Actually, Chrysler DID NOT design the basic LH-car platfrom. RENAULT did!
(Premier / Monaco, etc.) When they bought AMC, this platform, and the
Toronto-area ass'y plant, came with the deal.

Rick

"Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
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> Cheap at twice the price.
>
> Have you seen what a bitch it is to remove and replace? Absolutely no
> thought whatsoever was given to serviceability of this component. The
> assumption is obviously that it would last the life of the car...but it
> didn't. Or maybe it did. Many otherwise good cars are scrapped to the
> jumbler 'cause of one major, expensive needed service.
>
> Sorry, but I didn't do your car design. Chrysler did.
>