1975 Roadrunner

[Krazy Ken]

Looking at a 75 Roadrunner with 400 4 bbl. Seems this car is quite rare. Has buckets, centre console shifter. Needs a fair amount of rust repair as it is a Canadian car. Seems there are no new body panels for this style. Wondering what was out there for parts and where one can find more production info on car. This car has been in family since 1982 and has a strip similar to a 1974 Roadrunner but wider, can't seem to find out if factory or dealer add on.

 

[Kern Dog]

"Looking at a 75 Roadrunner with 400 4 bbl."

Good for you.

 

[mmissile]

Big blocks are rare, that's for sure. Colors?

 

[Krazy Ken]

Forest green with silver strip front to rear and over roof, modified Starsky and Hutch look(lol). Green interior, full vinyl(leather?) seat. Have to get out of storage for pics.

 

[mmissile]

Sounds cool. Prettiest 75 I ever saw, was new and I drove with it daily in traffic in 75. Silver, white stripes/top/interior, and those veined wheels.

 

[ZR9B]

My buddy had a black 75....It had a factory stripe that looked like the 74 kinda.....those cars are few and far in between.

 

[snakeyes]

the 75 birds were very nice I looked for a nice 75 a few years back but couldn't put the deal together

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[video]http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2012/04/01/hmn_buyers_guide1.html[/video]

 

[droptop]

Not much reproduction parts available for this year Road Runner unless it is NOS and those parts are few and far between.

This is what Wikipedia has to say about production numbers.
1975

The 1975 model was based on the newly restyled, more formal-looking B-body which was now called the Fury (the former full-sized Fury being called "Gran Fury"). The Road Runner came with a blacked out grille and a special stripe treatment to distinguish it from the Fury, as well as a heavy duty suspension. As before the 318 was the standard engine, but it was now just with a single exhaust and 145 hp (108 kW). The engine options were extensive; with a two-barrel/single exhaust 170 hp 360, a high performance four barrel/dual exhaust (Code E58) 360 (220 hp (164 kW)), and three 400 cu in offerings; a two-barrel/single exhaust/160 hp, a 185 hp (138 kW) four-barrel/single exhaust, and a high performance four barrel/dual exhausts/moderate cam 235 hp (175 kW) were also available. In Car and Driver magazine testing of a 1975 car with the top line 400 engine; 0-60 happened in 8.1 seconds, the quarter-mile times were solidly in the 16-second range, and the top observed speed was 121 mph (195 km/h). While just a shadow of the 1970 figures, this performance was at least respectable for the times. All engine choices were limited to the 3-speed Torqueflite automatic, with the E58 360 and the 400 engines being available with the 3.21 axle ratio gearing. Plymouth's most powerful engine; the 440, was restricted to police models, though it has been rumored that a few 1975 Road Runners were built (via special factory order) with the 255 hp (190 kW) police spec 440, along with the police spec suspension and wider (7") rims. Only 7,183 Road Runners were built in 1975, and most (just over 50%) had just the 318 engine.

Though the name of the car the Road Runner was based on changed from Belvedere to Satellite to Fury, the Road Runner remained a B-body through 1975. While the Road Runner name was planned to be on a B-body in Plymouth's published literature for the 1976 model year, the name was transferred to an optional appearance package for the all-new Volare.
1976–1980: F-body Trim Package

 

[Bruzilla]

Like their follow-on 76-80 Roadrunners, these cars are damn hard to find parts for because they weren't really embraced by many people at the time and ended up being crushed. This makes it dang hard to find OEM parts but also makes it impractical to reproduce parts because there just aren't enough left to restore to make it practical. To make matters worse, many that are still around are in that "I'm gonna get around to it someday" status by owners who likely never will.

Still, there are some that pop up on craigslist from time to time. I was passed by a really mint Cordoba this morning, which about blew my mind.

 

[bee71]

That green one's trunk emblem was another out of the box cool ones from Plymouth.

 

[Richard Cranium]

"the top line 400 engine; 0-60 happened in 8.1 seconds, the quarter-mile times were solidly in the 16-second range"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj2GESRYBAI

 

[pistol_grip_polara]

I had 2 '75 Road Runner's .. More of a different kind of cool then just cool.. first was Petty Blue w white interior, had about every option but the center console. Moon roof, 400 4bbl, the challenger tip, dual mirrors... was missing a turn signal lens for the front grille, finally came across a post on the local craiglist about someone parting it one out.. drove 2 hours one way to get the whole grille for $50. ended up turning around and going home to get the trailer and made a deal for the whole car.. a yellow one..

Parts are still out there.. same as a '75 fury.. I trade both to a buddy for a '68 satellite 2-door with a 440 in it.. he still has tons of parts and I believe had a 3rd one... so he has collected lots of parts.. Shoot me a PM if you ever need anything and I can get in touch with him..