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Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Tinmans21] #1313682 10/04/12 08:48 PM 10/04/12 08:48 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 229 Augusta, GA Lightning enthusiast
Lightning enthusiast Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 229 Augusta, GA	Agreed. Tinsman, about 4 of us that have posted so far in this one are from the dippy.org forums, and CudaZappa's the only one so far to take his to an autocross. It's nice to see there's others out there that are looking to corner though definitely.

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Lightning] #1313683 10/04/12 09:54 PM 10/04/12 09:54 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 15 Illinois T Tinmans21 OP member
Tinmans21 OP member T Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 15 Illinois	I don't know what it is about diplomats but i just love it. Its like the family lab that you can't hate no matter what it does. Im stuck between a 318-390 build or 383-496 build. Guess i need to do more info digging.

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Tinmans21] #1313684 10/04/12 10:35 PM 10/04/12 10:35 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 229 Augusta, GA Lightning enthusiast
Lightning enthusiast Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 229 Augusta, GA	keep up with the new Hemi stuff too, they might be more bang for the buck here soon. Blocks were supposed to be about $600 from the dealer from what I remember reading someplace.

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Lightning] #1313685 10/05/12 09:37 AM 10/05/12 09:37 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana F Fury Fan master
Fury Fan master F Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana	Quote: Agreed. Tinsman, about 4 of us that have posted so far in this one are from the dippy.org forums, And this Dippy.org guy is reading along, I'm sure there are a few others, too. And you're right about the Lab reference, a Dippy has a charisma all its own. Parts I seek: driver doorpanel, 65 Sport Fury, prefer black, needs to be 7-8 on 10 scale, might buy set 16" x 6" Dodge truck wheel(s), from early 70s?, takes 9" dogdish - need for a research job so cheaper is better. 69-73 C-body caliper brackets and/or splashields Send a PM.

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Fury Fan] #1313686 10/05/12 12:43 PM 10/05/12 12:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,394 Pikes Peak Country T TC@HP2 master
TC@HP2 master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,394 Pikes Peak Country	I recall one or both of the mopar rags doing a couple of bent bar build ups at one point or aother. I think one was called Moby Doba, which was a street build, and the other I believe was a Fury or Dippy built for Silver State races. Might do some google searches to see what turns up. I'll check my old magazine index to see what I can find.

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: TC@HP2] #1313687 10/09/12 01:13 AM 10/09/12 01:13 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 52 CO T Twisted member
Twisted member T Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 52 CO	I think the other one was the Stealth Bomber in Mopar Muscle. Interesting and rather basic build. Thank you Aaron 69 Dodge Polara 4DHT 70 Plymouth Duster 03 Dodge Neon R/T 05 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Twisted] #1313688 10/09/12 10:19 AM 10/09/12 10:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,394 Pikes Peak Country T TC@HP2 master
TC@HP2 master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,394 Pikes Peak Country	Yeah, thats it. Yes, there was not a lot of trick parts in either of them. I do recall one of them added strut rods to eliminate the fore/aft movement during suspension cycles. This was before Firm Feel offered their bigger rate t-bars, so neither of them had those.

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Lightning] #1313689 10/09/12 10:51 PM 10/09/12 10:51 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 15 Illinois T Tinmans21 OP member
Tinmans21 OP member T Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 15 Illinois	Quote: keep up with the new Hemi stuff too, they might be more bang for the buck here soon. Blocks were supposed to be about $600 from the dealer from what I remember reading someplace. This caught my attention. Where would i look for this just curious. lol

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Tinmans21] #1313690 10/10/12 10:24 AM 10/10/12 10:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,394 Pikes Peak Country T TC@HP2 master
TC@HP2 master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,394 Pikes Peak Country	Start with truck salvage yards. However, this may not be the best bucks down approach as you will have a fair amount of expense in harnesses and controllers to make it work without all the factory computers. But, if you pull it off they make reasonable power with reasonable effeciency.

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: Lightning] #1313691 10/10/12 02:44 PM 10/10/12 02:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI patrick I Live Here
patrick I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI	Quote: keep up with the new Hemi stuff too, they might be more bang for the buck here soon. Blocks were supposed to be about $600 from the dealer from what I remember reading someplace. if I were still single and still had one of my 2 5th ave's, I'd be putting a 5.7L hemi in it, stock, save a comp cams roller cam... 1976 Spinnaker White Plymouth Duster, /6 A833OD 1986 Silver/Twilight Blue Chrysler 5th Ave HotRod SOLD!* 2011 Toxic Orange Dodge Charger R/T 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland 2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude (holy crap, my daughter is driving)

Re: Dodge M-body Diplomat [Re: cudazappa] #1313692 10/13/12 12:51 AM 10/13/12 12:51 AM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 168 Washington State, USA W Winchester 73 member
Winchester 73 member W Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 168 Washington State, USA	a while back i saw a post on an aspen that the owner was swapping in a b body k frame and tbars.iirc it was red.

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