1970 Roadrunner - again

LIFE IN THE GARAGE - A CAR ADDICT AND HIS TOYS chapter 4000 - 1970 Roadrunner

INTRO:

The first car I ever bought was a 1970 Roadrunner. It was the summer of 1975 and I had just graduated high school. At 18, life was good. It was bronze with a 383 and a torqueflite. The interior color matched the outside. Factory mags with 69,000 miles on the odometer........

But that was a long time ago. It's now 39 years later and I've been slowly approaching crotchety old fart status. A lot has happened over those 39 years. I won't bore you with the mundane details of every day life during that period. Instead I'll speak about the things that folks that frequent a site like this would rather hear. THE CARS!

I've owned a bunch. - Ma Mopar had stolen my heart. But my relationship with vehicles wasn't exclusive. There've been a few Chebbies that managed to catch my eye. - Yes, I wasn't always faithful. The seductive lines of a '70 Camaro first made me stray. She had been my sister's car and she needed rescuing. I won't dwell on the details. At about the same time I met a '69 Camaro. She belonged to a buddy of mine. After seeing the movie ALOHA BOBBY AND ROSE, he attempted to copy the car in the show - adding fender flares, a spoiler and side pipes. After a few years though, he had grown tired of trying to get her to behave and knew it was time to say goodbye. I couldn't help myself. She had all the right curves. Yeah, I know what some of you are thinking. "Run him out of here!" "What kind of jerk is this guy?"

They say that the first thing you need to do to get back on track is to admit you have a problem. Well I refuse! I know where my heart really lies. - And there's a Pentastar there. Since then I bought another Roadrunner. This time a'68. Then a '69 440 Six Pack Superbee. A Hemi Superbird. A '64 Polara. A '64 Fury. A '72 Dodge Crew cab Dually. A '79 Lil Red Express. A '72 440 Duster. A '74 AARCuda clone. A '68 Charger R/T. A '67 Barracuda fastback. An '80 Mirada. A '70 Duster funnycar. And many more. - Including another 1970 Roadrunner. Actually this second 1970 Roadrunner is one of my son's cars. I tend to list ours together because we often have both worked on and driven them.

Another 383, but this time with a pistol grip 4-speed. Vitamin C orange. We picked her up in Missouri last year. It felt really good to sit in the same model of car as what I'd first owned so many years ago.
It may not have been my original car, but IT HAD A 4-SPEED!!!!!

Sorry, I got carried away....


This is the way she looked when we first picked her up.

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