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Anyone remember this hemi roadrunner drag car from Long Island New York area?

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My cousin gave me this 1969 Hemi Roadrunner last June.
He got it from the Long Island area.
He was told the car when new was a Plymouth dealership's drag car on Long Island.
Does anyone remember it?

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Very crude race car interior. Probably was running a very rude Hemi. I never saw this car.
You should register it for the Chicago MCACN show in its barn find section. It would be a draw.
 
Ya the interior is very basic.
They removed all the factory wiring harnesses.
Only has 3 switches on the dash and a starter push button.
Do you think I should show the car as is or paint the fenders white?
I will look into mcacn.
I'm bringing it the the carlisle mopar show.
 
HersheysHemi said:
Ya the interior is very basic.
They removed all the factory wiring harnesses.
Only has 3 switches on the dash and a starter push button.
Do you think I should show the car as is or paint the fenders white?
I will look into mcacn.
I'm bringing it the the carlisle mopar show.
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Leave it as is. It's a find as is. The MCACN is a phenomenal show, probably the best on the planet. The barn find section is amazing. Check out their website.
Carlisle is another great.
 
I saw a youtube video of different hemi cars mopar5150 took to mcacn show.
Their barn find section looked pretty neat.
Carlisle is only a hour from me so that's a really easy one to make it to.
 
Found the technically 2nd owner of my car.
He bought it with 50 miles on it.
A older lady bought the car new and didn't like it got bad gas mileage so she took it back to the dealership.
He bought the car and turned it into a race car.
He raced it with two different hemi engines.
I know you guys like pictures and thankfully he took lots of pictures of the car.
His son sent me these, enjoy.

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That looks like National Speedway at the pits of course right by the entrance road running along the tree line.
I never went to the track when it was active, but I visited the sight later in the eighties and remember it like yesterday.
 
fullmetaljacket said:
That looks like National Speedway at the pits of course right by the entrance road running along the tree line.
I never went to the track when it was active, but I visited the sight later in the eighties and remember it like yesterday.
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Ya the son said that is the track they raced at. He ran a best of 10.00
 
They ran two different hemi engines.
In the first picture that i believe is 2.5 gallon fuel tank in the left front corner of the engine bay.
 
Verry cool old photos,
10.0s in that era is no slouch for damn sure :thumbsup:
 
10.0hs is still decently fast these days. That was Pro-stock........ or should I say, Brooklyn street racing territory back then.
 
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