bikinkawboy
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After Studebaker stopped making cars, dad bought a 1 year old '63 Chrysler Newport with the 361V8. Push button shifting on the automatic tranny and for fan-heater controls. A real runner.
After the TV show "Emergency" came on with the new Dodges, dad bought a new '73 1/2 ton Adventurer with automatic and 318. The following year he bought a new '74 D300 with 4 speed and 318 I still have.
In '76 he bought a '74 Chrysler Newport with 400V8. I bought my '77 D150 in '78 and mom and dad bought a new '79 Plymouth Horizon TC3 with the 1.7L VW engine, which dad loved. In the 55 mph era they would get 34-36 mpg going to and from Florida. Somewhere in there was an '80 Chrysler LaBaron with the 225ci.
I bought a well used '76 Caravan with the 2.6L Mitsubishi, which got rear ended at 200,000 miles. Underpowered and mpg wasn't really that great. Then bought another well used '90 Grand Caravan with the 3.3L V6, which at 276,000 miles my 16 year old son finally killed. Rod knock and tranny problem after he ran the tar out of it. I bought a '02 Caravan in '08 which I still drive and my mom bought a '08 Dakota 4 door 4.7L in 2010. A very fast truck that gets great gas mileage.
Son #2 started out with his grandpa's very tired '85 Chrysler Laser front wheel drive I helped him fix up. There have been a couple of Fords and Chevies in there. I got really good service out of a couple of Tempo-Topaz, but Chrysler (and Stude) products are still my favorites. I didn't realize how many cars we've had until I started listing them. Oh, have two old combines that have 225 and 318 industrial engines.
After the TV show "Emergency" came on with the new Dodges, dad bought a new '73 1/2 ton Adventurer with automatic and 318. The following year he bought a new '74 D300 with 4 speed and 318 I still have.
In '76 he bought a '74 Chrysler Newport with 400V8. I bought my '77 D150 in '78 and mom and dad bought a new '79 Plymouth Horizon TC3 with the 1.7L VW engine, which dad loved. In the 55 mph era they would get 34-36 mpg going to and from Florida. Somewhere in there was an '80 Chrysler LaBaron with the 225ci.
I bought a well used '76 Caravan with the 2.6L Mitsubishi, which got rear ended at 200,000 miles. Underpowered and mpg wasn't really that great. Then bought another well used '90 Grand Caravan with the 3.3L V6, which at 276,000 miles my 16 year old son finally killed. Rod knock and tranny problem after he ran the tar out of it. I bought a '02 Caravan in '08 which I still drive and my mom bought a '08 Dakota 4 door 4.7L in 2010. A very fast truck that gets great gas mileage.
Son #2 started out with his grandpa's very tired '85 Chrysler Laser front wheel drive I helped him fix up. There have been a couple of Fords and Chevies in there. I got really good service out of a couple of Tempo-Topaz, but Chrysler (and Stude) products are still my favorites. I didn't realize how many cars we've had until I started listing them. Oh, have two old combines that have 225 and 318 industrial engines.