New 71 Plymouth Roadrunner owner

[whayden2003]

Finally got off my behind and sent the previous owner a UPS box for all the old paperwork he had. Stuff all the way back to the early 90’s with what we believe is the second owner.

 

[whayden2003]

1991 around the Fountian Valley area of California I believe is what I was told.

 

[whayden2003]

Bullhead City, AZ area.
Around late 90’s early 2000’s.
This would be the Third owner. Spoked to him today. Great guy. He says his wife did that.

 

[whayden2003]

Fifth owner. Phoenix,AZ area. This gentleman had the car body wise redone.
Added the front spoilers and returned the vinyl top to the car as the fender tag shows.

 

[whayden2003]

This car has made it almost across the country.
Built in Los Angeles, CA
Stayed in Foutain Valley,CA
Bullhead City,AZ
Kingman,AZ
Phoenix,AZ
Sherman,TX
And finally to Louisiana
And up and down Hwy 90 from
Bay St Louis,MS to Pensacola,FL.

 

[whayden2003]

This makes me I believe the sixth owner.
I have spoken with every owner except the original owner. All had cool stories. And all have been grateful “their” car is still on the road. lol. I’m going to keep the record book going on the car. I even found some old smog test inspections from California in the old paper work.

 

[biomedtechguy]

I have spoken with every owner except the original owner. All had cool stories. And all have been grateful “their” car is still on the road.

That's really cool, to have been able to talk with previous owners, ESPECIALLY hearing stories about highlights (hopefully) of adventures they went on, even if was a local "cruise in".
I was able to talk with the guy who owned the 65 GTO before multi-platinum music award winning (and he or his mechanic had the timing advanced WAY too much) Gunnar Nelson who sold/traded it in to Volo Auto Museum and Sales.
The "Guy before Gunnar" had some good info from the guy he bought it from, who swapped IN the 421 in place of the 389 it came with. It was in the Arizona/New Mexico area then, but it went north with the guy I chatted with, and Volo is in Illinois. Fortunately the GTO didn't get salted and snowed on from what I've seen.
Anyway, it was great seeing you at Cruisin the Coast. Now that my "car love of my life" has been sold, by force, not by "choice", I honestly don't know right now if or when I'm going to be up to Cruisin the Coast or ANY car related event, other than going to drag races. I'm definitely ok with that, especially if I go to watch my close friends run their cars. THAT is something I'm going to work towards being able to do, to have a receptacle to plug my 572 in once I get that finished, but my NUMBER ONE priority is getting out of the "pile of wet ferret ****" situation that put me in a corner and left me vulnerable to the point of being forced to sell my Roadrunner, after 9 years of loving dedication and vast improvements that had me so close to realizing my ultimate goal of putting the 572 in IT.
Enjoy your car as much as possible.

 

[whayden2003]

That's really cool, to have been able to talk with previous owners, ESPECIALLY hearing stories about highlights (hopefully) of adventures they went on, even if was a local "cruise in".
I was able to talk with the guy who owned the 65 GTO before multi-platinum music award winning (and he or his mechanic had the timing advanced WAY too much) Gunnar Nelson who sold/traded it in to Volo Auto Museum and Sales.
The "Guy before Gunnar" had some good info from the guy he bought it from, who swapped IN the 421 in place of the 389 it came with. It was in the Arizona/New Mexico area then, but it went north with the guy I chatted with, and Volo is in Illinois. Fortunately the GTO didn't get salted and snowed on from what I've seen.
Anyway, it was great seeing you at Cruisin the Coast. Now that my "car love of my life" has been sold, by force, not by "choice", I honestly don't know right now if or when I'm going to be up to Cruisin the Coast or ANY car related event, other than going to drag races. I'm definitely ok with that, especially if I go to watch my close friends run their cars. THAT is something I'm going to work towards being able to do, to have a receptacle to plug my 572 in once I get that finished, but my NUMBER ONE priority is getting out of the "pile of wet ferret ****" situation that put me in a corner and left me vulnerable to the point of being forced to sell my Roadrunner, after 9 years of loving dedication and vast improvements that had me so close to realizing my ultimate goal of putting the 572 in IT.
Enjoy your car as much as possible.

Man that is hard to hear. Honestly hope everything gets better. You selling that car is the last thing I believe I would have ever heard.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Man that is hard to hear. Honestly hope everything gets better. You selling that car is the last thing I believe I would have ever heard.

Thanks. I appreciate the well wishes. We will talk about it more.

 

[whayden2003]

Boy. How does 8 months get away from us. Been lurking on here from time to time. But haven’t posted nothing on our car. lol. Waiting for the summer to ease up to get on the dash cluster install. No ac in the shop.
Put about 3 or 4 thousand miles on the car since the new suspension bushings were replaced. Lower bushings are shot again. Going to try the MOOG parts this time around. Unless you guys got other ideas other than PST.

 

[whayden2003]

Thanks 71Beeper for recommending the Dorman sockets. We got taillights and brake lights again.

 

[71Beeper]

That's great news!
Let me know the Dorman part numbers you used and I will buy the same ones and clean-up my original set of taillights.

 

[whayden2003]

That's great news!
Let me know the Dorman part numbers you used and I will buy the same ones and clean-up my original set of taillights.

These bad boys. They have a little “key way” bump that I used a burring bit to make in the tail light bucket. Then JB welded the snot out of them. Ran all the ground wires along the harness and thru the passenger body with the right rear side marker wiring and attached the ground using the same factory ground for the right rear side marker. Looks good. No pics of that right now thou.

 

[71Beeper]

Thanks for that info.
Those are for the 1157 tail lights, what about the 1156 back-up bulb - is there a Dorman socket for that?

 

[hunt2elk]

Put about 3 or 4 thousand miles on the car since the new suspension bushings were replaced. Lower bushings are shot again. Going to try the MOOG parts this time around. Unless you guys got other ideas other than PST.

Your PST bushings only lasted 3-4K miles? Did you give them a call? Maybe they had a bad batch. PST has always been good to me on warranty stuff.

 

[whayden2003]

Your PST bushings only lasted 3-4K miles? Did you give them a call? Maybe they had a bad batch. PST has always been good to me on warranty stuff.

I guess I should. But I really just want to go back to the regular rubber bushings. This most likely is all self inflicted stuff. Never really did a bunch of suspension work. First time going from stock rubber to the stiffer bushings. Our roads are junk in Louisiana and the driving experience is to jarring.

 

[whayden2003]

Thanks for that info.
Those are for the 1157 tail lights, what about the 1156 back-up bulb - is there a Dorman socket for that?

 

[hunt2elk]

I guess I should. But I really just want to go back to the regular rubber bushings. This most likely is all self inflicted stuff. Never really did a bunch of suspension work. First time going from stock rubber to the stiffer bushings. Our roads are junk in Louisiana and the driving experience is to jarring.

Agree. I tried poly bushings in a car once and replaced them with rubber ones a year later as well.

 

[whayden2003]

Agree. I tried poly bushings in a car once and replaced them with rubber ones a year later as well.

What did you switch to? I’m thinking of all MOOG stuff. From like Rock Auto

 

[hunt2elk]

What did you switch to? I’m thinking of all MOOG stuff. From like Rock Auto

Older Moog stuff that was USA made, or I like Proforged, but not sure if that is still available.