Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)

[Mikes5thAve]

Use vice grips on it if a socket no longer works.
Hit up a junk yard for a matching spare if you don't line the look of a normal nut (I wouldnt).

 

[AMC Diplomat]

For if you break the one you have or if it's already broken: Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[LSM360]

I don't see a headlight flasher module where I usually see them mounted (rad support in front of battery) but maybe it had one. Wondering if some of your wires went to that.

 

[SonOfaTomP]

I don't see a headlight flasher module where I usually see them mounted (rad support in front of battery) but maybe it had one. Wondering if some of your wires went to that.

i'll try and get pics of what looks like the former police equipment when i can. there is a GE fusebox on the passenger side and some old cut grounds on the drivers side.

 

[LSM360]

IIRC they are usually branded Code 3 or Whelen

 

[SonOfaTomP]

would the wiper assembly off a RamCharger work? local yard has one. i might still be able to get those police rims too if they picked it back up. last time i was there the thing had fallen over

 

[AMC Diplomat]

would the wiper assembly off a RamCharger work? local yard has one. i might still be able to get those police rims too if they picked it back up. last time i was there the thing had fallen over

i believe they all had the more common 3 bolt style pivots. those won't fit an FMJ body

 

[AMC Diplomat]

I came across these silly shipping container patches and thought "damn, what a good way to patch holes in a rusty car"
Link: • EZY Patch •

 

[SonOfaTomP]

and i thought fiberglass was a ghetto fix. not going to lie. it looks like it'd work. says it can be sanded. hmmm. maybe for patching the interior of the trunk not the exterior

 

[Mikes5thAve]

If you're going to patch like that you might as well use the metal mesh stuff some of the Bono kits come with. Or do the real lazy way and use the silver metal duct tape.

 

[AMC Diplomat]

I'm tempted to try it on an old truck bed. I don't think it's pretty but definitely functional and easier than using short strand fiberglass.

Imagine if they sold in long strips for hillbilly rocker panel "replacement"

 

[SonOfaTomP]

Pardon Our Interruption...

would this work?

 

[AMC Diplomat]

Pardon Our Interruption...

would this work?

Nope. You need something from 1980 and up

 

[AMC Diplomat]

You honestly can't make the car any worse if you cut quarters off a 5th ave and hang them yourself. Will it be perfect? Maybe! Who knows until you try!

Or you could cut the quarters off and take it to a collision shop, and then they can cut off the old ones and put the 5th ave ones on

There are tons of videos about quarter panels and body work. This is a Honda civic, but it's the same idea


It's tedious work, but not impossible work to do in a driveway. Cut up a 5th ave and see how it goes

 

[Mikes5thAve]

It probably would work you only need certain parts off it not the whole thing.

 

[SonOfaTomP]

IIRC they are usually branded Code 3 or Whelen

the only remaining police equipment i could find in the engine bay. couldn't find a wigwag module. there are holes in the body the cops never plugged where antennae used to be. and some holes where i'm guessing there were rear deck lights.

working to get a new quarter panel. got one lined up. if i had to guess how it got this bad. probably the old carpet and the road flares left in there. and the antenna holes letting water in. add to all of that, the fact this thing got dailyed during salty Maryland winters.

 

[AMC Diplomat]

Quarter panel hackery:

 

[SonOfaTomP]

87 Reliant in a local junkyard. anything useful to get that can be used on these? guessing just the seatbelt covers (they crack) AC controls, radio, and steering wheel?

 

[AMC Diplomat]

87 Reliant in a local junkyard. anything useful to get that can be used on these? guessing just the seatbelt covers (they crack) AC controls, radio, and steering wheel?

just off the top of my head:

windshield wiper arms should work i think

the bulbs and sockets from the tailights

fuses

probably the blinker module

window cranks

 

[kkritsilas]

Some K-Cars have useful power brake boosters/vacuum cannisters that can be used to create a little bit more clearance between the top of the valve covers and the original brake booster.