Above:
1969 Plymouth Roadrunner
440 6 pack by
Bunky & Karen. Here's the
whole story on my car- we're a little proud- could you
tell? I sold my 68 396 350hp chevelle before getting
married & pouted for a long time until we finally
decided to buy another musclecar. I wanted a Hurst olds
but being 21 no salesmen took me seriously. We left the
dealership & made a wrong turn. I then saw a 691/2 Hemi
orange 440 6pk 4spd roadrunner in the Plymouth showroom
with the hood on it's roof. I yelled I want that! Not
knowing anything about mopars. We bought it & had a
blast with it until 73 when the gas crunch & insurance
made me sell it for $1250. I then bought it back for
$1000 & resold it for $1250 again! A friend bought it
but lost the hood to a gravel truck & dumped the
3x2bbls. He sold it to his sister & I lost it. I have
wanted another since then. I had been hit by a drunk
driver in 92 & just had my 6th surgery on my lower back
leaving me disabled able to walk but I must rest often &
am at home always. In the hospital my daughter's new
boyfriend brought in a picture of a 69 440 Road Runner
383 body with transplanted 440 plus an original Aluminum
Edelbrock manifold & 3- 2bbls- the works. I , being on
medication from the surgery, bought it there & then for
$5000.It was to have been rebuilt with great motor etc.
After I got out I saw the beast- rusted rockers, ugly
Grey sparkle paint etc. The motor started but blew the
breathers off because of the junk heads & needed 1
piston. The boyfriend left & I was stuck with it. I then
started the resto. Here's what we had to do & buy. :
4:88 gears, 727 built tranny & converter & Hurst
shifter, , rebuilt the 440 .30 over with correct 6pk
10.1-1 pistons, go thru the carbs, new Crane 509 cam &
lifters, balance & polish the whole motor, Headers-
wrapped & flowmasters with 3" all the way back. New
Harwood correct glass scoop hood, repaired the body &
painted it Hemi Orange with blk top- Just like the old
one I had. MSD ign + rev limiter, shift lite & Accell
supercomp monster tack. Thats about it after 5 years I
drove it out last week! Whew! I'm gonna rest for a while.
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