This thing, this right here, this Chrysler LeBaron is among the best sightings I’ve posted, from my own view point. I managed to see just the angular, white-on-white tail sticking out of the line of parked cars, and decided to walk closer. When I realized what it was, my step hastened, my pace quickened. An actual, early K-platform LeBaron convertible right there in Stockholm’s Södermalm district, just a stone’s throw from the old town. Can you tell I was excited? To own, I’d perhaps prefer the newer LeBaron. Those are a touch more modern in appearance, not revealing their Reliant K roots too easily, but the older car is a lot more Iacoccan. Like Regular Car Reviews put it in their charitable piece about the ’80s New Yorker, Lee Iacocca knew how to make an entire line-up out of just one basic car. The Chrysler is of Canadian origin, judging by the old plates still mounted on it. Either there haven’t been suitably small Swedish plates available, or then the owner/private importer has just chosen to display the car’s British Columbia roots proudly. There’s also a dealer badge on the trunklid. Despite the dazzling E-class detailing, the slab-sidedness and perceived slightness does make the LeBaron kind of curious-looking, like an accountant dressed in Michael Jackson’s best mid-’80s stagewear. There are shoulder pads, there are shiny things, there’s white vinyl – but it’s difficult to say, if there are moves to match. The transparent Pentastar diamond is by far the best thing on the car. After all these years, it stands proud and plasticky. The convertible top is kind of ungainly-shaped. If the car had rear side windows, perhaps the interplay between the glasshouse and the rear wheels would look more natural. Now, the end result almost looks like a self-made Sawzall convertible with a random top. But like I said, I was happy to see the LeBaron, especially in seemingly solid condition and apparently road-going. There aren’t probably too many left anywhere in the Nordic countries, as I don’t believe any were officially imported by Chrysler. Someone has cared enough about this car to bring it over to Sweden and keep it looking nice. For a 30-year-old K-car, it’s doing very well indeed. [Images: Copyright 2014 Hooniverse/Antti Kautonen]