I'm happy you were able to salvage your original channel! That had to have been a big, frustrating hassle, so thanks for all your efforts. I hope you're settling in to your new home comfortably. Great episode!
Another great video! I took one of the K-car LeBaron convertibles all up and down the California coast (before California became a third-world country). The LeBaron was comfortable, stable, quite efficient and fun to drive! It looked great pulling into wineries and restaurants and the shallow body height afforded unbeatable views of the California coast line!. Nice car!
Thank you for the video. This was interesting. I liked the information on the Imperial and footage on the Imperial. The Imperial did come back twice 1980-1983 and 1990-1993.They had so many LeBarons just like OIdsmobile had a bunch of Cutlasses. Buick did it too with the different Regals. Glad to see you are still doing videos. I do recall that LeBaron Fifth Avenue that became a New Yorker.
I never really understood the logic of spreading around popular model names to unrelated products, but many have done it. The Ford LTD is another one, and of course more recently, the Mustang.
@@thehopelesscarguy In total agreement. I recall LTD, LTD II,LTD Crown Victoria , and the early to mid 1980's fox body LTD too. You are right. They have all done it. Yes! The Mustang and Mustang Mach E. I guess they think spreading the love will bring sales. I have not forgotten the New Yorkers too ( It was three). The small LeBaron K Car one, the Fifth Avenue version, the larger GM looking C Body K car version that came in Salon, New Yorker, and Fifth Avenue and Imperial form. They could have just as easily put a new name on a car. Chevrolet had three Luminas (sedan, coupe and minivan). The coupe later became Monte Carlo. I recall Oldsmobile three Cutlasses: Supreme, Calais and Ciera. They eventually seperated. Thank you again.
I had a ‘92 convertible, last year with hidden headlights. It was a beautiful black cherry colour with a black top. I got rid of it a few months after buying it new because I lived on a very busy street, and when I floored the accelerator instead of getting me across multiple lanes of fast moving traffic it would lurch into the intersection and stall. After many close calls and lots of angry motorists flipping me off on the daily, it had to go.
Bit of a mystery why the slant six lived for so long in U.S. Chrysler products. It was replaced in Australia in 1969 by a new six dubbed the Hemi. Initially 245 only then available later in a 215 and 265 cubic inch capacity. Chrysler Australia set up a new engine plant to produce the new engine, it cost a bundle. Chrysler in Detroit were fully on board with the idea and promised export sales for the new engine with an eye on replacing the aging slant six in their home market. Then suddenly the idea was canned, the Aussie six limited to local consumption only could not recoup the cost of the investment. Why and who changed their thinking? The hemi six lived on until 1981, by then upgraded with electronic ignition and ELB. Chrysler in Detroit sold the whole operation to Mitsubishi that year and once again ignored the Hemi six as a potential export. Go figure huh?
Not a Lebaron, but I did see one at a car show yesterday. Perhaps you would enjoy my brief history of Imperial video; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g9lZ3CoUrVk.html
