'71 Roadrunner Ratty Revival

Hi all,

Wanted to make a post to share my 71 Roadrunner project! I met a few guys from this site at Carlisle (Hey Hawk!), and decided to post my project here. I'm 25 and this is one of my Roadrunners.

I picked it up in West Virginia last summer, it hadn't been on the road for a long time. It was abandoned and bought a few years ago for $300 and Hemmings wrote an article on it (I'll see if I can find it). It's been through 3 or 4 owners since and it landed here with me in Delaware (I didn't get it for 300).

The car:
• Factory 383 auto but was changed to a 440 truck engine at some point
• Factory GK6 Autumn Bronze, black vinyl top, no stripe (repainted blue)
• Factory buckets and console, optioned for a dash clock
• 4 wheel manual drum brakes

What I've done so far:
• Replaced almost every piece of wiring because it burnt up
• Rebuilt the gauge cluster and put a better dash pad on
• Put the back window back in
• Replaced the grille
• New intake, carb, and some engine dressup
• New slot mags and tires
• Rebuilt the brakes (Lines, cylinders, master cylinder)
• New radiator
• Probably a lot of other little things too

It fell short of making it to Chrysler Nationals because of a leak in the transmission that we discovered too late (the day before lol). Hoping it will be on the road shortly, and I can make some progress on the body work!

These first pictures here are when I brought it home

Discovered a total wiring disaster so got new harnesses and dropped the dash

Upgrading the radiator, replaced the grille and headlights with good used ones, engine dressup and intake, and showing off the rake with the slots

Looks like a cool project!

Dashboard is back in, slot mags are on, once I get this trans issue fixed it will be roadworthy!

Here's the fender tag, if anyone spots any other cool options let know!

HawkRod said:

Looks like a cool project!

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Thank you!!

FranksCoronet said:

Hi all,

Wanted to make a post to share my 71 Roadrunner project! I met a few guys from this site at Carlisle (Hey Hawk!), and decided to post my project here. I'm 25 and this is one of my Roadrunners.

I picked it up in West Virginia last summer, it hadn't been on the road for a long time. It was abandoned and bought a few years ago for $300 and Hemmings wrote an article on it (I'll see if I can find it). It's been through 3 or 4 owners since and it landed here with me in Delaware (I didn't get it for 300).

The car:
• Factory 383 auto but was changed to a 440 truck engine at some point
• Factory GK6 Autumn Bronze, black vinyl top, no stripe (repainted blue)
• Factory buckets and console, optioned for a dash clock
• 4 wheel manual drum brakes

What I've done so far:
• Replaced almost every piece of wiring because it burnt up
• Rebuilt the gauge cluster and put a better dash pad on
• Put the back window back in
• Replaced the grille
• New intake, carb, and some engine dressup
• New slot mags and tires
• Rebuilt the brakes (Lines, cylinders, master cylinder)
• New radiator
• Probably a lot of other little things too

It fell short of making it to Chrysler Nationals because of a leak in the transmission that we discovered too late (the day before lol). Hoping it will be on the road shortly, and I can make some progress on the body work!

These first pictures here are when I brought it home

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Good looking project and glad to see Young Guns still by old school muscle

FranksCoronet said:

Here's the fender tag, if anyone spots any other cool options let know!

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V21 hood strip

MWbirdLOVER70 said:

V21 hood strip

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Good catch! I actually didnt notice that. Those are the pinstripes right? My other 71 has those

Great start!

Glad to see another back on the road ! Keep it up and thanks for sharing.

Nice project 71 RR. Keep us updated as you make progress.