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AMC Diplomat said:

2015 was 10 years ago. When you go to a junkyard and think you see lots of "new" cars that aren't really new, it's a sign that you're getting old

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AMC Diplomat said:

2015 was 10 years ago. When you go to a junkyard and think you see lots of "new" cars that aren't really new, it's a sign that you're getting old

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Camtron said:

You may have noticed, I haven’t been particularly active with actual car posts lately. Last year I had to start a new job that put me on the road 50% of the time and when I’m home, well, the car had been put on the back burner; And in, January we learned something that really put a damper on car projects for the year…I can finally share with ya’ll:

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Camtron said:

You may have noticed, I haven’t been particularly active with actual car posts lately. Last year I had to start a new job that put me on the road 50% of the time and when I’m home, well, the car had been put on the back burner; And in, January we learned something that really put a damper on car projects for the year…I can finally share with ya’ll:

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Camtron said:

You may have noticed, I haven’t been particularly active with actual car posts lately. Last year I had to start a new job that put me on the road 50% of the time and when I’m home, well, the car had been put on the back burner; And in, January we learned something that really put a damper on car projects for the year…I can finally share with ya’ll:

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Aspen500 said:

Not to mention the 3.5 Eco Boost is nothing but trouble and expensive to un-trouble usually. Don't miss working on them one tiny bit.

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AMC Diplomat said:

Ford has been doing stuff wrong for years now. I still can't believe the goofy cost saving measure on the 4.0 Rangers where they used the same cylinder head on both sides of the engine and just mounted one side backwards with its own timing chain in the rear of the engine.

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Unocal76 said:

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 broadcast talked about Gary and the car, noting that it started life as a Bobby Isaac K&K Charger built by Harry Hyde in 1972. Unfortunately the race broadcast has been taken down from YouTube.

In my collection of NASCAR rule books, they do list the Chrysler LeBaron and Dodge Diplomat as approved Grand National models up to the 1981 season, but starting in 1982, they were dropped (coupe production of the LeBaron/Diplomat ceased after '81). As for the Hemi, ARCA may have allowed it, but not NASCAR - they permitted the 318, 340, and 360 small blocks, the 360 having the designation of the 1974 model (asterisk denoting that the engine size must be reduced to a max of 358 CI). The engine eligibility remained the same up to the end of 1985.

Back in May last year, I saw the car as it exists now, a red #9 Mirada. Only Mirada stock car I've seen with fender vents. Next time I see it I'll have to check under it to see what kind of suspension it has.

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Unocal76 said:

Went back to visit this car while in town for the Coke 600. Got some pictures of the interior, under the hood, and rear suspension. Really neat to see how one of the last leaf spring/torsion bar Mopar stock cars was put together. Was surprised to see they were 4 leafs in the rear instead of the heavy duty 5 leafs.

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