Road Runner Nest

I have my complete build sheet in good condition. Just luck, but I removed it and kept it with the window sticker when I bought the car new. (found two other build sheets in my car too) It has a build date of June 20, 1972 which from what I understand is pretty late in the year. (the casting number...

I see V21 (hood stripes), not seeing V25 (deck lid Stripes). Reads like they need to be ordered together. If you look at the details of the original deck lid stripe I posted, you can see some differences. http://72rrgtx.com/carpics/diagrams/1972_page_78.jpg So, somewhere along the line a few mistak...

Well, I'll be damn. You're good. Right under the anti-freeze sticker, more toward the centerline of the car, was the sequence number stamped in, and it matches. So I guess the radiator support is original to the car, but obviously not the passenger fender and apparently not the heads.

Here is the other stamp, it's approximately in betwen the two little electrical wire support strap pieces, upside down, facing forward. Engine Compartment Serial Numbers (3).jpg Here's a close up of the number, different from the other side and nothing near the sequence number of the car. Engine Com...

OK, I found the stamp on the cowl, it was just hard to see. It matches the sequence number. Engine Compartment Serial Numbers (2).jpg Engine Compartment Serial Numbers (1).jpg I'm seeing two different numbers on the radiator support, neither of them are in the vicinity of the yellow sticker as you p...

Scheduled production date (C03) December 3, 1971. Replacement driver’s door is from another Dec ’71 Windsor built “U” code RR/GTX. Safety label is reproduced, can be matched to actual vin. ECS http://72rrgtx.com/carpics/diagrams/72rrgtxv21v25.jpg Cool. Thanks. So, the stripes and RR sticker on my c...

The production casting codes on the air intake and exhaust seem to match for 1972 production. But then I looked up the cylinder head casting numbers: 20170923_135945.jpg 20170923_140148.jpg From what I read on two different website, the casting number of 3769902 translates to this: 400/440 1974 Inta...

Here's the crankshaft 20170923_140000.jpg I'm not a forged/cast expert, but it appears to have casting marks. I thought I read the 1972 440s had forged cranks. 20170923_140355.jpg I can't find any serial numbers of any markings whatsoever on this thing so I can't verify the production dates, etc. li...

Here is the dash VIN, which matches the fender tag VIN along with the sequence numbers on the engine and trans. 20170923_140744.jpg I was unable to locate the VIN number on the engine cowl - even under the weatherstrip, or along the lip for the weather strip on the driver side of the trunk. Can anyo...

It's difficult to see, thanks to newer scuffs and crap being spilled on it while sitting in his garage, but there are clear rust bubbles under the paint toward the front of the door. 20170923_140640.jpg This is the only GTX emblem on the car, on the drivers side. 20170923_140658.jpg This is the door...

Roadrunner_small (9).jpg So in the process of stripping this car down in preparation for body work, I decided to dig a little more into the history of the car and try to get some more answers/ideas on several items. I found a nickel sized piece of the broadcast sheet under the rear seat next to pil...

But since we're here discussing options, I guess I could strip the suspension off and try to do it myself to save money. But the suspension parts would still need to be sent off to be blasted/cleaned and then either painted, or powder coated, or whatever, right? What all would it entail to replace a...

I'm probably just not using the right terms, but I left off with the shop that I would strip the car down as much as possible to save on labor, and then wheel it on down to them with nothing more than the wheels, suspension, and steering box still attached to the frame/unibody. From there, they woul...

I guess in reading the way I posted that, it might sound like they would sand blast it after doing the suspension. It was just one of the last things we discussed, but they of course are not going to do things out of order like that. I was thinking that they could just remove the suspension and work...

Hey just wanted to post a quick update. I have a friend who owns a restoration shop and I am going to have them do the blasting, body work, and paint. I will probably have them do the engine also later on. Given the rust on the firewall and hearing some stories about old wires, I decided to strip it...