Ken Nicholson
Member
I never thought I'd own a 73 Road Runner let alone 2 of them. Always thought some day I'd get the 69 4 speed Road Runner of my dreams but now I have the 73's and gotten to where I like the looks of them. I've seen some nice restorations done for the 73's on this forum. The story goes, I'd go out to this mopar collection every month to get parts for my Duster and Barracuda. Every month the owner would try to sell me this desert rotted 318 automatic Road Runner (rust free). Every month the price would drop. Finally the price went down to $1300 so without giving the RR a final good look over I said fine I gave him a deposit. I came back the next month with the trailer to haul it home. That's when I really got a good look at the RR and realized a lot more parts were missing or were in worse shape than what I originally thought. The engine is dead, the driver's door was permanently locked. The seats are just frames, no seat springs. No key. No front or rear glass. Then I went looking for a donor Satellite and came across the second 73 RR. It was originally 400 4 speed car. The car was complete but no motor or transmission. This one had a key, original radio, original interior in okay shape. I'm thinking no problem I have a 440 4 speed to put in it so I'll go with the 400 RR to build. But as my luck with RR's goes this one has one major issue, rust. The 400 RR just became the donor car for the 318 RR. The more I looked at the 400 RR I just couldn't tear it a part for parts. There was only 749 400 4 speeds made. I found a Satellite, so if that deal comes thru I'll build both of them. If not I'll build the 318 RR first and keep the 400 RR for a later build searching
aboard!
