I didn't know about these

"Funktheduck" (funktheduck) 01/20/2016 at 18:26 • Filed to: Funk Finds

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Chrysler LeBaron Turbo GTC

Sounds sporty. I'm not sure which engine it has, mostly because I don't know the year, but it should have at least 175 hp off the showroom floor. I'm gonna pretend it has the 2.2T4 (according to Wikipedia) and it's one of 123 ever produced (according to Wikipedia). That would make it quite the unicorn.

Roadster Man > Funktheduck 01/20/2016 at 18:30

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I got to park a turbo LeBaron during a summer job in high school. I couldn’t find reverse because you had to push the knob down...

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Funktheduck 01/20/2016 at 18:34

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i wonder if they traded a MG for it.

Funktheduck > Roadster Man 01/20/2016 at 18:34

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My car does that.

Roadster Man > Funktheduck 01/20/2016 at 18:44

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I remember some 2000's VW’s had shifters like that too.

Funktheduck > Roadster Man 01/20/2016 at 19:42

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Yup. A GTI I drove had it that way

Foxxwoof > Funktheduck 01/20/2016 at 20:50

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I thought all the “GTC”s were convertibles. I didn’t know the coupes came that way too. My mother had a red 85 “GTS” sedan with a 2.2 Turbo I, and she cried dearly when she totaled it. (Which she replaced with a brand new ‘93 Daytona)

DoYouEvenShift > Funktheduck 01/20/2016 at 20:57

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A good buddy of mine had that car a few years back, manual too. We put straight 3" exhaust all the way back from the turbo, a blowoff valve, bigger IC, 5th injector, manual boost controller, a diode on the map sensor( a ghetto way of keeping the pcm from cutting power) etc etc.

Thing was a blast on the street! Nobody knew what that weird grey car that just dusted their Honda was. It wasnt “fast” by any means, but it pissed of alot of the import people at the time.

dietryng > Funktheduck 01/20/2016 at 21:14

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seen one in the wild too, but the one i saw was a convertible with the fake wood paneling. had the turbo badge and everything. didnt think that theyd still be moving this many years later.