Hard price - 72 340 roadrunner

b-body-bob

b-body-bob

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It would be hard for me to give half the asking price on this car.

1972 Plymouth Road Runner | eBay

This is as good as it gets for engine photos
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The use of soft-focus implies the photographer has experience in shooting porn.

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It is pretty, but is it $70k pretty? Only if the engine grew 100 cu in and the carb grew two more barrels and split into 3.

IIRC the last time I lost interest in the car hobby was about the time when shops like Gateway took off.

Dollar for dollar, we were probably better off dealing with sellers like HLPAG.
 
For a little over half that number, I'd still expect a correct restoration, not a $75 Grant steering wheel, a non-factory spoilers (no spats or wing available in '72), Krylon-blacked grille and a trunk full of go-fast stickers. It is kind of hilarious that the artsy, Skinemax-focus interior photo highlights glaring half-assery like the steering wheel. While I agree that the two-years-earlier wheel centers are prettier than the correct ones, a $70,000 '72 Chicken had better be able to glide into the platinum tent and steamroll all comers.

Here's the thing: If it's indeed an N96 car, it's pretty freakin' rare. Were it an even-rarer N96 Charger, it'd be easier to tell just by looking at the hood. On the Plymouth, the Air Grabber was a just bolt-on to the factory flat hood whereas on the Charger, the Ramcharger hood is a completely unique stamping. The 1971 hoods have different cowl vents than '72. The Air Grabber is easy to add, the Ramcharger is tricky because you need the right hood. The '72 Ramcharger hood is unobtainium.

Even with the rare N96 option, it's just not that valuable. I have no issue with the small-block or the year, mind you. I rather like the '72 and clearly love 340s. The market just doesn't bear the asking by a long shot.

It's easy to hate on Gateway (I do as well) but in their defense, they're a consignment outfit. The car's owner sets the price aaccounting for consignment fees. I don't know what Gateway charges, but even at $50K the price is out of hand.
 
I'd buy all of that--the car, hood, engine, etc. Right color, right engine, right hood.

Looks to be the correct '72 hood by the cowl vents. The '72 hoods have a centered split or gap in the cowl vents, which is evident in the back view. The 1971 vents go all the way across, '73 has a much wider (close to a foot) gap between two short sections of vents, and '74 has no cowl vents a'tall.

Can't believe he's standing it on end. What an excellent way to destroy an irreplaceable hood.
 
The guy won't sell anything valuable, only junk. He's got several rare cars in about that same shape. Not for sale. It's the same guy who turned down $300 on the 69 Valiant grille.

You think the way he handled the hood was bad, he had (maybe still has) the full leather interior for his hemi cuda stored in the crawl space under his house.

I remember he got pissed because I took a photo of the door latch on that Super Bee

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