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RealRides of WNY - Chrysler LeBaron, c1984

It’s rather remarkable how many of these Chrysler LeBaronconvertibles, c1984, are still around. After the American convertible had been declared dead following the 1976 model year, Chrysler head Lee Iacocca took a chance to revive his ailing company by bringing out a pair of compact droptops — the LeBaron and its cousin Dodge 400. They promptly sold around 20,000 of them that first yea

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RealRides of WNY - 1986 Chrysler LeBaron

There was a time back in the mid-1970s when it was thought that the convertible body style was dead. This 1986 Chrysler LeBaronis a descendent of the ’82 model, which is considered by many to have ushered in the rebirth of the drop-top body style after most had thought the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado was the last of its kind. Federal safety regulations which would have made this body style imprac

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RealRides of WNY - 1990 Chrysler Imperial

“Electronic speed controls,” “luxurious and spacious accommodations for three rear-seat passengers,” and “all-season steel-belted P195/75R14 white sidewall radial touring tires” were just some of the highlights touted in the brochure for the 1990 Chrysler Imperial. In a page 5 introduction from Lee Iacocca, he tells us that the Imperial is “…a car t

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