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27/04/2025 4:14 pm
Issued by Matrix Models in 2013. A LE #108 of 408 in Snow White.
1984 Chrysler Fifth Avenue Sedan
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
27/04/2025 5:09 pm
@jcarnutz Wow, I never knew this one existed and now I will have to BOLO for one!
This car was a huge hit for Chrysler. I think it was most popular in that beautiful Nightwatch Blue color.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
27/04/2025 5:59 pm
WOW.... Is that nice! Those wheels are most impressive, and everything else appears to be spot on too. Many people would think THAT'S the real car; even I had to look twice! Thanks for posting this one John.
27/04/2025 7:09 pm
@moe-parr, I was running a Chrysler dealership during this car's heyday. It was built on the old Aspen/Volare platform and featured the 318 V8 and rear-wheel drive, unlike the rest of the Chrysler lineup, which was 4-cylinder and front-wheel drive. The dark blue was popular, but the over-the-top best seller was gunmetal blue, with white close behind. The interiors on these cars were early-bordello plush!
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
27/04/2025 8:56 pm
27/04/2025 9:19 pm
The interiors on these cars were early-bordello plush!
IMO, Chrysler touted some pretty bland & dopey interiors in the 1950's, starting the '60's that changed, and by the 1970's & '80's Chrysler interiors were indeed plush, over-the-top perhaps, but man they were comfortable and seem to wear like iron when compared to GM fabrics at the time.
27/04/2025 11:34 pm
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
28/04/2025 5:29 am
The detailing on this model is exquisite! The wheels and pinstriping are astounding!
28/04/2025 12:31 pm
And more variations on this era of Chrysler with a Dodge mixed in.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
28/04/2025 12:45 pm
And who can forget those Ricardo Montalban ads from the late 1970's - early 1980's (can you say Corinthian leather?)
Michael Majdalany
San Francisco, CA
28/04/2025 9:19 pm
I was running a Chrysler dealership
John, were you the GM, service manager or the Controller?
I was a technician at Central Chrysler/Jeep on the automile on rt. 1 in Norword Ma for many years before Plymouth got chopped. I remember the Plymouth Neon before the Dodge Neon.
I was a Prowler and Viper tech (if a Viper or Prowler came in for something as simple as checking the air pressures in the tires, only a Viper/Prowler tech could service the car)
It was fun doing those Viper PDI's which required a 2 mile run down rt. 1.
30/04/2025 11:45 am
@ben-lampson, I was GM. We eventually took on the Dodge, Jeep, and Eagle franchises. I remember our first Viper and Prowler! They were very exciting!
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
30/04/2025 3:12 pm
I remember our first Viper
John, I have a good story about the very first Viper we got in.
My service manager, which was best friends with the Dealership owner, took out the first Viper we got in, right when it came off the truck!
He peeled off the paint protector plastic, checked the vital fluids, put a demo plate on the back and left the parking lot sideways. (remember, all of them were 6 speeds without ABS or traction control)
He headed for the highway which wasn't far from where the dealership located.
He got on the highway and romped on the pedal, sending the car into a 180, crossing the median grass strip and sliding and skidding onto the other side of the highway into on coming traffic, narrowly missing cars, and ended up in the breakdown lane (still on the opposite side of the highway) with 4 destroyed rims and blown out tires, but no body damage!
Getting the car back to the dealership on a tow truck, the owner told him to keep it slow if he wanted to take another out for a drive....lol.
30/04/2025 4:09 pm
@ben-lampson, what a great story! I remember listening to the exhaust rumble on our first Viper and thinking, "It doesn't sound all that powerful." When I took it out for a "drive," it got sideways right away. I had never driven anything so raw and visceral!. It rode like a buckboard, was sweltering hot in the footwells, the clutch was incredibly heavy, the controls were off-the-shelf kitsch from Chrysler, and it vibrated and shook even at a standstill...But I came back with a huge smile on my face! What a blast!
I wish I could say the same about the Prowler. It had many of the same characteristics, particularly the rock-hard ride, but lacked power and offered nearly zero driver engagement. Piloting the Viper was an exhilarating experience. The Prowler was more of a car to be seen in, rather than one to be enjoyed.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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