Propwash
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Well Gentlemen,
After a few fruitless trips, trying to find my dream car, Victory is Mine!!! I picked up this 1969 Roadrunner in B.F.E. Minnesota over the weekend.
The car is not no rust free new mexico barn find, but actually a Wisconsin car, so needless to say there is some rot in the trunk area..Moving forward from there, it gets pretty clean. It needs the back 18" of the rails and shackle mounts (they are still there but could be smashed in pretty easily by a hammer), trunk pan/extentions, quarters, and a new rear crossmember are needed.
The dash is pretty much flawless (could wash up and show it) beside a couple cracks in the steering wheel. As far as the engine, they guy (total chevy nut) had it advertised as an non-original early 70's 383. When I got there, it sure didn't look like a 383 (too big). Scrapped and sanded of the pad/block and figured out it was a 1968 440. I'm not going all numbers crazy with the car so the more cubes the better.
After decoding the VIN/fender tag/broadcast sheet, I found out it is:
383 HP 4 barrel 335 horse
727 torqueflite
Factory B5 Blue with black hood dress
Black interior/ factory buckets with console
742 case 8 3/4" rear end sure grip 3.23 gears
Built Jan 9th, 1969 ...Lynch Rd MI
Vinyl Top car
With my dad having a 69 Roadrunner, this model of car is what definitly got me into mopars. After selling his years ago to do the "family guy" thing, I've watched his penstar ambition slump no almost nothing with time, age, responsibility. So, in an effort to revive the mopar roots, I not only bought the car because it is what I always wanted, but also to get my dad involved and return the favor he gave to me years ago.
So gent's, got to get to work....see you around and i'll keep the you all up to date with pic's and info as the restoration begins.
Prop
After a few fruitless trips, trying to find my dream car, Victory is Mine!!! I picked up this 1969 Roadrunner in B.F.E. Minnesota over the weekend.
The car is not no rust free new mexico barn find, but actually a Wisconsin car, so needless to say there is some rot in the trunk area..Moving forward from there, it gets pretty clean. It needs the back 18" of the rails and shackle mounts (they are still there but could be smashed in pretty easily by a hammer), trunk pan/extentions, quarters, and a new rear crossmember are needed.
The dash is pretty much flawless (could wash up and show it) beside a couple cracks in the steering wheel. As far as the engine, they guy (total chevy nut) had it advertised as an non-original early 70's 383. When I got there, it sure didn't look like a 383 (too big). Scrapped and sanded of the pad/block and figured out it was a 1968 440. I'm not going all numbers crazy with the car so the more cubes the better.
After decoding the VIN/fender tag/broadcast sheet, I found out it is:
383 HP 4 barrel 335 horse
727 torqueflite
Factory B5 Blue with black hood dress
Black interior/ factory buckets with console
742 case 8 3/4" rear end sure grip 3.23 gears
Built Jan 9th, 1969 ...Lynch Rd MI
Vinyl Top car
With my dad having a 69 Roadrunner, this model of car is what definitly got me into mopars. After selling his years ago to do the "family guy" thing, I've watched his penstar ambition slump no almost nothing with time, age, responsibility. So, in an effort to revive the mopar roots, I not only bought the car because it is what I always wanted, but also to get my dad involved and return the favor he gave to me years ago.
So gent's, got to get to work....see you around and i'll keep the you all up to date with pic's and info as the restoration begins.
Prop