Posted By: 694406
1971 Road Runner question - 03/13/09 01:21 PM
Was there any small block (340) 71 Road Runners with the Air Grabber hood option? I don't recall ever seeing one. 
1971 Road Runner question
Posted By: rrbrucea
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/13/09 01:23 PM
It was possible to get a 340 Runner with the Air Grabber, but I don't recall ever seeing one either.
Posted By: a12superbee
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/14/09 08:19 AM
One of the recent hemmings muscle machines has an article on a 72 340 ag runner. January it seems.
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2009/01/01/hmn_feature1.html
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2009/01/01/hmn_feature1.html
Posted By: Butterscotch71
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/15/09 12:39 AM
Yup, I know of several including one with A/G AND rubber bumpers.
Posted By: fastback383
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/15/09 06:22 AM
That one in the Hemmings article is a 72 .....
Posted By: CurYellowBird
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/15/09 06:36 AM
I've been trying to catch up on the roadrunner history, being a new owner of a 71' RR. I read on another website that the 340 motor became optional in 72' but it never mentioned a 340 being an option in 71'. 
Posted By: autoxcuda
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/15/09 07:17 AM
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One of the recent hemmings muscle machines has an article on a 72 340 ag runner. January it seems.
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2009/01/01/hmn_feature1.html
That's a local car. And it's a hood and trunk strip car,4spd, bench seat too!! Pretty unmolested. I think it would have still had it's original paint if it weren't for a past clueless owner in the past 10 years.
Posted By: 69CoronetRT
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/15/09 07:18 AM
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I've been trying to catch up on the roadrunner history, being a new owner of a 71' RR. I read on another website that the 340 motor became optional in 72' but it never mentioned a 340 being an option in 71'.
This may help. It's the 71 data book listing the 340 as optional in the RR.
71 340 engine in RR
The rest of the data book:
71 Plymouth Satellite data book
Posted By: CurYellowBird
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/15/09 07:24 AM
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I've been trying to catch up on the roadrunner history, being a new owner of a 71' RR. I read on another website that the 340 motor became optional in 72' but it never mentioned a 340 being an option in 71'.
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This may help. It's the 71 data book listing the 340 as optional in the RR.
71 340 engine in RR
The rest of the data book:
71 Plymouth Satellite data book
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Seeking:
1969 St. Louis plant VINs, SPD, and VONs.
Over 1,500 thanks to you!
Seeking '68 383-2bbl engine assembly codes from Broadcast sheets. What's on yours?
Let me correct myself after seeing that info sheet. I thought the 340 only became available in 72', but now I know otherwise. Any chance you know what the specs are on the camshaft used in the high performance 383 that year?
Posted By: landon1
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/15/09 07:50 PM
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I've been trying to catch up on the roadrunner history, being a new owner of a 71' RR. I read on another website that the 340 motor became optional in 72' but it never mentioned a 340 being an option in 71'.
mid-year 71 change
Posted By: Butterscotch71
Re: 1971 Road Runner question - 03/17/09 12:47 AM
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I've been trying to catch up on the roadrunner history, being a new owner of a 71' RR. I read on another website that the 340 motor became optional in 72' but it never mentioned a 340 being an option in 71'.
mid-year 71 change
Earliest 340 71 runner I have on record was built in October '70.