Fine Chysler Engineering

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I was driving my '89 Chrysler LeBaron GTC turbo convertible to go see my mom for mother's day towing a 600lb empty trailer. Had towed the trailer many times before empty and loaded on the 240mile round trip just fine in the car. It had 3" exhaust, T04 turbo, intercooler, 52mm TB, ported & polished, good for 30psi boost, strut bar and 17" aluminum wheels. Well, while I was going up my 2nd hill there was some faint whispy white steam/smoke (was smoke I found out) coming from the heater vent. I pulled over and it stopped. Ok, I kept going trying to find a turn around spot on the interstate when suddenly it got really bad. I pulled over and shut the engine off thinking I just overheated, even though my gages said I was fine. Well, the smoke started to get real bad, turned black and was billowing out of the defrost vents. I had my fire ext. ready just in case, when suddenly the windshield made a loud "pop" sound and shattered then it got really bad. I reached in to pull my keys out and the flames got bad. I ran uphill into the wind and watched my 400hp LeBaron go up in flames. Wasn't a engine fire, but it burnt from the firewall back completley. Had just put a new sound system in there, all lost. The trailer suffered some damage but is repairable with a little wiring, paint & wood. The car is not so lucky. Three of the wheels are ok, one melted off. For sale: 2.5L turbo engine, ported & polished, T04 turbo, intercooler (2.5" setup) and all piping included. Would even throw the 3 wheels in, $1,500 obo, lol. I'm sad the car is gone now, but after my third daimier/chrysler problem, I've had it. I might save the intercooler for turboing the yaris, but will probably sell it all.
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EDIT: One of the nice people who stopped to see if I was OK (after 15 minutes of fireball) was a red Yaris LB from canada I think. It was the 3-door. I just wanted to say thanks!