1986 chrysler fifth avenue
I worked at a Chrysler dealership 1986-1987 and you could spot the folks buying these cars as soon as they stepped on the lot. Not quite so much. one of the best running 318's I've ever had. Supposedly it makes the car look more like a limousine or something, which is great if you want to look like youre driving someone to the airport or a high school prom. I broke 3 of those. 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue Performance Exhaust Systems It has 41,000 miles. Maybe they wished that they had bought a Seville but couldnt afford one, so they decided that this was the next best thing. That works, too. True, as a midsize, the rear seat roomparticularly the legroomwas not as good as a Cadillac Brougham, Town Car, or even the Caprice Classic, but it made up for it in value and sheer Broughaminess. The Fifth Avenue (and its Dodge and Plymouth siblings) would prove to be the last V8-powered, rear wheel drive Chrysler vehicles until the Chrysler 300 was revived in that configuration for 2005. But then Chrysler didnt really have anything, I was meeting and hauling a lot of people, and got an Olds Silhouette. 2: Early 225 with 1-bbl. This was doable because the LeBaron nameplate had moved from the M-body to the ber K-car for 82. Did you know the last valve job cost $1300? I found it strange that Chysler offered 2 diffferent cars named New Yorker for 1988, i.e., the old FWD K-based model, specifically the re-named New Yorker Turbo. 1986 CHRYSLER 5TH AVENUE; I bought a 5th ave today and the ac works, heat seemed to work earlier, but now isnt blowing hot air. It was what would become the 198489 Fifth Avenue in all but name. Chrysler really liked over-applying the names New Yorker and LeBaron in the 80s. 52,737. Ive spent a lot of time behind the wheel of the Dodge version and my impression was that were pretty tight inside, four passengers only. Mike visits an upholstery store to question Nacho on the pretense of having the Chrysler's interior reupholstered. For this Imperial show car, they paid actress Eva Longoria to fly in to the NAIAS and introduce it. I am not interested myself, but it sounds to me like you may have a $1000 car right now, and that is only if the body and interior are really nice. I rode in one once (rather cramped) and it seemed like they could gain 3 cubic feet of interior space by reducing the poofiness of the button-tufted cushions! So GM kept the B-body Caprice, Delta 88, and LeSabre, and C-body Fleetwood Brougham, and Ford kept the Panther Marquis and LTDs in the line. matters or any part of this site is strictly prohibited. Classic cars have heritage and history and a . These cars were designed for empty-nesters from the Greatest Generation, who would no more buy a Honda or Toyota than they would set their house on fire. So laugh at the Volar-based Fifth all you like; I dont care.