If ypu're going to be sleeping.......

[68R/T]

....you might as well be ugly doing it;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962...7?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3cba023137#v4-38

Sneaky bastid's only got one tailpipe showing too. :clap:

If it wasn't so far away I would think seriously about checking it out. :hmmm:

 

[69.5CUDA]

probably the sexyest of the wagons...i love the rear shot of the eyebrowed roof
however..that is one rusty lump for a west coaster.........and i really love the heater air sucking right off the exhaust manifolds

 

[dustergal]

that thing is hideously ugly...I love it. Would make a wicked drag car.

 

[Dr.Jass]

Does anyone know what the hell he's talking about with the Hurst shifter shim not allowing 2nd gear? Perhaps I didn't read enough, but to me it sounds like an internal transmission problem with the synchros.

Also, he doesn't mention what year Roadrunner supplied the trans, but if it was pre-'76, I want nothing to do with the driveline angles or shifter position.

All that being said, there's a ton of potential in that hideous beast. Funny how "Exner at his worst" is becoming a running theme around here of late...

 

[68R/T]

Does anyone know what the hell he's talking about with the Hurst shifter shim not allowing 2nd gear? Perhaps I didn't read enough, but to me it sounds like an internal transmission problem with the synchros.

I'm assuming that he's talking about the shift-rod bushing, causing the 1-2 shift throw to be very sloppy. He probably has the linkage adjusted just enough to reach nuetral from 1st, but when shifting from 2nd it doesn't fully disengage 2nd gear. :huh:

 

[Dr.Jass]

That would work for me, except no Roadrunner was ever built with a shifter or linkage that used bushings... unless you count the rubber isolators used between shifter and handle on the early-'68 Inland garbage. Besides, 2nd gear is a straight pull back from first so crappy bushings or not, the problem is not with the shifter. If you can get it into first, second's a cake-walk. The problem has to be internal to the trans.

 

[68R/T]

Well, he DID say that it has a Sure-Grip. :toot:

 

[mr340]

Who needs a "Pistol Grip" when you have a "Vice Grip" [smilie=f:

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[dodgechargerfan]

an internal transmission problem..

that's how I read it..

 

[dodgedifferent2]

I honestly love that look ... would work awesome as the daily grocery getter rather than using the current hideous vans

 

[Stretch]

I think I came a little! God I love early A-bodys! Wagoon or not!