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That Diplomat ran at Milwaukee in 1984 in the NASCAR Busch Series, driven by Charlie Luck. The second picture of the Mirada is Gary Bettenhausen driving that same car at Atlanta in the ARCA Series in 1985. Gary raced it on the dirt at Springfield and DuQuoin prior to that race. The ARCA Atlanta...

Keeping on the topic of J bodies, also found a couple more suspension pictures of Buddy Arrington's Imperial. The torsion bar setup running along the sides of the car like a 60's/70's Mopar is interesting considering the street cars had transverse torsion bars. Makes me wonder if this was...

Found a few pictures of some Miradas running in the IMSA Kelly American Challenge Series back in the 80's. Neat to see some J bodies on road courses besides Winston Cup at Riverside.

Thanks for the info. Mine is not a California car - explains why I couldn't find it!

Gathering parts to get the Volare to pass emissions inspection (plugs, wires, air filter, etc.). The various auto parts websites also list an oxygen sensor for it (225 slant six). I've gone under the hood and under the car and haven't been able to find one (or where one would go) along the...

Found this Cordoba up in Connecticut for $4k with 94k miles. Video in listing shows it's had the rear plastic replaced. Listing states it must be towed home, along with needing a new radiator, brakes, and an alignment. Appears to be a pretty solid example. 1983 Chrysler cordoba

Found a neat pic of Buddy Arrington's NASCAR Imperial with the rear suspension in (partial) view. Always read that the J bodies were the last NASCAR stock car to use leaf spring suspension but had never seen it until I found this pic.

Finally got myself a FMJ! 225 slant six with 125k on the odometer. Has some problems but nothing impossible to fix. Looking forward to getting it to daily status.

Haven't watched the whole thing yet, but it seems like he wasn't as lucky as Derek from VGG was with his Imperial.

Found while browsing Facebook Marketplace for $3,900. Has a carbureted 360 with 114k miles and dual exhaust. Looks pretty solid for the most part. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/907295614866384/

Will keep these in mind, thank you.

Yep, just with a Mirada body on it.

Haven't seen this posted anywhere outside of Facebook, so I'll share it here. Back in 2022, racing historian and collector Chad Culver found a Dodge Mirada stock car sitting in a barn in Harrington, DE before he saved it and brought it to his museum. It was to be driven by Ron LaVere in the...

Looking to eventually own a J body car in the future. Discovered their NASCAR history a while ago and have admired them since. Looking forward to contributing here.