LeBaron Konvertible

[85lebaront2]

As some of you know my original "toy" was totalled by a woman in a Mercedes ML320 back in February. I am reconstructing things into a 1986 Konvertible. I will put some pictures of the original build-up, engine, wiring, etc. on here.
The 85 started out with a 2.6L Mitsubishi, after finding 3 cracked combustion chambers, I decided to accelerate my Turbo conversion. I saved the TurboII package, top, wiring, and most of the parts I had replaced along with the external modifications like power side mirrors.
The new body will have a few changes, like changing to a SBEC and sequential injection from the present 87 Daytona two part system. I am trying to adapt a 1989 J body dashboard so I can have nice analog gauges. K cars had two choices, Analog speedometer with mostly idiot lights, or digital.

[Vigo]

Oh i love the old k-convertibles!! Cant wait for pics!

[blk86trbo]

Aww man, sorry to hear about your accident, hopefully you weren't hurt. Did you post a thread about the incident?

Best of luck with your new project, sounds very interesting! :thumb:

[85lebaront2]

Aww man, sorry to hear about your accident, hopefully you weren't hurt. Did you post a thread about the incident?

Best of luck with your new project, sounds very interesting! :thumb:

I think I did post it, it may have been on the other site. No I wasn't really hurt, just a bit POd over it. The reason for the body change is just that, Chrysler changed the rear completely in 1986. As a result, I can't use the 86 right quarter on the 85, I would have to use the entire rear clip. I started stripping the 85 Sunday.

[Vigo]

I started stripping the 85 Sunday.

So thats why we havent seen any sweet pics yet? :p

[85lebaront2]

Basically, i will try to put the engine build up and wiring pics on when I get some time. I will also be selling a lot of the extra 85 parts for anyone interested.

[Vigo]

Is the left tail on the 85 still good? If its the same as the ones on my 84 executive sedan i may be able to use it and those older ones are hard to find..

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk124/Vigo327/DSC04056.jpg

only pic i could find of the taillight.

[85lebaront2]

Looks like the same, and yes it's good, and I have a spare right. I think the front end parts may be the same too and I know from experiance that the headlight doors are a big problem. Let me know if you want any of it as the 86 is completely different on both ends.

[2.216VTurbo]

Sounds like a cool project, something tells me that you have the follow-thru to make it happen:thumb: Nice plate on the 85 BTW:eyebrows:

[BIGBRUDDA]

I had an 84 400 convertible. .It got wiped out by a Thunderbird. Loved it while I had it.Great car for road trippin. Big trunk,32MPG.
There's a mom&pop lot here in cincy with a white 85 dodge 400 2 dr, 30k miles.From an estate sale. Very good lookin car. But they're askin $3000.

[85lebaront2]

Sounds like a cool project, something tells me that you have the follow-thru to make it happen:thumb: Nice plate on the 85 BTW:eyebrows:

Thanks, I got the plate a couple of years ago, it is currently on my daily driver, a 95 Subaru Impreza AWD. I have to keep it current or risk losing the sequence to someone else.

[85lebaront2]

I guess I should update this a bit. I bought a hybrid head setup for later use on a 2.5L common block. I have purchased an SBEC from turbovanman and it is being delivered by a friend who is currently in Seattle, but will be coming back this way starting Sunday. The powertrain from the 85 is out along with all the chassis wiring. The 85 body (pretty much stripped bare) is history (it'l come back as several Hondas no doubt).