70 Roadrunner Pics and History

This is my second 70 Roadrunner (Moulin Rouge). I ordered my first one from the factory in the spring of 1970 and was later told by the dealer that it was the ONLY Moulin Rouge Roadrunner sold in the state of Minnesota. I'm not sure that was true but I assume it was.

Chrysler Historical, forwarded me the production numbers for 1970 Moulin Rouge Roadrunners which were 47 hardtops , 44 post cars and 6 convertibles. That's nation wide.

Our Roadrunner has a .060 overbore 440-cid with a Holley 770 Street Avenger 4bbl. carb. A Racer Brown 280 cam adds a nice lopping idle. It also has a Flowmaster dual exhaust system along with the factory pistol grip equipped Hurst Competition plus four speed console mounted shifter.

Since we purchased the car in 1998 I have refurbished the whole interior installing new carpet and new inside door panels. Refinished all plastic dash panels, cut, stained and installed real walnut wood panels on the center console with a real Richard Petty signature as you can see here.

I removed all the gauges and sent them to be re-silkscreened and calibrated. I then replaced all dash and gauge light bulbs and reinstalled the gauges and all plastic dash panels.

All the engine bright work and installation was done by myself also. The only custom work I didn't do in the engine compartment was the powder coating of the NOS air filter lid and base plate.

I have been asked a number of times at car shows about the spark plug wire standoff setup that I have. I fabricated them myself out of hollow stainless steel tubing with 1/4 threaded stock cut to the length needed to keep the plug wires well above the exhaust manifold heat. Each standoff is about 6 inches long.