Wow! Just bought from a used car lot this year & now look at it. 1979 Chrysler Lebaron Junkyard Find 

Whoa Nelley, 1979 and soon to not be alive. These were "M" bodies and that body type ran from 1977 to 1989. Lakewood Chrysler might be Autonation Chrysler at 5445 Broadway in Littleton, CO. We got the VIN, we win: F for Chrysler LeBaron, P for Premium price class, 41 for four door sedan, G for 318 CID V8 with two barrel, 9 for 1979 model year, G for St. Louis, MO (Fenton) assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Fenton plant complex operated from 1959 to 2009 and was a minivan plant for a time. By 1979, Chrysler was in big trouble and on the edge of bankruptcy. Lee Iacocca had just gotten there in mid-1978 and the first thing he did was can the "push" system of producing cars. That meant that Chrysler built what they had parts for/what they wanted and "pushed" it out to the dealers. That left the dealerships with odd combinations and options, which many times were not desired, and it tied up money in inventory that just sat. We got the tag, we can brag: SB7 for Ensign Blue exterior paint, V1W for White vinyl top, H51 for single heater and AC unit, L31 for fender mounted turn signal indicators, C97 for trunk dress up, possible M25 for wide sill moldings, E44 for 318 V8 with two barrel, D32 for automatic transmission, 111 for Thursday January 11, 1979 production, M26 for wheel lip moldings, P45 for power deck release, 26 for 26" radiator, P31 for power windows, P41 for power door locks, possible R31 for rear speaker, B3 for Blue interior trim, END for end of sales codes, among other codes. Whoa Nelley, "M" body is not too shoddy. Painted blue and it might be over for you. We (barely) got the tag, but we can still brag. We got the VIN, and we win. Made in MO and time to go. Going to be flat and that's that. MOPAR not going very far. Torqueflite soon to be out of sight. That's it, time to quit. Always a bit of a clunker and now a junker. Going to get squished and the MOPAR faithful, UTG, many here, and only slightly so for the Google Man are all going to be pissed.

Looks like a half-way decent car for being nearly 45 years-old. Must have has some Torqueflite issues. It's good to see some of these early M-bodies on your journeys.

My Dad bought an '81 LeBaron station wagon with the Slant 6. It held up pretty well, and I even offered to buy it from him a few years later, as I knew where a wrecked '87 Grand National was being parted out, and I hoped to convince the yard to let get the drive train out of it (if you suspected that I wanted to build a sleeper, you'd be right). Well, my father opted to get an Earl Scheib paint job, and then sell the wagon to some yahoo. I found the wagon still running around about 3 years ago, a testament to the durability of that 225 cid 6.

Love that trunk lid blue,original color !!! Hope it can be saved. ☝🏽

Hi Benny,,I remember these 🚗 cars in those days.. They really tried to make them a luxury midsize car.Not to bad,,A Great ride..I give you kudos 👍👍 for giving us all the information that you can find when you see these cars in the junkyard,, Very interesting 🤔 about the car's life.. Thanks....

I built these in Fenton, Missouri/STL I loved building these auto's! Chrysler Lebaron, Dodge Diplomat, & Plymouth Caravelle. I'm Retired! 1977- 2007

I always liked the looks of the LeBaron and Diplomat of the late '70's. Very nice driving and well appointed cars. They were "M" bodies derived from the "F" body Volare and Aspens, which I also really like. I own a '78 Aspen wagon with slant Super Six and four speed overdrive with only 30K original miles on it. It's my cruising toy and I love it!

I like it. A/C, cruise, V8, PW, PB, auto, probably a decent stereo for the time, a nice cruising car.

The front seat looks modern for the year with it being a separate bench with option of 3 seater or flip down arm rest. Other cars had a couch like front seat which were newer cars from the 80s which seemed more like something from the 70s

Hopefully someone will buy it before it's gone forever Benny.

Mr. B. Here ! 🍔🍺👀😎👍. People loved them or hated them ! Price was so, so ! That is what I remember from folks who had them ! Good video !

Because the LeBaron was a midsized car that318 sure gave her a punch. I had the 83 New Yorker... sweet

Sad to see one of these destined for the crusher. These cars were already rare to begin with but are now MEGA rare because so many have been scrapped.

wow brings back several memories out neighbor had a 78 2 dr LeBaron, that things never started right away. I now miss that classic Chrysler reduction starter noise that was quite prevalent every morning back in the day. It did not like those MI cold winter mornings ! I agree this example seems to have a lot of life in it, make it a daily driver for work !

Benny and the jets I always like how Chrysler had the turn signals on the fenders. Looks like if you put a transmission and exhaust system on it. It would still be cheap transportation for someone.

Love it u r lucky.Great car.keep enjoy

I had an 81 with the all powerful slant six 🙃

Dad. Had. 77 he changed the. Distributer. To get away. From. Electronic. Ignition. And. Electronic fuel control

All cars can't be super cool, but a blast from the past ❤

It’s always the yard that does the most damage!

I bet it was more work then they first thought. I would have given her a shot.

Another savable car.

Quirky front end - head/parking light assemblies look like installed upside-down

Lee Iacocca would be proud!

like mopars but like you always say esp light above head lights "ungley fugley" LOL

It is nice to watch all those remembering thoughts about the past...... Just get the h. out there you people, save her. Simple. Once gone.......

I remember when we had. A car just like that. But it was a 1980 . I remember that the tell like.

I like it 😀

Kind of a fancy Volare...

She was back in her day

congrats benny i know by ur comments you have a lot of cars, as did i back in the day, when you find one you want go for it we only live once, happy for you man, im a ford guy but drove then all back in the 70s ive had camaros , firebirds 68 ram air 3 crashed it in 6 months. dusters challemgers. etc they were everywhere. and cheap at that time. etc but at the time these cars where cheap rides just trade one one for another. ha ha good times . on to the next one

My mom had an orange wagon like this when I was a kid (mid to late 80s) and I remember one time she was going through a parking lot and the snow drifts were hiding the curbs, so she ended up hitting one with enough speed that it felt like we got airborn!

A shame. Was a decent looking Labaron that should still be on the roads. Ragged out now. Sad!

Good video I thought those were cool cars especially the 2 door leabaron

Almost passed the lead an powder test??!

The real life Moon hawk from bmg drive

The car looks solid. Just a regular traces of used car. Wtf.😧 The "face" of the model looks a bit strange. I guess I'm just used to see more "ordinary" face in that body stile.

YES!, You are correct. They were boring.

Pos new and finally got what it deserves.

cuando un buen coche se convirtió en basurero 😣

Look good I wonder if the crushed it

COOL Car, but will it run

Where is this yard ?

You bought a more door ?

Diagnostics on a 79 how modern

Should have dumped it back to the used car lot!

Put a 440+Pro charger & built trans & good dana posi and call it a day,make a good sleeper