Monday, July 15, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo

01 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinMembers of the Plymouth Sundance/Dodge Shadow K-Platform-based compacts of the early 1990s remain easy to find in self-service junkyards these days, but the larger stretched-K-derivative Plymouth Acclaim/Dodge Spirit isn't so common. This probably has more to do with quantity sold than reliability, as both types are pretty similar under the skin. Here's a first-year-of-production Acclaim Turbo, spotted in a Denver self-service yard a couple months ago.
13 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe Taurus-inspired "bar of soap" design philosophy hadn't caught up with Plymouth's designers by 1989, though Chrysler would beat Ford at their own game a few years later, with the futuristic-looking LH.
03 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin153,632 miles, which is about average for junkyard-dwelling Detroit cars of this era.
09 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinYou could still get a column-shift automatic on a bucket-seat-equipped midsize sedan in 1989.
05 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe turbocharged 2.5 engine in this car made a fairly decent (for its time) 150 horsepower.
06 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinCurb weight on the '89 Acclaim sedan was just 2,753 pounds (a little less than a 2013 Civic), so 150 horses went a long way.
04 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinFuturistic cassette-deck technology!
17 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe white-with-red-tape-stripes scheme looks very fleet-car-ish, but rental-car companies didn't buy many turbocharged cars back then.


Tina Turner: "You think you have to give up a lot to get Acclaim? Not when it's a Plymouth!"

01 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 17 - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim Turbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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