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    Offline zerfetzen

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    Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « on: December 11, 2006 - 02:33:51 PM »
    I just read on Wikipedia that Chrysler bought Lamborghini in the '80's, and sold it in 1994 to some Indonesian company.  So the Countach I liked so much when I was in high school was a Mopar?

    I guess that's why Lamborghini worked with Dodge on the Viper, eh?

    What else did Chrysler own that we don't all know about?
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    Offline Challenger6pak

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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #1 on: December 11, 2006 - 03:07:19 PM »
    Chrysler also had Peugeot as part of the deal. 
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #2 on: December 11, 2006 - 03:15:14 PM »
    That was all new to me...
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #3 on: December 11, 2006 - 04:44:42 PM »
    I heard that Chrysler designed the Diablo, or Diabalo, or whatever you call it, was that during this time I assume  :dunno:
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #4 on: December 11, 2006 - 04:53:38 PM »
    Dodge desisned the concept car Turbo Interceptor ( The car from the movie The Wraith ) on a Lamborghini frame.
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    Offline Challenger6pak

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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #5 on: December 11, 2006 - 04:54:11 PM »
    They also had part of Maserati back then.  (early 80's).  That is why the Maserati T-3 was built.  It was a modified LeBarron convertible.  Things were crazy then with Chrysler fighting for it's life.  Stock prices dropped real close to $3 a share.  My Dad bought 2000 shares at 4.20 a share and still has it. That was a gamble.  He also sold a rough hemi Superbird for $1500 and used the money as a downpayment for a 79 Chrysler 300 in hopes it would become valuable.   You win some and lose some.  
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #6 on: December 11, 2006 - 04:59:12 PM »
    Quote from: 71ChallengeHer on December 11, 2006 - 04:53:38 PM
    Dodge desisned the concept car Turbo Interceptor ( The car from the movie The Wraith ) on a Lamborghini frame.

    Aahh yes, Charlie Sheen?  I did see the dodge logo on that car, thats why it was so cool  :cooldancing:
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #7 on: December 11, 2006 - 05:12:48 PM »
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #8 on: December 11, 2006 - 05:16:45 PM »
    I love that movie. :cooldancing: :cooldancing:
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #9 on: December 11, 2006 - 05:21:12 PM »
    there are a few I do not have yet , the Wraith & Fast co + a few others that I need to find yet
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #10 on: December 11, 2006 - 05:33:25 PM »
    I bought the Wraith on DVD at Carlisle a couple years ago.
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    Offline Killer_Mopar

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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #11 on: December 11, 2006 - 10:23:57 PM »
    Chrysler owned a good part of Sunbeam car company in the 60s. In fact if you look on the passenger fender you will see the usual pentastar emblem. The weirdest part is that you could buy a car from the Sunbeam car company with the Chrysler pentastar on the fender and a small block Ford under the hood. Beside dealing with Maseratti and Lamborghini, Chrysler also had a little to do with Jensens.
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #12 on: December 12, 2006 - 02:02:44 AM »
    Quote from: Challenger6pak on December 11, 2006 - 04:54:11 PM
     He also sold a rough hemi Superbird for $1500 and used the money as a downpayment for a 79 Chrysler 300 in hopes it would become valuable.   You win some and lose some.  

     :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:


    Quote from: Killer_Mopar on December 11, 2006 - 10:23:57 PM
    The weirdest part is that you could buy a car from the Sunbeam car company with the Chrysler pentastar on the fender and a small block Ford under the hood.

     :faint: :faint: :faint:
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #13 on: December 12, 2006 - 01:22:17 PM »
    I like that Wraith movie for the cheesy special effects and of course....  Sherilyn Fenn

    (way hot eighties babe)

    Filmed in Tucson AZ  :naughty:
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    Re: Lamborghini was Mopar?!?!?!
    « Reply #14 on: December 12, 2006 - 01:23:19 PM »
    O-yeah...now you are talking...she was pretty hot at that...she do anything lately?
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