The Chrysler K-Car Club

Back in late fall, 1980, I was working at another dealership near Chicago that thought up a grand introduction of their first Dodge Aries models. They had their K cars shipped in all covered up on the car carrier so you could not see them. I talked with an employee later, he said they were not sent ...

Welcome to the Club! I myself like the idea of a custom Reliant, have always wanted to lower one, custom paint, etc. Had a friend out in New Mexico many years back who lowered a front wheel drive Skyhawk wagon, did the car in semi-gloss gray with a black metalflake roof and upper pillars, spoke mags...

You need to plan to drive the 1981 to Little Hershey in Belvidere IL next spring. Your '81 and my '82 will really shake up that crowd!!

I am selling the following as a set only for $ 125.00 firm plus shipping cost to your location in the US, actual rate. If you have a 1981 K car, you need this set! All are official Mopar books for the K 1981 Preliminary Service Informatiion Manual: 238 pages 1981 Chrysler 4 Cylinder 2.2 Engine Book:...

I vote for the 1981. It is the classic original, the first year K that started everything else. The others are nice, but only the '81 has the King status!

What kills alot of Avantis and Avanti 2s is structural rust. Under the car on each side are metal sections called "hog troughs" that rot away. If the passenger fender was not hit, but the door still can't be opened, I would suspect this problem underneath and the car is flexing. A musty, m...

My '82 has been driven maybe 100 miles this past year, but I do start and move it, at least once a month. I would hate to see the car deteriorate by using it as a daily driver, my '05 Sable gets that job. Sadly that is a big problem with nice old cars, they come to stay and you become afraid to use ...

Just don't use E85 in your K car! I did a comparison test a couple years back with my truck that can run on E85. The E85 was cheaper, but the mileage was down. Figured it out by using several tanks of each that if E85 was at least $1.00 per gallon less than regular unleaded, it would be more economi...

Some (car hating) people just want to be the focus of attention and like to instantly put the car owner on the defensive. There are always one in every crowd, maybe it isn't cars they are vocal about hating, maybe it is politicians, books, pets, who knows. I don't have much time for people like that...

Back in 1981, I was out in the Permian Basin oil country of New Mexico. It usually snowed once or twice per year out there, and the snow usually didn't last the day. But one day we had a bitter cold snap and it snowed about 9 inches overnight. This effectivly shut down everything, but a friend and I...