A "GREAT car": '69 Plymouth Road Runner 440

There are a lot of "Great cars" at the meets that I go to. But only a few "GREAT cars."

My definition:
1. Gotta be a MOPAR! (OK, so Usually)
2. FAST!
3. Driveable on the street, which after all, is what they were built for. I make exceptions for all our track-only cars, though. If the motor is only good for 6 seconds a run...
4. Looks great! But not a "Trailer Queen" with chrome rotors that have no scuff marks, no matter how much they cost. Aardvarks are interesting to look at too, but limited purpose & certainly not great?
5. Sounds great! There's nothing like a nice cam lope as it idles by?

Dennis's '69 Plymouth Road Runner stands out from the crowd of merely "Great cars" & instantly became one of my favorites.

The glassy black paint has very subtle purple ghost flames that didn't show well in the late light. It has a .030" over 440 motor with a 6:71 blower. In street trim with the .613" lift cam, it puts out about 800bhp & will turn 10s in the quarter mile, even though it weighs 3,900 pounds. I say "about 800bhp" since he's added $1,500 worth of carbs & it hasn't been dynoed lately.
But wait! Tucked in behind the passenger seat is a nitrous bottle that adds about 200bhp more! (For that emergency run to the store before the game starts.)

It has a 727 manual shift auto trans with a 3800 stall converter, & a Dana 60 4.88 rear end. Gas mileage on the street is 4mpg. Dennis has had it for 9 years & says he's built it, rebuilt it, & is still rebuilding it now.
He drives it about 1,000 miles a year.

So far, & probably for some time after, its my "Car of the Year!" I think I'll use the motor for the cover shot in my "Detroit Iron" book.

This is Dennis, as nice a guy as you'd ever meet!
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Does his expression say,"OMG, Lookitt that!" ;D

Holy Smoke is that street legeal?? if it is He gotta have a gas tanker in tow.
barley make it to the next service station.
By the Way Great shot now that real black.

very nice

It is, except for the great sounding exhaust, but generally the police turn a "deaf ear" to them. It's Detroit, after all, & things like no wipers are ignored. In some areas, like the East side, they've been known to not officially see the occasional 1/8 mile run, too!

Yeah, I just love the way that black looks, & this paint job is as smooth as black glass.

Thanks for the comments! I'm sure that he'll appreciate them.

awesome car, awesome pics

look at the size of that blower!

Pfft. My RAM 250 Conversion Van will easily outrun it....distance per tank that is.

Nice pics and an AWESOME car!!

The last two look just a tad overexposed (on my monitor). Not as black as the others. Still nice though!

the expression on the man's and the child's face is priceless in #1 shot, and he didn't even see the pictures
(yet)

they're great shots Frank

I can't imagine those slicks are!!

See post #5. If it started raining, I'd think seriously about taking a cab home!
Maybe this one?"Notice that he's parked next to it in the 1st shot? It doesn't hurt to plan ahead for rain!

Thanks for the comment Marie, & everyone else.

So I was actaully trying to find a moderator to Pm, and found this thread. Awesome! I was in Michigan like years ago and visited that very car yard! (at least it looks the same, is it in or near Rochester Hills?) Love that car BTW.

Nice pics....I had to go back and look at the engine pic, I missed the NOS lines the first time I looked. I bet it sounded nice when he left. Rod

Gotta ask, the background on the "I played with this one a bit" shot, how do you do that? Oh, and nice shots plus nice car.

Photoguy, WOW, GREAT SHOTS of my car!!!!!! It looks better in the pix than in real !! Thanks to all for the GREAT replies... I would like to get together with you to take more photos of my car for myself. Let me know if you would be intrested???? THANKS!!! DENNIS