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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
[Re: dmoore]
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03/31/13 01:24 PM
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This car has been in my care since 2005 and unfortunately I haven't driven it much. Seems other things take up too much of my time.
It has an interesting history. Sold new less than 2 hours from here, it has been all over the country before coming back to Ohio. The original owner received the car as a high school graduation gift! He actually drove it down to Ohio State when he attended college, and it went with him to Arizona. Interesting too is that Keith Rohm (who you may know from the Nats judging) went to school with the original owner and remembers the car well. It stayed with the original owner for almost 30 years, then changed hands several times between 2000 and 2005.
I have a stack of paperwork about 1" thick including repair records, emission testing, registrations, etc and new dealer selling paperwork. The car was ordered in November 70 and delivered about 3 weeks later with a sales price of $3892.52. The original owner tells me he has the window sticker somewhere, but so far he's been unable to find it. I've not been able to find a broadcast sheet in the car.
I'm still trying to get the original owner to send me photos of the car from back when it was new.
addict:to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively ....hmmmm
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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
[Re: Butterscotch71]
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03/31/13 05:20 PM
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Now if I only had a 71 HEMI GTX survivor to park next to it!
Throw an offer to Tim Wellborn for the butterscotch car...
Might take a few rubles...
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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
[Re: Butterscotch71]
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04/12/13 08:12 AM
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Nort Cackalacky
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I have a set of 14x6 wheels just waiting for polyglas tires...thanks again Bruce
That sure looks a LOT purtier than when I had those... 
LOVE the faded carpet in this thing--that SO puts me in mind of several old Mopes I've owned, including my OWN Road Runner the first time I owed it. 
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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
[Re: Butterscotch71]
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04/12/13 08:03 PM
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trunk weatherstripping, notice offset seam
Yep....And where do most people install the new one during a resto?? Dead center of the latch...Ha! Keep em coming Eric! 
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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
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04/14/13 05:26 PM
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If you have a 71 2dr and your bumper flexes when you push on it (top middle), this is what you're missing (the black bracket). Seems like a lot of these cars had the bracket discarded through the years.
addict:to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively ....hmmmm
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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
[Re: Butterscotch71]
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08/21/13 06:40 PM
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An excellent reference for those restoring one of these BEAUTIES..
MEEP MEEP!
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
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08/28/13 12:47 PM
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a few more photos of the back side of the front valance for a post in the restoration forum
addict:to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively ....hmmmm
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Re: 1971 Road Runner 440+6 survivor (ish)
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05/25/24 05:56 AM
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Great car and thank you for taking the time to document all its factory details. I will continue to revisit this thread as I work on my own RR.
I just reacquired my old ‘71 440+6 4-spd Super Track Pack car. Long story, but it turns out my name was still on the title after selling it in 2009. I guess that just means I was destined to have this car back!
It’s B5 and it has a white buddy seat interior, rim-blow wheel, and the long throw pistol grip. It is also coded for A87 and has the white strobe stripe and Air Grabber. It’s pretty well loaded with other options too, but like yours, it also just has the basic chrome non-racing side mirror. Once I started looking harder at them, I’ve seen quite a few RRs built without the racing mirrors so maybe it is a thing?
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Your car has been well cared for and is a excellent example of what a survivor is. 
