Lost 69 roadrunner

[Sethw150]

Hey I’m Seth I’m 17 and I’m looking for my fathers 69 roadrunner

I’ve done pretty much all I can do so far so here’s what I know


Please excuse me as I don’t have the proper codes memorized yet for the options

383 H.P.
4spd
Non post
Sunfire yellow
Not an air grabber
Black hood stripes
Not a vinyl top car
Unknown rear end

Last known registration was late 90s or early 00s in Oregon with the license plate: FDX 940

I’ve done all I can do try and find it but none of the online plate readers show anything and trying to find it via google images is useless I figured someone on here has some other way of finding it

I currently only have one photo (I will attach it) of the car but I can work on getting more info or pictures from my father.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Have you contacted Oregon department of motor vehicles?

 

[Sethw150]

Have you contacted Oregon department of motor vehicles?

No not yet I’ve pretty much figured they’d tell me to screw off and to not bother them about it

 

[Mopar Hunter]

No not yet I’ve pretty much figured they’d tell me to screw off and to not bother them about it

Since you have the license plate number, they might be able to cross reference it. They might be able to locate the VIN number.

 

[Sethw150]

Since you have the license plate number, they might be able to cross reference it. They might be able to locate the VIN number.

Ah, alright I’ll try a get in contact with em and see what they can do

 

[68BabyBlue]

I have been fortunate to recover two vintage Mopars from out of my past. I've been trying to locate a couple others, with no success. I've spent five decades chasing these things.

So far, motor vehicle departments and the internet have been of no help to me in locating cars. Others may have different experience, but this how it worked out for me. I've had VINs for all the cars. They have been posted here, and in other registries. Never got a hit.

The two I recovered didn't move around much. The '68 GTX I sold in 1991 stayed with the buyer for 19 years. The current '69, which I test drove when it was new, stayed with the previous owner for 28. Both cars were found through word of mouth. The '68 started floating though the hobby after being sold in 2010. Four owners in the next three years. Owner number four got curious about the history, contacted the guy who sold it to me in 1983. He called me. I bought the car a year later. I passed on contact information with the car when I sold it, and it was a bit surprising that nobody followed up on it until the last owner got curious.

I chased the current car from the time it was sold in 1983. I found it 25 years ago by showing a photo to guys with GTXs at the Chrysler Nationals. The current owner was about the tenth guy I talked to. He finally sold me the car in 2022. I always said that if that one came my way, it would be my last Mopar. It turned out that way, bought it the week I retired.

Anybody your dad knew in the Mopar community would be a good start in finding the car. The "friend of a friend" network worked for me better than cyberspace. Get out to car shows and start asking around. If you can pick up the trail of people who remember the car, it may lead you in the right direction. Good luck. No question, there is a lot of luck in this process.

Photo of "Baby Blue" taken with my friend Bob, who sold me the car in 1983, on the day I bought it back in 2013. Photo of the "Demonstrator," my '69 GTX, when it was still owned by the dealer as his personal car. That photo is the one that connected me to the current owner.

 

[Sethw150]

I have been fortunate to recover two vintage Mopars from out of my past. I've been trying to locate a couple others, with no success. I've spent five decades chasing these things.

So far, motor vehicle departments and the internet have been of no help to me in locating cars. Others may have different experience, but this how it worked out for me. I've had VINs for all the cars. They have been posted here, and in other registries. Never got a hit.

The two I recovered didn't move around much. The '68 GTX I sold in 1991 stayed with the buyer for 19 years. The current '69, which I test drove when it was new, stayed with the previous owner for 28. Both cars were found through word of mouth. The '68 started floating though the hobby after being sold in 2010. Four owners in the next three years. Owner number four got curious about the history, contacted the guy who sold it to me in 1983. He called me. I bought the car a year later. I passed on contact information with the car when I sold it, and it was a bit surprising that nobody followed up on it until the last owner got curious.

I chased the current car from the time it was sold in 1983. I found it 25 years ago by showing a photo to guys with GTXs at the Chrysler Nationals. The current owner was about the tenth guy I talked to. He finally sold me the car in 2022. I always said that if that one came my way, it would be my last Mopar. It turned out that way, bought it the week I retired.

Anybody your dad knew in the Mopar community would be a good start in finding the car. The "friend of a friend" network worked for me better than cyberspace. Get out to car shows and start asking around. If you can pick up the trail of people who remember the car, it may lead you in the right direction. Good luck. No question, there is a lot of luck in this process.

Photo of "Baby Blue" taken with my friend Bob, who sold me the car in 1983, on the day I bought it back in 2013. Photo of the "Demonstrator," my '69 GTX, when it was still owned by the dealer as his personal car. That photo is the one that connected me to the current owner.
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I’ve never even really thought about word of mouth but that makes total sense. I’ll start asking around at shows and ask about anybody my dad would know about the car we’ll see where i can get