When was the last time you saw a Chrysler LHS, especially one this nice? It’s probably been a dozen years or more for me, if not 15+ years. I’ve never seen a red one, or one this nice, since a friend bought a new one 29 years ago. Even that car wasn’t as loaded as this one is. The seller has this time capsule listed here on eBay in Wayne, Michigan, and the selling dealer is asking $5,995 or offer.
When I ran across this car on eBay, I knew I had to send it in. What a beauty. Actually, almost everything was standard on the LHS, which was a stretched version of Chrysler’s LH platform (LH Stretched), and was pretty unusual for the era. Chrysler used the LH platform for the LHS, and also the New Yorker and Concorde, and also the Dodge Intrepid, and the Eagle Vision. Taking around 8 seconds to hit 60 mph and returning around 20 mpg, for less than $6,000, this LHS sure seems like a decent deal to me.
They offered several red colors, and I’m not sure what the exact name is for this one, and that’s taken about 17 years off my life. As you probably know, I like to track down the exact color names whenever possible. I’m not a big red car person, but I would love to have this one. I think it would be killer at any Cars & Coffee-type event, or just for using as, you know, a car. In case you were wondering, here’s what the trunk looks like inside. As nice as the rest of the car is.
Leather seating surfaces were standard on the LHS, and these in gray look good. The driver’s seat is showing some wrinkling after 132,846 miles, but that’s to be expected. As far as other wear goes, I really don’t see anything concerning at all with this car. A Pioneer system has been installed in place of the original stereo, just for the record. The back seat looks like new, and the underside looks much nicer than I thought it would. Is this a Michigan car? If so, it must not have been driven in the winter. They say this car was always senior-owned and responsibly driven. The first-generation LHS was made from 1993 for the 1994 model year until the end of 1997, and 36,525 customers drove away in a ’97 LHS.
The clean engine bay is where Chrysler’s 3.5-liter SOHC V6 lives. It sent 214 horsepower and 221 lb-ft of torque through an Ultradrive 42LE four-speed automatic to the front wheels. The seller says it runs and drives smoothly, and this one has had a lot of recent service, including belts, a coolant flush and fill, oil change, new plugs, a new air filter, and even new fuel injectors. Please check out the seller’s outstanding gallery of photos showing just about every square inch of this beautiful LHS, and let us know your thoughts on this car below.
Interesting that the previous post was it’s Grandpa Fifth Avenue. It does show the incredible evolution. In my neck of the woods LHS’s were not a common site and i actually never saw the New Yorker but the Concorde/Intrepid twins were all over the place. If i remember road tests of the era they were quite respectable cars in looks and comfort but long term reliability made them see early trade in’s. I’m guessing that at this ones age most of the bugs must have been repared so a week end or two of tlc should restore it to it proper glory
To answer your lead question SG, I don’t think I have seen one of these in…. many years? I always thought these were attractively-styled sedans. This one looks like it has had good care.