The crappy years? There were some cool Mopar cars from 1975-1991 (pre-viper), so list 'em!

[cbarge]

Back in the day dated a lady with a 86 Chrysler Lebaron GTS.
When the turbo quit I would say the GTS stood for GOES TOO SLOW!

Personally, I had an 87 Diplomat ex cop car. Great performing and handling car, super reliable. I could do the "Blues Brothers" parallell park manuver quite well in that car! Lol!

 

[Kevin Carpenter]

I am taking my 88 Lancer Shelby 1 of 279 made to Moparfest this Weekend in Kitchener Ontario. It is Canada's biggest Mopar show and is back after 2 year absence.

 

[1978 NYB]

I am taking my 88 Lancer Shelby 1 of 279 made to Moparfest this Weekend in Kitchener Ontario. It is Canada's biggest Mopar show and is back after 2 year absence.

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Nice car!

 

[70bigblockdodge]

There is a guy every year at Carlisle road course event on Friday that floggs the crap out of a TC. His helmet matches the car.

 

[Rustyrodknocker]

Here is my lowly POS mid 80's crap wagon.


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The twin to my high school buddys car. Still hate it nothing like getting smoked by a fwd in your smog era muscle car

 

[Northcoast300h]

I forgot how popular Mopars were down under, and that the Hemi didn't die in 1971. In 1971-1981 Austrailia Chrysler made 3 versions of the Hemi 6, highest hp was 302hp in 1971. By 1981, the highest output Hemi 6 was downgraded to 203hp. Still respectful in a time since most V8's were around 200hp. I never understood why Chrysler didn't import these great ideas to the good old USA.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I forgot how popular Mopars were down under, and that the Hemi didn't die in 1971. In 1971-1981 Austrailia Chrysler made 3 versions of the Hemi 6, highest hp was 302hp in 1971. By 1981, the highest output Hemi 6 was downgraded to 203hp. Still respectful in a time since most V8's were around 200hp. I never understood why Chrysler didn't import these great ideas to the good old USA.
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I have always wondered how close that head is to bolting on a slant six. It's a shame Chrysler was so broke at the end of the 70s that they never redesigned the head on the slant with new technology and or overhead cam.

 

[patrick66]

I have always wondered how close that head is to bolting on a slant six. It's a shame Chrysler was so broke at the end of the 70s that they never redesigned the head on the slant with new technology and or overhead cam.

Not even close, from what I read back in pre-interwebz times

 

[Snotty]

I still don't know how a "hemi" has spark plugs entering at a right angle like a wedge. Still, I'd take one.

Saw this car at Fall Fling in Van Nuys in 2006:

 

[patrick66]

I still don't know how a "hemi" has spark plugs entering at a right angle like a wedge. Still, I'd take one.

Saw this car at Fall Fling in Van Nuys in 2006:

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Pull the head and the Hemi configuration shows itself well.

 

[Snotty]

Pull the head and the Hemi configuration shows itself well.

Never seen one; thus my question.

 

[patrick66]

 

[Snotty]

Ah, very well. Like I said, had never seen one. Thanks!

 

[75LandYacht]

I still don't know how a "hemi" has spark plugs entering at a right angle like a wedge. Still, I'd take one.

Saw this car at Fall Fling in Van Nuys in 2006:

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Love the cars from Down Under.. lots of them look like recycled US brands though IMO. This one looks like Maverick-ish.. cool nonetheless.

 

[Justin Plant]

I thought hemi configuration was intake port, valve, plug, valve, exhaust port. Allowing air to pass straight through. I don't see that in the picture above.

 

[patrick66]

I thought hemi configuration was intake port, valve, plug, valve, exhaust port. Allowing air to pass straight through. I don't see that in the picture above.

You won't see that in a 3Gen Hemi, either. But, this IS a Hemi configuration. It's the shape of the combustion chamber that matters, not the plug placement.

 

[Justin Plant]

Ah. ok

 

[SwissABC]

SwissABC - Give it back to the USA. You swiss guys already have the best mountains in the world, you're going to take the best cars too? Hee, Hee!

Well it was a mountain of RUST only and nobody in the USA did bought her, so she camed to me for having new life

 

[Northcoast300h]

Chrysler's Canadian design studio went out of business in 2014, replaced by USA models. Since these Canadian cars were much like the USA equivalent, why didn't Chrysler sell these down in the USA as an upgraded trim option? Seems like a waste of money.

 

[azblackhemi]

Here's my "Crappy" 79 300. May not be a muscle car but I think it's pretty cool.