Here’s how the LeBaron became one of Chrysler’s longest running nameplates
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In this episode I provide the history of the Chrysler LeBaron, from its early days as a coachbuilder in the 1920's, it became its own model line in 1977, and in 5 overlapping generations Chrysler produced sedans, coupes, wagons, and convertibles, the latter possibly being the most famous, especially the original K car variant.
Scenes from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - TM & © Paramount (1987) - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I remember it most as John (with an 'h') Voight's car.
lol. Seinfeld.
I'm shocked Seinfeld didn't get mentioned🤣
Yeah, I thought this would come up much earlier. John Jon Voights's Le Baron is the most famous of all.
Always check the teeth marks in a pencil, you may become rich. 🤪
Was thinking of the same thing. Funny how a car can be associated with a crazy TV Show.
"the door is a jar"
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You forgot to mention it's infamous role in Seinfeld as George Costanza's "Jon Voight's" LeBaron
Don't you mean John Voight?
@@Hotlog69 the periodentist?
Or was it John Voit? :-)
And Jon Voits pencil!!
It caught on fire.
My new favorite channel, I Remember thinking The Lebaron convertible was really cool when I was a kid.
I'm a 90's kid and thought the flip up headlights were cool
@@dontelindsey5846 Someone who lived down the street had a black one, but it wasn't a convertible but still cool looking car, I dug the flip up headlights too.
I did get a ride in a J-body Lebaron convertible(the one with hidden headlights). It was an interesting ride.
You did one of my recommendations... epic! I'm sad you missed the opportunity to mention the rich Corinthian leather. Or Jon Voight's car.
I miss my 91 GTC. It was truly a unicorn. Black with gray interior... loaded... and a 3rd pedal.
“Jon Voight, the actor or the periodontist?”
I had an '89 Lebaron Turbo GT Convertible - white with red interior and a five speed stick! Made in Mexico. The cable shifter wasn't awesome but it was otherwise a terrific car.
😂 Ricardo Montalban 😂
@@jacknasty6940 KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!!
@@garynelson4485 'Manual Shift Linkage' was critiqued by Consumer Guide magazine in that era.
This channel is exactly like old car memories channel but on 2x speed 🙂👍👏
Those 82-84 Lebaron Town and country convertibles were cool and are collectable today.
I had a 1994 Chrysler LeBaron LX Convertible. I loved that car. I kept it until the repairs started to be continuous instead of preventive. I miss it every day. Such a great car.
Bro!
That Shatner insert was freaking hilarious!!!
The rest of the video was cool too.
I so excited 🤪 My Grandfather was “Mopar or no car” He bought Grandma a brand new 1987 Lebaron.
I had a 93 Chrysler lebaron with red landau top, I really loved that car, for me it was luxurious and sporty. That 160hp 3.0 v6 was great and got good mileage. The transmission went out on it and I couldn’t afford to repair it. So I got a 90 Cadillac sedan deville from one of they buy here pay here places and and I’ve been driving cadillacs ever since!
My dad bought my mom a 1982 LeBaron convertible, white with maroon vinyl interior and digital radio, as her birthday present in early 1983. I came along nine months later, so I guess she liked it.
We were an all-Chrysler family until the turn of the century, actually. My dad had a 1986 LeBaron GTS turbo, which he replaced with a Plymouth Acclaim in 1991. Mom upgraded to an Eagle Vision in 1994 and then a purple Sebring JX convertible after we moved to Florida in 1997. Sadly, the quality issues they had with the Sebring and my dad's 1996 Grand Caravan ES put them off of Chrysler altogether. Their next vehicles were a 1999 Volvo C70 convertible and a 2003 Honda Odyssey, respectively.
But that original 1982 LeBaron stayed around and became my first car after I got my license in 1999!
Khhhhaaaannnnn....freaking hilarious, keep them coming with the great content.
I laughed myself silly 😂😂😂😂😂
My older brother's 1st car was the Woody LeBaron. His friends literally called it Woody and laughed at it. It grew on me and if I could find a really good condition one today I would consider buying it.
There's a good many cars I remember fondly that aren't around much anymore, the Chevrolet Lumina, Ford Windstar, Ford Freestar/Mercury Monterey, Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique, Ford Tempo/Mercury Topaz, Buick Century, LeSabre, Park Avenue, Ford Taurus/mercury Sable and the venerable Volvo 850, some are still commonplace because they're reliable or ended production recently, though the cars I remember are the older generations which are not commonly found on the road anymore
My mother had a 1980 LeBaron coupe. It was beautiful with wire wheel covers and opera lamps. I loved that car!
I absolutely love this channel on older cars from the 80's and 90's that's my generation!! Plus please never change your sound track music you use on your videos so cool.
My grandfather had an ‘87 LeBaron and he loved it.
Loved the Video. I think that the Chevy Citation and all the other names it had deserves a Video
Chevy Citation, Oldsmobile Omega,Pontiac Phoenix,and Buick Skylark were the X- body cars.
@@corvetcoyote443 They all deserve a video. The Chrysler K-cars also deserve a video as well.
I got a 93 LeBaron convertible with less than 110,000 miles and l drive it everywhere and still love it!
I only want one if it comes with "rich Corinthian leather"
1975 Chrysler Cordoba
That was the Cordoba.
Any difference with Asgardian leather?
I had a, I think it was a 1989, turbo coupe. IT HAD THE GREATEST SEATS EVER! I still remember what a high beltline it had. You sat down IN it and I loved it. Was wrecked 3 times and kept going. My brother finally finished it off when he went off the road and hit a culvert. BUT THOSE SEATS! I've been looking for seats as comfortable a those grey leather, bolstered, tilting head rest beauties ever since.
My first ever car purchase was a 1991 Le Baron convertible. Dark Quartz color with grey interior, base model. I worked for a company that made parts for the AA body (4 door Spirit, Acclaim, & Le Baron). My car was made in St. Louis, but I was at the Newark assembly plant when the 1991 Model year kicked off, they had just wrapped up the test builds of the Coupe and Convertible at the factory. I also got to see the AA Chrysler Saratoga being built for export. The Top was down more from September to May than it ever was during the summer. (You can heat a convertible to a tolerable level in the cooler months, but the AC could not keep it cool in the summer with the top down. South Carolina summers are HOT)
My father had a 1980 LeBaron. It ran without major problems for many years. As it passed 250k, rust set in, the driver's seat started to sink, and the doors started coming apart. Eventually he got rid of it, but it was still running smoothly.
My grandfather had a K-car Lebaron convertible with the turbo back in the 80s. One of my aunts had a white on white last gen Lebaron convertible in the 90s.
There's a green last gen Lebaron convertible at a house in the neighborhood I live in.
I love the smooth, sporty, aerodynamic design of the last gen.
I remember when I was a kid my dad rented one of the 80's LeBaron convertibles, I was like wow when I got to ride in it.
They were good for the short term like rentals, or a lease, but for long term ownership man did they have some quality issues as they aged like the bodies prematurely rusting out, and bad fuel pumps just to name a few issues off the top of my head.
These K-LeBarons were actually really nice... compared to many contemporary cars. They had great sounding radios/cassette-decks, very comfortable, and probably one of the best-handling vehicles I've ever driven in snow/ice. I had a used 84 or 86 2-door with that plush-ass, half-reaching vinyl top which I always kept Armor-all-ed. After driving a Chevy Citation, this thing was like a Rolls Royce. Aluminum heads were finished by about 100,000 though. It was actually very reliable, had the O2 sensor replaced a couple of times, that was it.
I’m such a fan of your channel & content. It’s amazing that at 40yo, I’ve seen or experienced every old scene through this video - from John Candy in ‘Planes, Trains, & Automobiles’ to the electronic toys I had that spoke to the T&C stationwagon.
My favorite uncle passed a few months ago and speaking at his memorial, I recalled my memories of riding in the jump seat of his T&C stationwagon as a youngster, and his specific influence on my love for automobiles. Ironically, right before he died, we talked about that stationwagon and he said it was the worst car he ever owned because he loved it, but lived in the repair shop. 😂
Thanks for the enjoyable nostalgia! 🔥
I owned two 1989 Plymouth Acclaims. I had mixed feelings about whether they were good cars or not but I kept one to over 200,000 miles. Thanks Pat for another great video. There was a lot of history in this issue and I particularly like the humor.
I love LeBarons. I had 2 convertibles back in the 90’s.
My dad had a thing for 1980's LeBaron Convertible Turbo's, and predictably, for Chrysler TC by Maserati's. I sold all 5 of them for him on EBAY, as well as a Buick Park Avenue 3800 Ultra supercharged; after he suffered a series of TIA's and could no longer see well enough to drive. Like these cars, he is gone now, and so is the world he knew.
Anything with James Earl Jones as the voice just makes you want to buy it.
I still have my 1993 Chrysler Lebaron convertible and it still runs.
I liked the talking car part as a kid. Drivers door is ajar! Key in ignition! Headlights are on! Etc. Definitely ahead of the time. And whomever gave the two thumbs down, you're definitely not car people and don't deserve this amazing, growing channel! Go away! Ha ha
Darth Vader doing LeBaron commercials is hilarious
I am just old enough that I can remember all of the LeBarons, I heard of the Lancer (one of them is the reason why I am on disability, long story and I was not driving the Lancer, but I was in another K car when the accident happened,I digress) by Shelby, but I heard that Lancer was sold as a Lancer Pacifica. My favorite LeBaron was the 78 LeBaron medallion LE coupe, sharp car.
That wood grain in the thumbnail screams "Family Truckster"
Or the Gran Detroit Farm and Country in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'
@@t.b.g.504 Planes Trains and Automobiles is a friggin hilarious movie, one of my favs.
One of my favorite channels right now, keep up the great work!
Would like to see 80's grand marquis station wagon as a video
The LeBaron was a nice looking car for its time.
I was once torn between buying a 92 Plymouth Acclaim and a 93 Nissan Altima. Glad I chose the Datsun
I think the '87 - '92 is the best design Chrysler came out with in the '80s, such a handsome car.
Still binge watching your videos. Great stuff man!
I had a '95 LeBaron convertible and I loved it... it wasn't too quick but it was never meant to be.
My first car was a 79 LeBaron that I got in 2000 when I was 17 for $200. Loved that thing
In my opinion the LeBaron convertible was the best car they ever had. I remember a friend was about 11 and she said she wanted a LeBaron when graduated high school. We laughed saying “that car could look like anything by then!” And by the time she graduated the car was gone!
3:43 Hoovie!!!! I didn't know he buried one of these too!
He got IT from a guy who owned 22 lebaron's,he wanted with no rust,of course the car was full of holes and even the engine required a lot of work
My first car was an 85 LeBaron GTS Turbo loved it and your videos !
Awesome vid!!!
I had a red 95 GTC with white top, the only convertible I've ever owned. I love that car.
When I was a young lad, I always told myself I would buy a Chrysler LeBaron J coupe.... That never happened , therefore decades later, I get to watch this video.
Reminds me of the years I would watch "Name that Tune" and salivate over the Pontiac Fiero, one could potentially win..
Love this video. I had a ‘94 LeBaron convertible that I really liked. It was a good car. But some I’d like to see are first generation Prelude, CRX, Isuzu Impulse (all of which I owned at some point) and perhaps a Buick Somerset before it became Skylark. Thank you for your videos. Brings back some good memories!
I owned a 1977 Dodge Aspen it had the coldest A/C of any of the vehicles I've ever owned.
love this content. Keep up the great work!
I was raised with my dad's 1978 LeBaron Town and Country that never ran. Has a 318. They should really bring back the nameplate on one of the Peugeot platforms now that Stellantis exists.
I’m loving all your videos! Hoping to see an actual K car video. I had a Plymouth Reliant wagon with the Mitsubishi 2.6 engine
Thank you for this video. I had the. 1987 LeBaron coup GT Turbo. The same silver color and trim in the beginning of the video. Brought back many memories.
First car was an 89 just like you showed in red with the black soft top. Miss that car, need to find another one.
I remember admiring the lebaron convertible. In retrospect it's good I didn't buy one. They weren't durable over the long haul, like most chrysler products.
The body is a rust magnet.
I had my White 89 GTC Turbo II manual conv. for 9 years. The only thing that took it off of the road was a Chevrolet Avalanche to the fender. It did have problems over the years. Each issue was fixed with hand tools. Proper maintenance kept the engine's internals nice and shiny upon disassembly. Now, don't get me wrong, Chrysler is garbage. But the late 80's turbo models have a whiff of Underdog Hotrod that I like. That's why I bought a second one. A Red 89 Premium Turbo. Already swapped the previous car's intercooler, safely bumped the boost to 12 psi. The power to weight is adequate until my big turbo/fuel system/sensor upgrade.
I wouldn't shy away from these. You'll always learn something new with them.
Great videos! Wow, what a throwback to my younger days. We had so many of these cars in my house growing up! I had a 97 Talon TSi AWD, followed by a Eldorado ETC of the same year. I would love to see a video on either! Cheers!
My grandmother had a early/mid 80's LaBaron, new. Then traded up to ab used 1986 New Yorker. That car was luxury on wheels to a 15 year old kid in the early 90's. I would absolutely LOVE to have one of those cars today.
Awesome show! I'm loving this content! I used to have a 86 lebaron 2.2T and also had a 93 Lebaron landau 3.3L. I really loved that 93. It was not a bad car and had quite a bit of pep too!
Love this channel it always shows unusual and undesired cars and made us realize that these cars actually good cars that really work.. great video coverage .. 😎👉🏾👍🏾🛎
That 76 LeBaron was a beauty LOL
I had a K-convertible Mark Cross Edition 1985...
Fun times!
My family was big into Chryslers and Dodges. They did have an 83 Lebaron Wagon with the voice alert. I had 2 Daytonas. My 85 had the voice alert. I almost bought a Lebaron GTC but got the 2nd Daytona instead. All nice cars for that era.
My '89 300 ZX talked to me. Was so fun having my friends know my fuel level was low because I was broke, over and over and over 🤪
I own a 1988 Chrysler Lebaron coupe GTC turbo in gray fully loaded at the time with 30,000 miles in gray with black leather.. been in the family since new
Please, make a video about Saturn and/or Eagle, it would be awesome.
I love these American cars from the 80s and 90s, they're so quirky
I inherited a 1988 LeBaron Turbo 4 convertible.. Consumer Reports rated it the #1 worst used car to buy that year. They were absolutely correct. I never bought a turbo after that one.
How about the dodge/Plymouth colt?
My dad had one when I was a kid. He got it when I was in kindergarten, and I learned to drive stick on it when I was 16. By the time it was done when I was 19 (someone rear ended my dad doing about $150 of damage totaling the car), the clutch was optional.
The (lack of) options were crazy. No AC, given on a $7000 car. But then no tach, no clock, no radio. If you wanted the door to stay locked when you shut it, you had to hold the handle when you closed the door. Otherwise had to lock it with the key. Still a lot of good memories!
My dad and I rented a maroon GTC turbo convertible on vacation back in La in 1989. That thing had some power!😜
My Dad inherited a Dodge 600 from his sister, I tried to buy it from him, but he wouldn't sell it to me. Looking at this video reminded me that it was probably for the best!
One of my high school literature teachers drove an early 80's maroon LeBaron drop top and it was completely mint.
I miss my 1983 Renault Alliance DL sedan. Strangely, it was the most trouble-free car I ever owned. I traded it in on a 1988 Mercury Tracer wagon when Renault left the country.
😆😂🤣 Adding a captain Kirk screaming to Ricardo Montalban "KAN" was a amusing detail to the video. You make lol. I remember the Lebaron was the first convertible car since 1975 after the federal ban.
The LeBaron was quite literally the S Class in Mexico, I have an uncle that was a millionaire winemaker. He drove a black LeBaron and I remember thinking how incredibly luxurious and elegant the car was. It was truly amazing to see it parked next to the VW Beetles that crowded Mexican streets back then.
Chevrolet Citation was my first car…would like to see that! Keep these videos rolling! 😎👍🏽
They were terrible cars.
The LeBaron was an M body. Other cars that used that platform where the 5th Avenue, New Yorker, Dodge Diplomat, Plymouth Caravelle, and others. The Dodge Aspen and Plymouth Volare were F bodies.
Lebaron is a name I'd love to see Chrysler bring back.
I would only like it if they would get rid of that Fiat.
I always loved the LeBaron convertible, now I would like to see the Cadillac Cimarron if you haven't featured it yet.
I agree. My parents bought a brand new 1984 Cimarron with all of the options. It gave my parents and family 355,000 miles of decent reliability, performance and economy. It was a simple frayed and worn "throttle valve cable" that ruined the transmission. My brother was driving it at that time and had that cable been replaced immediately when the gas pedal got mushy feeling, it would still be operating today. I feel it's a much better car than folks stereotype it to be.
I had a 1995 Chrysler Saratoga from 2011 until 2017. Saratoga was the name under which the LeBaron Sedan was sold in some European Counties. It was on of the most reliable cats I ever had.
I remember LeBaron as a trim level on my father's 1964 Imperial.
When I think LeBaron I think of one of the greatest films of my generation, the award winning powerhouse known as Freddy Got Fingered. Some people strive to have KITT, the Batmobile or the Ghostbusters car, but I one day want to have the car that took Gord on his life journey to become an animator.
Great video I enjoy watching it ! I remember these back in the day from the 70s onwards growing up . My parents borrowed of these from a family friend , a sedan version back in the mid 80s .
Please can you do a video on GM full-sized cars of the 80s down the road my parents and myself owned these cars back in the day .
Bought an '89 LeBaron convertible new, traded it in 2007. Absolutley phenomenally fun car, no breakdowns, no leaks. I might be a fan base of one, but I thought the body style held up.
Please do a video on the Dodge/Plymouth Neon.
Only yesterday I was thinking about the first gen 96' Dodge Neon my friend had and how I hadn't seen many recently and how all the people who got them in the mid 2000's were young dudes who put body kits on them with unfinished primer on the kits. Then yesterday evening I see a 2nd gen red one that had a bad rattle can paint job, but at least not all modded out. Then a few hours later another 2nd gen with crappy black paint job and the wrong wheels. The red one was on someone's front lawn, looked like it had been sitting a while, dusty. With a few other project cars on the driveway. Obviously the lowest priority vehicle they had. The black one was at a fast food restaurant, so it was was still roadworthy. I always thought the new Dodge Dart was supposed to be the new Neon. I liked it's looks, but they canceled it a few years back. A work colleague had gotten that Dart brand new in white and drove it everywhere across the west to see every national park within driving distance over the next few years. Plus a ton of other road trips, seemed to have served him well I believe he still has it.
@@marcusdamberger Holy! That’s quite a stretch of reading 😅
The Dodge Neon was a modern-day gremlin
Great videos! Maybe consider doing a video on the original Ford Taurus SHO. My father bought one new off the lot in 1988, his first ever new car and it was amazing! He traded in an old KP61 Toyota Starlet, itself an interesting vehicle, one wheel drive ( hilarious to drive in northeast winters btw), so you can imagine the excitement when he brought the SHO home. Also maybe one on the original Plymouth Voyager, my mother traded in an old 1977 Pontiac Bonneville for an extended wheel base Voyager in 1989 once the Pontiac's transmission started to go out. Not as much fun as the Taurus but still a nostalgic car. Cheers!
My parents had a 92 LeBaron convertible and I loved the retractable headlights and cool (for the time) interior.
First car I ever had was a 79 LeBaron. Parents gave it to me in late 95. It was literally a POS. Sometimes it started sometimes it didn’t. 4 door plushy seats. I had to take the bus to HS because I never knew if it would start at school 😂
Loved my LeBaron , Marc Cross , turbo convertible , no wood . Sold it at 235 thousand miles
my mom had an 86 lebaron 2 door. it was a neat little car.
What an awesome car!!
I love your videos. You should do a video on the mopar minivans.
Good one 3:18. Same thing Castanza shouted who again coincidentally owned Jon Voight's LeBaron.
The 1977 Lebaron was also known as the Dodge Diplomat! It would later become the New Yorker and later on the Fifth Avenue(up until 1989)! Needs to be a video on the New Yorker!
And Plymouth Fury.
@@erikbunty2016 Actually Gran Fury. But thanks for the reminder.
@@johnnymason2460 Yes, I forgot to put Gran before it. I think the Fury was a B-Body car.
Have you done the Chrysler Imperial yet? I'd love to see that!
I had a coupe, two convertibles, and a GTS version. Some of the most beautiful cars ever.
Lmao I follow Hoovie and saw the Convertible videos. Great video
What about Plymouth Caravelle? A twin of Dodge Diplomat - perhaps only in Canada?
I had a 1985 Plymouth Caravelle back in the day and i live in the states.
The Caravelle Salon was the twin of the Diplomat (M-body), that name was used in Canada in place of Gran Fury, and then there was the FWD Caravelle, the twin of the Dodge 600 (E-body) which also came in a 2 door coupe, exclusive to the Canadian market.