Required fields are marked *. GM’s winning full size cars were dramatically different from what preceded them. I would love that one back!!! And like Tom stated above, I had the Hot Wheels version, which was one of the favorite cars of my miniature “fleet”, which always led me to like the real versions. En fait, la Mirada était de 360 kg plus légers et 2,3 pouce plus courte que le modèle qu'elle remplace, à savoir la magnum. L'offre pour jantes Il était limité. Though It Quickly gained a Reputation… and its 3.0 v6 was No Match For The 5.0 Ford… Did I Live and Learn? About 15 years ago, I ran across a very nice ’79 or ’80 Mirada with the V8 at an iron lot in Atlanta. Yes you could..,sort of. La Mirada n'a pas participé à la course NASCAR après la saison 1984, marquant le retrait temporaire du groupe Chrysler, qui n'ont pris part à ces courses 2001. I also like that shade of red too, almost a burgundy color and this one’s badly sun blasted as the paint on the hood is gone in places, literally as the bare metal is showing through on much of it. Had a nice one that I liked the looks of and which was entirely trouble-free. Its a real crying shame that the drivetrain didn’t follow thru to the J cars. And yes, Geozinger, the Lean Burn contolled engines were really a crapshoot. Funny you mention the roofline, the Mirada SE roof looks like they ripped it off of the 79 Tbird. L'intérieur du Mirada ont été offerts avec une grande variété de matériaux et de couleurs. He had a shop built next to his home, I went there once actually to help another co-worker who was building a recumbant bicycle…including the frame tubes from my ex-bicycle which was in an accident. There’s always a Magnum or two at Moparfest that I could provide pictures of, but those don’t count as “curbside”. A T-top 4spd de-broughammed Mirada or Cordoba LS running that potent 360 (which skirted a number of the smog regs) would’ve been a total world beater for those times. This CMX is 1 of 1,841 made in 1983. Les deux systèmes de freinage ont été servo. I’d forgotten about the Cordoba LS, which had a 300-inspired grille instead of the regular Cordoba’s formal chrome version. It is Baron red with red vinyl bucket seats. I was a big cheerleader of Mopar when it was emerging from the doldrums, and being disgusted with an ever breaking Camaro, to Dodge I went. Was very comfortable to drive and ride in. I came across a grey on grey T-Top Mirada at a swap meet last year, I think it was an 82? In the fall of 1983, while stationed with the Coast Guard in Virginia, I was a very disgruntled owner of a Norwood-POS ’82 Camaro. Yet we see that Chrysler, once more, gave the Cordoba/Mirada the old college try. Most likely driven by a fellow USAF Airman. That’s the great thing about CC, I learn so much about vehicles I’d heard little or nothing about, so thanks all . Oh, yeah, I was just mainly sticking to the domestics, the Z-cars kept their t-tops until they stopped making them in the 90’s, the Nissan Pulsar of the late 80’s also had T’s along with the NX2000 replacement. i am the 4th owner, also the speedometer show kilometers which makes it also rare. He left that company not too long after, and gave back the car. Looks cool. it is showing 78,000 klm which converts to 48,000 miles. CC-1257007 . Befitting Dodge’s general reputation in the early 1980s, Turk furtively calls his Mirada a Buick. Or Not. dodge mirada cmx . Opening one of the doors produced noticeable body lean; closing them required effort and a good aim (they were sagging under their own weight. Here’s a pic from the ’81 Cordoba brochure with a blue and white version. And, a white leather interior. They planned to make a 300 out of the 2nd gen Cordoba too. 3) , model year 1980, version for North America California (U.S.) (up to October) manufactured by Dodge (USA) in USA assembly in … It looked as good as any of the GM G-Bodies and certainly better than the first Fox bodied Thunderbirds and Cougars and it had had the bulletproof 318/TF drivetrain that actually still made decent power for the time. Pour 1980, Dodge offre au public un modèle hardtop entièrement nouveau : la Dodge Mirada. Make mine a first-year car with a 360 and the 10-spoke wheels, either that or find me one with a tired 318 and it would be summarily replaced with a worked-on 360. However, Brew apparently was not much of a gambler and ended up doing the right thing, going with his older-model girlfriend, though one wonders if he ever pictured growing old(er) with she who I will forever think of as Miss Lorena Wood. I wanted to like these, but the details usually didn’t work for me. I saw one of these when it was about ten years old that I wanted. En fait, le tournage du film a participé en tant que pilote et en tant que consultant Mirada. I’ll agree that the general hardtop profile is attractive, and was quite unique by the time these came out. Only traded it off in order to get a 1-year old, hot little 1986 Shelby Charger. Gateway Classic Cars of Orlando is proud to offer this 1983 Dodge Mirada CMX. . Parmi les options offertes a été un V8 5.2 L et un moteur V8 de 5,9 L était disponible exclusivement sur Mirada CMX et seulement 1980. Few really understood where the popular personal luxury coupe was headed as the 1980s approached. I believe that GM also produced a few prototype Olds Toronados with power t-tops around ’77 or ’78. All Rights Reserved. Emblematic of the industry and the times, the car was a great looking POS. and a t-bird, my favorite line… i still need to, well i did drive my moms 73 quite extensively, so its not on the bucket list. La Mirada est restée pratiquement inchangée au cours des années où il a été produit. en arrière Il a également été installé barre anti-roulis. They downsize this & the Cordoba & they can’t give them away. Le CMX possédait au lieu d'inserts en aluminium qui ont remplacé les base de bois faux Mirada. CC Capsule: Dodge Mirada CMX – Loveable Orphan. @jp: to expand on the Lean Burn diagnosis a little bit: The Mirada was the second car with Lean Burn ‘issues’. I was convinced The Grand Am Was A Newer More Current looking Car, and That Was Its Draw…. it’s a good look! Between Chrysler’s reputation for terrible quality, and the publicity surrounding the debate over whether the government should extend loan guarantees to save the company, however, most people wouldn’t touch them. 1968 Dodge Dart for sale in La Mirada, California. Well, you know which one’s going to win there…. Dodge mirada for sale ( Price from $2900.00 to $10750.00) 6-7 of 7 cars. And the car’s pretty nice, too. Aero headlights would have worked too, but they were a few years away. , I’m always fascinated by cars that were intended to be “mass market” but sold in such low numbers that they end up being rarer than some cars classified as “exotic.”. Anything was sportier than his previous sled, a St. Regis. I was participating in an organized cruise and didn’t want to fall behind and get lost. I liked the looks of these but can’t recall ever seeing one in the wild. I also noticed the 2 rear corner pieces are missing, but the car otherwise looks pretty good, judging from the photos here. The lean Burn system is still on this car and runs 100%, yes I know that’s a rare deal. This CMX is 1 of 1,84 ... $13,000. that I could have bought on the way cheap but I have too many damn cars, plus it needed parts like the plastic fender extensions that are probably near impossible to find. CC-1341202 . Cependant, le toit ouvrant n'était pas très populaire électriquement et n'a été offert en 1980 et 1981. In the end, however, art imitates life with Brew, the orphans, and this Mirada all living happily ever after. Find these and other forgotten treasures at the Cohort, and thanks to Davo for the photos. While I do think these CMX versions are among the best-executed fake convertibles out there, I may be one of the few who actually liked the C-pillar window treatment on the steel-roof version. It was the most popular Chrysler and it was rapidly losing sales luster by 1977. La Mirada était l'un des trois modèles Chrysler qui ont été construits sur la plate-forme du groupe J; les deux autres voitures ont été la deuxième génération de Chrysler Cordoba et la sixième série de impérial. I loved these back when they were new. Was recently checking craigslist for a Mirada as well as a few other old cars. I drove the predecessor to the Mirada, the Magnum, when I worked for Hertz as a transporter. The 1980 Mirada CMX I bought from a used car lot in Garland, Texas in 1985 was a bright red with a white vinyl top and white leather interior. That color scheme would be positively orgasmic. This particular example, a 1980 Dodge Mirada CMX being sold on EBay out of Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, is worth a second look. I did look longingly at a tan with padded (not faux mid-western style converitble) top in dark brown ’83 Dodge Mirada with the aluminum spoked wheels like our CC example. My FIL hated the dealer that he was forced to use because of the company leasing the cars. I wanted one Of These… But $ was Way More Than The 6000 that a Mazda Glc could be had for in 1981. The frameless glass and the roof angle also help the real convertible look, I wold nominate this as best fake ragtop of the era. I’ve seen a photo of a black Mirada that someone put smoked plexiglass headlight covers on, following the angle of the fenders. The later models looked better when the C-pillar window was removed. T-tops could be had on at least a couple of imports: the 280/300ZX and the Subaru BRAT. Curbside Classic: 1981 Imperial by Chrysler – It’s Time For You. It was comfortable, solid and trouble-free. The main reason that this looks so much like a Conti Mark V is that when it’s stylist (Don DeLaRossa) left Ford, he went over to Chrysler and did this car. This car will take you back to the 80s. The fender vents, while looking suspiciously like ones I saw last weekend under a layer of plastic AutoZone chrome, work well enough here, as do the alloy wheels. Ended up with the truck as I liked IT better, although I did consider the Mirada. We all hated it. La Mirada, CA 90638, USA La Mirada, CA Make offer. Coupes lost favor to compact sedans. Many thanks to Matt Williams for finding this Mirada for us! Quelques autres pilotes coururent avec Mirada, qui se termine souvent que doublé ou prend sa retraite des défaillances mécaniques. My mother was shopping for an Omni in 1980 and even ordered one in Baron Red, which I believe is the same color as this car. My Dad was shopping for a full-sized wagon in the fall of 1978, and though he considered a Ford, there was no full sized Mopar wagon in the R body offering; he ended up with a leftover ’78 Chevy Wagon, probably the most loaded car he ever was to buy…and the only one that he bought out of the showroom.