"KING KONG"
1970 Hemi Road Runner 426 Auto
This Hemi Road Runner made its way down to Hamilton during the early 1970's where it became a local legend. Its Beatty & Woods prepped Hemi was just too much for the local Chevies and Fords. It is rumored that the people of Hamilton still talk about the unbeatable Black Hemi Road Runner to this day.
I can't picture this monster thundering up next to me at a stoplight and me thinking I could handle it...NO WAY!!! NO HOW!!! A sleeper this car is not...I would think pretty much anybody from the housewife down the street, to the gas jockey at the corner filling station knows what this car is all about...all out straight line performance.
One such yarn about the car was when the previous owner (who was 17 when he bought this Runner) was dropping off his girlfriend one summer night and proceeding to do a 3 minute burnout on her street. He filled the whole boulevard with smoke, the interior was full too, he then heard a tap on the window...it was a cop...he said "when your done, would you pull over?" He got a $25 dollar fine!!!
During this same time frame what happened to that original Hemi engine is a sad story indeed. The story goes the young owner, pulled the Hemi and replaced it with a 383 so he could drive it during the winter(!), and he stored the Hemi at his buddies shop. Well, buddy goes broke during the winter and sold the Hemi on the guy! The engine was never found, and a 1966 block presently rests in the K-frame.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and story of the sinister black on black no non-sense 1970 Hemi Road Runner.
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