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Re: 72 Roadrunner Engine Compartment Braces.
[Re: 72 RR DUDE]
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08/04/20 06:24 AM
08/04/20 06:24 AM
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Walton, Indiana
TimS
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You can stop looking for those braces. If the car is an air grabber car they never came with braces! I have done four 72 RR air grabber cars and talked to my friend and 71-74 RR and Charger expert Jimmy Boros and he said they never came with them!!! My 72 isn't an air grabber car. It has the standard RR hood and It has the stud in the firewall were the two braces would attach.
1968 Barracuda Fastback 318-2BBL 904 2.76 Frost Blue Survivor
1970 Roadrunner 440+6 BBL 727 AT 4.10 SG Dana Blue Fire Metallic
1971 Cuda 340-4 BBL 4spd 3.91 SG Curious Yellow
1972 Barracuda 318-2 BBL 904 AT 3.23 1 Legger Tor Red/White Vinyl Top
2007 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi AT Patriot Blue
2011 Dodge Challenger RT 5.7 Hemi 6spd 392 SG Triple Black
2014 Dodge Charger RT Max AWD 5.7 Hemi AT 305 Billet Silver
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Re: 72 Roadrunner Engine Compartment Braces.
[Re: TimS]
#2804862
08/04/20 08:06 AM
08/04/20 08:06 AM
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my 72 roadrunner air grabber car had that stud also.
i do believe all 72 roadrunners and satellites had that stud.
perception is 90% of reality
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Re: 72 Roadrunner Engine Compartment Braces.
[Re: 72 RR DUDE]
#2806806
08/09/20 11:38 AM
08/09/20 11:38 AM
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Shoreline, Washington
72roadrunnergtx
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Strange, I saw plenty of ’72 A/G cars with braces back in the day at the dealers. The right side ’72, one year only, brace has a slight bend in the right-side brace specifically to clear the A/G air cleaner base. Also witnessed many of them in trash cans at the dealers after servicing, too much trouble to reinstall them for some of the old-timers, I guess.
Yes, the stud, and its backing plate, are present in the upper cowls of all ’72 2-dr B-bodies. If the original paint has been cleared from the threads of the stud, it likely had the brackets originally.
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Re: 72 Roadrunner Engine Compartment Braces.
[Re: 72roadrunnergtx]
#2807029
08/09/20 08:19 PM
08/09/20 08:19 PM
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Walton, Indiana
TimS
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Strange, I saw plenty of ’72 A/G cars with braces back in the day at the dealers. The right side ’72, one year only, brace has a slight bend in the right-side brace specifically to clear the A/G air cleaner base. Also witnessed many of them in trash cans at the dealers after servicing, too much trouble to reinstall them for some of the old-timers, I guess.
Yes, the stud, and its backing plate, are present in the upper cowls of all ’72 2-dr B-bodies. If the original paint has been cleared from the threads of the stud, it likely had the brackets originally.
I agree. My original 74 Roadrunner had them and as you said they got in the way. I took them off and probably threw them away. They weren’t on the car very long.
1968 Barracuda Fastback 318-2BBL 904 2.76 Frost Blue Survivor
1970 Roadrunner 440+6 BBL 727 AT 4.10 SG Dana Blue Fire Metallic
1971 Cuda 340-4 BBL 4spd 3.91 SG Curious Yellow
1972 Barracuda 318-2 BBL 904 AT 3.23 1 Legger Tor Red/White Vinyl Top
2007 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi AT Patriot Blue
2011 Dodge Challenger RT 5.7 Hemi 6spd 392 SG Triple Black
2014 Dodge Charger RT Max AWD 5.7 Hemi AT 305 Billet Silver
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