1970 Roadrunner : Restomodding a muscle car Icon
This gorgeous 1970 Roadrunner was brought to us by Doug in TX whom we met at SEMA 2017 with our Challenger “Kryptonite”. Doug told us about this real 440 6 Pack 4-speed Roadrunner that he’s owned since high school. The car looked good but had drive-ability issues and was rarely driven.
Automotion Classics made a plan for this rare bird: Upgrade the original 440 with a 6-pack fuel injection setup to bring performance and reliability into the 21st century. We will also upgrade to a 5-speed Tremec transmission from Silver Sport Transmissions while keeping the appearance mostly stock using their Perfect-fit kit.
Suspension is upgraded with Reilly Motorsports front & rear tubular suspension kits with big Baer disc brakes and rack-n-pinion steering.
Please contact us if you would like to have your own restomod build commissioned.
518-852-2858
www.automotionclassics.com
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- anthracite interior panels painted to match
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- anthracite trim parts
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- smoked taillights
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- front inner splash shields epoxy primed
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- front upper valance panel was previously chromed
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- Door panels fabricated out of fiberglass & ready for upholstery
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- Door panel 3D mock-up
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- Lots of build-up of materials in cowl grates : uneven vent width. Requires spot blasting to remove all material.
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- Custom pocket to capture the stainless nut for the Ring Brothers Hood pins.
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- Crack in metal to be repaired
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- Drip rail rusted through on Driver-side
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- Rust Found in Windshield channel
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- Corleone Forged Wheels Fitted
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- Spot blasted to bare metal, gaps all correct.
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- holes “Ovaled” for fitment due to previous accident repair.
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- Rust ar LH Lower Windshield channel
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- Door Jambs & Hinges stripped,& prepped.
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- new metal cut & fitted.
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- Rear window channel rust holes found & Spot Blasted.
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- Bent & Broken studs on pot-metal trim pieces.
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- Drip rail welded / repaired.
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- modified mirror bases to fit door sheet metal.
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- New metal cut & fit
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- New Metal welded in with Silicon Bronze. All Metal repair
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- Lower rear window rust found
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- Ground down
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- Spot Blasted
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- Rust hole in rear RH window channel
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- Windshield channel rust on lower driver-side.
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- Rust cut-out
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- Crack in body work from corrosion under existing paint which was not removed
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- holes “Ovaled” for fitment due to previous accident repair.
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- Silicon Bronze welded
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- Spot Blasted
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- New threaded studs epoxied in
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- underside of hood drilled & panel fitted with push-pin retainers.
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- Old mirror holes filled
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- Ring brothers mirror fitted
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- Hood Pin fitted with captured nut
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- Molding a customer trunk lid interior panel
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- Corleone Forged Wheels
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- New Wheels design from Corleone Forged
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- Custom trunk lid panel finished & ready for upholstery
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- Custom Door Panel layout
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- Billet Valve Cover Badges
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- HID Projector Beam Headlights
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- CFL Halos
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- Fuel-Injection tank with in-tank pump & upgraded sending unit.
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- 6-Pack EFI installed on rebuilt 440 engine
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- Baer front brake package
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- 4-link crossmember welded in place.
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- rusty trunk panel extension
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- Previous welded repair.
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- Previous repairs shown where the wheelhouse was rusted through and a strip of metal was tack welded in.
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- Rust never sleeps! This will be spot blasted & treated before the new quarters are welded on.
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- Small rust holes filled with bondo were found along the bottoms of both quarter panels. We will be replacing the quarter skins, inner wheelhouse panels and trunk pan extansions to ensure this body looks good for another 40 years.
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- Inner fenders prepped & coated with textured chip guard for protection from stones & road debris.
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- Removing old undercoating.
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- Primer
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- Three repaints on this front-end already!
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- Engine bay blasted to bare metal.
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- Disassembly process started.
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- Day of Arrival
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