Hope to see you on the ave, would like to hear how it sounds.
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Hope to see you on the ave, would like to hear how it sounds.
Awesome Tony, I'll have to come by and check it out.
Love it, congrats on completing an amazing project with your pops
Bad Ass!
This car is EPIC!!!!!!! Awesome story, too bad your uncle's didn't keep theirs :(
Beautiful car Wicked! Green is the fastest colour from what I hear. ;) Love to see it one day. Nothing like a classic muscle car.
absolutely love it
That car is just plain sick
Thanks.....I'm thinking of adding the factory type Matte Black stripes on the hood maybe next year. I will research it during the winter and decide.
My dad never had them when the car was new but we both like them and they just seem to just suit the car.
I would do them to factory specs/material. They partially covered the top of the fenders and cowl so they were very wide.
One of my uncles had a Yellow 69 Runner....and in the early 70s his future father law told him if he wanted to marry his daughter he must sell the car first so he did.
The glove box full of tickets was the main reason.
He and his son now have a 69 Runner they bought about 10 years ago in the Nobleton area.
Woodward trip was a great time....sooooo many different kinds of vehicles and some really cool rare stuff.
I was really impressed with the show Dodge and Roadkill put on. They even did the famous 3 way tug of war strapping the Viper, Challenger and Charger together. I thought a car caught fire with all the smoke until I realized what they were doing.
The Runner was a big hit there and I could tell my dad enjoyed telling the story about his car to all.
My only complaint was we didn't have enough time so next year we are doing 3 nights 4 days.
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Tony, was your RR sitting on the crest of a small hill along Woodward around 13 mile? If it wasn't yours there was a replica of yours with Centrelines as well.
I also agree the Dodge Pavilion was beyond epic. I scored a couple epic t-shirts and the vibe there was pretty awesome. Didn't realize Chally's have 11 different levels of trim!
So glad that I only do Mustang Alley for like an hour and starting to see other parts of the event. Can only do a couple things every year. Last year I did Chevrolet, but this year I saw Chev and GM performance had two displays but didn't make it there, was too hot. Roush has displays, so do sooo many others that I'd like to see eventually. Just hard to move around.
[QUOTE=Darkhorse;125184]Tony, was your RR sitting on the crest of a small hill along Woodward around 13 mile? If it wasn't yours there was a replica of yours with Centrelines as well.
Yes, that was us parked there.
We stopped 3-4 times along Woodward Ave on Saturday to walk around and sit near the strip to just take it in.
We had chairs and a cooler with water in it so all we seeked was shade at times.
Couple small changes for the RR this year so far.
We lowered the rear more and swapped to an aluminum rad/electric fan to deal with the Woodward stop and go traffic.
My parents have been hitting all the cruise nights in the Peterborough surrounding area this year and really enjoying it :)
I'll take some more pictures once I get it all cleaned up for Woodward.
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sweet, love those cars.
Hell yes it is.
Awesome car!!!
Updated some pics at the start of the thread to keep it alive.
Not much news/changes to the car...it's only been driven about 5km this year and with my dad on vacation it won't see many more unless I can find the time to take it for a cruise and actually take some decent pics of it.
With the roller coaster of weather we've seen this year, hearing lots of folks (including me) have put little to no miles on.
Car is beautiful.
I usually put about 10K on a season and I'm +8K from where I started in the beginning of May, so I'd say I'm pretty much right in line with last year.
The plan was to put a few kms on it today after washing it but the rain prevented that from happening.
I love the rear of this car! I think it's the angled tails and exhaust shape/tips.
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My cousin just finished his complete resto of his 69 road runner and thought I would share some pics from Motorama 2019:
He purchased it with his father in 2005 and decided he was going to do a full resto on it last year.
It’s a 383 4spd car also but from the U.S with A/C in F8 green.
I can’t wait to do some cruising together and get some pics with both cars.
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https://i.postimg.cc/qvsdTdh4/D42-CD...017-DE2-A2.pngclosest huntington bank to this location
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Not much new with my dads Runner this year….he drove it twice and I drove it once.
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However my cousin did some wrenching on his and had the car polished and added the factory pinstripe.
He’s all about it looking original and period correct. Beautiful car!
I’m thinking Pro Touring personally for ours one day.
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Great story/pics.....Mopars forever.
the family car when I was a tyke was a 6 banger auto Coronet. I remember my father fishtailing it back and forth on a deserted stretch one snowy 70's winter. My brother and I cheering in the back, my mother clucking in the passenger seat and my father chuckling as he swung it back and forth.
Oh the memories….
I can remember being a kid (early 80s) in the back seat with my grandfather and my dad driving with my grandmother up front.
Anytime someone would attempt to pass him my grandmother would say in Italian “Don’t let him pass you”.
My dad would drop from 4th to 3rd and disappear…they always got the hit…I don’t remember him ever losing a roll race lol.
My grandfather and I would just chuckle in the rear.
That was one of the primary reasons my dad bought a B-body in 1969….his parents were both in Canada (Toronto) and didn’t drive and he would have to drive them around. He wanted a 2dr and the Runner was bigger, more comfortable and easier to get into the rear seat VS a Mustang or Camaro.
Another memory I’ll share is when my dad would occasionally drop my sister and I off at elementary school.
I would get out of that front seat feeling like a rock star trying not to smile but wanting everyone to see lol.
I realized at a very young age my dad had a cooler car VS nearly everyone else!