New 71 Plymouth Roadrunner owner

[whayden2003]

I like that lift you got

Snap-On mid rise. Best single piece of shop equipment I have bought. Perfect for body work,front end stuff. Bust for any kind of transmission stuff.

 

[whayden2003]

Ended up using a combination of the stock ducting and the vintage air adapters for the ducts.

 

[Roger63]

tried to find the old thread on moparts but was not sucessfull.

Good luck on the inspection:

Looking at the pics:
-missing wheel lip moldings
-check passenger side quarter, from inside the trunk you can see someone worked on it. Maybe it was just a dent
-spoilers and exhaust tips are added. It has still the standart rearvalance
-front valance is twisted

Carsten

Do all 71s have the wheel lip moldings?

 

[whayden2003]

Do all 71s have the wheel lip moldings?

Not sure. I know my car has holes in the fender lips where some would go. So I guess it had them at a time. Fender tag doesn’t call them out. And not sure if it even does on any.

 

[rrTor-Red]

Not sure. I know my car has holes in the fender lips where some would go. So I guess it had them at a time. Fender tag doesn’t call them out. And not sure if it even does on any.

I'm not sure neither. My car had holes in the lip when my dad bought ours 38-40 years ago. The car has them now

 

[whayden2003]

I'm not sure neither. My car had holes in the lip when my dad bought ours 38-40 years ago. The car has them now

Got any good pics of them on the car. I was thinking of putting a set on mine.

 

[rrTor-Red]

They need a little messaging but work

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Do all 71s have the wheel lip moldings?

no, not all 71 RRs had wheel lip moldings. But they were part of the A87 decor package.
So roughly 70% of all 71 RRs had them from the factory.

 

[whayden2003]

We are sneaking up on being done with this A/C install.

 

[rrTor-Red]

We are sneaking up on being done with this A/C install.

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Looks good!

 

[whayden2003]

My boys are at home working on getting me back on the road. Youngest is home on summer break. Oldest is working in the heat on his days off of his shift work schedule. Got two good young men. Their mom did a good job.

 

[rrTor-Red]

My boys are at home working on getting me back on the road. Youngest is home on summer break. Oldest is working in the heat on his days off of his shift work schedule. Got two good young men. Their mom did a good job.

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Love it Whayden. Kuddos to your wife and kids to help ya out!

 

[whayden2003]

We have a fully functional Vintage air system. The blower motor does not disappoint, to the point we have to do something with the loose ac register doors. They just flip shut on high. Heat works as well as the heater valve in the heater hose. But the ac. Man does it really cool. Way better than my 2003 Chevy Trailblazer. Never realized a car could get this dirty in a shop. Going to take three days to clean this thing.

 

[whayden2003]

Sitting in Church’s parking lot waiting on the Smokehouse chicken.

 

[whayden2003]

Nice looking car, have you installed the vintage air system yet. I'm Thinking of using the same kit. Did everything fit? What needed to be mosified to make it work?

Finished the install. Under hood. No modifications. Only thing we was on our on was was with the ducting to the vents. And where to mount the control panel. I removed the big factory radio and mounted it there.

 

[rrTor-Red]

Finished the install. Under hood. No modifications. Only thing we was on our on was was with the ducting to the vents. And where to mount the control panel. I removed the big factory radio and mounted it there.

Can you post a picture of the control panel?

 

[whayden2003]

Can you post a picture of the control panel?

Crappy photo but it’s all I got.

 

[whayden2003]

Vintage Air line developed a leak on the factory crimped side. Boy I thought this one going to be a crap show. But. Called Vintage air left a message to return my call. They called back and got all the stuff to fix it shipped out that day and we are back in the wind blowing cold again.

 

[rrTor-Red]

I was lucky enough to find someone locally that can crimp my lines for a fee. The crimping tools needed are expensive to just purchase on your own. Didn't seem feasible to purchase tools compared to how often I would use the crimp tools unless I was doing them on a regular basis

 

[whayden2003]

I was lucky enough to find someone locally that can crimp my lines for a fee. The crimping tools needed are expensive to just purchase on your own. Didn't seem feasible to purchase tools compared to how often I would use the crimp tools unless I was doing them on a regular basis

Benefits of having a father in law who is a AISC certified mechanic and owns his shop.
My crimped sides have been good so far.