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I had a 72 400 c.i. (255nhp) bought new that year. I convinced my parents that it would make a wonderful family car. The vision of them going off to church in that car is still firmly etched in my mind. I was 18 at the time.
I couldn't get them to go for a lot of options (it had a bench seat and a three speed) but it did have a posi rear and a 'Tuff' steering wheel. I eventually had a four speed put in (from a wrecked Charger R/T) and did some slight engine mods.
At the same time that my car was ordered, my cousin ordered a 340 Duster. His had the Hurst four speed and wouldn't you know, it was always just a little quicker than my Road Runner.
After a lot of modifications, (Edelbrock, Hooker, Holley, M/T, Crane etc. I sold the car in 77 (the new girlfriend didn't think it was cool - how stupid could I have been).
I now live in England and would love to have another Road Runner, preferably, a 72. I've seen a couple purporting to be
RRs but were actually Satellites (only someone in the Road Runner community would actually be able to see the difference.
Since the Road Runner is so rare here Idid the unimagineable a few years ago. I bought a Chevy (shame - shame), an IROC. It was fun but it certainly wasn't a Mopar.
Well, that's my tale of woe.
PS the IROC is gone - bring on the Mighty Mopars!
rufast2 New Beeper
Posts: 4
(3/5/02 3:30 pm) Reply
Re: How did you get your Roadrunner? um, Satellite :)
Oh what a subject for me, I love to tell this at most show gatherings. All started in 68' when I came home to Wyoming for 2 weeks prior to my next military assignment. A school buddy had just bought a brand new 68' Roadrunner and we head to Denver Colorado on a Thelma & Louise type trip. I'll never forget the drag raceing, beeper horn blowing, chic chaseing time we had. Just wanted my own some day!! Well shortly thereafter I got married, then the Army decided it was my turn to go to Vietnam. So told the wife, when I make it back, meet me at the airport with a new 69" Roadrunner for us. I sent home all the money I could muster - military pay, sold my smokes, gambled, every nickle I could get my hands on went home for the car. Kept a picture with me the whole tour of duty in Nam'.
Well, that blessed day finally arrived and I was headed home to good ole USA. The wife met me at the airport gate, and couldn't wait to get behind the wheel. We're in the parking garage and I'm standing there just looking, my eyes dancing all around for my "Beeper". As we stand around in the mist of parked cars, my wife says to me "now we're going to be a family not far off, heading to a 3 year tour in Germany, we really need a family car". I say "sure honey,so"? She says "so I decided to buy a family car instead of the Roadrunner you had your heart set on". I was dumfounded, and asked where the car was that she had bought. She says "well, it's right here in front of us" !! So here I was looking at a white, chevy chevelle, 4 door, as plain as ya could get. Nahhhh, I didn't hurt her, but let my feelings known about every time we got on the German Autobaun and the VW's just wizz'd by us.
Nope, had to wait thirty years later to get me that Roadrunner I always wanted. And you know what, I appreciate the car more now than I would have at the young age. We seen her at a cross state car show last year, she walked up and looked the Roadrunner over and then said to me " so, you just had to get one didn't you" !!
How did you get your Roadrunner? um, Satellite:)
Hey guys, thanks....love my SSP like crazy! I'm here in Michigan, less then 2 months I can get her back on the road for the spring/summer/fall.
Good luck Barry on finding the car you spotted. Like you, I can find something positive to say about any b-body....even if it just came out of the crusher! The 71/72 years are my all time favorite!!!
Re: How did you get your Roadrunner? um, Satellite :)
Great Car Brian,
Persistance pays.....Sight Unseen!!!!! WOW!!!
73runner New Beeper
Posts: 4
(3/21/02 8:19 pm) Reply
my car
well I got mine just a few weeks back and I still have not gotten it hom yet there is to much snow to get it out right now my father in law bought his (mine now) 1973 road runner Blue with black strip it had a 4 spd in it and a 340 (i think) well after a few races it just didn't go like he wanted it to so he droped in a 440 mag and that is what i have now is a 73 RR with a 440 mag 4 spd and the best part i got it for FREE from him he just asked me never to sell it. No problem. the car needs some work it has been sitting fro the past 20 years in his back yard under a tree the bod has lots of surface rust but it is not to bad. I will post up some pictures when i get it out of the snow bank....
mont1le New Beeper
Posts: 7
(4/3/02 8:42 am) Reply
Re: my car
My 69 RR,was a simple find I was at a car cruise night and a 18 y/o kid pulled in and parked outside the cruise area and I just happened to be walking by and saw that it had a very small 4sale sign I talked to the kid and he told me it was his dad's car and was selling it cause the dad had back surgery and could not drive a 4spd anylonger so we drove to his house and met his father and struck up a deal.
The reason the son did not keep the car was he had his own 68 RR and could not afford to keep both, lucky for me.
The 70 Satellite Convertible was a good find,in 1998 a friend of mine moved to new house and invited me over to check it out as I am driving down the street I notice that the house right across the street there is a car with a cheap tarp covering it, I asked my NON car guy friend if he had met the guy across, he said no so for the next few weeks everytime I went to visit I was always hoping to see some1 outside and strike up a conversation,I did not want to knock on the door and seem to eager, Then 1 day my buddy calls me and says "get over here if you want that car" it turns out my friends wife had made friends with the family across and they told her they were thinking of selling the car they had owned since new, I was there with in 20 mins. And that night I was driving it home.
The car was a survivor everything was original but all that originality was falling apart so the only survivor stuff left are the paint, most int parts and top wich needs replacement badly.
Re: my car
I had bought a 71 440-4 speed charger in '75 or so and one night lost her on a winding road,luckily the capt.morgan rum dulled any pain and i walked with my buddy forever,got the insurance money and went looking for another charger,but couldn't find one w/ a 4 speed so in lieu of not having a cool ride bought a '70 GTO judge w/455-4 speed from a dealer($1700),it ran hard for about 2 month's and spun a bearing,so i had it towed back to the dealer to have it fixed,i spotted her sitting ,the unmistakable '71 charger tail lites looking my way from the side of the body shop,i asked the salesman if it was for sale! he said it was wrecked on the pass.side,like i cared,off i went to look,low and behold it was one of those only in magazines chargers,'71 superbee,440-6 column auto tor red w/blackout pkg,air grabber,white interior,i had to have it,it needed a pass.fender and windshield,i immediately struck a deal and left the gto and picked up my freshly painted bee 3 weeks later for an unheard of price nowaday's of the dealer owing me money!!!!!! gto's were better sellers than charger's in a gm dealer's environment,so it ended up i just had my loan transferred over to my new car and everyone lived happily ever after!!!!!,now some 25 years later,my daughter said she saw a cool 2 door plymouth for sale a couple miles down the road,so not really in the scene anymore i went to look at it for her,turned out to be a really decent 71 satellite,so i got it for her for $900,the guy wanted $1500 til i picked it apart long enough that he let me have it ,probably so i would leave him alone,then the bug came back to me,like the flu,and here i am 19 again with a special ordered '69 post 383-4 speed RR,with original A31 rear axle(3.91),and the rare triple black w/rocker panel and door top and post stainless moulding,she is getting ready to be mounted on the rotisserie this month and begin her journey back to the street hoss she once was,she was almost like a fossil preserved very nicely for her age,a great arkansas car,can't wait to get her running,i don't think i could find this car on a dealer's lot these day's........lol
1970rr New Beeper
Posts: 2
(4/21/02 12:16 pm) Reply
Re: How did you get your Roadrunner?
Since my 70 GTX is for the most part unrestored (I want to keep it more of a survivor), I don't want to use it as a driver. I was looking for a 70 Roadrunner to build a Hemi clone out of. I found mine on www.specialinterest.com/ . I looked it over and thought it would be good for a clone. Since it had a running 383 in, I could drive it until I got a Hemi for it. The seller said it was a matching numbers car. I thought to myself, "yeah right". When I got it home, it did turn out to be the correct matching numbers motor and trans. I can't, with a clear consience, take apart a mn car to make a clone out of it. My plans kind of changed, so now Im doing a restification on it. Someday in the future I'll pick up another car to do a clone.
Jim
1970 GTX 440 auto survivor/light resto
1970 Roadrunner 383 4sp AC TX9
1970 W200 383 auto 6" lift
1986 Ramcharger 360 4sp orig owner
Re: How did you get your Roadrunner?
I was searching the web, and looking at some 'birds for sale. I found my 72 for sale by a guy in Florida. I called him, and we chatted about money. He said he was going to Carisle and taking her with him. I wired him a down payment, and drove to Carisle with a friend.
He drove it out to me, I checked her over, and bought it right then!
I live about 3 hours away from Carisle, PA, so the drive home was knuckle wrenching! My friend laughed at me the whole way home.
See, being that I'm a girl, I think that was pretty daring of me to just get in and drive home (hoping it would make it!)
That was 3 years ago, and my BIG BETTY is still on the road!
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