74MeepMeep
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Greetings everyone.
I got my 74 Road Runner last weekend (Thought it was a satellite when I found it sitting on a guys Lot, in front of his house, Got a hold of him and asked him about it, Some guys bought a Van from him about 3 yrs ago and came back a couple weeks later and dropped off this car, no explanation or anything, just dropped it off at his place, so I asked if he was willing to sell it. He said yes and we agreed on a 500 dollar price, with one catch, It had NO title. So we figured out what was needed to get a title on it, paid another 410 bucks for that paperwork to be done, through a Tow Truck Company, and then waited the 3 Months required to get an abandoned vehicle title on it, found out later after I paid him, that it's a Road Runner and not a Satellite).
I want to do a Partial Restore on it I guess. Fender Tag says Dark Silver with Red Stripes, 318 Car, with Light Duty Auto Transmission and I am more fond of the Lime Green Paint with Black Stripes. I'll have lots of Questions on this considering I am a newbie at "Restoring" a car but not at Working on them or Body Work.
My First couple of questions are--- Numbers Matching?? What exactly does that mean? The Care is Pretty much all there. The Engine and Tranny are there, everything really, some of it in the back seat of course LOL. The Engine I want to Replace with a 318 out of my 88 Ramcharger that I have (It's Throttle Body though, and RR has 2 Barrel in it), does this affect the Number's Matching thing?? What Numbers have to match?? and do you think this would be possible, the engine Swap that is, to get it running and driving (Later on I plan to rebuild the motor that's currently In it)
In relation to the Above Question, I have a 89 Dodge D350 with the 727 In it that I was planning on using as a Donor Transmission (again I plan to the have the Original rebuilt later on too), will that work??
Next Question, Build Sheet?? How can I get one on this Car? Is it true that some cars had the Build SHeets under the carpet or something?? Fender Tag says Vinyl Luxury Bucket Seats, Black and White. The ones in there are Blue Vinyl with a faded Blue Cloth on them.
A cheap source for replacement Decals and Nameplates would be helpful too. The only Road Runner Nameplate still on the car is the one on the Passenger side Dash Board.
Thanks in advance to all of you B Body Veterans that can help me out on this. Here are some pics to tide you over.
I got my 74 Road Runner last weekend (Thought it was a satellite when I found it sitting on a guys Lot, in front of his house, Got a hold of him and asked him about it, Some guys bought a Van from him about 3 yrs ago and came back a couple weeks later and dropped off this car, no explanation or anything, just dropped it off at his place, so I asked if he was willing to sell it. He said yes and we agreed on a 500 dollar price, with one catch, It had NO title. So we figured out what was needed to get a title on it, paid another 410 bucks for that paperwork to be done, through a Tow Truck Company, and then waited the 3 Months required to get an abandoned vehicle title on it, found out later after I paid him, that it's a Road Runner and not a Satellite).
I want to do a Partial Restore on it I guess. Fender Tag says Dark Silver with Red Stripes, 318 Car, with Light Duty Auto Transmission and I am more fond of the Lime Green Paint with Black Stripes. I'll have lots of Questions on this considering I am a newbie at "Restoring" a car but not at Working on them or Body Work.
My First couple of questions are--- Numbers Matching?? What exactly does that mean? The Care is Pretty much all there. The Engine and Tranny are there, everything really, some of it in the back seat of course LOL. The Engine I want to Replace with a 318 out of my 88 Ramcharger that I have (It's Throttle Body though, and RR has 2 Barrel in it), does this affect the Number's Matching thing?? What Numbers have to match?? and do you think this would be possible, the engine Swap that is, to get it running and driving (Later on I plan to rebuild the motor that's currently In it)
In relation to the Above Question, I have a 89 Dodge D350 with the 727 In it that I was planning on using as a Donor Transmission (again I plan to the have the Original rebuilt later on too), will that work??
Next Question, Build Sheet?? How can I get one on this Car? Is it true that some cars had the Build SHeets under the carpet or something?? Fender Tag says Vinyl Luxury Bucket Seats, Black and White. The ones in there are Blue Vinyl with a faded Blue Cloth on them.
A cheap source for replacement Decals and Nameplates would be helpful too. The only Road Runner Nameplate still on the car is the one on the Passenger side Dash Board.
Thanks in advance to all of you B Body Veterans that can help me out on this. Here are some pics to tide you over.
