Krazy Ken
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Yeah was wondering how it would ride, want more of cruiser. Have to see what to do when get to that stage. Funny about bumper shell was thinking of do that
Corona Build 1975 Roadrunner
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the rear i just re-used the shell and slid it in on custom mounts. no problems there. The front has filler panels...so sliding it in, w/o those panels...or around those panels...just looked bad.
the fiberglass one i must have cut up 10 times to get right.
Slap Stick
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Isn't the 75 RR just a gussied up Fury 2 door? The Fury was moved to the B platform that year.
Or am I dreaming?
Or am I dreaming?
rumblefish360
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I do believe that is the case.
(Both B bodies)
(Both B bodies)
Yes, 75 was the last year the roadrunner was an actual Vin Coded RR, and stand-alone model.
Went to a sticker package on a volare after that.
rumblefish360
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LOL.. i hate to rag on any mopar...but i looked at the 75 RR and was like Eh... i'll take it....it'll grow on me.And the R-Fish shudders........
If it was a volare... i think it'd still be sitting there
rumblefish360
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Most of the late B bodied cars suffered from the troubled & heavily financial burdened times Chrysler was bearing. Once the Cordoba became a hit, Dodge and Plymouth had to use that body core as there only option to build a car on for the B body platform. Dodge and Plymouth had some interesting ideas, but the public was not to crazy for them. Not to mention they had to compete with the Cordoba. A money saving but bad recipe I think. The Magnum idea was a very good one. To bad the executive suites were mostly against it. Fearing to call it the Charger.
Help me remember. They had a sport charger, which was just like the RR, and then they had the charger XE which was identical to a Cordoba. Had a local racer with a "Charger funny car" was a Cordoba.
rumblefish360
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Dodge had a few sub models of the Charger. I’m not sure of a “Sport” model Charger. There was a “Midnight Special” Charger.
When the Magnum was brought to the table in ‘77 for the ‘78 model year, the story goes like, the executives were shown the drawings for the new & restyled Charger. The “New and radical” design made the executive board nervous and they didn’t want to hurt the Charger name and image anymore. The designers were insistent as much as the executives were so a compromise was made by calling the new Charger a Magnum and they kept the Charger for ‘78. Selling somewhere around 1500 or less Chargers vs the 55,000 or so Magnums, the Cordoba style Charger was canned. There is no such thing as a ‘79 B body Charger.
The 2 year Magnum run was comprised of the Magnum XE and a GT. (GT with and without T tops) It was also called an X body. When you go to look up parts at a dealer, (& if you can find an old guy...) they will open up the books to the X body section. There you will find Magnum parts.
Being that all the B body cars from ‘75 & on are based on the Cordoba body core, anything can be redone with the proper parts for that car which would mostly be, hood, fender, door, trunk lid, grill and the parts that surround them like the lights, signals and sometimes bumpers for certain models. An example on the Magnum parts sharing would be like the bumpers are shared with the 300 but not the Cordoba. Deck lids are another. Fenders work fine but some say the doors are different. I haven’t take a good look there to make that call. Rear deck lids are the same as well. But not the rear tail lights or everything on the nose of the Magnum.
Mechanically speaking, there all the same. Electrical is all the same. Minus partial or full gauge panels. All the wiring is there (or should be) for A/C and P/W hook ups.
Cosmetics on the inside will swap but the styling is different as different gets. Car to car, year to year.
I don’t remember a funny car version of these cars being sold or professionally used. While it would be a lot of work, it’s nothing that time, talent and bags of money couldn’t fix.
I just don’t remember a bunch of variations to these cars. Unlike a Duster with a bunch of different sub model names. Duster, Duster 340, Duster light, Space Duster, Good Duster, etc....
When the Magnum was brought to the table in ‘77 for the ‘78 model year, the story goes like, the executives were shown the drawings for the new & restyled Charger. The “New and radical” design made the executive board nervous and they didn’t want to hurt the Charger name and image anymore. The designers were insistent as much as the executives were so a compromise was made by calling the new Charger a Magnum and they kept the Charger for ‘78. Selling somewhere around 1500 or less Chargers vs the 55,000 or so Magnums, the Cordoba style Charger was canned. There is no such thing as a ‘79 B body Charger.
The 2 year Magnum run was comprised of the Magnum XE and a GT. (GT with and without T tops) It was also called an X body. When you go to look up parts at a dealer, (& if you can find an old guy...) they will open up the books to the X body section. There you will find Magnum parts.
Being that all the B body cars from ‘75 & on are based on the Cordoba body core, anything can be redone with the proper parts for that car which would mostly be, hood, fender, door, trunk lid, grill and the parts that surround them like the lights, signals and sometimes bumpers for certain models. An example on the Magnum parts sharing would be like the bumpers are shared with the 300 but not the Cordoba. Deck lids are another. Fenders work fine but some say the doors are different. I haven’t take a good look there to make that call. Rear deck lids are the same as well. But not the rear tail lights or everything on the nose of the Magnum.
Mechanically speaking, there all the same. Electrical is all the same. Minus partial or full gauge panels. All the wiring is there (or should be) for A/C and P/W hook ups.
Cosmetics on the inside will swap but the styling is different as different gets. Car to car, year to year.
I don’t remember a funny car version of these cars being sold or professionally used. While it would be a lot of work, it’s nothing that time, talent and bags of money couldn’t fix.
I just don’t remember a bunch of variations to these cars. Unlike a Duster with a bunch of different sub model names. Duster, Duster 340, Duster light, Space Duster, Good Duster, etc....
Fm3 Dart
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Isn't the 68,69,70,71,72,73,74 Road Runner just a gussied up Belvedere-Satellite 2 door?
Isn't the 70 Super Bird just a gussied up Belvedere 2 door?
Not sure what your point is, but the 75 Road Runner was a seperate sporty model, based on the Plymouth mid size B body, like it was since 1968.
rumblefish360
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Wow! What an aerodynamic nightmare there.
Ever seen the Nascars? lol Thats when Petty bailed for GM. They tried furys, magnums, etc. If i recall there is a quote somewhere about him saying it was literally the worst race car he had ever driven.
Krazy Ken
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Krazy Ken
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Wondering if anyone knows how the dual exhaust was run at the fuel tank. I thought it was tucked between fuel tank and end rails on both sides. Mine seems to be only seems to have opening on passenger side but fender tag saying have originally dual exhaust with chrome tips, possible have larger tank for single exhaust. Going to replace tank, don’t trust this one.
rumblefish360
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There were several different ways that were available. One on each side, drivers crossing over to the passenger side were options.
The large gas tank makes dual exhaust difficult but I used early Road Runner pipe from Flow Master to fab mine up. Not a great fit. But it works.
The large gas tank makes dual exhaust difficult but I used early Road Runner pipe from Flow Master to fab mine up. Not a great fit. But it works.
Krazy Ken
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Yeah looking at an exhaust system from Magna flow made for up to 74 b bodies. Not sure if anyone has experience with that system.
rumblefish360
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OH! Thanks for the tip! I didn’t know they made anything for the later B body.
Slap Stick
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Read the OP.
