Vehicle Description
1970 Plymouth Road Runner - Matching numbers V-code 440 6 BBL
engine - Frame-off restoration to factory, original condition -
Functional Air Grabber hood - 4-speed manual transmission with
Pistol Grip - Track Pack Dana with 3.54 gear ratio - Previously
owned by Alfred Cook of Goodyear from 1986 to 1999 - Interior is
the Decor Package which was rare for this model car - Lemon Twist
Paint - Restoration was completed by the Richard Janosik family who
purchased the car from Alfred Cook of Goodyear - Finished 3rd at
the Mopar Nationals - Featured in Muscle Car Enthusiast Magazine in
May of 2005 - Recently serviced (Please note: If you happen to be
viewing this 1970 Plymouth Road Runner on a website other than our
Garage Kept Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen some
of our many photographs of the car due to third-party website
limitations. To be sure you access all the more than 150
photographs, as well as a short start-up and walk-around video,
please go to our main website: Garage Kept Motors.) Plymouth Road
Runner: lightweight, cheap muscle - Allpar (Mopar-enthusiast)
website The Pontiac GTO may have started the muscle car wars, but
Chrysler upped the ante with the Road Runner. The Allpar website
continued: The Plymouth Roadrunner was a first in American
automotive history: a high-power, but budget-priced muscle car,
with light weight and strong engines. They were based on the
mid-sized 'B-body' car (Belvedere/Satellite), but were lighter and
cheaper. To get the maximum performance at the lowest cost, the
Roadrunner slashed non-performance amenities.... Offered here in
rare Lemon Twist over black is a historically significant, well
documented, fully restored, 440-cubic-inch, V Code Six Barrel Road
Runner in superb condition. At 70,625 miles-fewer than 1,400 miles
per-year on average-this rotisserie-restored Plymouth performance
legend has been lightly used and treated with the respect it
deserves throughout its entire half-century life, up to and
including its recent servicing in preparation for sale. Few cars
represent American Muscle any better. This special (and specially
equipped) Road Runner was built in November 1969 and owned by
Alfred Cook of GoodYear Tire & Rubber from 1986 to 1999 when it was
sold to Richard Janosik. His family commissioned the full,
rotisserie restoration. The car has competed at the Mopar Nationals
finishing third and was profiled in the May 2005 issue of Muscle
Car Enthusiast magazine. The Road Runner's Lemon Twist paint finish
is virtually perfect across the entire Belvedere 2-door-hardtop
body (including under the hood and trunk), here with the added
allure of the Air Grabber intake hood. The simplicity of the
overall bodywork-free of some of the graphic excesses and extensive
blackout trim of later versions-makes for a pure representation of
the original Road Runner aesthetic. Still, Mopar aficionados won't
mistake this for anything but the performance over-achiever it is.
The 440+6-identification on the hood bulges, the road runner
graphic on the rear-fender air scoops, and the small road runner
emblem on the rear-deck make that pretty clear. (To best assess the
quality of the paint and trim finishes, be sure to view the
close-up photographs of the car in the accompanying gallery.) The
car's chrome bumpers and body trim is all in as-new condition free
of patina. There is no damage whatsoever to the sheet metal. Cabin
glass and all lighting lenses are similarly perfect. Factory
original silver-painted steel wheels with trim rings are mounted
with period-correct GoodYear® PolyGlas raised-white-letter tires.
Inside, the straightforward, unobtrusive muscle-car aesthetic
continues with smooth-finish black vinyl panels covering the seats,
split-front and rear bench. (The flair provided by the white stripe
trim on the seats is part of the rare and optional interior décor
group.) Black carpeting and dash are similarly restrained.
Instrumentation includes
