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Dang i payed $3.200 for that car in 1975 including shipping to Sweden :mad:

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Thanks Mario,
All that add dose is reinforce everything my dad says.
"My first house cost,my first car cost" LOL
I wonder what a Honda civic will be worth when it's 46 years old.?
But to sum it up , I don't care I've got a roadrunner LOL.
I think my rc time over the summer will take a bit of a hit, apparently one of the cousins wants to use it as a wedding car,
Sweet free beer and gas money....

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You should be happy Andy....a Roadrunner is a super cool car....wish i can find one soon missing my old one a lot. was a ton of fun.

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Where has our world gone so wrong. We all just keep chasing our tails trying to make more and every time we do everything costs more. Maybe we need a reset back to when people made very little and were happy having less? Yeah, you're right. F that! I like toys!:lol:

Hard to say what a current model Civic might be worth in a few decades. I guess if you have one of the original cars now they are worth a fair penny considering they weren't cool to own back then.lol It's like anything, you just have to find a few eccentric rich people that think something is cool and then all us other sheep follow... I hear stuff made by RCP's is amazing and everyone needs some.:lol::lol::lol:

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LOL so true.
I blame tv, watching the dukes of Hazzard was a really bad influence on me.
I could never jump my go cart quite the same, and usually with very unsatisfactory results.
Still that's what parents are for, mum to say "don't " and dad to say "go a little faster next time and it will be fine".
I will happily jump a civic, but not the roadrunner!!!

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I've just printed the add for the roadrunner....
I've worked out why it cost me so much, the damage voucher expires 8 days before my birthday.

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Beautiful Road Runner!
Always liked the way Mopar painted the engine compartment the same color as the body. Makes me miss my 69 Mach1.

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Now we are talking , my mrs is after the 69 fast back.
so hopefully we can source a clean one here .
Then everyone will be happy.

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just a shortened version of the drive home, skip to the end for the fun

https://youtu.be/Jsw6vR3miwE

cheers andy

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Sweet she's home!

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That was scary driving on the wrong side of the was on the edge of the couch the whole time . Beautiful car my friend had one put a bigger engine in it an hour later they forgot about a curve in the road ......... Drive safe Mike

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this will be a long work in progress to get her how I want, lots of small cosmetic things to sort and a few bigger mechanical things, brake booster , new steering box, exhaust and tune up.

heres a quick walk around

https://youtu.be/YwKWN55QxgA

cheers andy

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been doing a bit of a tidy up on the car, lots of new shiny bits.

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psllvbcjhr.jpg

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...ps65zmfwtq.jpg

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7fhrclbb.jpg

and a mate of mine has been winding me up over owning a mopar, so I told him that I fitted a blower to it,
well technically I did

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psapj0iqxr.jpg

cheers andy

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I like that car it's much faster than my convertible Farmall A . My friend has a 2006 Mustang with a 1350 HP naturally aspirated , but only good for a 1/4 mile . He's licensed it since he bought it so he can drive for short distances on the street ! Mike

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I was thinking about your car a few days back. Nice to see an update! Are the rear springs relocated? It looks like the rear tires are pretty fat? I like the blower! You should have added and intercooler as well(ice cube tray).lol

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NICE Ride!!

-Terry

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that car is HOT!!! but she needs a set of flowmaster mufflers badly
http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/

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thanks guys,
the blower was purely put there to cool the beer as I worked in the shed, mega humid this year.
as for the ride stance, it has 2 inch lowering blocks in the back and sits nicely, launches great and has done a 12.5 1/4 with way too much wheel spin, like a lot......4 speed not as user friendly as an auto.
im running 295/50/15 on the rear but want 315s .
as for the exhaust im waiting on the post man for my reproduction original tail pipes in 3 inch then its a new twin exhaust, h pipe and original 40 series flow masters.
just finished fitting a new set of door cards from original parts, they look sweet with the old stainless trim.
also have a 6 barrel complete manifold to air filter coming in june when all parts are available.
that will be about when it goes into the paint shop to be stripped and a full repaint.

the longer its in the shop will give me a bit of play time with the RCs which has been lacking recently ,
by then I guess I will need a new set of rear tyres again...

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heres a few update picts

just a heads up for the low life's

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psoht5bblo.jpg

had to make a glove box insert , so made a card board template and went from there.

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psu861qaqm.jpg

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psmzvumxum.jpg

and some front speaker mounts

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...pscub7hyzr.jpg

also need to keep the policeman happy, all legal

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...pszo5xahgf.jpg

more new bits

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psmsw5m1tp.jpg

a new rudder

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...pssw5fciqg.jpg

but it really didn't want to come off, so I made a puller, worked good :o

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psawrwqgj0.jpg

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...sooooo, no new Vario this yr? :thinking: