The Truth About the Plymouth Road Runner
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Date: 2019-05-28
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Tony Robbins
I had a 74 duster. got a pair of L60-15 Sears Chrome Slots for the back and the tires were bald. I got a friend to ride along to a tire shop on a rainy day. Got on the highway and shortly ended up hydroplaning. I had to use aluminum adapters to make the rims fit the small lug pattern (important later in the story. So as we started out, I asked my friend to put on his seat belt. (This was 1985, he said no. So now we started to hydroplane and the car did a 180 in the outer lane. We are now doing 50 facing the wrong way traveling the right way and looking at a person in a nice white cadillac. By now I am standing on the brakes with both feet, none on the clutch. I watch in my rear view as I carefully worked the car over into the passing lane and then onto the inner berm to a stop finally. We both get out of the car and to my suprise, I was only inches from going over a freshly killed deer. I was told that if I had hit the deer, it would of probably broken 1 or both of the adapters. We get back into the car and my friend quietly put his seat belt on for the rest of the sloooow trip to the tire shop. I didnt realize until later after installing traction bars that the clutch was shot and that is why the engine never stalled even after coming to a complete stop without engaging the clutch that day.
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I had a 74 duster. got a pair of L60-15 Sears Chrome Slots for the back and the tires were bald. I got a friend to ride along to a tire shop on a rainy day. Got on the highway and shortly ended up hydroplaning. I had to use aluminum adapters to make the rims fit the small lug pattern (important later in the story. So as we started out, I asked my friend to put on his seat belt. (This was 1985, he said no. So now we started to hydroplane and the car did a 180 in the outer lane. We are now doing 50 facing the wrong way traveling the right way and looking at a person in a nice white cadillac. By now I am standing on the brakes with both feet, none on the clutch. I watch in my rear view as I carefully worked the car over into the passing lane and then onto the inner berm to a stop finally. We both get out of the car and to my suprise, I was only inches from going over a freshly killed deer. I was told that if I had hit the deer, it would of probably broken 1 or both of the adapters. We get back into the car and my friend quietly put his seat belt on for the rest of the sloooow trip to the tire shop. I didnt realize until later after installing traction bars that the clutch was shot and that is why the engine never stalled even after coming to a complete stop without engaging the clutch that day.
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1001CP
NICE CAR I am glad you have the chance to experience the old muscle car feel. Nothing quite like it I had my brothers 1970 RoadRunner 440 6Pack, (he bought it for 3. 200 NEW, I rebuilt the engine and got it after he turned the crank bearings, it DID have the movable oil pick up in the oil pan so it went backward under acceleration to keep good oil flow) with the air scoop that came up out of the hood when you flipped the vacuum switch. We built the engine up and with a 3/4 cam and a 390 rear posi trac rear end. it had so much power that it revved like a small block since the engine block for the 6Pack sat the pistons more upright than the other engines It was on the street but really a short track racer. TOO MUCH FUN Had a 68 RoadRunner when I moved to Anchorage Alaska IN THE MID 70s. He is right about the brakes They were to slow you down, not stop fast at all. The 70 was so powerful that smoking the tires at about any speed was easy. The 68 had a nice reliable 383 in it with just a big quad. And yeah, we raced a lot of Camaros and Pony Cars. All legal like; )
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NICE CAR I am glad you have the chance to experience the old muscle car feel. Nothing quite like it I had my brothers 1970 RoadRunner 440 6Pack, (he bought it for 3. 200 NEW, I rebuilt the engine and got it after he turned the crank bearings, it DID have the movable oil pick up in the oil pan so it went backward under acceleration to keep good oil flow) with the air scoop that came up out of the hood when you flipped the vacuum switch. We built the engine up and with a 3/4 cam and a 390 rear posi trac rear end. it had so much power that it revved like a small block since the engine block for the 6Pack sat the pistons more upright than the other engines It was on the street but really a short track racer. TOO MUCH FUN Had a 68 RoadRunner when I moved to Anchorage Alaska IN THE MID 70s. He is right about the brakes They were to slow you down, not stop fast at all. The 70 was so powerful that smoking the tires at about any speed was easy. The 68 had a nice reliable 383 in it with just a big quad. And yeah, we raced a lot of Camaros and Pony Cars. All legal like; )
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Impact's Garage and Gaming
The guy says the Roadrunner was introduced to bring the muscle car back to its roots and thats not exactly true. The first muscle car produced was the Pontiac GTO in 1964, the first Roadrunner came out only 4 years later in 1968 and its well known purpose was to make the muscle car affordable and accessible to a much wider demographic. The point of the Roadrunner was to offer a stripped down low cost low weight car that anybody could afford. Things that came standard in other cars like a radio, carpet, heat/ac etc. were extra cost options in a Roadrunner. The car sold for only 2800 bucks brand new when a Cadillac from the same year cost about 5000. The introduction of the wildly styled Roadrunner with its cartoon character decals, eye popping color options and no frills all go attitude was a completely new direction that no other manufacturer had taken but many would soon follow. I would say the Roadrunner was more of a revolution than just a return to the roots.
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The guy says the Roadrunner was introduced to bring the muscle car back to its roots and thats not exactly true. The first muscle car produced was the Pontiac GTO in 1964, the first Roadrunner came out only 4 years later in 1968 and its well known purpose was to make the muscle car affordable and accessible to a much wider demographic. The point of the Roadrunner was to offer a stripped down low cost low weight car that anybody could afford. Things that came standard in other cars like a radio, carpet, heat/ac etc. were extra cost options in a Roadrunner. The car sold for only 2800 bucks brand new when a Cadillac from the same year cost about 5000. The introduction of the wildly styled Roadrunner with its cartoon character decals, eye popping color options and no frills all go attitude was a completely new direction that no other manufacturer had taken but many would soon follow. I would say the Roadrunner was more of a revolution than just a return to the roots.
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Omar Torres
Also I dont mind the Plymouth road runner graphics as I think they are cool plus those graphics inpired me to do build when I get money and experience on a 69-70 Daytona clone in where I want on the wing of the Daytona draw a mimikyu holding a helmet in the same way as the roadrunner is in the superbird wing and call the dodge charger. Rag Racer and have a mad max like street racer car appearance ( think the cars in the second movie road warrior like the red monaro or the red bat car with the black spoiler ) but instead of a bat it will have a mimikyu Arian but mimiking thr famous rat fink with a steering wheel and holding onto a shifter shifting gears and a mimikyu plushie hanging from the trailer hitch
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Also I dont mind the Plymouth road runner graphics as I think they are cool plus those graphics inpired me to do build when I get money and experience on a 69-70 Daytona clone in where I want on the wing of the Daytona draw a mimikyu holding a helmet in the same way as the roadrunner is in the superbird wing and call the dodge charger. Rag Racer and have a mad max like street racer car appearance ( think the cars in the second movie road warrior like the red monaro or the red bat car with the black spoiler ) but instead of a bat it will have a mimikyu Arian but mimiking thr famous rat fink with a steering wheel and holding onto a shifter shifting gears and a mimikyu plushie hanging from the trailer hitch
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Captain FALKEN
Im 22. My favorite car of all time is the 64 Cobra Daytona CSX2287. Dreamcar is the 1970 Road Runner, first muscle car I ever knew. Had a 95 BMW 325i, 00 Grand Cherokee, 81 T/A, 79 Camaro, 79 Firebird, 99 3000GT. Now, I have a 68 Le Mans, G. T. O clone with a 400 Poncho. All out of interest and growing up with HotWheels. Used to be into supercars and imports and such a few years ago, but ever since I got that slow 81 Trans Am, I have never felt so at home with a modern car ever again. Now, all in good time, more cars to come to kickass and take brains. I will have my 70 Road Runner surely. Those Hellcats, toyota prius, Teslas, hondas. Theyre all the same. PERIOD.
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Im 22. My favorite car of all time is the 64 Cobra Daytona CSX2287. Dreamcar is the 1970 Road Runner, first muscle car I ever knew. Had a 95 BMW 325i, 00 Grand Cherokee, 81 T/A, 79 Camaro, 79 Firebird, 99 3000GT. Now, I have a 68 Le Mans, G. T. O clone with a 400 Poncho. All out of interest and growing up with HotWheels. Used to be into supercars and imports and such a few years ago, but ever since I got that slow 81 Trans Am, I have never felt so at home with a modern car ever again. Now, all in good time, more cars to come to kickass and take brains. I will have my 70 Road Runner surely. Those Hellcats, toyota prius, Teslas, hondas. Theyre all the same. PERIOD.
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Rick Beam
Thanks Scotty this Young Gent Did a nice Job n Certainly Loves his RoadRunner. I also love them in Fact my First 2 Cars were 69 Roadrunners I dont agree with his Brakes comment though to Clarify. Further in addition to 69 Birds I had 2 1973 Satellites (Big block & Small block 1 of each) a 66 Big Block Fury between those All my Plymouth had Great Stong Braking n Brakes Larger than offered by most competitors a. e the Mustangs were Called Kid Killers because of them notoriously being over horsepowered with too small if braking capacity in respect to Correlative HorsepowerThank you for another Very good Video Scotty
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Thanks Scotty this Young Gent Did a nice Job n Certainly Loves his RoadRunner. I also love them in Fact my First 2 Cars were 69 Roadrunners I dont agree with his Brakes comment though to Clarify. Further in addition to 69 Birds I had 2 1973 Satellites (Big block & Small block 1 of each) a 66 Big Block Fury between those All my Plymouth had Great Stong Braking n Brakes Larger than offered by most competitors a. e the Mustangs were Called Kid Killers because of them notoriously being over horsepowered with too small if braking capacity in respect to Correlative HorsepowerThank you for another Very good Video Scotty
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Crabby Hayes
My friend Larry and I took a trip in the summer of 1969 from Chicago, in his new Roadrunner. We took turns driving, but leaving New Orleans for home around midnight, we experienced alternator problems in Jackson, Miss. After getting a charge, Larry figured he needed to make up time, so he decided to drive the rest of the way. So he buried the speedometer at 140 mph on I55 headed north. We might have gotten home a lot sooner, but even standing on the brakes, we blew by a state police car, while trying to slow down. All those years later, I still believe that is the closest I have ever been to death.
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My friend Larry and I took a trip in the summer of 1969 from Chicago, in his new Roadrunner. We took turns driving, but leaving New Orleans for home around midnight, we experienced alternator problems in Jackson, Miss. After getting a charge, Larry figured he needed to make up time, so he decided to drive the rest of the way. So he buried the speedometer at 140 mph on I55 headed north. We might have gotten home a lot sooner, but even standing on the brakes, we blew by a state police car, while trying to slow down. All those years later, I still believe that is the closest I have ever been to death.
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Josh Moss
Whats interesting to me, having been in every generation of B body Chrysler, and several GMs and Fords of the era, is actually how well these did handle compared to the competition. That says a lot, as theyre not corner carvers( the A body 67 Cuda was touted by Car and Driver as having European like-its-on-rails handling, if you can believe that. The whole reason I got into Mopars, is that no one has them. Everyone has a Camaro or a Mustang, but how often do you see a Road Runner? There werent that many to begin with, even less left now. I intend to cherish my familys 69 as they did before me.
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Whats interesting to me, having been in every generation of B body Chrysler, and several GMs and Fords of the era, is actually how well these did handle compared to the competition. That says a lot, as theyre not corner carvers( the A body 67 Cuda was touted by Car and Driver as having European like-its-on-rails handling, if you can believe that. The whole reason I got into Mopars, is that no one has them. Everyone has a Camaro or a Mustang, but how often do you see a Road Runner? There werent that many to begin with, even less left now. I intend to cherish my familys 69 as they did before me.
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AJ Wilson
With the exception of a few junkers thrown in for emergency transportation, every car Ive owned was a Chrysler product. It all started with a clapped out 69 Road Runner with a 383/4 speed. That car got me hooked Went to a 70 Road Runner, 383/727, then a 68 GTX, 440/727, a 71 Charger SE, 383/727 upgraded to a 440/727. then a pair of Dodge Dakotas, one with a 360/AOD, the other a V6/5 speed. Currently own a 06 Dodge Magnum R/T with a warmed over 5. 7, and an 04 Diesel 2500 QC. Really wish Id kept them all. Id be a rich man Now looking for deals on SRT-8s, Hellcats and Demons. LOL
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With the exception of a few junkers thrown in for emergency transportation, every car Ive owned was a Chrysler product. It all started with a clapped out 69 Road Runner with a 383/4 speed. That car got me hooked Went to a 70 Road Runner, 383/727, then a 68 GTX, 440/727, a 71 Charger SE, 383/727 upgraded to a 440/727. then a pair of Dodge Dakotas, one with a 360/AOD, the other a V6/5 speed. Currently own a 06 Dodge Magnum R/T with a warmed over 5. 7, and an 04 Diesel 2500 QC. Really wish Id kept them all. Id be a rich man Now looking for deals on SRT-8s, Hellcats and Demons. LOL
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