My sister in law had a "Shelby" K car. It had been butchered before she got it and had the tame 4 cylinder with no turbo. It was awful. My father in law found it for her and did her no favour when he did so. Her brother and I patched it up enough so that she could sell it after the head gasket blew. Everything was strange under the hood as they put an engine in the car that was never intended to go there.
In any event, the point of my story is that a young fellow came and test drove it after she advertised it for sale and he bought it. He told my sister in law that it would really squeal when he stomped it off the line. He was impressed. We were dumbfounded. The only thing that would squeal if you really stepped on it was the clutch. The thing could hardly get moving so we can't imagine how he thought he was squealing the tires. The poor dumb kid. Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Alex Chamberlain Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:30 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] WOW! This is nasty and a real shame to do this. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Walt Zarnoch <zarnoch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was that a popshot at the Lebaron????! > My parents have a "his and hers" pair, an 82 and an 89 repectivly, so I'm > understandably biased. :) > Of all the K-cars, I always thought the LeBaron convertible was the only decent-looking one. The '80s Chrysler turbo fours have a real cult following, too---the engine has strong internals and can be made to put out ridiculous amounts of horsepower. I seem to remember that the '87 Shelby Charger, not too distant a relative of the LeBaron, did 0-60 faster than a V-8 Mustang or Camaro of the same year, if you could keep the front tires hooked up. Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
