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Should I buy this Roadrunner

whayden2003 said:
Not high jacking your thread with pics. But I know you have been looking. I bought this one for 1000 bucks. No drivetrain. With a fender tag. Real deal RR.

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lol pahlease you STOLE that car for a grand..and you know it.
crazy great Score there :thumbsup:

to the Op,the car you show us is interesting but id say no because of one thing mainly.
they primered the car Over the rust.
thats the worst thing they can do And itll all have to come back off...

if you want a project,look for an original paint car.
at least then theres no Nasty surprises later on once its home and getting done.:poke:
 
Adam Motcheck said:
I've been looking for a while to start my first restoration. Ive been looking almost exlusively for mopars because I'm a huge fan of Mopar, especially the B-Bodies. I just found this 1968 Roadrunner 15 miles away from me. He has most of the parts except windshield, front seat, Engine and Tranny. It needs quarter panels, a trunk pan (or a patch in the trunk) and some body work. I looked up underneath of it and didnt see any rust on the frame. Ive never done a restoration and I realize its going to be a huge project that takes a long time and lots of money, just wanted to get some advice from some people with experience.
He wants $4,000 for it. thanks

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Take a look at this thread for comparison shopping:

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/the-under-10k-for-sale-thread.166904/
 
walk away from it unless you have a lot of talent and unlimited funds ,look for a different bird one that is more complete and one you don`t need a money tree for save your self all the head aches that we have all thru I don`t believe you can buy that too flip to make any money on
 
IMO

start with something a lot more complete, to begin with

buy a factory service manual 1st thing, of the specific car & year

the time & investment or learning curve can be extremely costly
especially for a novice

save a bit more & buy something that's a running &/or driving
al the little **** really adds up quickly

unless you're building a racecar, gutting &/or replacing
most the panels & interior, a bare hull, rusty one at that
or an atypical basket case is not a good buy,
not even for an experience body guy, it's a time trap & money pit

save more get something a bit more complete, make it your own

good luck
 
I'll chime in too.

I agree you should pass on it. I don't think $4000 is too much for a real deal Road Runner if all the parts are there. But too often people just think about the big parts like engine, tranny, seats, etc. But there are TONS of small parts and brackets that will kill you slowly both in time to figure out what you need as well as with money to buy them.

If you are an expert restorer with lots of experience and some extra parts laying around from other builds I'd think about it, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I agree. Walk away.
 
Buy a complete car, even if everything needs touched. This one not for a non expert.
 
I’m with the consensus here. You’d be nuts to take on that basket case. You can find a driver for a lot less then you will put half way into that car. Go find one tho - they’re out there.
 
No way Jose'. I bought a 100% complete running driving 1967 Coronet 500 for $3750. Shop around. Wait for a score to come up.
 
Buy my 68 coronet for 3k runs and drives. Or buy that roadrunner and build it into a dirt track race car.
 
BeatersRus said:
lol pahlease you STOLE that car for a grand..and you know it.
crazy great Score there :thumbsup:

to the Op,the car you show us is interesting but id say no because of one thing mainly.
they primered the car Over the rust.
thats the worst thing they can do And itll all have to come back off...

if you want a project,look for an original paint car.
at least then theres no Nasty surprises later on once its home and getting done.:poke:
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Yes I did since we(louisiana) have a car guy for a head of the department of motor vehicle. I bought the car with no title on a gamble. Got lucky. It's easier than most states to get a title for a old car that has been out the system for awhile. Didn't cost anything extra. Just time to get all the paper work in order.
 
If you want a MOPAR buy a finished car. Parts, knowledge, and all things required are a nightmare.
 
Im selling this
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very good driver its on the under 10000 thread
 
First, I completely agree that this car is way over priced for what it is. Next, I do agree that this is probably not a good "first timer" project, however I will play devils advocate here;

Everyone has to start somewhere and "if" you could get this car at a cheaper price AND stay focused on it, you could build it and gain a very exhaustive education along the way. The problem is two fold; the money it will take to finish it and the ability to remain focused on it. Normally, people get something like this and go like gang busters for a little while and then become disillusioned with it and end up selling it at a loss. This is usually a direct result of dreaming too big, they envision a perfect day one car when they are done and that takes a lot of time, experience and most importantly money.

The other option is get the car (cheaper than what he wants now); essentially slam a drive train into it, ignore the things that do not contribute to being able to drive it, and get it to move under its own power. Then, you can begin to build on this base one thing at a time but in the mean time you do have a running driving RR. Won't be pretty and you will probably have to take things apart (several times) but it will teach you and inspire you at the same time.

I know this is not the popular opinion and again, I agree with many on here, but I think many of us who have had these cars for many years tend to look at it from our shall we say "advanced" experience base. When I was 17, I would have done exactly as I just laid out if I could have gotten the car on the cheap (that being relative).

I am sure I am going to get some red X's over this but I am not scared.. LOL
 
70chall440 said:
Everyone has to start somewhere

When I was 17, I would have done exactly as I just laid out if I could have gotten the car on the cheap (that being relative).
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no red X for ya' here :poke:
yep I agree, in parts
I did do just that, many, many times
they were $500 to $1500 cars back then too,
& were still in way better condition

hell I bought a near perfect 68 Charger R/T for $350,
great car, wish I still had it...
it ain't 1974 anymore either

cost is relative, so is experience & skill levels

I bought my current 68 RR for $6,000 back in Dec. 2005
he was asking $7,000
(I've done other projects at the same time too)
BUT;
It was a complete & running, driving car
all the parts were there
near perfect interior, was a bonus
it was owned by a carpenter, had the road hard & put away wet vib
just a little rough, everywhere, with good trim, good drivetrain
but a 'mostly' rust free Calif. car, for it's whole life
with a few extra parts that came along with it,
radios, org. carb, org. starter, org. water pump,
org. alt., org. Road Wheels etc. etc. etc.
(albeit most of the extra's were rusted junk)
I was damn lucky to get it at a decent price too
they were going up like crazy at the time....

I've also spent appr. $20k since
& I do 99% of all the work, it's still not to my likings
but it has been able to be driven/enjoyed since day 1
changed my org. build style too,
cost me a little extra :BangHead:

they're out there,
much better deals for a little more $$$
maybe twice the price,
but you'll get 5 times the value, fun instead of expenses
(or more in the long run, time saved & expenses, tracking down, shipping/buying parts etc.)
buying something more complete
especially capable of running & driving is a "Huge"plus too

yes there's far more ways to do builds

another option;
it's easier & cheaper "sometimes"
to buys someone's car that's mid project
they gave up on or ran out of $$$, just want to get out of it
they have spent the $$$, done much of the hard stuff
just needs to be brought across the finish line/completed
you'd be surprised how many cars end up like that
way too many people get in way over their heads/capabilities
& bail

that's the cautionary tale, for the novices
 
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I agree as stated above...Buy the most complete car you can find. It will save in the long run on time and money. Yes I did buy a roller that was a western car. It was in very restorable shape minus the engine transmission and drive shaft. But everything else was there. I wound up completely taking the car apart, had some small body work done and procured the drive train through eBay and other vendors. I wound up completely rebuilding it and laid out quite a bit of coin for the areas I wasn't good at doing myself. In the end I have way more invested in money and time but I wanted to do it and have that experience myself. It took almost 9 years but I did it and it was well worth it as I now have a very nice restored 66 Plymouth Satellite. So if you feel you can undertake the time and money and want to experience it then I would say go ahead with this one but for far less then the asking price. Maybe 1500 - 2500 is more in line unless the parts that go along with it are in fact there and ready to be done. The body work will be expensive so be prepared to drag it out over a longer period of time then maybe you anticipate. There is always a glitch here and a change there which pushes everything back in completion time. Good luck and do keep looking as there are a lot of hidden jewels out there just waiting to be found...cr8crshr/Tuck:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::usflag::usflag::usflag:

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This would be a good project car if you were doing a restomod, and all the missing parts don't matter.
 
look at the pic of the inside of the L qtr panel. See the mud over the weld where a body patch is?
Then look at the outside of the L qtr panel. All that needs to be redone.
What else has been half ads repaired?
Wise choice to pass.
 
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