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1969 RUNNER DRIVER

69 RUNNER finally on the road this early summer, took it to the Nats, in Ohio, drove it around and parked in the fun field Fri,Sat,Sun. Was limited on the size of parts I could buy at the swap meet. To bad for the rain Fri, Sat.

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....an' they should ALL be drivers.....I sold my '69 RR because it was a matching #'s [yadda, yadda] show car and NOT a driver. The '65 Dodge Coronet 500 that I have now IS a driver and I LOVE it!
 
congratulations!! it must be the awesome feeling I am soon approaching. looks great
 
Thanks, was a long time coming with work, and life in between, Big smile on my face. Would have been cool to be 16 in 1960's etc.
 
Thanks, was a long time coming with work, and life in between, Big smile on my face. Would have been cool to be 16 in 1960's etc.
I WAS 16 in 1966. It was a bitchin' time.....the big three had Muscle Car wars going on, MOPAR got kicked out of NASCAR because of the HEMI....I was there & developed the Muscle Car DISEASE that I have had for over 50 years now!
 
Greetings VCODERR! In 1969 I was in college working part time at a 3-stall Standard Oil gas station. The gas station owner's friend Dean also owned an A4 silver 1969 RR 2-dr coupe with a Hemi automatic. The Hemi coupe had the factory black hood stripes and American Racing Torq Thrust wheels. A beautiful car with which I still have day-dreams.

Late one early-Spring 1969 night while I was on duty Dean brought the coupe in and we put it on the lift. Dean had a box of headers and two Coast-to-Coast glass pack flow-through mufflers. Dean asked for some used motor oil which he poured inside each glass pack. Dean set the treated mufflers outside next to the building and lit them on fire. Dean called this the break-in period!

The headers were installed in short order and the blackened mufflers were slid into place. It was after closing time by then so Dean, his buddy who helped and I went for a test spin. It was impressive feeling the Hemi work past 60 mph in the dark at full-throttle.

Dean later spun a rod bearing at 8,500 miles while the Hemi was still under the 12 month/12,000 mile warranty. Dean got concerned and traded the broken Road Runner in while the Hemi still had some warranty left. I am sure Dean truly regrets losing the car.
 

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