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1970 Roadrunner barn find...

Started by Dr V, March 18, 2018, 07:03:29 PM

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Dr V

Hello all, long time no see. Figured I would  share a pretty cool story with you all. Been buying a lot of cars both new and old for the last couple of years and I ran into an ad last Monday that intrigued me. A B5 blue Roadrunner that was only 80 miles away. So I went through the formality of sending an email through classiccars.com and received a call from the owner of the car the following day. This is where the story gets neat. A woman tells me that she is representing her uncle who has been placed in a nursing home with dementia in his mid 80s and she is in charge of the estate because she is his only living niece. I'm immediately thinking this is a scam and this conversation is going to end quickly, but then she says... The man had no family and no one to help him, so im now in charge of the entire estate. Come to find out she has no need for this muscle car that he had left behind. He worked in Cleveland all of his life for an auto manufacturing supply company that made parts for Detroit's big 3.... And now to the car, I asked her to send me a few pictures and she did including the fender tag. After I told her how to open the hood. The car turns out to be a B5 blue with B5 blue interior 1970 440 six pack Roadrunner. Air Grabber Hood, hood mounted turn signals, the works. He bought the car brand new in 1971 at Don Jordan Chrysler in Cleveland Ohio and took it off the road in late 1974 after a scare with the bias ply tires. He was a multiple car owner so he parked this one, put a security system on it, dealer-installed of course to prevent his car from being stripped in the early seventies in downtown Cleveland. That is where the car sat, in his garage until last year. His niece transferred the car to her home garage and after one year of waiting for the title through the state of Ohio she put the car up for sale.  Two different local dealers came to look at the car last week and obviously  the offers were not good enough for her.  We came to an agreement and the car is now home in my collection and the woman could not be happier that it went to a good home. I snapped a few pictures this afternoon and placed them in a Google file for everyone to view. The car is all numbers matching, with grease pencil markings on both the spare tire and the Dana. It is a complete Time Capsule, and the best part is the car only has 5082 miles on it. Looking underneath the driver seat the build sheet is there as well as a newspaper that was underneath the passenger seat from the Cleveland Plain Dealer dated 1971. The car has been sitting for 44 years and shows a little bit of surface rust but is one of the most solid cars that I've ever seen. As you can all imagine I'm on Cloud 9 right now, we search for cars our entire lives and love this hobby so much and it finally happened to me. If there are any questions at all bring them on. Enjoy. Eric



Dr. V's 1970 6bbl Barn Find Roadrunner
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hemi68charger

All I can say is WOW !!!!  Nice find V !!!!!
Troy
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chargermick

Wow!!! You hit the lottery. Congrats.

68X426


Unbelievable. Awesome for you.  :2thumbs:

Pics are great too, 99 cent fish and chips, wow. Thanks for sharing the pics.  :cheers:




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Nice find  :cheers:, what are your plans for it?

Dr V

Probably just going to leave it as is, its just too cool as it is...   I may get it running though without disturbing it, its heavy to push around...
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moparstuart

GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

Ghoste


Troy

One of my favorite cars! Six Pack or not. I have a hard time buying low mileage cars because I just want to drive all the time.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

66FBCharger

Awesome.
What a great reference for my resto on my 70 440+6 4 speed road runner coupe! Thanks for posting all the pics.
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Bad B-rad

GREAT STORY!!!!
GREAT CAR!!!
And GREAT PHOTOS!!!!
You got a once in a lifetime car there!!!!!
In the photos, the picture of the marker light, has like a lock, to the left of the lens. I want to call it the tumbler style,(looks like it takes the round key with the hollow center) for old freezers, or Snap on tool boxes, what is that for?

Dr V

Quote from: Bad B-rad on March 19, 2018, 12:23:25 PM
GREAT STORY!!!!
GREAT CAR!!!
And GREAT PHOTOS!!!!
You got a once in a lifetime car there!!!!!
In the photos, the picture of the marker light, has like a lock, to the left of the lens. I want to call it the tumbler style,(looks like it takes the round key with the hollow center) for old freezers, or Snap on tool boxes, what is that for?

That is a key lock that deactivates the alarm system on the car that was installed in 1971. This guy must have been neurotic thinking that someone was going to strip his car down in Inner City Cleveland . There are red wires that run from there all the way up through the body of the car, and there is a silver box next to the battery tray in front of the master cylinder that has a policeman face on it. That is the brain for the alarm system. There is an air horn looking device right next to the alternator as well. That's the siren. There are two plungers one near the trunk lid in the back and also one on the radiator core support when they are active the alarm is on in order to turn it off you would have to have a special key way to enter the car since obviously there were no push button technology back then. In the left rear quarter panel is where the deactivation key was placed. It is insane.
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Troy

Quote from: Bad B-rad on March 19, 2018, 12:23:25 PM
GREAT STORY!!!!
GREAT CAR!!!
And GREAT PHOTOS!!!!
You got a once in a lifetime car there!!!!!
In the photos, the picture of the marker light, has like a lock, to the left of the lens. I want to call it the tumbler style,(looks like it takes the round key with the hollow center) for old freezers, or Snap on tool boxes, what is that for?
Security system.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

Mytur Binsdirti

Nice score & nice pile 'o stuff you have.  :2thumbs:

If you ever consider selling the white 68 Charger, I'd like first dibs please.        :yesnod:

Dr V

Quote from: Mytur Binsdirti on March 19, 2018, 01:05:13 PM
Nice score.  :2thumbs:

If you ever consider selling the white 68 Charger, I'd like first dibs please.        :yesnod:

I will keep u in mind..  That was my first baby ever..   Ive owned near 24 cars over the last 8 years and that one and my Ford are the only ones still hanging in there...  Love affair I guess
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tan top

 :o :faint: wow , awesome !   great stuff  , thanks for sharing  :2thumbs: :coolgleamA: :cheers: :popcrn:
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Dave Kanofsky

Wow, that's sweet!
Thanks for sharing
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moparstuart

Wanna trade it for a 68 charger  Barn find  ?   :icon_smile_big:
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68X426

Quote from: Dr V on March 19, 2018, 12:39:21 PM
This guy must have been neurotic thinking that someone was going to strip his car down in Inner City Cleveland

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!  :smilielol:



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CRW-FK5

Really nice car.  Glad to hear you don't plan on going through a full restoration on it.  The originality is priceless.  It was certainly ordered with all the right options, too.  Hope to see it someday.  Thanks for sharing.

67440chrg


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I see its got the Brooklyn, NY style hood lock as well!  Cool find & nice stable you have there!
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Ghoste

The Brooklyn Hood Lock.  Haha, I like that.

Dr V

Quote from: Ghoste on March 21, 2018, 05:37:35 AM
The Brooklyn Hood Lock.  Haha, I like that.
Bad times back then I guess.   My dad was at the university of Detroit during those years...   yikes
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Charger_Dart

Nice Find! So jealous as I have wanted one of those for many years  :2thumbs:
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birdsandbees

COOL !!! Great find. I used the same hood lock method in the late 70's early 80's!  :yesnod:
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BDF

Awsome score & story, thanks for sharing  :2thumbs:

Charger_Fan

At first I couldn't figure our the reason for the ratty old chain on the front bumper...until I saw the shot of the hood open with the chain dangling.  :lol: Brooklyn hood lock?!?  :smilielol:

That car alarm looks like it came straight out of the 50's.
Have you figured out what the toggle switch under the steering column is for?

Congrats on the amazing find, that is so cool! Although...if it was me, I think I would have at least stopped at a car wash on the way & blown off the crap on the outside first.  ;D Great looking garage too, along with the rest of your collection. Thanks for sharing the cool pics!  :cheers:

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Quote from: birdsandbees on March 21, 2018, 02:44:18 PM
COOL !!! Great find. I used the same hood lock method in the late 70's early 80's!  :yesnod:
Really cool purchase. Like you two guys, I used a dog choker chain and padlock for my aftermarket hood lock back in the late 70's and a siren for theft deterrent and nosy bastereds, just like you have, both are still in place. I had a switch/button installed back then so I could sound the siren while driving down the street. Silly me. 
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Very cool find- thanks for sharing! Our tastes are similar, with our collections, right down to the color of our Ford GTs. Love your '68 Charger. Hit me up next, if Mytur passes! 😂
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6pkrtse

Awesome find & way the hell nicer than my 70' Road Runner find, but mine was free. So, I am not complaining.
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