Thread: Who likes Road Runners?

I have had this 69 for about 10 years. Sadly, it's going on the auction block because I need the garage for brewing beer, making mead and distilling. I've been driving old Plymouths for 30 years and brewing for 20..until I get a double garage looks like brewing wins for now!

ALso, for those of you out there that own a classic car... I find that keeping this car in tip top shape is taking more time than I spend driving it! My next car will be something less collectible so I can park it outside and add modern stuff. I'm finding that keeping things original is exhausting!

My dad had a 71 road runner when I was a kid. It was a 383 4bbl. Same blue color as the pic above but his has a white top and those race decals going to the back. It was a nice car, hauled ass even though it was a 383... My dad had to sell it when my brother was born in 1991. That was a mistake. Every time I see him he talks about that car. When muscle cars grew in popularity and prices shot up the car would have been worth a pretty penny today. Now he can't afford to rebuy it! Though they are typicly cheaper then a GTX, Super Bee, charger, challenger or cuda.

Originally Posted by JoeLowett

My dad had a 71 road runner when I was a kid. It was a 383 4bbl. Same blue color as the pic above but his has a white top and those race decals going to the back. It was a nice car, hauled ass even though it was a 383... My dad had to sell it when my brother was born in 1991. That was a mistake. Every time I see him he talks about that car. When muscle cars grew in popularity and prices shot up the car would have been worth a pretty penny today. Now he can't afford to rebuy it! Though they are typicly cheaper then a GTX, Super Bee, charger, challenger or cuda.

White top! The only color that really sets blue off! Mine has a white top too!

very nice , my sister had a 70 something Impala and her husband had a ( i wanna say ) 67 or 69 RR that he had painted in a black cherry that was beautiful , they used to drag race them at a couple of tracks by me until my brother inlaws brother got liquored up one night and decided he was gonna unknowingly borrow it at 3am and wrapped it around a telephone pole

We love roadrunners. I have a family of them that comes around every day just about. They can't fly but can jump on your roof and make a mess if they get riled. And no they don't go bep-bep.

That 69 is a sweet ride. Convertibles are always nice too the one my pop had back in the day was a hard top

We had a lot of cool mopars. My dad had an 87 Daytona, 89 lebaron, a 71 dodge Monaco 2 door w/ a 440... That car was bad to the bone, a 70 Monaco parts car and a 71 charger SE w a 383 and hideaways that we never got around to fixing up though it was in good shape.. Ended up selling the charger a few years back

My Dad was a Mopar freak. When I was young he had a 67 Baracuda. Mom's rig was a 67 Fury III convertible with a 383 under the hood (she used to say it could pass anything on the road except a gas station). I learned to drive in a puke green 73 Polara. I myself am a hardcore Ford guy but must admit the old school Mopar stuff is pretty sweet. I was especially fond of the old Plymouth Satelite. The new school Dart and Charger seem pretty uninspired but the Challenger re-incarnation looks like it remained a little truer to its 70's muscle car roots.

Despite some good genes to be a Mopar freak, I struggled with a 1969 D100 pickup for several years. Every time I thought that every possible part of that truck had been replaced, something else broke. I once had a complete brake failure (in the winter up in Alaska to boot) the front end was also a train wreck. I thought we'd never get those kingpins replaced.

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

My Dad was a Mopar freak. When I was young he had a 67 Baracuda. Mom's rig was a 67 Fury III convertible with a 383 under the hood (she used to say it could pass anything on the road except a gas station). I learned to drive in a puke green 73 Polara. I myself am a hardcore Ford guy but must admit the old school Mopar stuff is pretty sweet. I was especially fond of the old Plymouth Satelite. The new school Dart and Charger seem pretty uninspired but the Challenger re-incarnation looks like it remained a little truer to its 70's muscle car roots.

Despite some good genes to be a Mopar freak, I struggled with a 1969 D100 pickup for several years. Every time I thought that every possible part of that truck had been replaced, something else broke. I once had a complete brake failure (in the winter up in Alaska to boot) the front end was also a train wreck. I thought we'd never get those kingpins replaced.

Until they make a 2-door Charger it's just a new Belvedere. And that Dart evokes as much emotion as a box of Saltines.

Originally Posted by mannye

I have had this 69 for about 10 years. Sadly, it's going on the auction block because I need the garage for brewing beer...

Don't! You'll regret it. It looks beautiful. And if you ever are willing to re-buy such a beauty, You'll have to get a car that someone else had his hands on, which never is good enough.

btw. what's the red one in the front?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

...And no they don't go bep-bep.

My world just fell apart!