Thanks guys! It is neat to see Roadrunner fans from all over. France and the UK, awesome! I am really looking forward to starting a project.
I come from a large Mopar family. My cousin has a 1972 Plum Crazy Purple Challenger. Her dad restored it after he sold his Superbird. He is restoring his wife a 1970 Convertible Challenger currently. He also ran the Revived Performance Mopar Club (Charlotte Chapter) for years. My other cousin is restoring a 1973 Matching Number 340 Cuda. Another uncle had a matching numbers 1971 340 Dart Swinger (he sold it for Harley Road King and Fat Boy, Boo! But does have a 1956 Dodge Pick Up he has been toying with restoring.) Another uncle has a 1968 Charger 500 and a 1971 Duster Twister with the canvas pull back top that he is restoring, along with several Fury wagons.
I was pretty much raised a Mopar kid. It was the thing that brought my family together. Over the years, and several family members’ battles with Cancer, including my dad, things slowed down or stopped all together. It has been many years since we all went to a show (Carlisle was our main show). When we all went, we always made it a big deal and it was a blast. We always had a full area with a tent and would grill out and just have fun enjoying all of the Mopars.
A few months ago, all of the cousins were recently talking and it just came up about how much we missed it and how much fun we had. We all have kids now of our own, ages 5 to 15, and decided it would be fun to get together and go to a show again. We are going to the Charlotte show in the fall and have set everything up for all of the uncles to get back together and come. I know over the years the fun times we had and am looking forward to passing that along to my son.
I am looking to catch up on my knowledge, ask advice, and help along the way. I have done a lot of contemplating on what I would want to try to restore, and I really do like the 1966-67 Belvedere/Satellite/GTX like my dad had but, my favorite is the 1968-69 Roadrunner/GTX. I had an opportunity to buy one restored in 1998 but didn't, and always regretted it.
I could buy a completed one, but there is just something about the feeling of building one, hunting for the right parts, and the knowing that you have saved it from ruin. (I still have pictures, back when we were real young, of me, my younger brother, and my cousins, at the Capital with pickets protesting the clunker law passed by Bill Clinton back in the early 90's.)
I am just hoping to connect meet some cool people on here and work on building my dream Roadrunner.
Thanks guys!
