Why is this store selling a diecast LeBaron?

"Round headlight enthusiast" (round-headlight-enthusiast)
07/15/2015 at 15:29 • Filed to: None

Of course it’s in Florida.

Similarly, why is there a die cast FWD Monte Carlo?

DISCUSSION (20)

EL_ULY > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:31

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!! WANT!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:36

I’m used to Johnny Lightning making ridiculous small size die-casts. Big ones - new one on me.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:36

Why did Chrysler even bother making actual LeBarons?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/15/2015 at 15:38

You mean outside of saving the company in the 80’s?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
07/15/2015 at 15:39

Was it even worth saving?

Round headlight enthusiast > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/15/2015 at 15:41

These were actually quite nice too. The Monte had the correct supercharged 3800 series 2

tromoly > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:42

Maybe someone’s trading their MG for a white Crhysler LeBaron?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/15/2015 at 15:43

Yes.

Roundbadge > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:45

I actually think this is awesome.

The real car? Not so much....but that diecast is actually really cool. Maybe it’ll have build quality reminiscent of the era...like a wheel falling off, or the paneling delaminating...

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
07/15/2015 at 15:48

...if you say so.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:49

Does it have a Corinthian Leather interior? If so, I want it!

BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:49

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:50

Because to southern folks a FWD Monte Carlo is a desirable car, especially one of those NASCAR editions.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/15/2015 at 15:51

Without the Lebaron there wouldn’t have been a Viper.

DoYouEvenShift > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 15:54

Why would they MAKE a die cast Lebaron. Or really fwd anything.

Nibbles > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/15/2015 at 16:16

Or the Hellcats, or the 1500 SRT/10, or the SRT anything, or the Grand-Motherfucking-Caravan-For-Christs-Sake

AMC/Renauledge > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 16:20

I would SO buy a 1978-81 LeBaron T&C. Especially a pre-80 model with the 360-4v. RWD M-body wagons FTW!!!

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/15/2015 at 17:14

They may not make cars that you like, they make not make cars that you would buy, they may not make cars that you consider good. That doesn’t mean that they weren’t worth saving. The conditions of the bailout loans of 1980 were very different than the meltdown in 2008ish. Had Chrysler not been saved by the loan guarantees that Lee Iacocca negotiated in 1979 the auto industry would be a much different landscape. Like EssExTee says, the Viper would never have been created. The minivan segment may not have ever been born. Those are huge events that happened in the auto industry simply because Chrysler was saved in the 1980’s. That doesn’t even consider the human cost of tens of thousands of people losing their jobs.

NoneOfYourBiz > Round headlight enthusiast
07/15/2015 at 17:58

10/10, if I owned a LeBaron, I’d buy that die cast LeBaron.

I’ve been looking for a die cast 3rd generation Elantra. Can find in sedan. Can’t find in hatchback. Snad.

pjhusa > Round headlight enthusiast
08/04/2015 at 11:03

Hahaha.

I like the Countryman, though.