just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by WileEcoyote » Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:32 pm

besides my dashboard being cracked heres a lil of my original interior
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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by moonman » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:00 pm

What's that under the floor ? ! :shock: Looks like expanding foam filler ? I have been digging rust out of mine for a while now, it's on the road now, but when it wasn't it's sometimes hard to keep your morale up when you're finding more and more problems :( But you have a great project there good luck :D don't worry about having a little ole 318, probably the majority of mopar owners have 'em while dreaming of 440's and hemis 8). More and more parts are coming on the market for 73/74 B bodies no quarters yet though :mad: and I'd be surprised if there was no rust in yours.
anyhoo good luck,it's a steep but enjoyable learning curve and you've saved another mopar!
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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by WileEcoyote » Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:21 am

thnx doug

yeah i think it os fpam filler under it, but yeah hopefully i can find a cheap 440 i can repair and bring my car back to life. but yeah im just trying to have fun drestoring my baby lol.

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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by rav440 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:45 am

nice find good luck with the reto i think AMD make floor and trunk pans for the 73 74 . not to rain on your parade but that isnt an original 440 car or an bigblock for that matter chances are the 318 is the original motor G code car .
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1973 Plymouth road runner / GTX 440 "U" code #matching 1 of 117 built RAVS road runner

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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by Smellslike1974 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:01 am

I found this the other day.
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I need to find out the quarter patch prices.
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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by moonman » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:33 pm

I'm sure they had that page on their site for years without ever producing any quarter patch panels :mad:
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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by Smellslike1974 » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:18 pm

moonman wrote:I'm sure they had that page on their site for years without ever producing any quarter patch panels :mad:
Cheers Doug
Called them and they said they keep ordering the lower quarter sections but they never get them. :lol:
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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by WileEcoyote » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:24 pm

wow thnx i have to call tommrow. if there legit i can really use them. i hope they can help me

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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by rav440 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:49 pm

ever find out any info on the runner ?
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1973 Plymouth road runner / GTX 440 "U" code #matching 1 of 117 built RAVS road runner

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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by SureGrip » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:49 pm

You're correct on the hood...also, if that is a true 440 car, would it not automatically become a GTX?

I'd put that back to stock as I believe the production numbers are in the sub-400 range for that car.

Nice find!
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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by rav440 » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:48 pm

SureGrip wrote:You're correct on the hood...also, if that is a true 440 car, would it not automatically become a GTX?

I'd put that back to stock as I believe the production numbers are in the sub-400 range for that car.

Nice find!

yes a 440 road runer is a road runner / GTX only 117 made in 1973 and 79 made in 1974 . this rr is not a big block car , it has the small metal inspection cover on the passenger side inner fender BIG BLOCK cars 400s & 440s have a larger opening with a rubber cover .
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1973 Plymouth road runner / GTX 440 "U" code #matching 1 of 117 built RAVS road runner

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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by SureGrip » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:28 am

As mentioned above, AutoBody Specialties can go die in a fire. I love how they have the inner fenders listed as '72-'74...really? Do they even bother trying any more since AMD came on the market? :lol:

And yeah, I'll bet that the patch panels have been 'coming soon' or 'call for prices' since '97...I'll have to dig up an old catalog and see.
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Re: just bought a 73 road runner. im gunna need help

Post by bruce » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:50 am

Ironically enough Auto Body Specialties is now an AMD dealer... but I'd do business with any number of real Mopar guys and friends long before I'd deal with ABS.
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