Monthly Archives: October 2013

Reader’s Rides: Steven Glassburn’s 1969 Plymouth Road Runner

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Check out this tough Road Runner from Tennessee! Steven writes:

Shaved door handled and side lights, trunk lock, replaced with electric poppers. 383 bored and strong out to a 496, 440 source kit, 650 cam, 11 to 1 compression, headers, 3 inch exhaust via Flowmaster all the way to the back. Period “iffy” tunnel ram, twin 600 Holley carbs. Aluminum radiator, plexiglass grill working on a new one. Hand plashed pain, pro engine build rated over 800 hp on nitrous. Looking for a stock hood from a Satellite to put an old school pro stock hood on. 4-speed with 8 3/4″ posi read, 4:11 rear gears. 11″ wide M/T tires on read, 8″ M/T front, handles like it’s on rails. Do have M/T pro streets for rear and skinny fonts if I want to play. Stock bucket seat console interior right mow, carpeted trunk with rear mount batter, MSD ignition, have  a2-stage NOS kit to put on it, engine as is rated at 625 hp. It’s fast. It’s a prize winner at every show.

More pics after the jump!

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A 1966 Satellite Named Stormy

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You’re looking at a 1966 Plymouth Satellite still wearing it’s groovy lace paint job that was laid down in the mid 1970s. I’m digging the far out Cragars man! Just to make it perfect, it’s a factory Hemi car, topped by two Carter 4-bbls and backed up by an A833 4 speed. Get the details at MoparMax. More pictures after the jump!

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SRT Viper Color Contest

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Would you like your name to be forever associated with Mopar? To be referred to with the same reverence that we hold for Petty, Garlits, Exner, Engel and Walter P himself? OK, maybe not, but it would be something to brag about. SRT is asking for suggestions for the new shade of blue that will be available on the 2014 Viper. Submit a name that they like and you could win a trip for two to the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona! Don’t delay. The deadline for submissions is Oct 24th. Would “Gilles Blue” be sucking up? Get the details at SRT.

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Did You Know That Chrysler Has All The Build Records For Pre-1967 Cars?

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In addition to the excellent restorations we do here at Rocket Restorations, we also keep our own Mopar registry. When you start to look at the numbers of these cars, by which we mean the VIN number or the fender tag codes or other interesting things, you can find out a lot of information about them you wouldn’t normally see. Patterns start to emerge and you can learn a lot. Need help decoding your Mopar? Send us an e-mail

Did you realize Chrysler still has all the build records for all pre-1967 cars? All you have to do it fill out this form and send it in to Chrysler, just that easy. They will tell you all the options it came with as well as the original selling dealer. Get all the details and forms you need after the jump!

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Reader’s Rides: David Perahia’s 1971 Plymouth Road Runner

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Check out this sweet B-body, nicknamed “Man O’ War.” Here’s the word from David:

This 1971 Plymouth Road Runner had a Total rotisserie restoration completed approximately three years ago(The car has been kept inside since then). Originally a 383 car but now has a stock 440 cid with a mopar purple cam shaft for higher lift and duration. It has a balanced steel crank that is magnafluxed, cross drilled and polished, 8 ¾ rear end with 4:10 gears, slap stick auto, following items are new – wiring harness, interior, dash pad, battery, Hooker headers, power steering pump with cooler, fuel pump, tires and 15” rally wheels with trim rings, front disk brakes, all brake lines, dual exhaust with factory red slotted exhaust tips, tail light lens, u-joints, belts and hoses, all rubber/weather strips/bumpers etc; go wing, front/rear bumpers, along with rebuilt high performance transmission that includes a stall converter. Absolutely no leaks. This car carries a beautiful sassy grass green paint. The car looks factory new for the interior, exterior, AND ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE to display the car with mirrors in car shows.

TONS more pics after the jump!

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The Legendary Road Runner

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The Plymouth Road Runner is perhaps my favourite Mopar. Plymouth saw a need in the market place for a muscle car with the emphasis on muscle. Keep it simple, keep it light, keep it cheap. It worked. Sure you could equip it with the Hemi and a whole list of options but even the basic post car with the 383, 4 speed, steel wheels and bench seat just looked “right”. Allpar has done a great write-up on the car. Grab a coffee and read about it here!

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Mopar-modified Vehicles Headed for SEMA

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Chrysler plans on unveiling 20+ new concepts at SEMA this year. The concepts will come from all corners of the Chrysler brands spectrum, with Jeep, Fiat and Ram all getting in on the action. Chrysler has only released four teaser images which can be seen below. The images appear to be a decked out Jeep Cherokee, a Chrysler 300, a Fiat 500L, and Ram 1500. It’s hard to guess exactly what we will get when SEMA finally arrives on November 5th, but Mopar seems to be gearing up for a take over. Press release and more pics after the jump! You can also read more on the Mopar website.

And yes, Mopar blog will have full coverage of the Mopar booth at SEMA!

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