1974 Road Runner/1971 Satellite (Daisy Duke)

[yellowrr]

As much as I don't want to... I'm considering selling my 1971 Plymouth Road Runner that I've owned for just over 26 years (not kidding.).

The car is a nice "restification" and Catherine "Daisy Duke" Back has also ridden in and autographed this car at Dukesfest back in about 2000 or so.

It was a pretty boring 383 column shift, bench seat A/T "no options" car, and the previous owner replaced the 383 with a 440 and swapped the trans for another one, so the numbers don't match and the original 383 is long gone.

The car was originally "Bahama Yellow" (Butterscotch - ACK!) and we had it painted "Lemon Twist" yellow since we hated the original color AND the car would never be 100% original / stock ever again anyway...

When I worked for Mopar City, I began to add factory options to the car, but ONLY factory options that would have been correct for a 1971 Road Runner, like the Rim Blow steering wheel, Air Grabber Hood, Tachometer equipped instrument cluster, AM/FM stereo radio AND the super rare "hump mounted" cassette player/recorder, dual mirrors, Rallye wheels, pedal dress ups, 3 speed wipers...

I also rebuilt the front suspension and upgraded it to disk brakes from a 73-74 Barracuda because the "correct" 1971 disk brake rotors are over $200 EACH...

The engine is a 1972 440 with a .509 cam and ported & polished 452 heads (since they come with hardened valve seats from the factory). I've been told that the guts of the 727 transmission are "Hemi" components (4 pinion planetaries, etc.) but I cannot guarantee that as the shop that rebuilt it is now gone and I don't have any photos or receipts to prove it.

The car is pretty clean, and it has been stored indoors for most of its adult life, and the paint is something like 23 years old, but some of the minor rust and bubbles are making their presence known once again.

I also have a LOT of spare parts for this car, including a 1971 Satellite unibody that I cut up "just in case" mine was ever hit or needed something major like a frame rail. I also have spare instrument clusters, a front bumper, 2 front fenders that are a little rusty, but "North Carolina rusty" and NOT "Ohio rusty"..
I can email you a lot of photos of the car if you like, or a YouTube video of it, and you can hear it running. Either way.

I have a clean title of course, and the VIN and data plate is all intact, however I have never found a broadcast sheet anywhere in the car. The only places that they hide and I haven't been (yet) are above the gas tank and above the headliner.
I'm asking $22,000 for the car (no trades) and I can deliver it most anywhere in the US on my (open) car trailer.

[yellowrr]

For some reason the photo didn't attach the first time...

[Steam McQueen]

Nice car, yellowrr! For da love of God, if you know anyone named Bo, don't let him near it.

[yellowrr]

It's been a LONG time since I've seen that clip! Thanks (!?!?) Ha ha!

When I got the chance to meet Cathy and she rode in my car at Dukesfest a bunch of years ago, I had to ask whether she liked the Jeep or the Road Runner and she immediately said "The Road Runner! I LOVED driving that car!!!".

I mentioned selling the car when I talked to to Miss Alma at the Chryslers at Carlisle event this past summer and asked her to tell Cathy, but I'm pretty sure that Alma never mentioned it to her.

[yellowrr]

I took the car to the Charlotte NC "Auto Fair" and had a few nibbles, but no real offers on the car, so I brought it back home. BUT, since my Blues Brothers tribute act is getting bigger, I need the space in the garage for practice, band equipment, etc...

Anyone mentioning "the Bluesmobiles board" when they inquire will get a better price on the car than the average guy.

You may email me at [e-mail]

[Steam McQueen]

- Daisy had two Mopars before she got her Jeep, a '73 Road Runner and a '71 Satellite. The Satellite wrecked in the video above was used in Season 2 and was painted like the Road Runner to fool us. Here's a very nice 1973 Road Runner in PA, Buy It Now $27,400 ...

Numbers matching, 340 4 bbl, automatic, fy1 lemon twist yellow, black interior, black strobe stripes, magnum 500 wheels, multiple show winner, factory-installed chrome slotted exhaust tips, vehicle has been in our possession since 1974...(2nd owner)

- www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Plymouth-Road-Runner/292613268294?hash=item44211c2346:g:NmQAAOSwO9RbFzwa

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- www.imcdb.org/vehicle_15918-Plymouth-Road-Runner-1973.html

- dukesofhazzard.wikia.com/wiki/Daisy_Duke_(Catherine_Bach)

[Steam McQueen]

- Here's the Satellite before Bo ends up wrecking it ...





- www.imcdb.org/vehicle_4848-Plymouth-Satellite-1971.html

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And here's one in Texas you could clone, a '71 Satellite asking $3,800 ...

318, auto, org paint, body solid and straight. Rust in trunk and one rear floor board, top where vinyl top was has rust.
title status: clean

- dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/d/1971-plymouth-satellite/6623298987.html

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Swap that spoiler for a CB antenna




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I suppose there's people these days who would be offended by this Satellite commercial ...





"A car with legs like that," lol. 

[Steam McQueen]

- Here's a '73 Road Runner ... bit of rust not too bad .





- cnj.craigslist.org/cto/d/toms-river-1973-plymouth-roadrunner/6931678942.html

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Ideally I reckon you want to start with a yellow Road Runner. Looks like this one used to be yellow! Place yer bid, $1,525 5 days to go.

Parked in 2003 and has not been ran since. 340 motor. Fresh clutch was installed in 2003 for the manual Hurst 4 speed transmission. Sunroof was an aftermarket add-on that was installed by a previous owner. Vehicle is sold as is

- www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Plymouth-Road-Runner/323879028163


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[angeleyes2230]

Hi!! I know this is a long shot but I’m curious if anyone on here knows of or is the one that purchased the 73 roadrunner from pa in the above comments?? It was my mother’s car. Unfortunately my dad sold it without my knowledge and I would love to speak with the new owner. If anyone has any information please, PLEASE let me know! Thanks!

[Steam McQueen]

- A '71 Satellite at Copart, bit rough, could be a bargain ? It's at the Atlanta lot.

RH23G1G2313**, Keys: YES

^ G-code is the 318 for this car.

- www.copart.com/lot/48362431/1971-plymouth-satellite-ga-atlanta-north




* Ok maybe more than a "bit rough," still a beauty. I wonder if the frame is bent ? It looks like it got hit from the rear and pushed the car and the lower front into something rather solid thereby buckling the hood ? It really does look like Bo and Luke have been driving it after drinking at the Boar's Nest. Daisy was so pissed she shot them both with buckshot lol.

[Steam McQueen]

- The IMCDb lists Daisy's Road Runner as a 1973 and that's what I would have gone by when making the title for this thread. I remember looking at pics and comparing them and figuring, yeah looks like a '73 to me. So after noticing a nice '73 on daBay this weekend I started to look around for some other Daisy stuff maybe to add to the post or what have ya and I saw references to her Road Runner actually being a 1974 and not a 1973. And here's the main reason why ...





Your like, why is he showing a pic of Luke ?

Ok here's a pic of Daisy getting ready to lure some lucky hillbilly to his death, or maybe dancing lol.





What we're looking at in those pics is the shoulder belt as one piece connected to the seatbelt. Common place now of course but back in the day when the shoulder belt was first introduced it hung by itself above the window. You get in, put your seatbelt on, then reached up and grabbed the shoulder belt and clipped it to the seatbelt, not the receptacle but to the metal part of the seatbelt. I had a Duster with that style of shoulder belt, you had to loosen it to be able to lean forward a bit to change the radio station lol. You can see it here in this 1973 Road Runner in its spot above the window.





So based on that, I'm thinking we should change the title of the thread to 1974 Road Runner. It's mentioned in the comments at the IMCDb that it's likely a 1974 and one of the most recent comments mentions the seatbelts yet it's still listed as a '73. That's a very small difference for screen accuracy but I think the seatbelt observation is valid and Daisy's Road Runner was a probably a '74.

Anyhoo here's that beauty '73 that was on daBay, it's on craigslist Tampa Bay asking $30,000. You'll notice sometimes the shoulder belt just hanging or draped over the seat, it's not in its home and it's not attached to the seatbelt.

340 bored .040 over domed pistons 11:1 compression roller rockers.
Erson solid lifter cam high revving Edelbrock torker.
340 intake Holley double pumper cerama coat headers.
Trans has stall converter and b&m transpak Dynomax Dual exhaust system.
Posi rear end with 4.56 gears
Power disc brakes.
New Power steering Box.
Fresh Oil Change / Tune up, New Battery.

- tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1973-plymouth-roadrunner/7457223130.html

[Steam McQueen]

- I've changed the title to 1974 for Daisy's Road Runner. The seatbelts seal the deal. In 1973 they still had the shoulder belt as a separate entity with it's own resting spot above the window. There's a beauty blue '73 on daBay at the moment and here's a couple of pics of how the shoulder strap looked when not in use ...







It would appear that 1974 was the transition year for the Road Runner shoulder belt to join the party full-time. Great pic from a '74 interior here ...





Compare the pic with Luke and a random pic of a yellow '74 and you see the seatbelt set-up is identical.







There's no question Daisy's Road Runner is a 1974. It's not the first time we've seen the wrong year for cars at the IMCDb, but they've been told several times it's a '74 yet they keep it listed as a '73.

- www.imcdb.org/vehicle_15918-Plymouth-Road-Runner-1973.html

Alllll-righty then.