no pics but i promise it happened

[ChinaTom]

Just driving through Attleborough just now and I saw a black Chrysler 180 come past. Gleaming! Was this just a mirage, or is this car known to us? UK plates, but was too gob-smacked to take any details in.

[trigger]

It does exist! I've seen a few photos of it now, apparently it's recently come out if long term storage, these were taken by "Spottedlaurel".

 

 

[ChinaTom]

That's the one Trig. It looked amazing as it trundled past. Good weather is a good thing. I taxed the Jag again this morning, fresh MOT and service last week. May take it for a spin and see if I can track it down for some pics.

[trigger]

I'm like the gift that keeps on giving...

 

 

 

 

[Asimo]

^^^That knob out-knobs the knob in the knob van!

[vulgalour]

Effortlessly cool.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Was black a factory colour for 2-litres ? I've been looking on Googland and the only black 180/2-litre seems to be various pics of this beauty .

Including this fro 2009

http://autoshite.com/topic/2895-chrysler-2-litre-spot/

[trigger]

That's the same car

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I know that's what I meant! There doesn't seem to be another black one, ever

 

There's more pics here from 2006, interesting that the guy that posted them reckons it was not as good as it looked then.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnee/3690739369/in/photostream/

Didn't have the giffer even knob then either.

[Junkman]

You could order it in black.

 

 

 

But contrary to nowadays, back in the Seventies, when eveything was still nicer and better,

people had taste and thus black was not a very popular colour choice.

[barefoot]

Amazing ergonomics with the temperature guage dead centre and the speedo hidden by your hand on the wheel!

[danthecapriman]

Amazing ergonomics with the temperature guage dead centre and the speedo hidden by your hand on the wheel!

The temperature gauge is probably the one you want to watch most as it's more likely the cause of problems than speeding!

 

That is stunning though, proper gearbox too! Another car added to my bucket list.

[warren t claim]

Black Chrysler 180s are the vehicle of choice for communist spies.

[Uncle Jimmy]

The stale bread roll nailed to the steering wheel is fookin ace.

[Charlie Croker]

I never understood why these were so unpopular when currant. I always liked them.

[I_am_Diesel]

I think I may have spotted said car on the A143 heading towards Diss the other day.

[OwdChina]

Dad had one of these from brand new back in the seventies, in gold. It blew its head gasket before three thousand miles on holiday in Scotland, none of the garages wanted to know because they'd never seen one before. He drove back very carefully with the rad cap loose to the dealers in Newcastle-U-Lyme and they fixed it under warranty. Never had another problem after that. 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

There's a really shitty black one for sale on leboncoin atm

[r.welfare]

Let us not forget in the old days, black paint cost you extra.

 

Did anyone else spot the 180 in that 'Code Of A Killer' the other week? Gold, L reg I think

[strangeangel]

My Dad had a gold 2-litre when I was but a nipper. Mum had a Simca 1301 estate at the time too, complete with the picnic table boot floor thing. People of taste, my parents

 

Pretty sure I have pics of the Chrysler somewhere...

[holbeck]

Amazing ergonomics with the temperature guage dead centre and the speedo hidden by your hand on the wheel!

 

Even in the 70's stuff was set up for LHD, speedo would have been perfect for wrong side driving.

 

 

ISTR I had a set of those clocks as a trophy in my teenage bedroom that I liberated from a demic Simca 1501

[Bren]

The steering wheel on the 180 looks identical to the one from a 70's dodge monaco.

[Sudsprint]

My Dad had a gold 2-litre when I was but a nipper. Mum had a Simca 1301 estate at the time too, complete with the picnic table boot floor thing. People of taste, my parents

 

Pretty sure I have pics of the Chrysler somewhere...

 

Respect with a capital R