71 road runner clone build

[71 bird]

Hi guys long time member not big poster, but I figure id post my current project in progress. so I bought my 1971 satellite road runner clone 4 years ago when I was 19 ( I know I'm young) and it was in running condition but not what I wanted it to be. so i began the long process of restoring the car. its currently at the halfway point and thought now was the time to share the progress with the car.

here are some shots of the car before official tear down began


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318 removal and car being hauled to body shop for stripping

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Upon arrival we found out just how much this car was gonna need. after peeling through about an half inch of bondo and heavy paint coats the car was pretty rough. bottoms of quarters and fenders were mostly bondo and rust along with heavy pitting and crushed panels around the wheel-wells. but atleast we knew were we stood.


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while all that was going on we started work on the 383 that will being going back into the car when complete.View attachment 184367View attachment 184368
had it bored .40 over new pistons 9.5:1 compression, valve job, new push rods, and a decent cam installed (cant recall cam specs right now).
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new trunk and 4 speed hump install gonna have a 833 with a bench pistol grip shifter with buckets cause i like that style.

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some body work around the car new metal is soooo shiny! also filling the spoiler screws on the deck lid cause the previous owners had installed a 70 mustang mach one spoiler on it and needless to say it didnt fit where the brackets were. -_-


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More body work.


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most recent body work and finally some color, curious yellow cant wait to get the rest of the body in some paint
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[aldal]

Looking good....I love yellow Roadrunners.

 

[roadrunnerman]

WOW!!!!!!!!! I'm surprised I didn't see this earlier. That's going to good in yellow. What color stripe are you going with?

 

[71 bird]

black roof stripe, 383 hood is coming soon with inserts and strobe pattern. taking of the air grabber off until i can complete it

 

[MT_Mopar]

Nice car, looks in solid shape. That will keep you busy!

Looks like your doing a great job, keep up the good work!

Do you work at that shop?

 

[1971 plymouth roadrunner]

Great looking car

 

[71 bird]

thanks for all the positive feedback guys! and no I dont work at the body shop but am good friends with them. I cant do body work (and I want it done right) but i took the car apart and rebuilt the motor/ will rebuild the rest of the car on my own. pretty much everything apart from the body work is done by my father or myself.

 

[snakeyes]

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looking real good

 

[71 bird]

Major update Car received first coat of paint.

A major milestone has been achieved in the restoration process... the bird got some color!!!! This really brought the whole project into perspective. Reached the legitimate halfway point. Now everything starts going back into the car.

 

[MoparMitch]

Looks great!! That yellow is certainly bright !!

 

[BigBlock61]

Looks like you have quite a handle on that Satty and yellow looks good on that body style. Keep up the great work and post lots of pics for us, we need our car ****.

 

[71 bird]

thanks for the support guys. also heres one more pic from today, i took my dad down to see the car and he snapped this picture of me, not the greatest but ehh its something.

 

[ct71rr]

Wow, very nice. I can't wait to see it finished. I haven't seen a Black Flag t-shirt since high school :headbang:

 

[71 bird]

Wow, very nice. I can't wait to see it finished. I haven't seen a Black Flag t-shirt since high school :headbang:

Hahaha my wardrobe is lets say... interesting.

 

[747mopar]

Thanks for starting a thread (always liked the early 2nd Gen RR & Satellites). Looking really good.

 

[Dennis H]

Nice. Looking forward to more updates. Love the 71 up B body styling by John Herlitz. Partial to Yellow too.

 

[71 bird]

Nice. Looking forward to more updates. Love the 71 up B body styling by John Herlitz. Partial to Yellow too. View attachment 201114

nice!!! I've always been a fan of that rear light assembly.

 

[djais1801]

looks friggin' awesome!!

 

[71 bird]

Lol Forgot I started this thread... I guess i should update progress. I will try to retell all events as they have happened since last post. car is nearing completion. apart from the constant one step forward 2 back with everything on this car its finally getting close... well the car did make it back from the body shop in late 14' it looked so good to see it out in the sun and in its true color for the first time after all the body work and paint was completed.

Since then the car has returned to my house. We started working on installing new parts and old parts that can be reused.
more to come.