Hey everybody. Some of you have already given me some help, but I realized that I haven't taken a moment to officially introduce myself and my Mopars. How rude.
My granddaddy was a Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge dealer in a very small West Virginia town (so small they let him sell all three makes). I was basically raised on the lot from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, so I've got a particular soft spot for the malaise era Mopars that some enthusiasts turn their noses up at. F-bodies, M-bodies and J-bodies are great, and I'll even admit to indulging in a K-cars and all the variants or even an Omnirizon.
At the moment I have in my garage a 1981 Chrysler Cordoba that is all original except the tires and the radiator, front brake pads/rotors and the fittings for the R-134 a/c coolant with only 33k miles on the clock. Powered by a slant 6 with a single-barrel carb, it has a hard time pulling a greased rope downhill, but it's my baby.
I've also got a 1989 Dodge Diplomat Salon AHB that has a little more giddy-up-go with a 4-bbl 318 and all the other cop car goodies. It's a mostly original supervisor's car with one repaint in the factory-correct dark cherry and the miles are documented at 74k. A survivor.
My previous experience with F-M-J bodies includes a 1985 Fifth Avenue, a 1979 Plymouth Volare 4-dr slant 6, a 1977 Plymouth Volare wagon 318, a 1980 Diplomat 2-door slant 6, a 1981 Imperial (technically a Y-body, right?) that I personally owned, plus fifty-eleven F-M-J bodies of every variety that I drove off my granddaddy's car lot over the years.
So, anyway, I'm really glad I've found you all and I look forward to sharing some good times on this site.
Best,
Greg
My granddaddy was a Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge dealer in a very small West Virginia town (so small they let him sell all three makes). I was basically raised on the lot from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, so I've got a particular soft spot for the malaise era Mopars that some enthusiasts turn their noses up at. F-bodies, M-bodies and J-bodies are great, and I'll even admit to indulging in a K-cars and all the variants or even an Omnirizon.
At the moment I have in my garage a 1981 Chrysler Cordoba that is all original except the tires and the radiator, front brake pads/rotors and the fittings for the R-134 a/c coolant with only 33k miles on the clock. Powered by a slant 6 with a single-barrel carb, it has a hard time pulling a greased rope downhill, but it's my baby.
I've also got a 1989 Dodge Diplomat Salon AHB that has a little more giddy-up-go with a 4-bbl 318 and all the other cop car goodies. It's a mostly original supervisor's car with one repaint in the factory-correct dark cherry and the miles are documented at 74k. A survivor.
My previous experience with F-M-J bodies includes a 1985 Fifth Avenue, a 1979 Plymouth Volare 4-dr slant 6, a 1977 Plymouth Volare wagon 318, a 1980 Diplomat 2-door slant 6, a 1981 Imperial (technically a Y-body, right?) that I personally owned, plus fifty-eleven F-M-J bodies of every variety that I drove off my granddaddy's car lot over the years.
So, anyway, I'm really glad I've found you all and I look forward to sharing some good times on this site.
Best,
Greg
