My left knee kept knocking into the M body door panel, and when I went to the green interior I accidentally solved that problem. The armrest is nicer and the door handle is easier to reach on the F body style. Plus the seats are a lot more comfortable
How well do the rear door panels fit? I know the doors on '70s have a different shape then the '80s
I had to massage the top a little. I cut the inner window sweeps on the ends and gently use a rubber mallet to round the ends of the metal liner to shorten the top. I probably got about a quarter inch off each end. Everything else lined up exactly. The plastic fake wood trim was the right length. There was just a smidge of extra material on either end
Yeah, I don't know how much was bad design and how much was worn out seats. But it's a lot better now
The plastic woodgrain around the window crank was a trim level available on 4 door cars and wagons. The 80s M body door handle is like a "drop" handle. It attaches to the same place the old handles do. The door cards pop off with any old plastic trim removal tool you can get at Autozone.
Looks like one of 3 scenarios. 1) they had an accident any couldn't find a new Diplomat nose 2) it's a detective car forced into patrol service 3) they were cheap bastards and bought whatever was available that year
Well, today I learned something!
The lebarons had them too, so you're right, but I'm sure there's some subtle differences in colors or trim or in the fake woodgrain. I wish I had the whole dealer options book
Thanks!!!
Could be they had a lebaron that was rear ended and a diplomat that needed a header panel and the guys at the garage said "f-ck it" and cobbled them together. They were cobbling together crown vics like that for years. I still see an occasional crown vic made up of other vics locally
