1971 Plymouth Road Runner 426 Hemi Muscle Car Of The Week Video #63
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1971 Plymouth Road Runner 426 Hemi Muscle Car Of The Week Video #63
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www.musclecarof... - This week, we're taking a look at a Hemi powered muscle car featuring a cartoon character in the grill. This 1971 Hemi Road Runner is a very limited production car that still retains a full-power 426 Hemi. It features outstanding details like the functional air grabber hood feeding fresh air to the 425 hp, 426 cube Hemi V-8. Inside, you will find a bench seat, a four-speed handle and little else. The exterior styling is bold with the new-for-1971 styling and the distinctive reflective stripe. It is one of many Hemi powered cars in the Brothers Collection and it is our Muscle Car Of The Week!
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Those dog dish hubcaps on those steelies is serious as hell!
My first car was a 72 Roadrunner with a 440 back in 79. It had a big dent in the rear left quarter but i didn't care. It would run 155 top end. I traded a Honda 175 motorcycle and a hundred bucks for it.
I love the 71-72 Roadrunner body style. It sucks how the 383, 440/6, and the Hemi were all gone for 72 and the 340 4 4bbl and 440 4 bbl were de-tuned quite a bit beginning in 72. But you could still modify them very easily to make power numbers closer to the earlier high compression engines. Plus cars still had a pretty decent amount of power anyway in 1972-74. The new net horsepower ratings made them seem alot less powerful than they actually were but they still weren't quite as powerful as the earlier high compression engines. 1975 is the year that muscle cars officially died with the new law mandating catalytic converters
I love hearing Ron Swanson talk about cars.
😀
The "fuselage style" went well on the 71 Road Runner. Great curves.
I agree.
Kevo Suss
Except that it’s not a Fuselage,that name belongs to C body cars
@@mikeroberts5646
Exactamungo!
I like the 71 Charger R/T and Super Bee too. There was no more Coronet R/T in 1971 and the Super Bee moved over to the Charger lineup for that year. I guess Dodge figured there was no point in having two different B-Bodies with the R/T package available anymore. The Coronet R/T and Charger R/T were probably hurting each other's sales because they came with the exact same options from the factory. The styling was the only real difference between the two cars
@@mikeroberts5646 It's a general styling term; it does not belong to one line of cars. It was started by GM in 1968 (GTO, Chevelle, etc.).
The best looking car on the planet, ever.
Absoloutely...and the meanest .....
WileERobby the hemi, cuda and '70 challenger are the KINGS
E type Jag.
Sorry JagUAR XKE.
Sorry!! 1971 Firebird Formula 400, silver body w/black vinyl roof,
rally ll mags. Hey just my 2¢!!
Also 1968/69 Charger!!
in 73 mine had all the goodies except 440 was 383 topped out at 150mph stock had airgrabber and hood pins had it for 4yrs then sold it for house downpayment house today priced at 875k$
This, challenger, baracuda (1970) and gto are the sexiest muscle cars ever made.
1972 was the year they reduced the compression ratio's not 1971, all they did was change the advance curve for a total loss of 5 hp, we're talking performance engines, some of the base engines had a slight reduction in compression, back in the 70's my father had a 72 Satellite and I had a 72 Satellite his had the late model 150hp 318 mine had a numbers matching 230hp 318, his was made in 1972 and mine was made in 71, mine had a 3:23 sure grip his had the 3:23 open diff., you could get a 72 with 71 parts if it was ordered early in 71.
S Wylie the difference between the 230 and 150 hp was just cross hp rating vs net hp rating. It’s the same engine.
I had a 71 440+6. It was an amazing car and I liked it better then my Hemi since it never went out of tune where the old Hemi was finicky.
+Richard Venticinque TECH sheet updates gave serious LOCK tips on tune.Rocker arms, CAST six inches long didn't help.
those pauses between starter winds on a hot day & a hot engine
The 1970-71 hydraulic cammed 426 Street Hemi was a much more refined street engine than the 1966-69 solid lifter Hemi's were. But even with a milder emissions friendly camshaft they were still the baddest big block on the street and better yet you didn't have to pop the valve covers off and adjust the valves every couple thousand miles like you had to do with the earlier Hemi's. This car is one of my absolute favorites in the Brother's collection and my favorite Roadrunner ever other than a 69 1/2 A12 440 Six Barrel. The 1971 GTX/Roadrunner and Charger R/T/Super Bee were better cars overall than the more boxy 1967-70 models
2x4s had a hardtime at low revs fighting each other and fouling plugs........people trying to use this engine for everyday driving drank more gas than driving
Gorgeous car!
nice vid enjoyed it thoroughly needed dat inspiration for sure thanks scooter d
on this medium the interior looks more pucky Olive Green than Gold ?
Meanest looking car around. Up there with the '68 Charger.
Does it get any better than this? I don't think so.
+SVT777 IT hasn't come close. In May of '96, I went TO Indy 500, to pick up my Indy Special Ram 1500....IT was close to Experience, but NOT car.Daughter kept saying "Daddy, people are staring at your truck."That's what the payments are for.
God, I would love to have a sinister looking 383 - 4 speed like this one. I know they're out there, but the money in my bank account sure isn't. Got to have bucket seats though, and something other than white. But hey: beggers can't be choosers right? LOL!!!
+02R96 My 1968, new process Hemi G T X has GOLD w/white bench. NO visible markings, removed day one, bagged in glove box. A third vent black knob on CHOKE cable. Tag says NY ...GLDMINE.
That sounds awesome. I wish you all the luck in the world keeping your Mighty Mopar in full fighting trim!!!
I have a Matt black 1971 Plymouth satellite (looks Identical,) with a 383 bigblock and a 727 auto transmission! my first car! 😎😎😎
Keep it clean / straight. Tough to find body panels. I had mine (Tor Red) in '79 - '83. Only now seeing any
more of them. 383 with an Air Grabber is fun. I had "salt 'n pepper cloth insert black leather interior. Even Gull Wings and tail light lenses are high $ today. Mine was Hemi / 4 speed pistol, and even then I couldn't really modify it other than CRAGARS, and buy lots of premium and racing gas mix. BLACK is badness in this shape. Was my THIRD car, second Mopar, of many after. Drive well.
my favorite next to the superbird!
Never saw one of these back in the day; no wonder- only 55 made!
+Robert Taylor I remember back in 1977 there was a white '71 RR HEMI with a blue bench seat interior and a blue full vinyl roof. 4-speed car. In Greenfield Mass. The engine spun a bearing and the owner at the time had it in a plastic crate in Amherst Mass. Any body else remember this car?
+Robert Taylor 28 four speed 27 automatics, (supposedly only two of those were COLUMN.) Buddy Allison got one, as knees going away back then...and kinda had dibs.
+Lee Crt Blue plastic crates make FINE furniture with a simple layer of tempered glass on top. Price / part inventory sticker on top looks right. FORMAL (full) vinyl top mandatory for sunroof crank or power.
55, really??? Wow
LOVE this one.mines a 71 purple 383 RR
How much would you want for your car
I had a '71, base model though. had the 383, bench seat, column shift automatic. about as plain as could be, but man I wish I had that car now, i would take it over anything being produced today.
Incorrect. The 1971 340 and the 383 got the standard insurance rate. NOT the 440. I know. My first car was a '71 383 RR.
+Lee Crt June 15th....Oil Embargo 1979.Paid 3500 CASH consecutives, out of pay window USMC, to US Navy airman, his MOM had made ONE payment. (pay book under rear Salt 'n Pepper cloth inserts black Leather interior, while getting build sheet(s). SHE worked books / financing dept. at Franklin Motors, Noblesville, Indiana. Tor Red, grabber Canada, pistol four speed, PEDESTAL Executive Recorder, no console. Strobe delete, but SMOOTH ROCKER trim ? Wheel Opening trim set, pins...hood paint option BEHIND grabber plastic...tail valence stripes UP into tail light housings...AAR ducktail, " visor applique' " on adjustable front bumper, rear window louver. 426, black wrinkles, framed display posters of paperclip balancing, desert INSURANCE ad, 12 foot tall inflatable chicken feet...FROM ad. (Entire showroom display)Corporate blue / white checkered carpet parking squares. Owner's manual with coupons for BODY and electrical / pneumatic (Air Grabber routings), drivetrain books from factory to SEND five bucks for. (DID that.) Drove all of rest of the year, left for Iran trip prep in January 1980, stored it...after donuts to rid fuel...in view of MPs...girl called Joanie Lauler a corporal then. LATER named Chyna...RIP. SHE had sweet Firebird SHE painted and rebuilt 400 in.She laughed about the donuts....out on street "Dirty Mary / Crazy Larry" was filmed on. ORANGE grove, NOT walnuts...air base was hidden inside.Crossed USA at speed, in 36 hours nearer end of June, (10 days leave)during trucker strike. (Light traffic in the dark, racing sunrise behind me.)DRASTICALLY seek a Sat SEBRING Plus and or +....to make a crate SSX out of, with factory show car mods to body, proven in wind tunnel in 1970 August...part of The Rapid Transit System touring group. Found one gutted / drag NO #s...for 3500, PASS. Want A/C, as couldn't have it, but HAD dash vents OF a/c system.Was parade / VIP driver for Indy 500 duties, never sold, till his mom snagged it off showroom floor. Gift to kid for Navy bootcamp graduation, tech school qualifying. He took cash, bought an Ovation guitar, and a bag of weed. Got busted. I saw again in Japan and Philippines later, as a basic paint chipper, showed all Chrysler stationary THEY sent as soon as title cleared Chrysler of Canada offices. Got ALL Hemi updates, stored with VIN #, as unsold, so never changed hands. Ended up in collection of LA Times owner...RIP Otis Chandler.Bought cars weekends all over California, at grocery stores lots, dumb cheap. Only one 383 car, Butterscotch 3 speed pistol seen.
yup and his compression de-tune for 71 is wrong. they barely dropped comp in 71. hes quoting the drastic changes that came in 1972 not 71. i had a one owner 71RR with 383. The original owner had traded his 70 Hemi Cuda in for the 71RR after his insurance company priced him out of Hemi car ownership.
Not in New Jersey.
Yep. The ad he shows even says 383 and 340. Oops!
Had the very same car my dad brought it for me after graduating high school had it until 79-80 sold for a wedding (I KNOW) we're still together for forty years now had alot of fun with it miss it sometimes
Wow. Fantastic car. Muscle and looks. Super rare.
I think I'm in love
That front is pure rock n roll, looks like is going to eat the road. Beautiful beast....someday
What a beautiful Beast
WOW!!... A HEMI 4 speed car with "bench seat" and A/C disgrace! ------ ( what they were thinking?) a two door Taxi ? ..BTW I had a 71 440 GTX
no A/C in this car
@@tomtom-pb2cs A/C Vents on the dash were only for A/C cars and no other
@@gevi9080 That is my old car We have traced it's origins from North Carolina where I bought it. I don't recall if it had vents when I sold it. I know it did not have the wing or spoilers. I bought the car in late 1977. Sold it in 1989 maybe 1988 It is a factory hemi car...I have pics from when I owned it
@@tomtom-pb2cs sad all we got left Just pictures , (But great memories!!) :(
Amazing car, magnificent chromed bumpers and inner and the shiny black is the best color for this muscle car!!!!
Dude you sound almost exactly like Nicholas Cage.
approved by Dom Torretto !!!
This car, is the December car, in the Motorbooks American Muscle Car Calender for 2015. I have the calendar on my wall, flipped to December, to double check.. Calender car has the bench seat, and pistol grip too.. It is the SAME car!
always had a penchant forthis style the lssr known rr. thy have a spaceship look to them this one looks awesome but the interior needs changed to black with the chairs imho
These are my favourite of all muscle cars, but if I could have one I would have to paint the bumpers the same colour as the car. (I'm not a fan of chrome)
wow .......
Incredible RR. Love the 71, with a hemi - forget about it.
Absolutely love the re-style for '71 ... these are beautiful.
As a lifelong motorsport fan, IndyCar, F1, Nascar, NHRA, Sprints, etc, I've attended all the above in their biggest races.
However, by far 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 are of USAC Stocks on dirt at the mile oval in Indy.
Many of those memories include '71 Mopars like this one.
I never gave Mopar products a second though until I saw one of these just a few weeks ago......now I want one!!!!!
BEEP BEEP!!!
The compression was also retained on the 440 6bbl.
i have one ! i love it!
+daniel p Experience.....NEVER let go. searching ever since.
thank you sir !
daniel p DO tell...waiting.
i know a guy
dom toretto
Very beautiful this car so nice
had a71 roadrunner with a 383 3speed on the floor ,love that car J.W.
Been there....done that. Even had the bench seat, although ours had power steering, windows & brakes. And I have to wonder if we had the only one with a column shifter. Why anyone would want to shift a 426 hemi that way, i have no idea, yet .....it happened. ;-)
+Gary Williams I had a 70 Hemi Road Runner with a column shifter. Ultimate sleeper since you only saw the Hemi name from inside the car as you looked at the scoop.
I want one
My uncle had one of those cars it was black and it said Rum Runner on the quarters not sure if it was a hemi or 440 but it was a bad ass car I just wish he still had it
As the owner of a 1969 Roadrunner....the 2nd generation of this car is UGLY!!!! BUTT UGLY! It looks like a GM car of the late 60's whether a Pontiac. Olds, Buick, or Chevy. And a racing stripe doesn't make a car go faster. It's just fluff hiding all the inconsistancies the engineers failed to achieve when designing this car! If you don't believe go back and look at the 1961/63 Mopar lineup. I swear those engineers were on drugs when it came to the design of those cars.
And it's got my favorite steering wheel of all the early-70's Dodges and Plymouths.
That's all you need to say to create the true business picture...Hemi, air grabber, pistol grip, Dana 4.10.
Those were the days!!!
Hey! Racing fans: you would do well to remember: MOPAR has the Roadrunner, and the Coyote is happily employed by FORD
Rightly said ,Bad to the bone
gold inside?JAJAJAJA YEAH SURE...GOOOLD
One of the best looking cars built.
Absolutely!! 😜
What a BEAUTY!!!
Few liked my 1971 GTX but now after it was sold long ago it is finally getting its due.
One of my absolute Favorites I've seen on your channel so far
yes thats the one,71's are awesome,Plymouth❤! They would bury me in that car!
That's a beautiful car that I seen i hope to have this one ❤️
you drive this to pull up and hate on modern racers.
Insurance companies are crooks Always raising the prices on policies just to make money The nicer the car or truck The more money to insure it
I love the car
The 340 was not tuned down still had 10.5 compression
Hemi kept the compression what’s a Hemi without the power. It’s like a superhero without its powers.
Beep beep
What is a rustang or lamero?mopar all the way baby.
Hemi Stripe over the ruff
71 RR looks so much better than the 71-74 Chargers..why anyone in the market back then would choose those awful body lines of the 71 Charger over one of these RR's is beyond me
Force Times Distance Equals ? Torque 71-74 RR and 71-74 Chargers are both similar cars.
Can you do show with that purple hemi race hood is there car it came from. thanks
А чем 1971 Plymouth Road Runner отличается от 1972 Plymouth Road Runner? Две одинаковые машины, обе, как две капли воды, похожи на 1969 Olds Mobile Cutlas 442.
70 was the last good year for the muscle cars. in 71 they got ugly and gutless and it only got worse
down hill till 1975 where the corvette 350 had 165 horsepower ! yay no smog !
I drove the 440 6-pack and can tell you it’s a great motor, even when compared to the Hemi. The Hemi is the engine to have from a collector standpoint, but the 440 will do the job nicely. It’s funny how this body style has become popular as it used to be the ugly duckling of the MOPAR’s back it the day. The 68-70 Road Runners looked tough whereas the this one just looked odd. Funny how time changes things. Same with cars like the 356 Porsche...used to pick up an old one for a few hundred bucks and nowadays you’ll pay the price of a nice home for one. Unbelievable.
Use the Shelby Daytona Z 1987 Engine
My dad had a 69 440 cuda. This is a beauty i always loved the road runners. I had a 383 71 cuda for a while. Instead of selling the car i ended up getting a DIVORCE. Missing my Cuda'. 🐟
'68-'70 all the way. '71 is okay, but not as much of a ROAD RUNNER
The "fuselage style" is better looking!
Coke bottle shape as they were called at the time
74 was still okay. The Ford XB and XC falcon were still pretty good looking cars and they were made somewhere near 1974 and 1976.
Styling came from the F-4 “Phantom” jet. Also, they didn’t meet emissions and all 55 of the Hemi cars were “illegally” sold. No way Chrysler was going to destroy 55 Hemi cars.
These days, the licensing cost for a known cartoon character would probably be cost prohibitive. Probably why Dodge called their revived "Panther Pink" color "Furious Fuscia" instead of the original name a few years ago.
I had a 71 383 auto, gold, with gold reflective stripe pkg. Later installed a 440.
Guy who owns it now has it all back to original. I even put him on the trail to locating the original 383.
1970 and before was more better looking
Chrysler's "Fuselage Styling" was perfect here. Absolutely beautiful car.
The lovely stripe over the roof isn't a Hemi stripe its a Roadrunner stripe which you can get on any Roadrunner and if you had a GTX the stripes were on the hood and front fenders also interesting was the handle for the AirGrabber says open and close just look at the hood .....just sayin'
this beautiful beast is gorgeous from top to bottom, but that interior color and bench seat,well, not my favorite, but it has the best of all the rest,so I guess I can make an exception. lol! how can you ever argue with anything that has a hemi?thanks again guys! ☆☆☆
I love this car more than my challenger!
Same color as my old 72 Roadrunner, 340, auto...best looking combo ever for me
4.11-1 = quick not fast
It's got a/c. The extra 2 vents in the console. No racer would order it with a/c.
No A/C, there is no compressor under the hood... Didn't fit on the Hemi.
+Angie Mulligan Read below. All PETTY SPECIALS sold by SOUTHERN DEALER Sponsors....had A/C. MOST were 383 maxed option cars, in Petty (Corp) Blue and White. Hemi and six packs came later with A/C dashes, to move all the air they could.
The 426 and 440 were too big to have an A/C installed. But the 383 could house an A/C.
That was the Strato-Vent option on 71 and up B-bodies. It used the same vents as an A/C dash but it was not air conditioned. I've a few of those in the flesh.
hemi & 440+6 no a/c 440+4 a/c was ok
Nice Mopar.
This could be my old car I sold it while living in Massachesetts. I think it went to Ohio , then ended up in South Dakota
Such a good looking car. In black it's got kind of a mad max style even though that was a ford.
9 coyotes saw this video
Man I'm in love
What was that goofy shit at 00:37 😂
B E A U T Y 💖💖💖💖💖
Bad axx. Beep beep
The red color matched bumpers looked great on the red car at 2:18. It's not a hemi, though.
lower compression was also because nox emission regulation that year too
Cool car
What's the chances a guy like me could ever own such a car? Wow I'd love to have it!
Wrong the SAE ratings remained gross in 1971, the change to net ratings occurred in '72. The 440 Magnum for '71 had 9.7:1 compression and 375 hp, the Six Pack 440 10.2:1 and 385 hp, both only slightly less powerful than 1970. The 383 was the only Big Block actually detuned using 8.5:1 compression losing, 35 hp at 300 vs. 1970.
GM and Ford switched to net ratings in 1971 where Mopar did not.
There would have been many more built except for high cost insurance and government got involved which is what killed these cars. Plymouth built some of the best Mopars ever
True now also gov involve ban gas and diesel cars and trucks wonder how much that 3.5 million 71 cuda would be worth with no gas left 🤔
I just can't get into that body style compared to the '68-'70
I like it