Can anyone identify this car for me

Hi, I'm planning on making a diorama for a miami vice episode and these are the best images I could take form the first series. I'm talking about the police car on the left hand side in the first photo. I can't make out what it is, it looks like a Dodge or the badge like an old jeep. Can anyone tell me, also is there a model available. I can get some of the badges for a set by policecarmodels.com and the others I could make. Thanks for any help.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/cfcrules/PDVD_037.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/cfcrules/PDVD_026.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/cfcrules/PDVD_042.jpg

Dodge Diplomat




Hi, I'm planning on making a diorama for a miami vice episode and these are the best images I could take form the first series. I'm talking about the police car on the left hand side in the first photo. I can't make out what it is, it looks like a Dodge or the badge like an old jeep. Can anyone tell me, also is there a model available. I can get some of the badges for a set by policecarmodels.com and the others I could make. Thanks for any help.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/cfcrules/PDVD_037.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/cfcrules/PDVD_026.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/cfcrules/PDVD_042.jpg

Dodge diplomat or Plymouth Gran Fury

You can see in the third picture, it's a Plymouth Gran Fury. Look on the right side of the trunk lid.

^ yep, gran fury.

I want one.

All those old 70's/80's boxed style American cars look the same to me. That car looks just like the old caprice cop cars to me.

I think the more important issue here is: What class are you taking that warrants you making a Miami Vice diorama???:confused:

I think the more important issue here is: What class are you taking that warrants you making a Miami Vice diorama???:confused:

It's the AWESOME EIGHTIES 320 class. You didn't see it in the catalog?

All those old 70's/80's boxed style American cars look the same to me. That car looks just like the old caprice cop cars to me.

:lol: Yeah, really.. I always think they are Impalas.. but like thats really a big difference from a caprice..

I use to have a 85 Grand Prix beater that looked just like that car but yeah, Impala's and Caprice are basically the same car..

It's the AWESOME EIGHTIES 320 class. You didn't see it in the catalog?
Oh! That class pwns! I did my final project on a comparison and contrast of Emmanuel Lewis and Gary Coleman

Oh! That class pwns! I did my final project on a comparison and contrast of Emmanuel Lewis and Gary Coleman

Hmm. I did The Human League and Dead or Alive.

It's going to be a sort of present for my dad he's always been a huge fan of the show and I watched it with him on Men n Motors and I thought it was great so I thought that I would do this for him and for myself. I can't find any models of this car, can you suggest something else taht would look similar that I could use as being in England I know very little about old American cars. Thanks

As was stated before, all the fleet cars from the 70's/80's (Chevy Caprice and Ford Crown Victoria mainly) looked pretty much the same. You could have switched em out on the cops between trips to the donut shop and they wouldn't have even noticed :disappoin

I think the more important issue here is: What class are you taking that warrants you making a Miami Vice diorama???:confused:

My sr. english teacher was a character on miami vice a couple times back in the day:grinno:

What type of cars are you using for the diorama? Die-cast? What size?

What type of cars are you using for the diorama? Die-cast? What size?
matchbox had a plymouth gran fury 1/64 scale though i think it was a 70s model. It was my most favorite car in my collection. Always reminded me of the police car in the 1st "Blues Brothers" movie.:grinyes:

Yeah. Back when they were all boxy, they had the problem of flipping over and crashing into each other a lot, hence why they went to the newer style in the 90's. IT was a dangerous time to be a cop back then, you could just be cruising down the highway, pass a speeder, flip on your lights and chase him. Then you hit an ant or nothing at all and BAM you're doing barrel rolls with 28 of your buddies behind you. Just watch the documentary "The Blues Brothers" as proof. :-D

Just watch the documentary "The Blues Brothers" as proof. :-D
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