Recent content by SonOfaTomP

bed liner is a good idea. will probably do that for the inner fender. while i'm at it i might as well fluid film the rest of the underside. My father used to daily this car everyday and rarely had time wash it. we're lucky the frame is still solid. got the windshield replaced at Safelite...

Was more thinking of fiber glass and body filler. but to just fill up that big hole, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. also thinking i could cut up a junkyard Fifth or that parts 83, and have someone weld it to this car. though it honestly isn't that bad, just intimidating. i can see me taking...

if I'm reading my service manual correctly you read the body code plate bottom up thus my paint code is APA PL8 QL8 Dark Pewter. like a silverish grey. wow i really thought this thing was brown when i was little.

i can only imagine what horrors lie beneath that wheel well trim. calling around to some local body shops. seems most here don't like rust repair. what color should he be painted? thinking a cheap white. sometimes the local paint shops have spare paint from painting the Sheriff/County PD...

old crusty dash vs new nicer dash. spotlight handle readjusted. still looking for the correct oil pressure sender (100 psi) to make that gauge work. it at least lights up so that's good. trunk popper works again. once you already cut into the car there's no turning back. my other car is too...

wondering if this can be patched up with bondo, or needs metal patch. other side is slightly better. now here's a dumb question. got a new distributor cap from advance auto and noticed something interesting. the "1 rotation 1" is in a different place on my replacement than on the original. this...

pain in the you know what. you gotta be careful once you make it in, your bit can get caught in the bushing and the broken metal you're drilling through, and swing the whole drill out of your hand. happened a bunch of times. . also it won't leave an even hole in the interior trim piece so you...

Spotlight installed. wiring soon. windshield replace soon,

neat. even a little bit of lore about the car. shame we'll probably never see footage of the Diplomat running the Milwaukee Mile. on an unrelated note. will RCR be at TooManyGames again this year?

went to the junkyard today. Dodge RamCharger here has police rims on it. just my luck it's on the ground. did get a single police hubcap with holes in pretty good condition though. these rims look pretty rough but if one of y'all wanna get em. LKQ in Edgewood, MD

well that explains at least part of my sluggish acceleration. distributor looks cooked. cap vent is missing. who knows how old those wires are. literal cob webs back here

requisitioned "evidence". a little too much sugar in their coffee... these MDPD cars often came with ventshades. i also like how they obviously had to take that trim off to fit the badge but never cut it and just plopped in back over it

https://www.cbodies.com/proddetail.php?prod=5184-BRT73%2A%2A not sure if this'll be of any help. i looked in my 88 service manual and i can't find it. the radio section is extremely brief and i couldn't even find it, in the electrical diagrams.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276993736265?_skw=100+psi+oil+pressure+sender&epid=1040263288&itmmeta=01JVV3H7VKH60TZZQ0M8N7BNW3&hash=item407e1cfe49:g:6gUAAeSwT9ln6mJw&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fA0WvhqzIJ5W0zUX1LsiHiPT8OrlprNkxm0Nzi%2FcNbRuRCTQtOg03Ek0dcQDaU%2FcA%2FBrCT%2BOjAqbirZOHnLvQ...

ah, i see. must be one of the reasons i see so many in the local junkyards. whole line of 15+ Darts. or that's just because they're junk in general