71 Roadrunner arch modification

[71RRGtX]

Hi,

I am currently rebuilding a 71 RR.

Has anyone modified the wheel arches to make the arch round, rather than the keeping them square/flat at the top? When i say round i mean making the arch round like you get on most cars.

Thanks

Adam

 

[butterscotch71]

Why would you want to do that? The body line matches the wheel opening. A round opening would really be odd.

 

[tak419]

Buy a Charger if you want round openings. Roadrunners aren't growing on trees, don't ruin it...Just my opinion.

 

[rrTor-Red]

 

[WileERobby]

Not anyone in their right mind.

 

[Dibbons]

When I installed a wider 8 3/4 rear end from a '70 Challenger into my '65 Valiant four-door I flared the rear wheel wells. I only paid $125.00 for the vehicle in 1973, so had nothing to lose. (first foto is what it would have looked like before modification)

 

[Grabbergreendream]

I'm not sure you could do that even on a charger. The outer wheelhouse would have fo be heavily modified as well & it would take a lot of effort to make it look good even from the outside. And trust me, any b body fan is going to notice & peek up & in there to see...

 

[Hijinx]

i guess it would look something like this... (didn't want to spend too long to blend it in) ... just wanted to visualize it better.

 

[tak419]

Lol that would look ridiculous...but everyone likes what they like.

 

[QuickBpBp]

i guess it would look something like this... (didn't want to spend too long to blend it in) ... just wanted to visualize it better.
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Thanks just threw up Easter Ham, need a new keyboard!!!

 

[Montclaire]

Even the King left them square. Hard to mess with perfection.

 

[71RRGtX]

Thanks for the opinions gents, duely noted and self chastised. Will leave as is!

 

[Hijinx]

Thanks for the opinions gents, duely noted and self chastised. Will leave as is!

I don't like it, 90% of the people on here will cringe. But it's your car, after looking at it, if you like it then i say go for it! life is short brother. Besides your great grand kids 200 years from now can pass it off as a 1 of 1 experimental model and sell it for a few trillion... lol

 

[MFP]

Imho mate leave well ( pun intended) alone ... standard arches help accent the cars gorgeous shape and define the model / year ... and as the man said .. if it's good enough for Richard petty its defo enough for me
Your choice mate and fair play each to their own

 

[Dennis H]

Reminds me of the A12 that got tubbed on Fantomworks. OMG. I stray a lot with new technology, but some things just punch my gut. 50 years ago, guys with a lot more Vision than me came up with these beauties. With Clay.

 

['68 Charger]

Even the King left them square. Hard to mess with perfection.

Damn!!! If you breathe on that car it might make its way down the slope and into the pond.

 

[Dibbons]

Why my A-Body modification (in post #6) was maybe not a bad idea after all: