New member of my family....1981 Diplomat Sport !!!!

shadango

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Found a new ride...a gorgeous 1981 Diplomat 2 door Sport....two tone. We love it!

It was living the last 9 years in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio with a wonderful senior man, who was moving on and couldn't keep it any longer. We are its new caretakers. :)

Brought it home yesterday. I had to replace the wiper linkage bushings and reglue the rear view mirror on so it will pass state inspection....but other than that I dont think it needs much.....

Odometer reads about 32k.....seller said there was a 10k mile error (reflected on the title).....so in theory it has 42k miles......but no way to know for sure. It had been repainted what we believe are the stock colors right before the man bought it in 2009.

My younger son will be driving this and caring for it, so watch for him soon on this forum along side Red Barron asking questions etc.

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Very nice, congratulations! Looks super clean, even under the hood. Was it originally a two tone? Interior looks mint. Good luck to your son with this find!
 

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Looking online, yes, the sprt was originally two toned in these colors.

But, I havent delved any deeper into it, so would be glad to hear from the experts here on what the clues might be.

To us, looks like it always was these colors.

I have yet to make a tracing of the fender tags to research......but plan to do so.

The chrysler catalog shows the two two colors this has......I dont know if the roof is suppose to be vinyl --- it is paint now. The catalog picture seems to show the top as a brighter red, matching the interior.....so I think it is supposed to be vinyl. Being painted, it looks really sweet IMHO.

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