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1970 Plymouth Road Runner Is Completed


mrmike

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Thanks Glenn, John, and Carl!

The Story

It was agreed that Capt. Ferrow and the State Police would supply backup when Danka meets with McNally. A site was picked, a parking lot at an old warehouse outside of Springfield. As McNally drives over to the parking lot to scope it out, Danka calls him on his cellphone. "You have something I want and I want it now!" He replies, "Meet me at the old warehouse at 2:00 PM or I turn everything over to the Staties and you can deal with them." Reluctantly he says, "OK, but no cops, no guns and come alone or you won't see the end of the day!" "Agreed, replies McNally.

McNally arrives at the old warehouse and waits for Danka to arrive. He has the cardboard box sitting on the hood of his Shelby GT500 and the State Police are waiting out of sight with a sniper on the roof of the warehouse. At 2:00 PM an old Honda Accord sedan zips into the parking lot and stops in front of McNally's Shelby. A young man quickly gets out with an AK47 trained on McNally. Suddenly, the sound of sirens and State Police cruisers entering the parking lot and Danka yells, "You tricked me!" He fires a shot at McNally and takes off running for the woods at the edge of the parking lot with a couple of Staties running after him.

The Build

The chassis is almost complete.

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I found a set of shocks in my parts box and made a set of brackets for them.

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A mockup with the body to check the stance.

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I finished the interior this morning.

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McNally will return..

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A very interesting story. I'll enjoy reading this. I always do, though.

I like the colors, Mike. Did you use that Tamiya spray for the interior as well? I was up at Amherst a couple of months ago and I saw a '72 with that same bright dark metallic blue interior, and I was thinking "Olds Engine Blue really is a good match for that."

That Tamiya blue does look right at home on a B-body. To my eye, and the eyes of many, it really is very close to the average of the couple of variations of the B5 blue that appeared.

Charlie Larkin

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Thanks guys!

Nice interior Mike. is it a shade lighter then the body color....??

Did you use that Tamiya spray for the interior as well?

That Tamiya blue does look right at home on a B-body. To my eye, and the eyes of many, it really is very close to the average of the couple of variations of the B5 blue that appeared.

Charlie Larkin

I did use the Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue for the interior and will be used on the exterior as well. This blue is quite close, but not exactly the same as the B5 variants that Mopar has used over the years. Maybe that's why I like it so much!

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  • 2 weeks later...

The Story

Angry with Capt. Ferrow for jumping the gun on the attempted capture of assassin Peter Danka, McNally returns to Boston, but stops at Vic's Garage to spend a little time working on the Road Runner before going home He sees that the engine and trans have been pulled from the car and he sets to separating the two so Vic's transmission specialist can repair the trans and the engine heads can be pulled off and sent out to a machine shop to have hardened valve seats put in. Vic stops at the Road Runner and asks McNally about his plans for the car. McNally wants the body repaired and painted a light metallic blue, the mis-matched wheels will be replaced with a matching set of steel wheels with hubcaps and new tires.

The rest of the car will be gone over as time allows McNally to do so.

The Build

After looking at my reference pictures again, I noticed that the ends of the turn signal and shift levers needed to be painted black. I little semi gloss black took care of that.

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I also forgot to foil the headrests.

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The engine is complete and installed permanently into the chassis.

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McNally will return...

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Thanks Glenn and Dan! This is the third '70 Road Runner that I have built in 10 years and the others have been glued down at the doghouse and at the interior bucket. I want to be sure they don't come apart!

The Story

With Vic closing down the garage for the night, McNally cleans up his tools and washes his hands. He gets into his Shelby and was about to start the engine when his cellphone rings. He answers the call to hear, "You are a dead man, McNally!" "Danka, I was hoping you would call. Let's meet and end all this. Pick a place and I'll meet you there all alone and we can settle this once and for all." "I'll call you tomorrow morning and if you are not in time, someone will die," says Danka and the call ends. McNally is now worried as to who someone is.

The Build

With everyone else in the house still asleep, I grabbed a cup of coffee and came down to my hobby room for a nice, quiet painting session.

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I searched Google Images and found a picture of a 383 Road Runner air cleaner pie plate. I made a decal out of the image and applied it to the air cleaner.

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McNally will return...

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Thanks Jonathan and Riley! The more I looked at the air cleaner, the more I didn't like how close it sat to the intake manifold. The carb is relatively flat, so I added a longer stem to the air cleaner with raised it up.

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