appaking
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Hi all,
I'm only new to this forum, certainly not to Mopars. I'm 56 years young and have owned my '69 Roadrunner since August 1974. It is a originally a Sunfire yellow (Y2) car with a black vinyl top, 383 A/T, A/C, brown buckets w/column shift. Owning a Roadrunner had been my dream since they came out in '68, and I snagged this one for $800. It was 60% in primer, and had a '64 383 in it when purchased. It has set around a lot in 39 years in different states of tune. In '84 I built a 440 for it and painted the car white. We street cruised and drag raced it until '96 and it has been sitting in the garage since.
Life has a way of getting in the way of your plans; houses, kids, grandkids. But I'm now going to take the time to finish the dream I had when I was 17. I'm putting it back to the original color, and making it as close to original as practical. I'm keeping the 440 and will make other upgrades. It's unbelievable the difference between the '80's and now with the internet and all the companys making repo parts. And best of all, I have (a little bit of) money to buy this stuff. I look forward to picking your brains on different subjects and hope I have some knowledge that may benifit all of you.
Kev
I'm only new to this forum, certainly not to Mopars. I'm 56 years young and have owned my '69 Roadrunner since August 1974. It is a originally a Sunfire yellow (Y2) car with a black vinyl top, 383 A/T, A/C, brown buckets w/column shift. Owning a Roadrunner had been my dream since they came out in '68, and I snagged this one for $800. It was 60% in primer, and had a '64 383 in it when purchased. It has set around a lot in 39 years in different states of tune. In '84 I built a 440 for it and painted the car white. We street cruised and drag raced it until '96 and it has been sitting in the garage since.
Life has a way of getting in the way of your plans; houses, kids, grandkids. But I'm now going to take the time to finish the dream I had when I was 17. I'm putting it back to the original color, and making it as close to original as practical. I'm keeping the 440 and will make other upgrades. It's unbelievable the difference between the '80's and now with the internet and all the companys making repo parts. And best of all, I have (a little bit of) money to buy this stuff. I look forward to picking your brains on different subjects and hope I have some knowledge that may benifit all of you.
Kev
