LeBaron thread. POST PICS!!!

[Polygon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rubix By the way, is it working out well with the turn signal lenses?

Shouldn't be a problem. It's just a matter of finding the best way to get them to you that won't cost a ton.

[83sdc]

Hey Turbokid! dude we need to get together! i live just south of bolvar! my address is a pleasant hope address! and i think we should find a way to make a road trip out of gateway & get hooked up with ' crusty too! that would be awsome! p.s. i posted on the price question link. if you need some machine work done on that 2-5 let me know! i'll do what i can to help a brother out!

[turbokid]

I really want another 2.5 and will sit the one outa that car for a later build. But thanks for the offer. I have no tools or anyway to pay for machine work right now. I am broke as a joke!
But thanks for the offer. We will definitely hook up and do something! I always like hanging with my Td brothers!
Plus I am a good parts source too =)

[turbokid]

couldn't help but take more pics of my two barons together in the drive way. I was working on one of them and then the other wouldn't start so I worked on the other one as well!
Here are some pics!
First time I have ever taken pics of the red car with the top down!
The red boot is a find in my yard out of the 3.0 v6 car I parted not too long ago. It was smashed in the back pretty good

[itsbudda]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polygon What they did was take chassis that were meant to be highlline models and gave them the GTC package. It was essentially a sports package. However, the GTC got pretty much the same interior as the premium models save for the the option of the digital dash, I think.

Maybe the premium was meant to be more of the high end luxury, and the gtc was the less luxurious sportier model.

but yeah as far as it goes, the only thing on my premium that's not chrome is the door handles, and absolutely everything imaginable is digital, including a compass, and has the T1 A520(or 525. dunno) combo.

[Reaper1]

The brakes on Rubix's car are the standard 10.25" vented front/solid rear brakes. It is correct that ALL G/J body cars got front/rear discs(in 1989), but not all got the 11" package, even if they did have 16" wheels.

[itsbudda]

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbokid couldn't help but take more pics of my two barons together in the drive way. I was working on one of them and then the other wouldn't start so I worked on the other one as well! Here are some pics! First time I have ever taken pics of the red car with the top down! The red boot is a find in my yard out of the 3.0 v6 car I parted not too long ago. It was smashed in the back pretty good

I actually like the red one more in that shot. don't know why.

[turbokid]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper1 The brakes on Rubix's car are the standard 10.25" vented front/solid rear brakes. It is correct that ALL G/J body cars got front/rear discs, but not all got the 11" package, even if they did have 16" wheels.

Some jbodies had rear drums

[turbokid]

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsbudda I actually like the red one more in that shot. don't know why.

The red one in the pic looks cleaner than it actually is. Its still quite rough. I have never washed the body on that car and it could use some interior work.
The back window needs to be glued back in at the bottom on the top, take a good look at that drivers side fender and you can see it has a couple good dents and the whole car needs to be buffed badly
The blue lebaron is gonna get an eibach pro kit so it will sit lower and look better.

[djd's turbo]

Yeah, my 84 Daytona Turbo has rear drums, too. djd.

[Rubix]

Turbokid, your neighborhood looks so beautiful! I love America, wished I lived there, but the economy is currently too variable to move my company to the US. I love the photo's of your white (wooden?) house with the big driveway and the two LeBarons on it



Anyway, some pics of the engine of my LeBaron. Click the small pictures to get the 5mpix version.













Lots of oil leakage:

[Polygon]

Yep, that's a TBI. No car from Chrysler used the TBI in 1989 in America. They were all port injection.

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsbudda Maybe the premium was meant to be more of the high end luxury, and the gtc was the less luxurious sportier model.

No, I actually think they are pretty much similar from a luxury standpoint. I think the main difference is that the premium had the digital dash as an option while it was not an option in the GTC. Also, the 12 button navigator could not be had in a GTC as well. On the other hand you could only get the enthusiast seats in the GTC.

[turbokid]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rubix Turbokid, your neighborhood looks so beautiful! I love America, wished I lived there, but the economy is currently too variable to move my company to the US. I love the photo's of your white (wooden?) house with the big driveway and the two LeBarons on it

THanks
Its my parents house
Normally the lebarons are not lined up like that. I usually get kicked to the curb as my mom and dad both park in the driveway, my mom with her ford van, and my dad with w/e he decides to drive that week (used car dealer as well as jy owner).
Man your house is awesome aswell.
The economy is not very hospitable but you can come live in my neighborhood anytime =)
It would be cool to have a neighbor with a lebaron as well.
You can find plenty of american cars here
Hell you could buy my red gtc and have a real GTC lebaron
Q

[Rubix]

I would love to! I also think American people are nicer and friendlier than the average people in the Netherlands. Many Europeans hate Americans due too the wars of Bush and stuff like that, and those folks have obviously never visited America because Americans are a lot more polite, helpful, etc. And the chicks are cuter

It would also be great for the parts and stuff. I can't get any damn parts here for a reasonable price while you can just go to a random dump and have an as-many-parts-as-you-can-carry-takeaway. I think I would buy some other American cars too, like a Lincoln Towncar. It's nothing special for you but I worship those cars lol They're like 10 times more comfortable than Volvos or Mercedes etc., it's unheard of luxury here in Europe. But unfortunately many Americans don't seem to like their own cars and here they are too expensive to drive for most people because of the gas prices ($10/gallon) and import fees.

Despite the rareness of LeBarons in Europe, there's a guy living around the corner here who also owns a LeBaron, that's the grey one. And there's another one just two streets away, but I don't know the owner of it. It's really fun to work on both cars and to have someone around who loves a LeBaron as much as I do. But he doesn't detail his car I would love to see you doing it, maybe you could get me from my lazy ass to detail my car as well. After all of the small issues are fixed.

@ Underhood pics: there are some LPG components in there of which you probably wondered what parts they are

[Reaper1]

I corrected my previous post. It was REALLY late and in my mind I had included the correct information, but I just didn't type it! DOH!

In 1989 all G/J bodies got rear discs of some sort. That's what I MEANT to type! LOL