That's a Satelite NOT a Roadrunner!!! Wrong dash Wrong hood Blinker indicators on finders Run the tag#'s and you will see, can't believe car guys like yourselves don't know this???
Looking forward to this one. My first car was a 68 Roadrunner bought when I was 15. One day I left it on the side of the road with a bad fuel pump, too late to hit a parts store and too poor to afford a tow (insurance and gas aren't cheap). Bought the pump next morning only to find the car gone! Found it nearby on a forest service road, stripped and set on fire. After 37 years with the USAF, I'm priced out of the market for a replacement. You never forget your first 😉.
Wow!! I was reading 📚 your story about how your car 🚗 got stolen and it reminded me of my father's 68 Super Bee 🐝. He parked it in an apartment complex in Laural MD over night 🌙 when he drove for Trailways. Next morning someone had stolen the hood off it. Darn Thieves. Should be public hung and castrated. This was back in the early 70s. He was devastated 😢💔.
@@barrybaker924 I had to work another year to buy my next car, a 67 Chevelle SS. That was 1976 and I was young and stupid enough to wrap that one around a light pole. Those first two cars together would be 100K+ these days. Much regret. 🥲
Buy a mig welder and start practicing. Then find you a decent project roadrunner and get started. It'll part of your journey and a better ending to you first car story. Good luck
I love to always expand my car knowledge in the muscle industry. Cool to see all the suspension redone. I have a 66 c10 fleetside I’m putting money back to rebuild.
It was years before they started using torsion bars on 4 x 4 pickups. Previously they had been used on tanks and surprisingly on sports cars like Porsche's. And they do handle like a sports car. Torsion bars have far less harmonic issues than any coil spring.
Always a personal choice but I do hate skinny front wheels, especially on a road car. Some nice 6-7inchers on the front would have given it a much meaner, purposeful looking front end.
I like the build, only confused because Tommy mentioned the front coilovers were drag racing style, then said they needed a front sway bar for handling on the highway, then put skinny tires on the front. Seems all over the place, but it's a sweet looking build!
I’d say perfect timing for this build. I’m going to pick up a 69 satellite after work today. Will definitely look into this suspension setup down the road after she’s road worthy.
I remember this car from Stevens, I remember the HEMI from the burnt engine rebuild and the build of it. Now then, these two are to get married. Cool. Love it.
Sometimes I wish I didn't spend so much money on the paint for my '76 TA. I'm afraid to race it, which is bad, because I feel like all musclecars should be driven like they were stolen. Two thumbs up!
Also looking forward to this build. It would be nice however to see a video of the rear suspension installation and what's required converting from leaf springs to the four-way link, please!
69 Road Runner has always been one of my favorite cars. Really looking forward to this build. Except I am not overly impressed with the front tire choice, too narrow.
I agree the narrow tires are good for the 1/4 mile track but on the streets man ever crack or uneven surface on the road it will pull the car ever which way.
I do like the RMS kit , however , you can upgrade the stock torsion bar style suspension. Qa1 makes a tubular k frame ,control arms , adjustable strut rods …etc…. I guess my point of this comment is that the stock suspension wasn’t total garbage. Mopars we’re going 200 mph at talladega before the RMS suspension was available. Cool build though 👍🏻👍🏻
Oh man, I love this project. I just wish it was a little longer. 20min is just a tease. If you could please make the next one a little longer, like 2hrs LOL thanks guys either way I’ll be waiting for the bell for the next one.👍🏻
Mustang 2 style up front and what looks like a triangulated 4 link similar to a Foxbody in the rear. Coil overs on all four corners, I like where this is going.
That's going to be one great resto-mod can't wait to see the finished project if it's anything like your last few projects . Best Wishes and Thanks for all Your hard work . 🇺🇲🇵🇷🦊👍
I would sure like to see you boys go with the original orange......in '69 I was on my way to buy one just like it and another fella beat me out of it. Some days if a fella didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have any at all. Tom
I would not paint it at all just build it and drive the living daylights out of it. I love it and love the turn signal's on the fenders you don't see too many Road Runners with that option I see them more on the Satellites but some Road Runners and GTX came with them.
Show me a 4x4 truck with torsion bar suspension back in the 60's even the 70's but there are not none because trucks did not use them until the 90's Torsion bar was good for the times better then the old spring ride of the GM and Fords of the era
Would be nice if all these shows would quit lying and say it's for better handling and such. It's about showing what's out there to those so inclined to swap out factory parts. There's really good oem based parts out there that will let you carve corners and stop just as good or better than any design the aftermarket has come up with and not break like spindles and brakes for a 2000lb car on a 3500lb car with way more tire/ grip . Weight and header clearance are your only real advantages over OEM designed suspension. Torsion bars have huge advantages over any type of coil or leaf. And a leaf rear is pretty tough to beat unless your going full independent for corners or a true straight bar 4 link with track bars.
It looks so completely strange to see those parts just come right off like that. Up here in the "Tip of the mitt" cars like that don't even exist anymore, except for the trailer queens.
For the coterpin I bend one tab over like you did then the other one gets wrapped around to the next opening and pushed in to lock the nut in and fight against loosing. Just like you would if you were using witness wire on multiple nuts
I would have liked to known the difference in weight of the two front suspension setups. This one from Riley and the one from Magnum Force stick out the bottom, and it doesn't look good to me. I still prefer the original K member but beefed up with the plates available from Firm Feel. Oh yeah, and Porsches used torsion bars for decades.
I am not 100% certain but that appears to be a Satellite. Hood is wrong(might have been replaced) and fender turn signals to the best of my knowledge were Satellite only. I owned a 68 and a 72 RR. Awesome cars, Good luck with this one
@@stephenjenkins9599 I guess You missed My point. I have been Racing Mopars since the 80's. The Leaf Spring Suspension works just fine, but they ditched it for GM style suspension. The torsion Bar suspension is easy to adjust an works good for Drag Racing. But they changed it all out just to sell parts.
The best of the best at it again building the best of the best. Good ol boy tommy, don't get no better than that. He could probably do this in his sleep. Lol keepemcoming
@@johntotten4872 Has to be a parts cross-over issue during a model year change because I've seen 69 RR's with the chrome directional indicator on top the fenders, some had the round side markers and others had rectangle.
How do you prevent frame rails from rust rotting from the inside out? Those front hub bearings, what's the torque sequence for preloading those and the hub runout spec?
Love watching these videos and all the amazing work these guys do but those rims on a legendary car like this should be illegal... but that ain't going to stop me from watchin these videos. Some things I can just use my imagination for.
Tear it all down, and not hit the rust with some rust converter and a quick shot of paint? This won't be a show car, but come on - never a better chance to do the right thing.
They and other shows think its cool to put shiny expensive parts on greasy, crusty underbodies. They'll spend 30 grand on parts and nothing on cleaning. Disgustipating.
Nice u guys do nice build's Nice projects I like to restore classic cars I have a 1971sport custom f100 302 original unrestored short bed maybe will be nice for your next project
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That's a Satelite NOT a Roadrunner!!!
Wrong dash
Wrong hood
Blinker indicators on finders
Run the tag#'s and you will see, can't believe car guys like yourselves don't know this???
Whatever Powernation is paying Tommy, it's not enough. He makes the show! Definitely looking forward to this build.
Wish they'd ditch the goobered pretty boys from Carcass and give the money to Tommy. Hell, ditch that show altogether...
Tommy needs to stop with the trying to be funny thing because its not working.
I’m sure he makes good money he’s an original. The Carcass show is one of the better ones now
His “accent” sounds forced. But either way I’d rather watch him than the other guys. There is one with goofy hair coming out his backwards hat 🤡
@@ManoloSeFue that’s his normal voice
Looking forward to this one. My first car was a 68 Roadrunner bought when I was 15. One day I left it on the side of the road with a bad fuel pump, too late to hit a parts store and too poor to afford a tow (insurance and gas aren't cheap). Bought the pump next morning only to find the car gone! Found it nearby on a forest service road, stripped and set on fire. After 37 years with the USAF, I'm priced out of the market for a replacement. You never forget your first 😉.
Nice I’m 14 and I bought a 1975 f100 and I’m fixing it up I love the old cars
Wow!! I was reading 📚 your story about how your car 🚗 got stolen and it reminded me of my father's 68 Super Bee 🐝. He parked it in an apartment complex in Laural MD over night 🌙 when he drove for Trailways. Next morning someone had stolen the hood off it. Darn Thieves. Should be public hung and castrated. This was back in the early 70s. He was devastated 😢💔.
@@barrybaker924 I had to work another year to buy my next car, a 67 Chevelle SS. That was 1976 and I was young and stupid enough to wrap that one around a light pole. Those first two cars together would be 100K+ these days. Much regret. 🥲
I'm sure it makes you sick 😷 to your stomach now a day. High dollar 💵 cars 🚗.
Buy a mig welder and start practicing. Then find you a decent project roadrunner and get started. It'll part of your journey and a better ending to you first car story. Good luck
Gonna be interesting to see this. Lord must be nice having a near unlimited budget to do these builds.
I love to always expand my car knowledge in the muscle industry. Cool to see all the suspension redone. I have a 66 c10 fleetside I’m putting money back to rebuild.
It was years before they started using torsion bars on 4 x 4 pickups. Previously they had been used on tanks and surprisingly on sports cars like Porsche's. And they do handle like a sports car. Torsion bars have far less harmonic issues than any coil spring.
Always a personal choice but I do hate skinny front wheels, especially on a road car. Some nice 6-7inchers on the front would have given it a much meaner, purposeful looking front end.
I like the build, only confused because Tommy mentioned the front coilovers were drag racing style, then said they needed a front sway bar for handling on the highway, then put skinny tires on the front. Seems all over the place, but it's a sweet looking build!
I’d say perfect timing for this build. I’m going to pick up a 69 satellite after work today. Will definitely look into this suspension setup down the road after she’s road worthy.
Tommy makes this show. His personality, demeanor and knowledge make it work. Great show guys!
Man we really don't make cars as beautiful as we used to.
I missed these type of videos, definitely keeping up with this build !
My opinion is, Tommy and Marc are the dream team. I really enjoyed the shows with this both guys. 👍 Thanks
I had a 69 roadrunner in 78 , I was in high-school. Sold it in 81 , I was away in the Army. Wish I still had it.
I remember this car from Stevens, I remember the HEMI from the burnt engine rebuild and the build of it.
Now then, these two are to get married. Cool. Love it.
I wish these videos were longer to show the beginning to end.....either way I'm just happy we can still watch these shows
It's a series it's only part one, just wait a week or two and you should be good
Sometimes I wish I didn't spend so much money on the paint for my '76 TA. I'm afraid to race it, which is bad, because I feel like all musclecars should be driven like they were stolen. Two thumbs up!
Classic cars should be driven for enjoyment, and safe enough to keep doing so. You made the right choice.
Also looking forward to this build. It would be nice however to see a video of the rear suspension installation and what's required converting from leaf springs to the four-way link, please!
Awesome build I have a 69 roadrunner that looks alot like this car. Look forward to part 2
69 Road Runner has always been one of my favorite cars. Really looking forward to this build. Except I am not overly impressed with the front tire choice, too narrow.
I agree the narrow tires are good for the 1/4 mile track but on the streets man ever crack or uneven surface on the road it will pull the car ever which way.
Doesn’t want too spend “that kinda coin on paint” but already has 30,000 or more in the car😂
One of my favorite videos you've guys done..that drill with he swivel looks awesome......
*POWERNATION* Thanks for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
This car couldn't have been cheap to buy, its goddamn awesome and I cant wait to see it become amazing!!
I can watch these vids all day thanks mate
I do like the RMS kit , however , you can upgrade the stock torsion bar style suspension. Qa1 makes a tubular k frame ,control arms , adjustable strut rods …etc…. I guess my point of this comment is that the stock suspension wasn’t total garbage. Mopars we’re going 200 mph at talladega before the RMS suspension was available. Cool build though 👍🏻👍🏻
I like torsion bar suspension because they eliminate shock towers and thus leave more room in the engine bay
They are paid to put these parts on the cars. The show is a advertisement. they do a good job of it though.
Oh man, I love this project. I just wish it was a little longer. 20min is just a tease. If you could please make the next one a little longer, like 2hrs LOL thanks guys either way I’ll be waiting for the bell for the next one.👍🏻
All I got to say is MEEP MEEP should be a fun build.
I would like that suspension for my mopar
@@alfredopadronperez1318 Me too and the roadrunner to go along with it.
@@Gameman1977 is not a bad idea 😂
I have a 57 fury on my own with a 392 hemi inside
@@alfredopadronperez1318 NICE!!!
I think the Rusty Muscle Look is a cool way to go, can hardly wait to see the end result!
So... Your the one....
Tommy, glad you are back!
Enjoying this build so far!
Mustang 2 style up front and what looks like a triangulated 4 link similar to a Foxbody in the rear. Coil overs on all four corners, I like where this is going.
You guys are legends.
Oh that thing looks sweet and the ride height is perfect.
When 69 Road Runner has better floor pans than your 2002 Omega. 😭
That car is mint. Up north that would be rusted to the ground.
Great to see these boys keeping it good!
Where I’m from, I don’t even try on the leaf spring U bolts. I usually just cut them off. But there’s not much left by the time I get to them.
That's going to be one great resto-mod can't wait to see the finished project if it's anything like your last few projects . Best Wishes and Thanks for all
Your hard work . 🇺🇲🇵🇷🦊👍
Looks great, can’t wait til next episode
thats the original color for my 75 truck!! yeeee
Y’all should do a project on an el Camino
My dream true muscle car. I wouldn't even cared what it looked like just to have one would be a dream come true
Thank you!
I would sure like to see you boys go with the original orange......in '69 I was on my way to buy one just like it and another fella beat me out of it. Some days if a fella didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have any at all. Tom
I would not paint it at all just build it and drive the living daylights out of it. I love it and love the turn signal's on the fenders you don't see too many Road Runners with that option I see them more on the Satellites but some Road Runners and GTX came with them.
Show me a 4x4 truck with torsion bar suspension back in the 60's even the 70's but there are not none because trucks did not use them until the 90's Torsion bar was good for the times better then the old spring ride of the GM and Fords of the era
Would be nice if all these shows would quit lying and say it's for better handling and such. It's about showing what's out there to those so inclined to swap out factory parts. There's really good oem based parts out there that will let you carve corners and stop just as good or better than any design the aftermarket has come up with and not break like spindles and brakes for a 2000lb car on a 3500lb car with way more tire/ grip . Weight and header clearance are your only real advantages over OEM designed suspension. Torsion bars have huge advantages over any type of coil or leaf. And a leaf rear is pretty tough to beat unless your going full independent for corners or a true straight bar 4 link with track bars.
Man my dads 70 Plymouth road runner needs this kind of make over
MOPAR!!!!💪💪💪💪💪
Tommy you da man Benny Jeffreys Coober pedy south Australia 😎👍
It is surprising clean. Got lucky!
I sure hope the recycle them vintage factory pieces
'mopar isnt much to look at'
(rust free dentless donor car)
It looks so completely strange to see those parts just come right off like that. Up here in the "Tip of the mitt" cars like that don't even exist anymore, except for the trailer queens.
For the coterpin I bend one tab over like you did then the other one gets wrapped around to the next opening and pushed in to lock the nut in and fight against loosing. Just like you would if you were using witness wire on multiple nuts
Looking forward to how this build turns out. Had to sell my 69 rr during the divorce and have not got another to replace it.
You two should fight it out.
Thank God you didn't put the goofy ass 22 inch wheels on it with no side walls.
When did this originally air on television...
That K frame kit is almost five grand today with a 10 to 16 week wait...
Enjoyed!!!!!! 👍👍👍
Finally Tommy is back
Kind of a General Maham build, David Mike would be proud......
My pet peeve; all the new bit bolted to all that rusty metal! Come on, Tommy, you couldn't at LEAST clean and treat the underbody?
I would have liked to known the difference in weight of the two front suspension setups. This one from Riley and the one from Magnum Force stick out the bottom, and it doesn't look good to me. I still prefer the original K member but beefed up with the plates available from Firm Feel. Oh yeah, and Porsches used torsion bars for decades.
Just for fun... I'll guess 29# lighter net. They changed steering design, so gotta figure old box vs rack as part of the package.
@@flinch622 True, that box is heavy.
And the VW beetle, ever driven one with a swing axle in the wet,,,,
@@bigboreracing356 no you didn't... you lost because the other car was faster.. It's Science.
Gonna want to change the lug nuts to the open kind for the track.
18:15 Honestly there's no wrong way to bend a cotter pin.
Well,there probably are but you might have to work at it.😁
@@jamesstobinski6144 What's that supposed to mean? You think there is a wrong way to bend a cotter pin?
I am not 100% certain but that appears to be a Satellite. Hood is wrong(might have been replaced) and fender turn signals to the best of my knowledge were Satellite only. I owned a 68 and a 72 RR. Awesome cars, Good luck with this one
Fender turn signals were an option for 69 RR. I had a 69 and a 70, long ago.
@16:48, "We wanted to keep it all Mopar"
Then they ditch the Mopar suspension for coil overs.
I'm pretty sure they are talking about the drivetrain...plus there is nothing wrong with updating suspension that was engineered about 50 years ago.
@@stephenjenkins9599 I guess You missed My point. I have been Racing Mopars since the 80's.
The Leaf Spring Suspension works just fine, but they ditched it for GM style suspension.
The torsion Bar suspension is easy to adjust an works good for Drag Racing. But they changed it all out just to sell parts.
Ooohh..ok
Wish I could find a project car with such good bones as that car!
it's a RR that needs to stay original especially an original orange car. u should use a satellite if u want to hack it up. what a shame.
"I know this old Mopar isn't much to look at..". Um, that old Mopar would go for 15k in my area the way it sits about an hour after being posted.
AWESOME JOB!!
The best of the best at it again building the best of the best. Good ol boy tommy, don't get no better than that.
He could probably do this in his sleep. Lol keepemcoming
You should have seen it when it was new. Kind of looks like me… needing a few new parts and a paint job
With the turn signal lights mounted on the fenders and the featureless hood, it looks more like a 1968 Roadrunner...
I had a 69 and it actually had the turn signals on the fenders
68 rr had round side marker lights. 69 has rectangular. Iirc 68 had black and white rr sticker on dash and 69 had colorized one.
@@johntotten4872 Has to be a parts cross-over issue during a model year change because I've seen 69 RR's with the chrome directional indicator on top the fenders, some had the round side markers and others had rectangle.
Awesome channel
How do you prevent frame rails from rust rotting from the inside out? Those front hub bearings, what's the torque sequence for preloading those and the hub runout spec?
Love watching these videos and all the amazing work these guys do but those rims on a legendary car like this should be illegal... but that ain't going to stop me from watchin these videos. Some things I can just use my imagination for.
Givin some Mopar love! Hell yeah!
Here we freaking go.....big damn car money people messing up a perfectly good Roadrunner!!!!
I still don't know why the aftermarket hasn't moved on to hubs instead of spindles to give more wheel selections.
yes
The same model car as the one I was conceived inside, and learned to drive with
That sounds sexy as hell lol
it wouldn't hurt if you guys put some rust killing paint on the underside of that car. Putting new parts on a rusty chassis doesn't make sense.
Awesome!
Badass tires
Great looking car........
I’m building my 69 all day2 style the 70s streetmachine is the look I like
Massive brakes up front are useless with the skinny tires
Tear it all down, and not hit the rust with some rust converter and a quick shot of paint? This won't be a show car, but come on - never a better chance to do the right thing.
He said its all getting taken out again they wanted to see if it all fits together good first
I think that's actually Vitamin-C Orange. Still rare among road runners.
Leave it to Powernation to add easily $15K+ to a "budget" build lmao
Any chance you guys could do dry ice cleaning on the underbody?
They and other shows think its cool to put shiny expensive parts on greasy, crusty underbodies. They'll spend 30 grand on parts and nothing on cleaning. Disgustipating.
Nice u guys do nice build's
Nice projects I like to restore classic cars I have a 1971sport custom f100 302 original unrestored short bed maybe will be nice for your next project
Can the options and build sheet not be obtained using the vin? Seems a bit odd
I'm new to this channel I love stuff like this 😍 ❤ 💕 💖
parts they took off did they go bk to ted
love it ❤
good video