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A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/14/09 10:17 PM
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Over 32 years ago I purchased a 1969 Hemi Road Runner from a junk yard in Bryan, Texas. The car had been sold new at Mid-Cities Chrysler Plymouth in Arlington, Texas and spent most of the next ten years in the Dallas area before being sold in a salvage auction.  The Road Runner is nicely optioned, and came A4 Platinum Silver with a M6S Pewter interior. It is a 4 Speed car, and still had the original transmission and 3.54 Dana 60 axle. The Hemi was gone, replaced by a rebuilt 383... at the selling price of $150, I did not complain too much!  Over the years I can only recall seeing two other A4 1969 Hemi Road Runners, the first owned by a former NHOA board member... the car had a black interior IIRC. The other was the Platinum/Pewter (Automatic?) car proclaimed to be " 1 of 1" in Mopar Collectors Guide in the 1990s... so I started calling mine " 2 of 1".  I have always believed that there were probably 6-10 Platinum/Pewter combo 1969 Hemi Road Runners... but I am starting to doubt it now. Any confirmed Platinum/Pewter Hemi RRs known to forum members... Pictures? The attached picture is shortly after purchase in 1977... Allen
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/14/09 10:29 PM
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So...do you still own this car?
*1969 383 4sp. Super Bee
*1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
*1965 Porsche 356C
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/14/09 10:35 PM
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So...do you still own this car?
Yes... and no, it is not for sale...
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/14/09 11:45 PM
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Great story and great picture of your cars!! I've seen three A4 69 Hemi Runners that I can vividly recall. One had blue interior the others had black. I'm 90% sure that all three were autos and If I recall correctly all floor shited cars!
KID
Thanks, it is interesting that one had a blue interior... I know of a B7 Blue 1969 Hemi Road Runner that has a M6S Pewter interior!
Any pictures of the A4 Hemi RRs?
Maybe in the next few days I will post the crazy story of how I bought the RR... and how it almost got away... Too much typing for my injured shoulder and hand for now.
Here is a picture of the Hemi RR taken 5 minutes after the tow truck dropped it off at the apartment complex that I lived at:
Allen
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/15/09 01:39 AM
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/15/09 09:25 AM
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engine shot
Thanks... Great pictures! Did it have a Pewter colored interior? Automatic or 4 Speed?
Any other confirmed sightings or known A4 Hemi RRs...? Anyone?
Here is a shot of the 383 that was in my RR when bought:
Allen
BTW, notice the Hemi required master cylinder clearance boot in the Air Grabber ductwork.
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/15/09 09:55 AM
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Well, before someone else says it, I'll give you 200 bucks for it.  That's pretty incredible that you bought it that cheap and the combo is very cool too.  I bet the B7 with Silver interior was striking.
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/15/09 10:01 AM
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about 10-12 years ago a friend of mine almost bought an A4 silver hemi 69 runner .I don't remember if it was an auto or 4 speed,and I don't think it had pewter int. It was up in minn or maybe wisconson . same guy had a blue 68 hemi gtx
Thanks Bill, I think Paul (the NHOA board member) was from Wisconsin... might have been his old car. IIRC, it was a 4 Speed non-console car with a black interior.
Allen
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Re: A4 Platinum Silver 1969 4Spd Hemi Road Runner... Rare?
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08/15/09 10:11 AM
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Well, before someone else says it, I'll give you 200 bucks for it.
...but I put new tires on it 30 years ago...
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That's pretty incredible that you bought it that cheap and the combo is very cool too. I bet the B7 with Silver interior was striking.
It sure was... and was proven original by a fender tag
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