Love that option! Always wondered about the cost of the complete Air Grabber set up. Are you kidding me...including the optional hood, less than $70.00 back in the day? OMG...an engineering masterpiece; simple, effective, and maybe a bit intimidating to others when activating for purpose. That engineer/designer deserves a gold Pentastar!
Remember, it's all relative to cost back then. If you were buying a Road Runner, you were looking for (typically) a bargain muscle car, so add-ons got expensive. The Pontiac produced 400 CID V8 in my 1979 Trans Am was a $90 option which even in 1979 wasn't all that much, but it's $390 and change today. Back in 1970, the average person probably made $9,870 a year, so a car costing a couple of grand could eat up your income quickly, and it was a relief to pay this car off circa 1973-1974. By then, these cars had fallen out of favor with some folks as the gas crisis made them expensive to fill up. Some were traded in and languished until their value rebounded.
My favorite Mopar - the 440/6 with a 4 speed in a two door sedan. Maybe not as sexy as the hardtop, but a little lighter and stronger. So much to love about this one! Thank you as always High Octane Classics and Mr Magnante ~ Chuck
Hi 👋 Steve nice Yellow Roadrunner 💛 I remember these cars new as a boy Thankyou for the History of this fine Car Your Self and car Looking like New 🙂 Beep Beep ! 💨
Oh my Steve , I had an opportunity in my youth to buy that car or one like it. pretty awesome. thanks for your videos I hope you're doing well with your health sir.😊
Yeah Steve, looking more and more like yourself and we thank GOD for answered prayer! Beautiful 'Runner but only ONE thing missing - the renown 'Pentastar' on the lower passenger side front fender - EASY fix though.
My dad called the road runners 2 door taxi cabs because they had heavy duty parts from the taxi cab as well as cheap vinyl seats + rubber floor mats instead of carpet
My father bought a brand new 70 Roadrunner Basiic 383 with a 3 speed standard trans for $2,495 at Rosenstock Chrysler Plymouth in Houston Texas. Radio delete, rubber flooring, Dog dish hubcaps. I bought the car from him. The rearend was a 11 Bolt single pull, non posi. Geared very High. The car was a promo sales car. 70mph in 1st, 120 mph in 2nd, and it pegged the speedometer at 150 in 3rd. The dealership tried to take the rearend out. My father said no way. He never took it back. Did his own work on the car from that point.they only made 584 Hard Tops like his with a 3 speed standard trans. They Buit 1330 Coupes with the 3 speed. Same pop out rear windows. Glad your still doing what you love Steve. Long Live MA Mopar
I think this was originally an automatic car, because sales code "D32" shown on the fender tag is for a heavy duty automatic transmission. Sales code "D21" is for a four-speed manual transmission. Also it had a console originally according to the tag. Yes, 1970 model year with the VIN for the win: R for Belvedere/Satellite line, M for Medium price class, 21 for two door sedan coupe, V for 440 CID V8 with three two barrel carburetors, aka "Packing Some Power", 0 for 1970 model year, E for Los Angeles, CA assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Los Angeles assembly plant, aka Maywood Assembly closed in 1971. We got the tag, we can brag: V21 for Performance Hood treatment, V8X for Black transverse stripes, 26 for 26" radiator, END for end of sales codes, N85 for tachometer, possible N95 for emission control, N96 for fresh air hood, N97 for noise reduction package, R11 for AM radio, 2 watt, J25 for three speed wipers, J45 for hood tie down pins, H41 for heater with upper level vent, N41 for dual exhaust, N42 for chrome exhaust tips, FY1 for Lemon Twist exterior paint, A32 for Super Performance Pack with 4.10 rear end ratio, A87 for Road Runner decor package, C16 for console with woodgrain panel, C55 for bucket seats, TX9 for Black trim, E87 for 440 CID V8 with three two barrel carburetors, high performance, 0507 for Thursday May 7, 1970 scheduled production, and D32 comes back to a heavy duty automatic transmission, so the manual transmission was likely a swap in at some point in the vehicle's life. There are some other codes, but the tag is a bit tough to read.
Excellent knowledge review! 😁 I really like these cars with a stick. I used to walk away from buying anything back then with an automatic. Nowadays though, the automatics are pretty good with deep 1rst gears.
Nice catch. The code right before C16 is B51. That's for power brakes, as in power drum brakes, front and rear. Steve said this one has power disc brakes up front. The code for that is B42.
@@RaceCar21, Man, you two guys really know your MOPARS! I drove and raced most all these back in the 60's. I could have bought a new one then for 5K. But I couldn't afford one until about 1972. Today they are really expensive.....😁. The GM cool aide ran strong in my veins in those days. I always loved the 440 & 340 though!
@@kensnyder2340 I had some help from the internet, but I did own a '69 GTX for 22 years. It had some of the same fender tag codes as this one. My GTX was a 440 auto with a/c.
I had a 69' RR. The problem with the A and B body mopars from the 60s and 70s is they would lose the ride at 80 or 90k miles, the steering would get sloppy and the bushing and chassis would just give it a hard sloppy ride even with new shocks.
The first car I ever drove when I was 14 years old (1969) was my father's blue 1968 Plymouth Road Runner 383 for barrel... they'll teach him to leave his keys at home when he goes on vacation
Steve, if you ever get a chance to compare the Roadrunner Horn with a military M-113 A3 APC HORN, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IM A FORMER SUPERBIRD OWNER. AN WAS A MILITARY TECHNICAL EXPERT AND INSPECTOR. THE HORN DESIGN IS VERY CLOSE. SAME SOUND
Car as toy. I remember this well, I am an old guy. Poor handling, too much weight in the front. Braking Produced axle hop because of the leaf springs. Typical unfortunate Mopar quality control. Great acceleration for a huge car. Delighted to see it restored for future generations to see what we young people went goofy over back in 1970.
Good to see you again, Steve!
Great to see you getting your strength back Steve keep on going
Steve is the best in the business, NO ONE is more knowledgeable about cars and car history..
he's reading off of CUE CARDS that are pre-written for him - he's a SALESMAN !!
Original owner ordered all the right options. Great job Steve!
Steve is back!!!!!!!!! You sound awesome!
Love that option! Always wondered about the cost of the complete Air Grabber set up. Are you kidding me...including the optional hood, less than $70.00 back in the day? OMG...an engineering masterpiece; simple, effective, and maybe a bit intimidating to others when activating for purpose. That engineer/designer deserves a gold Pentastar!
Remember, it's all relative to cost back then. If you were buying a Road Runner, you were looking for (typically) a bargain muscle car, so add-ons got expensive. The Pontiac produced 400 CID V8 in my 1979 Trans Am was a $90 option which even in 1979 wasn't all that much, but it's $390 and change today.
Back in 1970, the average person probably made $9,870 a year, so a car costing a couple of grand could eat up your income quickly, and it was a relief to pay this car off circa 1973-1974. By then, these cars had fallen out of favor with some folks as the gas crisis made them expensive to fill up. Some were traded in and languished until their value rebounded.
Looking Good Steve! Thanks again High Octane Classics!
Love Stripped plain Jane Roadrunners.
Go Mags!
My favorite Mopar - the 440/6 with a 4 speed in a two door sedan. Maybe not as sexy as the hardtop, but a little lighter and stronger. So much to love about this one! Thank you as always High Octane Classics and Mr Magnante ~ Chuck
That car is perfect in every way ! Meep meep Steve !
Love the 71 Roadrunner with the 6 barrel. Happy to see your still at it.
Hi 👋 Steve nice Yellow Roadrunner 💛 I remember these cars new as a boy Thankyou for the History of this fine Car Your Self and car Looking like New 🙂 Beep Beep ! 💨
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍. Professor Steve is holding class inside 🎓🍎✏️📐📓 love these cars ! Very informative & interesting 👀😎👍 Looking good Professor !
Wow, the perfect car! Great job Steve!
Oh my Steve , I had an opportunity in my youth to buy that car or one like it. pretty awesome. thanks for your videos I hope you're doing well with your health sir.😊
Awesome Road Runner. I liked the Coyote Duster decal on the air cleaner of the previous years. Thanks for sharing it Steve. Take care! 🙏🏼
Yeah Steve, looking more and more like yourself and we thank GOD for answered prayer! Beautiful 'Runner but only ONE thing missing - the renown 'Pentastar' on the lower passenger side front fender - EASY fix though.
Sweet and a real hot muscle car.
My all time favorite muscle car
Thank you for another interesting and informative video Steve!
Looks like you're doing well, Steve.
Thank you Steve!👍
Mister Magnante is the MAN!
Thanks for the Knowledge 🤙🏻
Great see ya Steve. Stay well
Good to see you Steve!!
never have been a fan of yellow cars, but it suits that car very well. That's a lovely shade of yellow.
Great vid, Super nice 1970 RR
My dad called the road runners 2 door taxi cabs because they had heavy duty parts from the taxi cab as well as cheap vinyl seats + rubber floor mats instead of carpet
great video Steve
My father bought a brand new 70 Roadrunner Basiic 383 with a 3 speed standard trans for $2,495 at Rosenstock Chrysler Plymouth in Houston Texas. Radio delete, rubber flooring, Dog dish hubcaps. I bought the car from him. The rearend was a 11 Bolt single pull, non posi. Geared very High. The car was a promo sales car. 70mph in 1st, 120 mph in 2nd, and it pegged the speedometer at 150 in 3rd. The dealership tried to take the rearend out. My father said no way. He never took it back. Did his own work on the car from that point.they only made 584 Hard Tops like his with a 3 speed standard trans. They Buit 1330 Coupes with the 3 speed. Same pop out rear windows. Glad your still doing what you love Steve. Long Live MA Mopar
My best bud in high school got one of the first RoadRunners in Atlanta. We thought we were the stuff, dem were the days.
Good to see you back, brother, educating us about these cars
Steve, you are looking and sounding great! And I love the Road Runner.
1970......I was 11 years old.....the Air Grabber was the coolest thing ever.
Some day I'll own a classic Road Runner
You'll have to win the lottery first, but I get you.
Thank you Steve. I have a 70 Roadrunner with 500 stroker. 727, bench seat and column shifter. 😄👍
Awesome video, thank you sir ! 👍👍 I used to have a 70 R.R. , with the 383/ auto, black vinyl roof, yellow with the black striping.
I think this was originally an automatic car, because sales code "D32" shown on the fender tag is for a heavy duty automatic transmission. Sales code "D21" is for a four-speed manual transmission. Also it had a console originally according to the tag.
Yes, 1970 model year with the VIN for the win: R for Belvedere/Satellite line, M for Medium price class, 21 for two door sedan coupe, V for 440 CID V8 with three two barrel carburetors, aka "Packing Some Power", 0 for 1970 model year, E for Los Angeles, CA assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Los Angeles assembly plant, aka Maywood Assembly closed in 1971.
We got the tag, we can brag: V21 for Performance Hood treatment, V8X for Black transverse stripes, 26 for 26" radiator, END for end of sales codes, N85 for tachometer, possible N95 for emission control, N96 for fresh air hood, N97 for noise reduction package, R11 for AM radio, 2 watt, J25 for three speed wipers, J45 for hood tie down pins, H41 for heater with upper level vent, N41 for dual exhaust, N42 for chrome exhaust tips, FY1 for Lemon Twist exterior paint, A32 for Super Performance Pack with 4.10 rear end ratio, A87 for Road Runner decor package, C16 for console with woodgrain panel, C55 for bucket seats, TX9 for Black trim, E87 for 440 CID V8 with three two barrel carburetors, high performance, 0507 for Thursday May 7, 1970 scheduled production, and D32 comes back to a heavy duty automatic transmission, so the manual transmission was likely a swap in at some point in the vehicle's life. There are some other codes, but the tag is a bit tough to read.
Excellent knowledge review! 😁 I really like these cars with a stick. I used to walk away from buying anything back then with an automatic. Nowadays though, the automatics are pretty good with deep 1rst gears.
@kensnyder2340 Nothing like a stick in these older cars.
Nice catch. The code right before C16 is B51. That's for power brakes, as in power drum brakes, front and rear. Steve said this one has power disc brakes up front. The code for that is B42.
@@RaceCar21, Man, you two guys really know your MOPARS! I drove and raced most all these back in the 60's. I could have bought a new one then for 5K. But I couldn't afford one until about 1972. Today they are really expensive.....😁. The GM cool aide ran strong in my veins in those days. I always loved the 440 & 340 though!
@@kensnyder2340 I had some help from the internet, but I did own a '69 GTX for 22 years. It had some of the same fender tag codes as this one. My GTX was a 440 auto with a/c.
Looking good Steve! Hope to see you back in the auction world!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so happy to see you. Stay active my friend.
My first car. 383 column shifted auto. Red with black vinyl top and black interior. Paid $700 for it in 1975.
Great to see you Steve
Hope all is well
Had a 383 70 'Runner in high school. Kept the corners straight and dirty side down 😃
Thank you Steve
THANKS STEVE
A wealth of information.
Crazy Plymouth would go with a hulking cast iron intake when they had a aluminum equivalent to choose from.
I had the 70 RR, 383, same 4 spd shifter.... AWESOME car. Best I ever had, bench seat though.
When I was in Vietnam I painted Coyote Duster on the barrel of our 105 howitzer.
my 1970 road runner 440+6 had an Edelbrock aluminum manifold
Curious as to what the steel pipe is inside the trunk on the right behind the wheel well. Fuel neck is under the licence plate, so it's not that...
Beautiful piece! Set up nicely. Just needs a 4.10 rear end gear to perform, IMHO...
I believe it had that originally according to the fender tag codes.
Hey curious. If you set it up with that in the rear end, would that bring down the top speed tremendously? Like up to 105-110mph?
@@manher4335 yes, will reduce top speed, but had L60/15 rear tires, back in the day, which are tall. Could still drive the highway.
@@marksanzone4948 Ah ok. But if you could estimate, about how much of a top speed you think it'll have with the 4:10? Thanks for the feedback.
@@manher4335 just estimating your numbers may be close. Sorry can't be more exact.
I had a 69' RR. The problem with the A and B body mopars from the 60s and 70s is they would lose the ride at 80 or 90k miles, the steering would get sloppy and the bushing and chassis would just give it a hard sloppy ride even with new shocks.
I'm old enough to remember them driving around. I always thought the wheels looked cheep. But liked the starter cranking on Dodge vehicles
The first car I ever drove when I was 14 years old (1969) was my father's blue 1968 Plymouth Road Runner 383 for barrel... they'll teach him to leave his keys at home when he goes on vacation
Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome the Steveness!
Perfect example of a less is more muscle car.
My first car was a 68 Satellite.
273 automatic.
Commenting for the algorithm, and because I want to make sure Steve gets paid.
I hope that AMX is next!!
Mopar or no car, isn't that right Steve!!!!~~ Heal up my brother, your looking great!!!!~~
Mopar or nocar , nice to see bucket seats and not a bench seat.
Freakin beautiful
Me wants!
If I owned this car I'd have to build an altar for it.
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The pistol grip shifter came before 1970?
No, introduced with the 1970 models.
Steve, if you ever get a chance to compare the Roadrunner Horn with a military M-113 A3 APC HORN, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IM A FORMER SUPERBIRD OWNER. AN WAS A MILITARY TECHNICAL EXPERT AND INSPECTOR. THE HORN DESIGN IS VERY CLOSE. SAME SOUND
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Tidy
I called high octane twice to do a build refresh on my nova and no one ever called back.
Car as toy. I remember this well, I am an old guy. Poor handling, too much weight in the front. Braking Produced axle hop because of the leaf springs. Typical unfortunate Mopar quality control. Great acceleration for a huge car. Delighted to see it restored for future generations to see what we young people went goofy over back in 1970.
"Over-restored" cars are nice to look at but.....
Enough with the beep beep.
Meep meep 😂
@@diegohorton869 WTFE
A gorgeous runner , really no a tráiler queen . A Big bad Mopar 👍🏼 , the price 80k ?