Elwood: "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses." Jake: "Hit it."

@danscott3880

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We're on a mission from God. Dylan. I think someone put Barr's stop leak in the radiator. Just a guess. But I've never see it a pink color.

@jpalberthoward9

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"It's got a cop motor, cop brakes, cop transmission, cop suspension, it's made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas."

@NewWhirledSlacker42

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@@jpalberthoward9 Hahahah 🤣 "Fix the cigarette lighter."

@jpalberthoward9

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@@NewWhirledSlacker42 "Where's the Cadillac?" "I traded it for a microphone"

@CanuckTony

Жыл бұрын

Love it. Best comment ever…

This will be an interesting build. I ran Mopars and Fords as a Texas Highway Patrolman in the early 80s and 90s. I drove an identical year model Diplomat for a few years and it was a solid car but horribly underpowered compared to the 440 Hemi and 460 Ford we were accustomed to operating. Looking forward to seeing what you can make this thing do.

@Carburetedofficial

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The 440 isnt and never was a Hemi!!!

@moonbeamskies3346

Жыл бұрын

How did it affect your job as a highway patrolman when you were driving one of these Diplomats compared to driving a faster car like a big block 1969 Dodge? Was it harder to get people to pull over?

@marksieber4626

Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see Dylan have you come up and test drive that car when it’s finished.? Put on the old Smokey hat and pull over Dylan.

@judeschexnyder8008

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@@Carburetedofficial Mea culpa. Whatever it's combustion chamber design it was a much stronger engine than the anemic 318. However, the brakes in the late 70's Mopars were absolutely dangerous. Those cars were fast in a straight line only.

@judeschexnyder8008

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@@moonbeamskies3346 it was just much harder to catch folks. Every one of these Diplomats I drove topped out between 115 and 120. Although it seems counterintuitive, slower patrol cars are more dangerous to the public since they greatly extend the time in pursuit.

H Dylan trans cooler runs through the radiator and cracks pouring trans fluid into the cooling systems and is a common problem in Australian Ford Falcons, it usually also means that the transmission is history once it's milkshake.

You are inadvertently helping me with a build. I have an 87D100 w/ a 318 . I was wanting a conservative build with about 4-500 horse. So I'm glued to this build brother keep up the quality content.

@markusa5521

Жыл бұрын

Justin keep us updated on your build that sounds bad arse

You have to find a vintage radio and the "wig wag" controller for the alternating flashing high beams. If it were me Dylan, I'd redo it a a detective's unmarked car with a bubble light on the dash and a mini light bar in the rear window.

Hi Dylan, glad I stumbled across the first video on this Diplomat, which is how I found your channel. I love old police cars too. Looking forward to going through the backlog of videos and looking at other things that you have done.

Found one of these in the woods, gave $400 for it. Drove it for 6 years. Changed all the fluids and replaced all the servicable items. Never once left me stranded.

I am left handed too. Great video. Can’t believe all the work that you do to save these old cars. You are a inspiration to a lot of people. Keep up the good work.

@SunsetSlimess

Жыл бұрын

I am too, just noticed when he was writing on the board.

@jrkbgk1111

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@@SunsetSlimess me three!! I always get so excited when I find other lefties!!

@chrisfreemesser5707

Жыл бұрын

Southpaw here as well...I knew there was a reason why I like Dylan 🤣

@njheflin1583

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@@chrisfreemesser5707 never realized he was a southpaw till now. I always loved to watch my sister write, cracked me up.

@siklawolfy3325

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I knew something was off when he was riding on that board

I'm looking forward to this because when I started my LEO career I drove the Plymouth version of that... The Grand Fury but it was solid blue.

I'm loving following this build because it's giving me such memories and nostalgia for the 88 Gran Fury police I had in my 20's that I regret ever getting rid of. Best car I ever owned and my pride and joy. Thanks for the memories!

MEMORIES! In the late sixties and early seventies, I spent a good bit of time removing and installing the police equipment in predominantly Fury I cars running 440 Magnum engines Never got to drive one except in and out of the shop, but did have a fair amount of "shotgun" time. As built for the FHP, they had a top end of about 145-150, which was an "interesting" ride. They used Goodyear RS Patrol tires at the time, but they seemed to have a bit of a balance problem at speed. Could have been an installation situation, but we did only the electronics and electrical equipment. By the way, they had a factory installed A/C defeat switch, for that little extra boost. The headliner came with zippers to install the beacon ray blue light, and another by the driver's left ear, for the radio speaker. Lots of interesting details, plus a couple we added. The sirens at that time were mechanical, and drew as much as 100 amps for the Federal Q (Like fire trucks have).

@opera93

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, interestingly good comments. Those, early dedicated vehicles were some of our Garage talk back in early 1960s and forward… the 1957**/F CODES Ford “Interceptor😊 “ and “ PURSUIT “add in, Options, and so on:: were the most desirable and highest performances….

@opera93

Жыл бұрын

Ps:: also in my HIGH School Days ( 1965/Grad), the INDIANA STATE POLICE ran Hemi Mopars , us Car nuts thought on Toll Roads & kutnod Ligonier POST in 1962-64 years?. Efc

You said you wanted to paint the light bar. Back when I was in a certain car forums, everybody with this same car as me wanted to paint the rear amber turns signals red. I remember many people using Testors model paint in the color candy Apple Grape. And the results were pretty damn good at turning the orange the same red as the rest of the rear lens.

@DylanMcCoolVideo

Жыл бұрын

Last time I did it I used VHT tail light tint and it looked pretty convincing!

@kevinsalisbury4909

Жыл бұрын

Hey Dylan. I'm trying to get in touch with you.

@bryantg7641

Жыл бұрын

99 or 2000 ish Cobra???

Awesome, just my opinion, i would do it like an unmarked car with push bar. Great work as always. Ive always loved these cars to.

A 1976 Dodge Diplomat had safety bumpers that had a pair of compressible piston-like devices. If hitting something solid, you had about 2 inches of safety travel, before any dent damage could occur to the bumper. Which seems like a feature that should have been kept on modern cars. Much more ding-proof than modern day plastic bumpers that get damaged quite easily.

@willg420

Жыл бұрын

Then the insurance companies wouldn’t make a profit. And the car companies wouldn’t sell as many new cars.

I'm going through a black steel rims and dog dish caps phase. I woke up one morning and decided that it was a great look. Old ex coppers are a fantastic bang for the buck if you want a hot sleeper.

I had built an AMC Javelin, SST, 1972 360 without a turbo and got 425 to the rear wheels. That was back in around 1985.

Enjoying this build, having spent my share of time in black and white Diplomats. Ours had all four doors white, not just the 2 front doors. We had Federal Jet-sonic lightbars on them. Good cars.

Your cooling system issues are pretty normal. Until the thermostat opens, the block will have as much air as coolant and not cool. The steam created will pressurize the system and make your rad hoses hard. The bubbling you hear is the water (what little their is) in the block boiling. There is inadequate liquid to do enough cooling at this point and as soon as you shut off the engine there is no circ or cooling at all. Once it cools down a bit, top it off and it will be fine. OK, change the hose that leaks that you just found because of the pressure. BTW, I worked in a rad shop. There are a few tricks that you can use in this situation, but it would take too long to explain. Don't leave the rad cap off or you will have a gusher out the top of the rad before the thermo opens. The system shouldn't over pressure if the cap is working. It will release pressure at what the system can handle. Now, the crappy running after you worked on it was likely poor plug wires got wet and cross fired. Sounds like it. Then there is the pink goodness in the rad. Sounds like the trans cooler is leaking inside the rad. That would cause the pressure, overflow, and the pink in the water. I could be wrong on all of it.

Went from resisting to start and now it starts in just a second the cops said stop resisting and it did. Great work man!

As soon as I saw the pink milkshake, I thought "Transmission Cooler"! I bought an eBay rad for my Subaru and the trans cooler blew a few weeks after install. The ATF and the coolant became one. I didn't bother with sending it back and I bought a proper rad from the radiator shop. I tell you what, the trans flush I did turned into what looked like a triple homicide under the car lol.

I like this build. If it were me I'd ditch the black and white and go with maybe a charcoal grey metallic. With that badass power plant and the unassuming paint it would be every undercover cop from the eighties dream. Can't wait to see how it ends up.

Here in California, the CHP Diplomats were black and white slick tops with one red spot light on the driver side and a clear spot on the passenger side and a push bar. They looked awesome!

Those wheels and tires really do look the part! I can't wait to see this one come together!

8:56 That smooth bluegrass music. That music is just smooth

I know they didn't come with one but, that bad boy needs a 360 or a stroker. I've always wanted to build an A38 Aspen, Diplomat, Fury, Volaré, St. Regis, Newport, Gran Fury, small or mid sized Police Package Mopar with some sort of mean LA 340/360 or a stroker out of one of the 2 there's a company that sells a 426ci stroker package for the 360 and if you used the same crank and rods in a 340 that is bored 0.055" over it would be a 440ci LA. I realize that a basic 408ci would probably cut it fine and even a 360 or 340 with the same heads and cam would probably make similar peak HP and just less TQ it would just be cool to have a 426-440ci stroker LA with some nice heads, a high rise single plane, chunky hydraulic roller cam, long tubes and a 750-950cfm carb hooked to a 4-6 speed manual or a built A727 with a nice high stall and possibly a triple disk allowing lockup in top gear. Maybe even a taller axle if there's no OD so it'll still have a respectable top speed and decent cruising rpms, that's where the extra stroker tq would come in to make a 2.76/2.94/3.08/3.23 axle work with a 26-28" tire to leave hard and hit 140-160+mph up top. I love the Police 67-72 Polaras a lot too but, they're tough to find, heavier and usually beat to heck, one of those would be a no brainier to build a 512ci 400 or 543ci 440 based stroker from 440 source.

Having experienced a trans cooler failure, I knew why the radiator was spouting pink fluid almost immediately (after ruling out that "water wetter" stuff and incorrect coolant). You invest a part of yourself in every build, Dylan, so walking away from the car was understandable. I am not a turbo fan as yet, even though some of my favorite cars are turbo'ed...go figure. But I can get behind this turbo Magnum, because it's different, and maybe I will learn something along the way. Speaking of which - I am going to offer an idea: did the truck that gave you the engine also have an intact fuel system? Maybe, with a few tweaks, you could run a factory setup and keep your costs down, especially with supply chains going through difficult times.

I love these kind of videos. old cars driving again after so many years. With a little bit of love you can get old cars to run again!!

When Dylan walks away and says he needs a moment then you know its a big deal! 😆😂

29:40 this build just got awesome.

It’s unbelievable how much knowledge and expertise you have about these older cars. It’s pretty impressive. I wish I knew more about cars and how to diagnose issues and repair them. Keep up the great work.

“What’s more fun that driving an old car? Driving an older car with a manual” -Dylan McCool I want turbo sounds on gear changes. Have the only manual turbo 360 dodge diplomat that ever existed or ever will exist. Can’t wait to watch this build!!!

I just went through my hubcaps and wheel covers. 4 sets of police caps, a set of 69 Dart wheel covers and a set of 63 Dart wheel covers. I love the cop rims and caps, had them on both my 71 truck and 74 Duster. Sold another set to a guy with a 68 Roadrunner.

I'm so glad on the engine choice. I got a 99 dodge 1500 with the same motor. I'm so excited to see what you do with it. And Dylan if you need another engine I got one.

What a beautiful time to sit down and watch a new Dylan vidya

Sounds like you've got some good plans for it Dylan! Look forward to seeing it!!!!

Thank you for sharing and the appreciation to your subscribers

love seeing old cars getting back to life i grew up in the 80s and remeber riding a wide spread of dodge ford n chevy and remeber dreaming of owning one my self and have owned a few god bless u for ur revivals seen the channel threw junkyard digs and vise grip garage keep it up these old mopars need love too

Try the Setina PB-100 Series Push Bumpers. Got the classic looks and should be simple enough to adapt with some ironmongery if you can't find a OG Diplomat push bumper.

Hell yah!!!! I been waiting for someone to do a magnum build. I have wanting to see about putting a magnum in a old dodge. Cant wait!

My dad drove one when he was a policeman and then got a white unmarked one when he was Sargent. Still remember him picking me up from middle school in it!

Great another project like the old car that we haven't seen drive yet

I rarely see a content where 80s mopar passeger cars rebuilt cant wait to see that car with its new 360 keep the good work.

I had a 1984. Chrysler New Yorker. Loved that car

That 318 is still salvageable. You could drain it and rebuild if for another car in the future after you pull it out.

love my Diplomat to bits yours is going to be really fun to watch come together.

🤔😏 I'm honestly very excited for the direction you're taking this. Can't wait to see what else you come up with lol.

Looks like pepto was put in the coolant system! And love the turbo idea!!

My grandfather had a green 86 diplomat with a 318

Looking forward to seeing this build....Good luck....

Bummer that happened but really like the 360 build up plus turbo!! She will be a little screamer!! Can’t wait. Different and wild like it.

The diplomat was highly under rated. My second car was a retired patrol car with a single barrel 360.

cant wait to follow this build

Sorry to see that the restoration didn't go as planned. I am assuming that the transmission is probably trashed. I like your plan going forward. At least you will be able to drive it in the future.

Time lapse was cool man, your videos have become top knotch. Keep it up dude!

Excellent video Dylan :) also don't forget new rad too and think all do to this old Police car to work out !

Bravo! Bravissimo! 👏👏👏👏I had not seen until the end. But I have faith that you will be able to leave it as good as new. Cheer up!

this is one of my most sought after cars. they are so rare in comparison with the typical Po Po list. Our town had 3 sky blue ones

love these cars. i got a 78 coupe with a mild 318la with magnum heads 727 trans and 355 rear gear

Great car and great job, Mr.! Congrats! MOPAR OR NO CAR

Loving this! No idea about American cars being a Brit, but it looks awesome!

@3:50 "Stall twenty! STALL TWENTY! Get it over there, and shut it off, before we all choke to death!" Oh, wait. Wrong car.

Looking foward to this build! And even getting to help myself! 😁

That spitting and sputtering and popping back through the carb and your reactions and comments had me LMFAO!!!!! I love it. Soooooooo many times I've been there.

Wow, I just love it. My father in law had one of these back in the day. It was a nice car. You:re upgrade will make it a great car.

Agreed I’m a big fan of satin black Steelies as well. Some cars you have to go with us at White but still those are my two wheel choices.

Dylan, Chrysler used Bakolite pistons in their brake calipers, and they're notorious for getting stuck. I used to do a lot of brake work, years ago in the mid 1970's. chrysler from day one had Bakolite pistons in their disc brake calipers, and have always had trouble with them seizing up in the caliper. So S.O.P. was to rebuild the caliper and installed the anodized steel pistons.

Look forward to the coming episodes! I guess it’s better that it happened just outside the shop rather that somewhere down the road!

I like were this is going Dylan no one else has ever done this especially with a Mopar can't wait till the next video

Hey Dylan, just wanted to say, Im really enjoying your content lately, 👌🏻, keep up the great videos

The tires in the rear are massive but looks pretty good don't hit a bump I see rubbing in the future @Dylan McCool

You have to do red and blue lights. Not all red on that light bar. It will make it 10 times better with that black and and white. Also. In the headlights and taillights there might be hid away lights or there might be extra wires connecting to the taillights and headlights to make them flash. So you could look into that and get to working with the light bar If you make them work. And there might be a siren behind the grill. Just some suggestion. Love the videos man.🤘

Oh no! That sucks!! Woohoo for the 360! That’s what I had in mine! Now I want it!!!

You don't get enough likes for the stuff you taught me man. Your content is grade A+

Nice Plan!! Looking forward to it!

Looking forward to this build

15:56 omg i love that sound, she sounds so right

I had an 84 and put a 360 crate motor with a purple shaft cam and swirl port heads. Also Hooker headers, and Holley 650. MSD ignition made a huge difference too. Be careful my 360 required an externally balanced torque converter and damper. Even with 2.94 gears I could beat Corvettes out of the toll booths easily and chirp 2nd.

When that pink volcano erupted I smiled knowingly because I have dealt with it. I was about to scream at the screen until you made the connection. You ignition is being screwed up by the infamous Lean Burn system. When you dropped the restrictive exhaust system you threw that poc system for a loop.

A turbo will be awesome! I can't wait! Sleeperdude used holley terminater X on this turbo thunderbird.

Love these old Dodges, looking at the Todo list: what about welding your own Headers, you can make the bend as wide as it will fit. (best flow possible). Cant wait see that w new engine running. Big Up!

That has to be one of the first digital display radios ever made. If thats not pink antifreeze in the radiator it could be a hole in the trans cooler leaking tranny fluid into the radiator. The big Chrysler cop cars that the NY state troopers used in 60's when I was growing up used either 426's or 440's. That's what you need.

Unfortunately I've had the pink coolant problem, and it was the trans cooler leaking into the coolant too. It needed a new rad and trans service, but it took too long to catch.

Fuel management system, terminator X seems like it can hold up to what you want.

The first time I saw that bypass hose busted open with The telltale Pepto-Bismol I was like oh no been down that road a couple dozen times thankfully they weren't my cars 🤣

The plan for this one excites me!

Beautiful work!

Glad to see your making a Dipplomat run. i still have my Grandfather's 77 Dipplomat its still has orignal 318 and had the Lean Burn. I had to run a MSD ready to run Dist because the old Lean burn computer was acting up and I do live in CA so i half to smog my car. next year I am finally Painting my car. and at one time i ran a holley 4bbrl Classic Carb 600CFM with a Weiand Stealth intake manifold. sadly living in CA I cannot pass Smog with that carb and intake. but i was able to keep my MSD because of the 2 C.A.R.B stickers for up grades I have herd some good things about the Holley EFI kit and I would recomend running a MSD full kit with Box

Sounds like a great plan can’t wait !

I’m here can’t wait to see the car on the road!!!!!!

Bad radiator does that. 2005-08 Nissan Frontiers were plagued with this problem. Frontier owners called it SMOD. Strawberry milkshake of death. Hope the 727 survives. Flush everything well. Torque converter, lines cooler etc. Good luck.

I am really looking forward to seeing everything you have planned for the car become a reality. It will be a bad ass car when you get done

Drain the transmission, new radiator, new hoses and belts and Drain the rear axle trainy, new everything. I have the bumper gaurd for a p.d. pit gaurd.

I'd never repaint this thing, the look of it already is great.

Watching you try to remove the wheel reminded me of something my friend's dad told a group of us boys while he was "fixing" their 76 LTD: "If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer."

Oh dang! I hardly ever hear about M bodies, the forgotten 4 doors of fun. I have an 87 Gran Fury, was a Wisconsin state patrol car. Now it's a magnum 360 powered burnout machine with EFI, 100 shot of nitrous, all kinds of Firm Feel susp stuff and a 46re trans for OD. It's the coolest daily driver ever and I feel like a princess every time I drive it 😊😎 You sir have a new follower and fan!

@TheMopardodgegirl

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@@amytaylor7043 hi Amy! Can I give you my credit card numbers??

I own my late Father's 1961 Dodge Dart Police Cruiser (383 Engine) and it took me 14 years to restore it. The old car can OUTRUN any modern Police car. (Ford Crown Vics eat dust) and I often drive it around. Yes it is a Black and White unit, repainted to the original color scheme. Has the driver's side spotlight. (I replaced all the sealed beam lights with LED Replacements) That push Button Transmission was a royal pain to fix.

i like the old car, just don't be pulling anyone over. To quote a viewer from the live feed "ouch", we were not dropped this time but the transmission fluid in everything. Like the plan!

This is going to be awesome! Such a Sleeper!

I like the plans for a Turbo. 😊

Wow, This mrings back memories!!! I remember driving those cars. I am a retired NYPD Highway Patrol cop. You can't kill those cars. I loved them so much I had a 1982 and 1985 used NY State trooper cars as my personalvehicles. I also love the inverted air cleaner top. We used to do that to the highway Cars to amplify the sound upon excellerstion. MEMORIES. I did not do that to my personal cars as it would mess up the computer system. I have the front ball joint socket. It is yours for the asking. The 1989 cars came with silicone hoses as they were blue in color. You have a 117 amp alternator on those cars. I also had a 1980 Plymouth Volare with a get this 360 4 barrel posi rear. That car flew until I was going to the preceint when a guy made a left right in front of me and that ended that car. If you need any information, feel free to reach out to me. Good Luck !!!!!