2009 (6:32 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 23, 2009 5:57 am)
The Shadow I posted doesn't look like it has anything written on the molding, but that may have changed from year to year. Also, now that I think about it, the LeBaron convertible and coupe went through a restyle around 1993 that gave it a body-color grille and exposed headlights, like this...
Some of the fancier models might have had the model name written in the molding in a different color, like the GTC maybe?
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or what about the slightly infamous....
by ghulet
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Jun 23, 2009 (8:50 am)
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.....Chrysler/Maserati convertible thing (I saw one in Chicago the other day), although imazizol97's descrition doesn't fit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHRYSLER-TC-MASERATI_W0QQitemZ300323388582QQcmdZV- iewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item45ecab3ca6&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=6- 5%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A317%7C240%3A1308
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Re: or what about the slightly infamous.... [ghulet]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jun 23, 2009 (8:51 am)
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Replying to: ghulet (Jun 23, 2009 8:50 am)
Wow....it bid all the way up to $2,025!! I may have to revise my low estimate of this car's worth 
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Re: Convertible Mopar [andre1969]
by fezo
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Jun 23, 2009 (3:43 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 6:32 am)
My brother had one of those old Dodge 600 convertibles. nearly got himself killed in it but that wasn't the car's fault. He was behind a truck at a red light. The truck makes a left turn and my brother just assumed that the light had changed. It hadn't. So as my brother pulls into the intersection he got hit by a tanker truck. If there'd been anything in the tank of the truck it would have killed him. The extra steel reinforcing the sides of the convertible actually helped matters.
It's better than 20 years down teh road and he's still kicking - and still driving convertibles.
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by fintail
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Jun 23, 2009 (5:04 pm)
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I saw an 80s Volvo 700 series turbo today that was really a blast from the past. Black with tinted windows and period style black and alloy BBS style wheels, and it was pristine, looked brand new. Can't be many left like that.
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Re: . [fintail]
by lemko
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Jun 24, 2009 (7:06 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 23, 2009 5:04 pm)
BBS wheels - nice period touch. Was the driver sporting the Don Johnson look?
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Re: . [lemko]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jun 24, 2009 (7:16 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 24, 2009 7:06 am)
I saw an 80s Volvo the other day---one of those Bertone model coupes---with school bus tail lights attached to the trunk lid with sheet metal screws, a tow hitch with heavy chain wrapped around it, the trunk held down by bungees, gray body with one white door, shredded vinyl roof, and hood held down by a very long black strap attached with hooks to each fender well. Driver was a small bald guy with a huge white beard, next to him a dog that looked like about the size of a bear.
Be afraid, be very afraid. 
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Re: . [lemko]
by fintail
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Jun 24, 2009 (9:05 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 24, 2009 7:06 am)
A nice pastel suit would have gone well with that car. I actually thought it was pretty cool...I have a little nostalgia for 80s stuff. Although, I'd much rather have a fully kitted 80s AMG.
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