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    WANTED broken M-Body hood ornaments

    Do you have a hood ornament that has broken and is just sitting in a drawer? i'll take it. I've been gaining a hobby of putting these back together (often very jankily) and putting em on the cars I'm mostly looking for M Body hood ornament bases, but i'll take the ornament too
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    WANTED 1985 Diplomat Package Car

    for as unfortunate as this situation is, you're lucky the amount of damage is fixable and that no one was hurt. I got two header panels. one with some damage that i can just give up for free. fixable with some bondo. will need to be repainted anyways. others i keep in case this happens to me...
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    Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)

    thinking more about my my civ 88 Gran Fury. whines a lot, more than usual. i will always like the wooooooo sound these cars make but on the Plymouth especially it's getting loud. worn bearings might be nice to upgrade the civ car if the upgrade is cost effective. i know 8 3/4 been going for big...
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    Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)

    these? or the older boxy ones?
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    Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)

    thanks. new cylinder in. very straight forward. now to find out how to get my old key out of the old cylinder... i need it for my doors (edit: it's out. turns out hitting things with hammers really does solve all your problems!) i noticed on my local you pull sites. lots of 80s Rams and...
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    Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)

    like Box Chevy Caprice? just ordered an Ignition cylinder for a tilt column Diplomat. only one the store had available has a black finish.
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    Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)

    so. i drove Bulldog to work on the first snowy day of winter. and i think he didn't like that. first start attempt failed, went to go try again and. the key cylinder got stuck. now it's currently jammed in accessory position with the key stuck in it. tried jiggling the wheel, hitting the key...
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    The FMJ Weather Channel

    had planned to use him as the winter beater. drove him to work and the ignition key cylinder broke and ate my key. got down to around 17-18 f
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    will all 4 seats fit in a Dip?

    Uncle had one. gave it too my Brother, we called it "Huggy Bear". that car was so comfortable. too bad it was a POS. boy that was years ago. i remember when my brother took it to school, he felt so cool. then all the rich kids pulled up in their Audis and BMWs.
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    will all 4 seats fit in a Dip?

    two hours. like this, through Pennsylvania Amish country. what a trip only stalled once
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    will all 4 seats fit in a Dip?

    got em in. sellers were very nice. 2 hours away. they're in the back like Subaru Brat jump seats for now. smell like rat piss and mildew. that'll be fun to clean. hopefully i didn't bring home any unseen passengers I'm gonna convert them to manual. or stick em in place. move em with a drill...
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    will all 4 seats fit in a Dip?

    Dad said his 83 Medallion had one (i miss that car had the slant 6) when he took the seats out. no idea where the sheet is. he had put the plush red seats in that car. looked crazy because he didn't replace the dash or anything. just door panels and seats. after i take the red bench out. is...
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    will all 4 seats fit in a Dip?

    so sad, no hidden build sheet. i think someone has been back here before, trunk sheet is all tore up and the trim isn't on right. probably from when the previous owner "fixed" the headliner
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    will all 4 seats fit in a Dip?

    easy to find to replace? granted i break the ones in the Plymouth?
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    will all 4 seats fit in a Dip?

    aiming for Saturday to go up and fet the Fifth Avenue seats. and just so I'm clear since it's been a long time since we took seats out. driver's and front passenger side come out with the four bolts underneath the car? door shouldn't need to come off to get em out? where is the cat heat...
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