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Replying to: andre1969 (Dec 16, 2007 7:19 am)  
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Replying to: andys120 (Dec 16, 2007 1:28 pm) May your punishment be to be sentenced to drive a '76 slant six Volare with cracked torsion bars and rotten subframe bushings for one year!  Wow, the guys at that website were way off, not only is that not a Diplomat, but it's not a '78, either! The '77-79 models were a bit more rounded and flowing, whereas the 1980 restyle of the LeBaron/Diplomat brought about that more formal, upright, angular style. I think there actually was an option package for the 1981 LeBaron that gave it that extra thick, boxy C-pillar, but most of them didn't have it. For 1982, the LeBaron went K-car, and they transferred the New Yorker nameplate to this body, and that's when it got that thick C-pillar area standard. Well, the New Yorker went K-car for 1983, so that year they called the RWD model "New Yorker 5th Ave". Eventually they just started calling it "5th Ave", but I forget which year that was. |
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Technically it is an S/C package Rambler. S/C Rambler just got shortened to Scrambler. The American Muscler car episode on the AMCs was on today. Looks like a pretty neat car. 315HP 390 cube, but only about 2,900 lbs, so plenty quick. Sort of equivalent to a Dart 340 I guess. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 16, 2007 1:48 pm) That color would be appropriate on a Mustang or a MINI but since there were no GTI's sold here in the 70's it doesn't work IMO. I saw an orange Mustang the other day and it looked kinda cool.
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Replying to: andys120 (Dec 16, 2007 2:33 pm)  This car has a name.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 16, 2007 2:36 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (Dec 16, 2007 2:37 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 16, 2007 3:13 pm) VWs still make me nervous and that says something coming from someone who sells Land Rovers supposedly the least reliable vehicle sold in the US.
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Replying to: british_rover (Dec 16, 2007 3:33 pm)
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