1969 Plymouth Road Runner Rotiss. Resto. Mod.

[jamesfreddys]

One Fun Ride

A few years back I started the restoration of a close personal friends 1969 Plymouth Road Runner. This restoration has great personal significance to me as I believe the '69 Road Runner to be the pinnacle muscle car then throw in modern luxuries and what's not to love.

The plan is to make it a triple black, dual quad cross ram Hemi, with TKO 600, Alterkation, Strange 60, Wilwood discs, Foose wheels...Lets get started.

We took the car to Redi-Strip Tempe and had the shell dipped.

We sand the metal down to shiny finish and give the metal a tooth for the epoxy primer to stick to.

Redi-Strip damaged the roof structure and the vinyl top destroyed the roof skin.

Couple small rust spots in the right quarter panel welded up and filled.

Replacing the factory lead and lead filling a couple dents in the lower right quarter and rocker.

I started making videos rather than photos somewhere along the way.
The first bodywork etc.

In this video we get the quarter panel off the car.

Time to weld the AMD panel on the Road Runner.

Little metal work getting ready for lead

Bodywork on the right Quarter

Bodywork and Primer on the right side.

Bodywork Down the Left Side.

Bodywork continues

Fixin' the side marker in the AMD

Primer, New Parts, and The Rotiss.

 

[detmatt1]

Welcome to the site, that will be one nice bird!.

 

[wannadrag]

:yes:

 

[jamesfreddys]

XV Motorsports Laser Cut Sub-frame Connectors and another Footage Compilation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31jJ5Q-z9mE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O20E2ISQXGc


Due to a bad economy we have taken a break on the project but we can expect to see some more progress in the future.

 

[jamesfreddys]

Couple Pics as our Project is near fully mocked up.

The Fabricator just Completed this Shaker Assembly for The Cross-Ram Dual Quad

This shaker assembly came out very nice a perfect fit.

Close up of the Foose Wheels

Looking forward to finishing up the few remaining body fitment issues and blocking this thing out for paint.

 

[jamesfreddys]

Couple detail pics of some cool interior details

Getting ready to get back at our bird's paint and body but we are finalizing a few details as we go. Starting off with a set off 2010 SRT-8 Challenger seats (2-door with fold forward backs) with the Road Runner embroidered into the seat backs.

He had the front and back seats done. Then the Road Runner engraved billet steering wheel.

We would like to finish fitting all the panels, bumpers and etc... soon while it sits on it's suspension. Then we can pull the car apart and start getting dirty again with the block sanding in preparation for paint.

 

[Sneke_Eyez]

Wow, those seats are awesome, especially with the embroidery, and the engraved steering wheel is a totally sweet idea!
The shaker setup looks really nice too, definitely not something you see on Bs.
I love restomod projects, its what I intend to do with my own 69 Coronet once funds allow, so I can certainly appreciate this project!

 

[jamesfreddys]

Gary and I hauled the Road Runner Down to Tucson Dodge Saturday for the Tucson Mopar Club's show and we had fun. Got tons of great compliments and comments, there was a crowd around the car all day long. I haven't had such a response bringing a car to a show like that before, I think people liked seeing it under construction.

Looking to order up some supplies this week and get started on the roof as it has been decided to paint it instead of replacing the vinyl top.

 

[63RedFury]

3 hood scoops ?

 

[ODSVET]

I was digging it until the hood, that's just not for me at all, but man what a sweet build otherwise ...

 

[rileys68plymouth]

I was digging it until the hood, that's just not for me at all, but man what a sweet build otherwise ...

x2...that scoop just isnt doing it (maybe that scoop on a satellite hood?) , but hey if the owner likes it thats all that matters! Very nice project otherwise

 

[Bens69PlymouthSatellite]

I like the idea of something a little different but the 3 scoops looks a little weird I agree the shaker on a satellite hood would look cooler,like the interior,its your car though so as long as your happy go nuts!! Nice work!

 

[roadrunnerman]

you are definitly going different on this,but i will reserve my opinion until you get her painted but looks good so far,