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
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
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$
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
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.
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.
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
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.
+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.
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'. 🐟
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.
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! ☆☆☆
+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.
+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.
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
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
The 71 was never my favorite body style but this one just looks bad to the bone like Kevin said. No nonsense Sinister looking car into black with the black steelies and poverty caps. Absolutely love it
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.
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.
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.
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!
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)
@@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
Beautiful car. Owning one of these brand new must have been something special. The knock on any of these cars was always weight. Put the same car in the video on a scale and you may look at 5000lbs. Beauty aside some Japanese V6’s would beat it in a 1/4 mile race. The insurance companies were flipping out because of accidents and underwriting manufacturing warranties.
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.
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'
+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.
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.
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.
I'd like to see the actual build sheet for this VIN. I highly doubt it's originality. IF and I do mean IF , this is actually original , this is truly an extremely rare ROADRUNNER. 🐶🐶🐶
I used to own this. I bought it in NC and it's been verified. The spoilers and the chin fins are NOT original though. It had 383 in it when I bought it but I knew what R1R meant, I swapped the K member and put a hemi back into it
All HEMI and 440+6 cars with 4 speeds did. You had to get one of the "mandatory option" Dana axles, a Track Pak (3.54) or you could go up to a Super Track Pak (4.10) Dana rear end. If you bought an automatic car without one of the Trac Paks you got an 8-3/4 Sure-Grip rear end.
Nicholas Maher No DOUBT you are correct. My car was ordered as VIP / parade duties for Indy 500 by an Indiana dealership. I put MINE in from a Base '70 Challenger convertible six / three speed manual car. It was JUST a redrilled ring gear, LIGHTER, and I was NOT drag racing it . . .just creeping up on speeds on desert flight lines, access roads in / near Southern Cal, Yuma, Arizona...29 Palms, parts of New Mexico known by numbers, Vegas. It lasted maybe five years at speed. Then I used a FRANKLIN QUICKCHANGE, I could just flip the gear set at a track, after driving there.
On four-speed Mopars, 71-74 B-bodies and I believe the E-bodies as well had small orange "REVERSE" lights on the lower part of the dash between the ash tray and the glove box. The function of this small light was to warn you when you shifted into reverse as the reverse is next to first in the Mopar gearbox. Pretty embarrassing when you're ready to drag race someone at a set of lights thinking that you're in first gear only to learn the hard way that you're actually in reverse! The small light on the dash helped to prevent that from happening. There were also seat belt options in which the same light and housing were used but instead of "REVERSE" the light read "SEAT BELTS" indicating that front seat belts had not been fastened. I parted out a 74 Charger Rallye 400-4bbl four speed car that had BOTH the "REVERSE" light and the "SEAT BELTS" lights side-by-side on the dash. The only B-body that I have ever seen that was so equipted. I still have that dash.
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.
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.
Yeah all that weight you would need a hemi to get any decent E.T. out of it ,and a 4spd 4:10 you couldnt get a 120mph out of it in a quarter mile dropped from a airplane lol
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
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
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!!
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.).
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
Those dog dish hubcaps on those steelies is serious as hell!
my favorite next to the superbird!
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$
Wow. Fantastic car. Muscle and looks. Super rare.
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
One of the best looking cars built.
Absolutely!! 😜
had a71 roadrunner with a 383 3speed on the floor ,love that car J.W.
Same color as my old 72 Roadrunner, 340, auto...best looking combo ever for me
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.
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.
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
Amazing car, magnificent chromed bumpers and inner and the shiny black is the best color for this muscle car!!!!
I never gave Mopar products a second though until I saw one of these just a few weeks ago......now I want one!!!!!
LOVE this one.mines a 71 purple 383 RR
How much would you want for your car
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.
That front is pure rock n roll, looks like is going to eat the road. Beautiful beast....someday
I love hearing Ron Swanson talk about cars.
😀
One of my absolute Favorites I've seen on your channel so far
That's a beautiful car that I seen i hope to have this one ❤️
Chrysler's "Fuselage Styling" was perfect here. Absolutely beautiful car.
What a BEAUTY!!!
Few liked my 1971 GTX but now after it was sold long ago it is finally getting its due.
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
yes thats the one,71's are awesome,Plymouth❤! They would bury me in that car!
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'. 🐟
What a beautiful Beast
And it's got my favorite steering wheel of all the early-70's Dodges and Plymouths.
Very beautiful this car so nice
The 73s and 74s were the best designs,but with that said its still a really nice car i love Plymouth
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.
This, challenger, baracuda (1970) and gto are the sexiest muscle cars ever made.
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! ☆☆☆
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.
on this medium the interior looks more pucky Olive Green than Gold ?
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!!!
i have one ! i love it!
+daniel p Experience.....NEVER let go. searching ever since.
thank you sir !
daniel p DO tell...waiting.
nice vid enjoyed it thoroughly needed dat inspiration for sure thanks scooter d
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!
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
I love the 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
The 71 was never my favorite body style but this one just looks bad to the bone like Kevin said. No nonsense Sinister looking car into black with the black steelies and poverty caps. Absolutely love it
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.
I love this car more than my challenger!
Cool car
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.
The compression was also retained on the 440 6bbl.
Gorgeous car!
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!
Meanest looking car around. Up there with the '68 Charger.
Such a good looking car. In black it's got kind of a mad max style even though that was a ford.
I like it
Man I'm in love
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)
Nice Mopar.
Wow incredible car
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!!) :(
I think I'm in love
last year for the great road runners.
B E A U T Y 💖💖💖💖💖
What's the chances a guy like me could ever own such a car? Wow I'd love to have it!
Beautiful car. Owning one of these brand new must have been something special. The knock on any of these cars was always weight. Put the same car in the video on a scale and you may look at 5000lbs. Beauty aside some Japanese V6’s would beat it in a 1/4 mile race. The insurance companies were flipping out because of accidents and underwriting manufacturing warranties.
4100 pounds
Hemi kept the compression what’s a Hemi without the power. It’s like a superhero without its powers.
wow .......
lower compression was also because nox emission regulation that year too
The red color matched bumpers looked great on the red car at 2:18. It's not a hemi, though.
I’ll take it!
sweet
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.
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'
Black Betty!
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
The 340 was not tuned down still had 10.5 compression
Meep meep!
71 440 4bbl hp are 9.7
71 440 6bbl hp are 10.3
72 440 4bbl hp are 8.1
+Suzanne Barr Correct!
+Suzanne Barr So you’re saying the 440 was still relatively high compression in 1971. I thought so.
Yes. The biggest drop in compression amongst the performance V8s was the 383 Magnum/Roadrunner 4bbl. 8.7 to 1 IIRC.
I want one
BEEP BEEP!!!
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.
Hey! Racing fans: you would do well to remember: MOPAR has the Roadrunner, and the Coyote is happily employed by FORD
I'd like to see the actual build sheet for this VIN. I highly doubt it's originality. IF and I do mean IF , this is actually original , this is truly an extremely rare ROADRUNNER. 🐶🐶🐶
I used to own this. I bought it in NC and it's been verified. The spoilers and the chin fins are NOT original though. It had 383 in it when I bought it but I knew what R1R meant, I swapped the K member and put a hemi back into it
Didn’t all the Hemi cars have Dana 60 rear ends? I thought it was part of the package. Bad ass car in black, for sure.
+dougeroo1 Yes they did!
+Oliver Margetin Mine had a 2.08 OPEN rear in a DANA 60.
All HEMI and 440+6 cars with 4 speeds did. You had to get one of the "mandatory option" Dana axles, a Track Pak (3.54) or you could go up to a Super Track Pak (4.10) Dana rear end. If you bought an automatic car without one of the Trac Paks you got an 8-3/4 Sure-Grip rear end.
That ratio was never a used in Dana axles in Mopars and they were all Sure-Grip.
Nicholas Maher No DOUBT you are correct. My car was ordered as VIP / parade duties for Indy 500 by an Indiana dealership.
I put MINE in from a Base '70 Challenger convertible six / three speed manual car. It was JUST a redrilled ring gear, LIGHTER, and I was NOT drag racing it . . .just creeping up on speeds on desert flight lines, access roads in / near Southern Cal, Yuma, Arizona...29 Palms, parts of New Mexico known by numbers, Vegas.
It lasted maybe five years at speed. Then I used a FRANKLIN QUICKCHANGE, I could just flip the gear set at a track, after driving there.
Buddy had one of these, used to race him in my 1979 z 28 camero which had a 450 in it. Back in the 80s
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
Rightly said ,Bad to the bone
approved by Dom Torretto !!!
what's that orange light on the dash next to the ash tray for?
On four-speed Mopars, 71-74 B-bodies and I believe the E-bodies as well had small orange "REVERSE" lights on the lower part of the dash between the ash tray and the glove box. The function of this small light was to warn you when you shifted into reverse as the reverse is next to first in the Mopar gearbox. Pretty embarrassing when you're ready to drag race someone at a set of lights thinking that you're in first gear only to learn the hard way that you're actually in reverse! The small light on the dash helped to prevent that from happening. There were also seat belt options in which the same light and housing were used but instead of "REVERSE" the light read "SEAT BELTS" indicating that front seat belts had not been fastened. I parted out a 74 Charger Rallye 400-4bbl four speed car that had BOTH the "REVERSE" light and the "SEAT BELTS" lights side-by-side on the dash. The only B-body that I have ever seen that was so equipted. I still have that dash.
Reverse
Can you do show with that purple hemi race hood is there car it came from. thanks
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.
Hemi Stripe over the ruff
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.
gold inside?JAJAJAJA YEAH SURE...GOOOLD
Dude you sound almost exactly like Nicholas Cage.
Yeah all that weight you would need a hemi to get any decent E.T. out of it ,and a 4spd 4:10 you couldnt get a 120mph out of it in a quarter mile dropped from a airplane lol
114 mph
The interior looks pea-green, to me.
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 🤔
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.
Wonder if any of them
Still exist.. 🤔