Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition - Jalopnik Comments

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

nnils — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:33:09 EDT

Got one of these Chrysler Executives in my driveway, same color, Nixon not included. Leisurely 1984-85 models had Mitsubotchy 2.6 for keeping up with grandma's Geo Metro. All final year 1986 versions (mine) had Turbo 2.2 -- feeble when the light turns green but get the revs up past 2500 and it's rapid transit for 7. Driver is cramped but behind him, electric tinted sliding glass reveals enough legroom for the Shaq. Everything from the front door forward is truly a New Yorker, behind the rear seat is half a LeBaron tudor. You can see the welds underneath where the factory joined them. When girlfriends told my daughter about the limos their dates were renting for grad, she replied "How nice. Daddy BOUGHT me a limo for grad!" Needs a tranny now, it truly is a Chrysler.

nnils

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:13:00 EST

My wife (then girlfriend) had a family K car. That thing couldn't get out of the wind's way!

Normally, when driving, you stick your hand out the window & fell wind pressure from the front. If you were driving this thing with a tail-wind, you felt the wind from the back!

It probably ran 26.5 to 60mph...

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Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

danio3834 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:16:59 EST

That reminds me of the coolest K of all... 89 Caravan Turbo 5spd

danio3834

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

danio3834 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:15:44 EST

I've seen one of these in person. My only thought is how did it ever get out of its own way?

The only K-cars that werent dangerously slow were the ones that weighed less than 2500lbs. (I'm not counting K variants with Turbo II or III or what have you)

danio3834

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

Turboner — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:37:45 EST

I always wondered if mom's 86 NYer turbo was technically a K car, or not. She insisted it wasn't, that it was a cut above. I can finally get some sleep now...

BTW how in the hell did that thing move? Mom's car probably ran a 26.5 in the 1/4 mile, w/o the stretch! Too bad the steering had more torque than the motor.

Turboner

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:56:17 EST

Spence: No it'll have to be something with an American badge. Think Chevy Aveo.

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

Spence — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:16:48 EST

It's good to know that someday after his impeachment, George Bush might be riding around in the stretch version of, I dunno, a Scion XB.

Spence

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

Whitless — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:59:19 EST

I have test drove one at a back woods used car lot. It came from Chicago as some flea-bit hotels O'hare shuttle. High miles, high cig smoke, and low oil. I dug the half vinyl landeau top though. Really would have made a bitchin' Limo-page pickup.

Whitless

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

no_slushbox — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:54:38 EST

If I had an "I don't give a fuck" level of independent wealth this would be my daily driver (or, more properly, rider). Not only is this based on the K platform, but it was powered by the turbo I4. In the DCX luxury hierarchy this thing shivs the Maybach with melted, sharpened polyester underwear then pisses on it.

no_slushbox

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

MarionCobretti — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:28:29 EST

Sadly, I don't think they ever made a limo version of the Cadillac Cimarron. Now that might have been able to top this for disgraced luxury.

MarionCobretti

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:01:44 EST

Cadillac also made an in-house limo from the front-drive Fleetwood/deVille platform:

http://www.gmphotostore.com/images/53218155-Large.jpg

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

MurileeMartin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:52:25 EST

Now that's disgraced-ex-presidential luxury!

MurileeMartin

Happy Presidents Day: K-Car Limo Edition

no_slushbox — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:41:35 EST

I generally despise FWD, but when it is taken to this kind of extreme it starts to interest me. Tricky Dick might have had some extra armor on his, but this was a production car:

http://www.allpar.com/eek/k/limo.html

no_slushbox