Meet the 1971 Plymouth Road Runner. The first year of the
wind-tunnel B-body with those Coke-bottle hips, peaked fenders, and
a stance that looks fast standing still. Dipped in blue over a
matching blue bucket-seat interior and trimmed with dual sport
mirrors and Magnum 500s, it nails the no-nonsense muscle-car brief:
loud, lean, and built to hustle. Slide into the console cockpit,
grab the floor shifter, hit the "beep-beep," and you're instantly
back in that golden moment when Plymouth turned cartoons into
quarter-mile cred.
Under the hood, the rev-happy 340ci small-block does what it does
best-snap to attention and pull clean to the top. An aluminum
Edelbrock intake and carb feed the little hammer while factory HP
manifolds and true dual exhaust let it bark with that crisp
small-block cadence. The 727 Torqueflite is the perfect wingman,
quick on the upshift and tougher than a junkyard dog, putting power
down the honest way.
Inside, it's all driver: bucket seats with console, floor shifter
right where your hand expects it, and a retro radio that keeps the
dash period-correct while sneaking in modern tunes. Manual steering
and 4-wheel drum brakes deliver that undiluted, road-feel
connection-exactly the kind of seat-of-the-pants feedback that made
these cars legends and keeps purists grinning.
'71 marked the all-new "fuselage" redesign for the Road Runner, and
the 340 cars have long been the connoisseur's pick. Lighter nose,
better balance, and a willingness to rev that big-block brutes just
can't match. With insurance companies and emissions turning the
screws in the early '70s, this model year stands as a last-call
snapshot of Mopar mischief: raw, rowdy, and increasingly scarce in
authentic spec.
If you want a Road Runner that looks right, sounds right, and
delivers that blue-collar, hammer-down experience, this
blue-on-blue 340/727 combo is your ticket. Fire it, feel it, and
let the duals sing, this is the kind of Mopar that turns every
errand into a victory lap.
Vehicle Options
- Dual Exhaust
- Retro Radio
- Manual Steering
- Manual Brakes
- HP manifolds
- Dual Sport Mirrors
- Bucket Seats w/ Console
- Edelbrock Aluminum Intake and Carburetor
- 4 wheel drum brakes
- 14 inch magnum 500 wheels
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