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Reggie Beard's great looking 1978
Diplomat. You should see the size of the trunk speakers in this
car! More pictures are at the link below. The text and
background on his Diplomat page were both white (at least on my PC) and I
had to swipe the screen with my mouse to read the story. From Reggie's Homepage |
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This 1985 Diplomat was named USS Voyager
prior to its last voyage -- to a demolition derby. An image at the
end of its farewell journey has been posted to the Diplomat
Memorials. From Professor Darling's Home Page |
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More pictures of Anthony Churchill's 1979
Diplomat, Sluggo (first photo on Diplomats 15).
Here's the full story on the car as written by Anthony:
Sluggo earned his name mostly to make fun of an acquaintance
of mine who owned a Mustang. This particular Mustang was a base model with
a V-6. The guy put MUSTANG GT across the top of his windshield which just
killed me. A friend and I promptly went out and bought a few stick on
numbers (about 6" tall) and created SLUGGO GT for my car (it was
green and he had made fun of it saying it was slow). He didn't like it
much, challenged me to a race, which I won. The Sluggo stickers stayed on
for about 2 years, much longer than I thought and the name stuck. That guy
took off his Mustang GT stickers and never spoke to me again. I felt bad,
but he started it by insulting my car. This weekend I gave Sluggo an oil
change in preparation for another Canadian winter and figured I would take
some more pictures. Sluggo I bought from my Great Aunt for $500 Canadian
five years ago and he has been great ever since. She hardly ever drove
him, and even with the five years I have driven him he only has 88900 km
(as of about a week ago). He is also quite fast, despite what many others
think upon first glance. This summer I came upon an Alberta prairie
highway (dead flat, straight, 30 foot wide asphalt, and at the time empty)
and with my GPS on the dash saw how fast Sluggo could go, 190kmph (About
119mph) was as fast as I went. I'm sure you know what it's like to wonder
what he'll do, I just had to wait for the right safe moment. the GPS also
helped as my speedometer only goes to 140kmph, and the GPS has a Max speed
setting. Knowing that makes me proud and glad to stick safely to the speed
limits. I have a friend who recently bought a new Z24 Cavalier that has a
governor at 160kmph (100mph), he is pretty unhappy that my 20 year old car
can go faster than his brand new one. These sure are good cars, I plan on
taking care of mine and driving it for a long time. |
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This car serves the Dallas, Texas Fire Department.
Not sure if it is a Diplomat or a Gran Fury, but undoubtedly yet another
hard working civil service "M" Body. From Dave Arnold - Copcar dot com |
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An great-looking unknown year Police Package
Diplomat, restored fairly well by its appearance. From Dave Arnold - Copcar dot com |
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Dave Arnold snapped these photos while on the
move. While I don't condone such behavior (I would never forgive
myself if someone got into an accident while photographing cars for this
site), I do appreciate the pictures and the effort (grin). Dave's
own description for this car works best: "chased this abused dippy down the freeway trying to get a good shot...not
bad for on the fly, trying to drive and point the camera at the same time... as usual... use them how you wish... except you may not take
it's clothes off....this car was in sad shape...though the pics don't show it... it's
window was terribly cracked...(as opposed to my big crack that's visible in
the pics), dings and dents, hasn't been washed in two years... but at least
Farley will be excited." I am wondering what the other driver
thought of someone aiming a camera at their car. :) From Dave Arnold - Copcar dot com Bottom three photos from a later encounter with the car in a parking lot. |
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