by 89ARIES » Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:46 am
If anybody is reading this....my alarmist emails are catching on, exaggerated or not, about the near extinction of the California Chrysler K-Car. California is the most anti Chrysler state
in the United States. We have more old 1970s-1980s Ford LTDs, Crown Vics, Lincolns, GMs, and Caddys than any other states. The only old Chrysler we have our Fifth Avenues, cause they are like Caddys.
The K-cars left here are almost all convertibles, the owners willingly killed all the early sedans except for that rare Reliant or Aries, and that now is changing to become zero left. In short, we have an emergency
for our club, that has forced me to post my own craigslist ads, and target every California seller on the planet, as most our indifferent, or just jerks. Half of classic K-car owners here are stupid, because they send their K-cars straight to the junkyard without even posting them for sale. Some are assholes, because we put a nice frame on their car and spend our valuable time to help them, and then they pressure us to buy their car NOW, or we junk it tommorrow! We are losing our last 600 coupe shortly because no one here is interested in saving it for $900, and the owner wants to crush it for money. It passed California Nazi emissions with flying colors because the engine is brand new. We CAN'T survive without the generosity of people that appreciate our free services, and the hours of manpower it takes to find and save a car, save up for a car, or find some barter or flipping method to save a car from the crusher. California pays people to destroy classics, and Ralph, myself, and a few others are now buying that 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th car strictly for resale, as we know the market here sucks as no one wants these cars. It is really, really sad. I now no longer see K-cars on the road on even a monthly basis anymore. So, all this hard work is a struggle for survival. I think as people run out of parts, or even cars to find, and some are already complaining they can't find that K-car they want, they will get their act together, and hopefully less owners will be deadbeats.
Want a E-Class? Sorry, haven't seen one on craigslist since 2014.
Want a 1983 Dodge 400 Sedan? Sorry, the jerk in Burbank, California crushed it five years ago when we tried to buy it. Go to Alabama, there is one up on blocks in the woods.
If had lived in Seattle, the club headquarters would be having at least 40-50 K-cars at the national show. We were so lucky to have 24 at the last one in Los Angeles as the worldwide record.
Seattle just sold an 82 LeBaron Sedan for $5000.
Also, many 1975-1983 Mopars in California no longer exist. The 1981 Dodge Diplomat Sedan is now extinct here.