1974 Roadrunner Re-Paint and Some Upgrades

[RR Fan Dan]

Closing up seams in the rear.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

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[RSMS]

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Have you decided how you will refinish the underside of the car yet? Factory appearance or all body color gloss? I enjoy seeing a build making progress, even if it’s not mine

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Have you decided how you will refinish the underside of the car yet? Factory appearance or all body color gloss? I enjoy seeing a build making progress, even if it’s not mine

Actually neither. Burnt orange.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Body color

Stripes

 

[donmodro]

Body color
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Stripes

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Love those colors, it’s looking incredible!

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Last photo for today. Continuing cleaning up welds and seams.

 

[YY1]

Dang, that is a LOT of work.

You go!

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Dang, that is a LOT of work.

You go!

708 hours of metal work so far. About 95% finished. Next up is a lot of sanding and smoothing weld spatter and such. Then sealers and POR15. Will post some wide shots of whole car soon.

 

[RSMS]

708 hours of metal work so far. About 95% finished. Next up is a lot of sanding and smoothing weld spatter and such. Then sealers and POR15. Will post some wide shots of whole car soon.

Look at it this way, it's a lot cheaper than cocaine and strip clubs.. looking forward to your next post

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Look at it this way, it's a lot cheaper than cocaine and strip clubs.. looking forward to your next post

True. If only I could get that money back. I could have bigger garages and more cars. Well at least I have those fond memories. What I can remember anyways.

 

[gutshot]

Great build and amazing progress! Keep pushing and posting updates.

When I was 17 or 18 a friend had a 73 and 74 ,both were B5 Blue. The 74 had the 400cid.

 

[RSMS]

Great build and amazing progress! Keep pushing and posting updates.

When I was 17 or 18 a friend had a 73 and 74 ,both were B5 Blue. The 74 had the 400cid.

What color stripes did the B5 cars have?

 

[gutshot]

White

There cars were located in South Jersey circa 1978-1980

 

[RR Fan Dan]

What color stripes did the B5 cars have?

I think you could order them with any color stripes, but I may be wrong.

 

[RSMS]

I think you could order them with any color stripes, but I may be wrong.

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Everything I’ve seen or read, each color had a “preferred” stripe color for each painted color. Orders that did not conform to this “recommendation” needed a waiver signed that the cars were not miss-ordered and you actually wanted this combination. My car is one of these combinations. I’ve never seen another Plymouth this scheme but I have seen 1 charger picture after a lot of searching. Mine is B5 with red stripes. I always ask anytime someone says they have a B5 car, it’s got to be 1 of very few just based on color before considering what the car itself is.

 

[YY1]

I've seen several TB3 (Petty/corporate blue) 73 cars with red stripes.

I've never seen "parchment", but a few gold.

Don't think I've seen a green stipe either.

 

[gutshot]

Phoenix offers a few different ones. I'm not sure if they were actual options though. B5 with red sounds great!. Black with the reflective gold stripe sounds good to me as does white with the green.

1974 Roadrunner Stripes -Phoenix Graphics

 

[RSMS]

I've seen several TB3 (Petty/corporate blue) 73 cars with red stripes.

I've never seen "parchment", but a few gold.

Don't think I've seen a green stipe either.

I’ve seen the B3 with red a few times also, just never a B5 with red stripes

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Everything I’ve seen or read, each color had a “preferred” stripe color for each painted color. Orders that did not conform to this “recommendation” needed a waiver signed that the cars were not miss-ordered and you actually wanted this combination. My car is one of these combinations. I’ve never seen another Plymouth this scheme but I have seen 1 charger picture after a lot of searching. Mine is B5 with red stripes. I always ask anytime someone says they have a B5 car, it’s got to be 1 of very few just based on color before considering what the car itself is.

That’s. What I meant. You could order them anyway you liked. I’m not sure how the factory decided what stripes and color combinations to use. Maybe it depended on how they were feeling that day. It would be neat if someone could post a directive from Chrysler on what factory combos were supposed to be.