1973-1974 Roadrunner & GTX and Satellite Pic Thread

[SofaKing]

@ CoronetRTguyi am not sure where thee came from they came with the car.. I just picked thisone up like you see it.. it is a solid car.. the guy who owned it before me stuck a 1 barrel on it (yes a 1 barrel) trying to get better gas mileage.. and surprise! it runs like crap.. Once i finish something up on my desoto.. i am going to stick an 500 cfm edelbrock it should wake it up a bit.. aiming to make this my daily driver so not going to do anything too radical to it..

@ Moparstuart.. Will do.. its not your typical hot rod...lol

 

[Serious Satellite]

Love this thread, all great looking cars. The Vitamin C Orange RR is nice, too bad they didn't have the high impact colors for the 73 and 74's back then.

I owned a 1973 Autumn Bronze RR back in 1975 through 1977 and it came with a white leather ( I know...I have friends that will swear on a stack of bibles it came with leather bucket seats...they spent enough time cruisin' in it with me) and a center console. It had an am/fm radio with a power antenna. .318 engine, although I wanted more it did a damn fine job in the original gasoline crisis of the seventies, and I stuck a Craig Powerplay Quad player in it, and of course a C.B. with whip antenna. Loved that car. And there were a lot of them on the road back in the day, in seventy three and seventy four these cars were as popular as the Camaro. I know... I married a young lady back in 1988 who once owned a yellow 1974 Roadrunner and she looked fine in Daisy Dukes back then. I've got the pictures.

The second Satty base auto I owned came in 1979 when I bought a 1974 Satellite Sebring base model when stationed at Ft. Carson. My brother totaled out the RR back in 1977 before I left for the army. No carpet, am radio, same .318 engine, auto on the column, black base interior, bench seat. By then it was cassette player, CB Radio, and that's about it. It was totaled and sold shortly after leaving the Army.

The third was a 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus I bought for restoration about seven years ago. Had to let that one go after I stripped it for parts (now in storage shed). It was just too rust eaten to salvage.

So, I'm driving a 1984 Dodge D250 Ram Prospector now, looking for a Satty. Any two door will do. I miss the heck out of those cars.

 

[CoronetRTguy]

Love this thread, all great looking cars. The Vitamin C Orange RR is nice, too bad they didn't have the high impact colors for the 73 and 74's back then.

I owned a 1973 Autumn Bronze RR back in 1975 through 1977 and it came with a white leather ( I know...I have friends that will swear on a stack of bibles it came with leather bucket seats...they spent enough time cruisin' in it with me) and a center console. It had an am/fm radio with a power antenna. .318 engine, although I wanted more it did a damn fine job in the original gasoline crisis of the seventies, and I stuck a Craig Powerplay Quad player in it, and of course a C.B. with whip antenna. Loved that car. And there were a lot of them on the road back in the day, in seventy three and seventy four these cars were as popular as the Camaro. I know... I married a young lady back in 1988 who once owned a yellow 1974 Roadrunner and she looked fine in Daisy Dukes back then. I've got the pictures.

The second Satty base auto I owned came in 1979 when I bought a 1974 Satellite Sebring base model when stationed at Ft. Carson. My brother totaled out the RR back in 1977 before I left for the army. No carpet, am radio, same .318 engine, auto on the column, black base interior, bench seat. By then it was cassette player, CB Radio, and that's about it. It was totaled and sold shortly after leaving the Army.

The third was a 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus I bought for restoration about seven years ago. Had to let that one go after I stripped it for parts (now in storage shed). It was just too rust eaten to salvage.

So, I'm driving a 1984 Dodge D250 Ram Prospector now, looking for a Satty. Any two door will do. I miss the heck out of those cars.

Sounds like you had some cool cars and some good parts to use on the next project. I really am wanting this 73 and I think I may have my AR-15 sold and if so I will be looking at that Roadrunner.

 

[Ron 73]

Nice thread! Lots of beautiful Satellites and RR's here for sure.. Thought id add mine which is a 73 Sebring that resembles a RR, If i ever repaint it again, ill have the same type stripes but no RR decals involved. It has 400 badges on hood because i have a couple BB engines here and the plan was the 400 and since changed my mind. It has a 318 in it with a roller cam and i was told some work was done to the engine but the only thing im certain of is the cam, My last project on this car will be either well worked heads or new ones to increase the HP but is the strongest 318 ive ever owned. It has a 727 TF with right now a stock converter and a set of 9.25 street gears (open), i have a set of 410 sure-grip set up that ive planned on putting in this winter. Only things changed in these photos is the shifter knob that is a pistol grip now i bought from bigredbird and the correct mirrors for it thats painted white with stripes and wing matching.
I hate to comment most times on the muscle car cut off point as its been an on going discussion/argument for so long. At one time it was up to 1969, then later on generally accepted the 70, Now its higher so, i still go by 70 as the start of the end of the muscle car era.. cant, wont debate it but judging by things read i would say 70. Any car you like is the one to try to get and enjoy.

 

[CoronetRTguy]

Nice thread! Lots of beautiful Satellites and RR's here for sure.. Thought id add mine which is a 73 Sebring that resembles a RR, If i ever repaint it again, ill have the same type stripes but no RR decals involved. It has 400 badges on hood because i have a couple BB engines here and the plan was the 400 and since changed my mind. It has a 318 in it with a roller cam and i was told some work was done to the engine but the only thing im certain of is the cam, My last project on this car will be either well worked heads or new ones to increase the HP but is the strongest 318 ive ever owned. It has a 727 TF with right now a stock converter and a set of 9.25 street gears (open), i have a set of 410 sure-grip set up that ive planned on putting in this winter. Only things changed in these photos is the shifter knob that is a pistol grip now i bought from bigredbird and the correct mirrors for it thats painted white with stripes and wing matching.
I hate to comment most times on the muscle car cut off point as its been an on going discussion/argument for so long. At one time it was up to 1969, then later on generally accepted the 70, Now its higher so, i still go by 70 as the start of the end of the muscle car era.. cant, wont debate it but judging by things read i would say 70. Any car you like is the one to try to get and enjoy.

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That is a beautiful looking car Ron! I like the color combo. What is the steering wheel? I agree with you the debate is always going to go on its like who built the first muscle car.

I really hope those thinking of getting into the hobby and some that are in it really get back to just enjoying the car. If its not a car below the years of 72, 73, 74 and later I hope everone enjoys just seeing them at the shows and say wow they look great and its been awhile since I've seen one. it is rare to see some of these cars out there.

 

[Serious Satellite]

What's strange is that the people that cut the 73's and 74's out of the muscle car era seem to be biased towards the 72's and down. It's almost an elitist argument..."mine is better than yours..." and not very accurate.

Back in the day we did things to the .318, and a lot of the emissions controls that were put on them back then were stripped off. You could do that back then. And you could take the .318 and mod it into a nice tight sleeper .340 with just a little digging around the local junkyards. I know that when it came to street light to street light racing back in the day, my RR NEVER lost, and I beat a lot of G.M.'s that were older with bigger engines. Now, that was street light to street light, and probably doesn't hold a bucket of water with some people because it isn't the track, but when you're cruisin' the hometown streets, that's solid.

I know I got a lot of DATES with that RR, and recently on FB I connected with a lot of the old girlfriends, and one of the first things they talked about was that car and how they loved it. Especially the back seat. LOL. (just had to put that in there).

It's all a matter of perspective. If you google muscle cars, you'll get the time periods 1964-1974 in the search engine return. Kinda sucks for the 1975 cars, but.... that's an argument for a different thread. Heck, you'll even get google search returns for the Muscle Car period being 1963-1969, and it ends. The problem I think is perspective... by 1973 and 1974 we had the gas crisis, and I remember the period well. Car companies started downplaying the big engines, and started advertising their cars as economically sound vehicles that could run all day on a single tank of gasoline. Fuel economy ruled back then.

But everyone who lived in the period remembers the 1974 Pontiac Trans Am, the 74 Camaro, the 74 Challenger... they were muscle cars...just like the 1973 and 1974 RR's were, and if you had the .318, you could still quickien those engines up with some .340 bolt ons that made that engine quicker than heck.

The 1973-1974 Birds, and even the Satty's, are muscle cars in my opinion, and in my life's experience. You can't change what you lived.

 

[CoronetRTguy]

What's strange is that the people that cut the 73's and 74's out of the muscle car era seem to be biased towards the 72's and down. It's almost an elitist argument..."mine is better than yours..." and not very accurate.

Back in the day we did things to the .318, and a lot of the emissions controls that were put on them back then were stripped off. You could do that back then. And you could take the .318 and mod it into a nice tight sleeper .340 with just a little digging around the local junkyards. I know that when it came to street light to street light racing back in the day, my RR NEVER lost, and I beat a lot of G.M.'s that were older with bigger engines. Now, that was street light to street light, and probably doesn't hold a bucket of water with some people because it isn't the track, but when you're cruisin' the hometown streets, that's solid.

I know I got a lot of DATES with that RR, and recently on FB I connected with a lot of the old girlfriends, and one of the first things they talked about was that car and how they loved it. Especially the back seat. LOL. (just had to put that in there).

It's all a matter of perspective. If you google muscle cars, you'll get the time periods 1964-1974 in the search engine return. Kinda sucks for the 1975 cars, but.... that's an argument for a different thread. Heck, you'll even get google search returns for the Muscle Car period being 1963-1969, and it ends. The problem I think is perspective... by 1973 and 1974 we had the gas crisis, and I remember the period well. Car companies started downplaying the big engines, and started advertising their cars as economically sound vehicles that could run all day on a single tank of gasoline. Fuel economy ruled back then.

But everyone who lived in the period remembers the 1974 Pontiac Trans Am, the 74 Camaro, the 74 Challenger... they were muscle cars...just like the 1973 and 1974 RR's were, and if you had the .318, you could still quickien those engines up with some .340 bolt ons that made that engine quicker than heck.

The 1973-1974 Birds, and even the Satty's, are muscle cars in my opinion, and in my life's experience. You can't change what you lived.

Very well put!

 

[Ron 73]

That is a beautiful looking car Ron! I like the color combo. What is the steering wheel? I agree with you the debate is always going to go on its like who built the first muscle car.

I really hope those thinking of getting into the hobby and some that are in it really get back to just enjoying the car. If its not a car below the years of 72, 73, 74 and later I hope everone enjoys just seeing them at the shows and say wow they look great and its been awhile since I've seen one. it is rare to see some of these cars out there.

Sorry buddy, It came on my car when i got it and ive seen them on many cars.. I just call it an after market wheel is all. Its very comfortable to drive with it, the black is all like a foam and with power steering works good for me. If you like it I could measure it to get the exact size for you no problem but have no idea where to get one, id think there a common type as many as ive seen.. At one time i thought about buying the one that should be in the car but im happy enough with this one.

 

[CoronetRTguy]

Sorry buddy, It came on my car when i got it and ive seen them on many cars.. I just call it an after market wheel is all. Its very comfortable to drive with it, the black is all like a foam and with power steering works good for me. If you like it I could measure it to get the exact size for you no problem but have no idea where to get one, id think there a common type as many as ive seen.. At one time i thought about buying the one that should be in the car but im happy enough with this one.

Sounds good Ron, I will keep in mind after I look at this 73 and if I look at it lol. I really like that and I have seen it on some hot rods in the past. I wonder if it was sold through J.C Whitney years ago and maybe still. I like it kind of reminds me of the tough wheel.

I really like your Bird man love the color combo. The more I keep looking at the 73-74s I'm more then tempted. I'm not sure I would go back stock, might have to have a little fun and start enjoying the cars as they are meant to be.

Hey Ron did you go back FE5?

I have seen a couple FE5 cars as of late in person and they have like a orange tint to it, just a hint.

Thanks man and post up some more pics if you got them. I love that Runner!

PS I wanted to add one more thing, where did you get the white gauges? They look awesome in these cars.

 

[YY1]

I think that's a standard Grant three spoke wheel.

Avaliable for about $30 (plus a$15 adaptor kit) from Summit/Jegs.

Been around for ever, and very popular in the 60s and 70s.

Several diameters and dish depths available.

Be sure to test measure the diameter so you don't end up blocking your speedo.

 

[Ron 73]

Sounds good Ron, I will keep in mind after I look at this 73 and if I look at it lol. I really like that and I have seen it on some hot rods in the past. I wonder if it was sold through J.C Whitney years ago and maybe still. I like it kind of reminds me of the tough wheel.

I really like your Bird man love the color combo. The more I keep looking at the 73-74s I'm more then tempted. I'm not sure I would go back stock, might have to have a little fun and start enjoying the cars as they are meant to be.

Hey Ron did you go back FE5?

I have seen a couple FE5 cars as of late in person and they have like a orange tint to it, just a hint.

Thanks man and post up some more pics if you got them. I love that Runner!

PS I wanted to add one more thing, where did you get the white gauges? They look awesome in these cars.

Here is the link to turn the gauges white if you want them, Its easy once everything torn down to do it.. You can get LED lights here as well, i put red in mine. I do have a photo album if you want some more pictures to see, hope this helps and thanks YY1, i didn't know what it was called but ive seen a lot of them..

http://www.whitegauges.net/products/1971%252d1974-Dodge-Charger-White-Face-Gauges.html

 

[Ron 73]

Here is the link to turn the gauges white if you want them, Its easy once everything torn down to do it.. You can get LED lights here as well, i put red in mine. I do have a photo album if you want some more pictures to see, hope this helps and thanks YY1, i didn't know what it was called but ive seen a lot of them..

http://www.whitegauges.net/products/1971%252d1974-Dodge-Charger-White-Face-Gauges.html

BTW, I should have mentioned, IF you decide to do this that link takes you to a set for a Charger, don't waste your time looking for 73-74 RR or Sat.. There the same, if you buy a set you get ones for the Chargers and RR's.. I asked the lady why, she said she didn't know why. Sounds confusing but call them when its time and tell them what you are looking for. again, good luck..

 

[CoronetRTguy]

BTW, I should have mentioned, IF you decide to do this that link takes you to a set for a Charger, don't waste your time looking for 73-74 RR or Sat.. There the same, if you buy a set you get ones for the Chargers and RR's.. I asked the lady why, she said she didn't know why. Sounds confusing but call them when its time and tell them what you are looking for. again, good luck..

Thanks Ron, I love the white gauges and I need to go over and look at them. I keep thinking what I could mod on the inside of the car to give it a little flair and be suttle changes and those gauges do that.

Great looking Runner man!

 

[old tired rebel]

Too bad they don't make them for a 75-79 B body.

 

[Ron 73]

Too bad they don't make them for a 75-79 B body.

Rebel, try calling them if you haven't already, maybe its the same situation as the Charger and RR.. Might be under a different car but the same for what you are looking for.. I tried to find another site that sells them and found this one, maybe you could find something here that you may like, I didn't go thru it but thought it may be a help to you or someone else.. Good luck and i hope your Charger project coming along good..

http://premiumdashdecals.com/instrument_clusters.htm

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Thanks Ron, I love the white gauges and I need to go over and look at them. I keep thinking what I could mod on the inside of the car to give it a little flair and be suttle changes and those gauges do that.

Great looking Runner man!

There is a couple pictures of my dash in the photo album that may be a help, i cant think of any other that i have that could help.. My car is a Satellite Sebring with the RR badging is all, But do thanks you for the compliment!

 

[MarPar]

here ya go CoronetGuy...unfortunately i didnt get to talk to either of owners.
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[Ron 73]

They all look good but that last one, brown with the white sure looks sharp!

 

[CoronetRTguy]

here ya go CoronetGuy...unfortunately i didnt get to talk to either of owners.
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I love those cars man and thank you for posting over here and if you got more post away man. Thanks MarPar!

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They all look good but that last one, brown with the white sure looks sharp!

I'm with you Ron, I love that brown looking root beer colored car. I have one in my area that is an un-restored car and the paint is starting to crack on it (last time I saw it) and is all original not one thing on it is after market. I need to see if I got pics of the car and scan them.

I wonder what the paint code is? Now I'm wondering what the interior color is of the local car here its been five to ten years since I've seen it.

Also Ron thanks for the info ont he gauges I will check those out. They set the gauges off on the inside of the car looks great man. Its a Sat in Roadrunner clothing and look awesome! Best part you're out enjoying the car the way it was mean to be.

 

[old tired rebel]

Rebel, try calling them if you haven't already, maybe its the same situation as the Charger and RR.. Might be under a different car but the same for what you are looking for.. I tried to find another site that sells them and found this one, maybe you could find something here that you may like, I didn't go thru it but thought it may be a help to you or someone else.. Good luck and i hope your Charger project coming along good..

http://premiumdashdecals.com/instrument_clusters.htm

Thanks for the link. I have a factory dash cluster for my 78 Doba that is in KM so I might send them to rebuild it all and calibrate it.
The Charger is on hold right now until I can get a welder.

 

[bentman]

here is mine