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Thanks for the reply! I'm sure you're right that it was an engine transplant. Motors floated in and out of cars back then. I was looking for a hemi to put in my 318 equipped 66 Dodge Coronet but settled on a 440. Guy I sold the car to took the motor out, junked the body (I coulda killed...

Well, that's what I came up with (nothing much!) over the years trying to corroborate my memory. If only I had offered that used car guy my $900 and then had someplace to store/keep that car for 45 years through multiple moves and an ex-wife!

My question should have been: Were any of the 3 1970 Hemi Convertibles ever painted a copper color?

I joined this forum to clear up something in my old age memory: In about 1975ish I stopped at a used car lot in Bound Brook NJ. There was a 1970 Hemi Roadrunner convertible for sale - $1400. I couldn't afford that at the time and was pretty mad when I found out he sold it for $900 (that I...