New 74 Roadrunner 28k Survivor

[PettyBlue340]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!! Just weird seeing one without the slapstick and no roadrunner emblem steering wheel.

I hear ya 74 was a weird year

 

[Bruzilla]

I was wondering the same thing as well. In 73, bright bumper guards were an option, came standard with just rubber ones.

I also noticed the interior trim is different, satellite steering wheel, no slap stick shifter, and wood grain panel under door panels and I have only seen this on satellites. Never seen that combination on a roadrunner. Didn't think the go wing was available in 74, so must be an add on. Have you validated its not a clone? If its a survivor, there should be broadcast sheet under the rear seat.

I had a couple of 73 Road Runners with the wood grain door panels, and I've seen several 73/74 Road Runners with that Satellite steering wheel. The 74 Road Runner I just bought had one.

 

[barnfind]

nice car!!! always a tough choice, do as you want its your car. If it were mine, Id enjoy it as it sits, find another RR/ sat and make it my play toy. There only orig once. Again very nice car

 

[moparker]

Leave it alone.

 

[old tired rebel]

I vote with everyone else here keep it as is.

 

[Cranky]

Nice car! But do what you want to with it.....it's yours! It's not hard to drop the original engine back into it if needed so enjoy it. It's the cars that you can't bring back to original without doing a major rework that are problem children...

 

[Jaysam]

Great looking car! Make it run as nice as it looks... go with the crate motor.

X2

It's a 318 car. Hack it up and make it a pro mod if you want to.

X2 also

 

[jjw]

It is only original once! I think some Polyglas Goodyear tires on the car would look terrific IMHO. Good luck which ever way you go!

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New 1970 B Body AM/FM Radios being reproduced. I saw them on ebay

Here is the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300675581618?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

[Lenny Arsenault]

To me you would be wasting your money cause the value of the car will drop, not original anymore, originality means a lot to a lot of buyers and you already have two other toys in the attic. Why buy that and change anything just spice up one of the others.

 

[1969 Dodge Coronet]

As the owner of another survivor, a 1974 Dodge Coronet with 33,000 miles, I would vote to keep it original. They can be sweet drivers. Here's a few shots of mine: (Note Plymouth emblem on the horn button; factory goof?)

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[69roadr]

if you're a hotrodder, turbocharge that 318!

 

[69rrnut]

Petty blue what ever you do ,,please leave alone,,,,,, archival cars are a very hard find .......took me a long,,,,,,,long,,,,,,, time but just pulled a survivor 1973 charger se 400 from the great southwest,,,,garaged for life with 47k miles,,,,, if you want to change it pm me and I would love to have that car in my stable along with another 1000 mopar guys,,,,,,,,best wishes on your new find ,,,,just enjoy it

 

[dart1962_440]

Keep it original!!

 

[71charger_fan]

That thing is the twin to one that was traded in at a GM dealership in Ellsworth, Maine in the late '70s. I looked at it, but didn't have the money then and my '74 Sebring was too nice to give up.

 

[brigond]

Awsome, I say let it be the rare survivor that it is . Sort of ! I read an article about 318. IT told how it (doesn't pay ) to work a 318 and that's why most people pull them out . It doesn't mean that they cannot be worked . The article went on to show how you can work a 3i8 on a budget. They worked it to about 400 plus horsepower . I think in this situation it pays . The best of both worlds .

 

[YY1]

Pretty sure that is the factory 1974 "deluxe" steering wheel.

Also sure that is a slap stick, just without the printing.

I'd do bolt on stuff if you want to change things, but I agree with documenting, esp with photos.

The worst thing I've done to my (now) 60K Satellite is drilled holes for the pass side mirror (although I can now change lanes with less panic), and for the inboard seat tracks (which no one will ever see).

I've also kept all the original parts I've "upgraded".

I am extremely happy with the car and it is still a 60K "survivor" as far as I'm concerned.

I have a small cam, a 4 barrel, and my choice of "302" or magnum heads, but it runs too darn good to screw with.

 

[Coyoteduster]

I wouldn't change a thing, survivors in this good a shape are rare.

 

[S.I. Coronet]

As the owner of another survivor, a 1974 Dodge Coronet with 33,000 miles, I would vote to keep it original. They can be sweet drivers. Here's a few shots of mine: (Note Plymouth emblem on the horn button; factory goof?)

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I believe you could put police lights on this car and jump a ditch while yelling YEEE HAWWW and probably wouldn't lose any value.
It would be alright..

 

[SFSutton]

Great find..... It's really hard to find an unmolested RoadRunner

The standard bumperettes for 73 and 74 were the full rubber ones, the ones with brightwork were optional both years.
Your interior (deluxe vinyl with buckets) matches exactly what was in my 74 RoadRunner...including the woodgrain.
Your steering wheel matches the one that came in my 74
The black grille matches the one in mine.
I don't think the trunk mat is original, mine wasn't cut out for the 74 bump under the spare tire?????
As for the shifter, it matches Steve Wexels' car so I would say it's correct .... mine was a 4 speed with console.

I'm not beating up your car.....I'm just sharing things I've learned over the 15 years defending my 74.

Just wondering if yours was ordered with the 91/4" Dana??? Steve Wexels' was...

Enjoy the car and your choices are YOURS to make....

 

[Bruzilla]

Were the bright bumperettes optional on both years? The reason I ask is the the mounts are the same on the front bumperettes, but on the rear the solid rubber bumperettes use a single mounting stud and the rubber and chrome ones use two studs, and the top stud on the rubber/chrome isn't in the same position as the single stud on the rubber ones so you can't put a rubber bumperette on a bumper made for the rubber/chrome ones unless you measure off and drill a third hole. This would mean Chrysler would have to have had two different rear bumpers and liners, and I know they hated doing that for even small parts yet alone something as big as those parts.

I had thought one type went with one year and the other with the different years, with the 73's getting rubber/chrome and 74s getting just rubber.