1973 Plymouth RoadRunner

This is my 1973 Plymouth RoadRunner 440 Four Barrel four Speed. Hotrods kick so much ass.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1973
• Plymouth
• RoadRunner
• 440
• Four
• Barrel
• four
• Speed
• coyote
• bird
• hotrod
• muscle
• car
• racing
• beep
• mopar

[Doobie1975]

I thought that starting in 1973 the 440 powered Chargers/Road Runner's were only available with automatics due to the Emission Controls crap that started to take place during that time period

[f50lc]

@Doobie1975 the car was a 400 4speed frome the factory, when i got it someone had already taken out the 400 and put in the 440

[lobzdik]

are the car and the cartoon related?

btw how does the roadrunner comapre to the cuda? is it more expensive? or isi it faster or rarer?

[f50lc]

Plymouth bought the rights to the cartoon

and the cuda hade the hemi and the 73 roadrunner had the 440

[JakePonders]

The car in the picture is the epitome of a 318 Roadrunner. Still a nice car though. 340,400 and 440 Roadrunner's proudly stated so on the hood.

[f50lc]

the guy who painted it before we got it, he painted them on and thats why it dosn't say it and trust me its a 440.

[emoraz]

Cool.

Classic car + classic song + classic cartoon = classic video.

[explodingpirate]

why the hell are you watching it then?? dipshit, its a beautiful car and a classic song

[pcferret]

SO hoe come YT not kicked the sound off for copyright breaches? Just curious as they seem to make it up as they go along :/

[MultiPhisher]

omg im watching all theese dif rode runner clips with great music

[leoconvoy]

AC/DC FTW!!, Bonn Scott R.I.P

[thunderbluff3]

i want ur car

[Rowdie999]

@Gungho228 what happened in the cartoon? could the coyote catch roadrunner?

[Rowdie999]

i remember when i was young, i always loved the roadrunner he was my favorite, then grew up and the roadrunner car because one of my favorites

[kbdevo1962]

@Gungho228 Continued - The car was a bone stock 383 with almost 200,000 miles on it . It ate 350 modified Novas for lunch. I mean Modified like Cams , exhaust ,traction bars, electronic distributor's and Larger tires.. the same with Camaros . You should have seen the look on some of these guy's faces . They would kill me at the line . No Traction bars or wide tires and STOCK ! Then buy 3rd gear I would wave bye bye to them in the Rearview Mirror .

[kbdevo1962]

@Gungho228 On the track ? or twisty turnies ? Any newer car will blow them away on the twisty turnies . But they will hold their own on the Standing 1/4 mile . The old RR were ALL about the 1/4 mile and beating the Chevy's and Ford's for cheap . What kind of HP are those Mustangs turning ? I'd bet a 440 RR will hand them their asses . Provided the driver knows how to get off the line without burning the tires to the finish line.

My 69 was a 383 original (Stock)

[kbdevo1962]

Yeah 400's were available . I knew several people that owned them and also the 360

Don't forget that motor ( Like I did in a previous post LOL ) If memeory serves you could make a hell of a stroker motor out of a 383 using a 400 crank . ( It had a longer stroke than the 440 crank ) Bore it out Make a manifold and a little more work you could add Hemi heads and have a "poor man's" Hemi Don't recall the final displacement though . Depending on bore size , it got big though .

[kbdevo1962]

@lobzdik The Cuda and Barracuda are separate cars The Cuda Generaly came with a 340 6 pack or the more desirable 440 or Hemi powerplants . Although the 440 was slower it's worht a fortune The 383 was also a powerplant option . The Roadrunner was indeed tied to the Cartoon the 1st RR were sold in 1968 . The Hemi Cudas are rare and the Hemi RR's are rare But probably the most rare would be the Hemi RR Superbirds . The cars with the tall spoiler and the Pic of a RR holding a helmet on it.