The Road Runner was meant to be an inexpensive muscle car without all the frills. Plymouth increased the performance while cutting out the non-essentials. Sounds like a good plan to us. This 1970 Plymouth Road Runner has seen many a stop-light drag, but ended up parked in this garage. The seller has finally had the sense to let it go so someone can give it the restoration it deserves. Find it here on eBay out of Waretown, New Jersey with the bidding at $5,000.

As a teenager, I remember finding a Road Runner parked outside of a trailer house on the end of a road not far from my house. I would pester my parents to drive up there just so I could take a look. It was sitting on blocks and the tin worm had started to leave its mark, but I would always visualize what it could look like with a “little work”.

Eventually I mustered up enough courage to knock on the door. I figured it had been sitting out there for so long that they would probably be happy to have it hauled off. Well, they answered the door and I asked. They countered in a gruff tone with the traditional response I have heard many times since, “I am going to restore it one of these days”. Well, that day never came and eventually the car disappeared.

Luckily, the owner of the featured car has decided to sell it before it completely rots away. They ramble on about street races and a divorce in their listing, but the important thing to remember here is that the numbers-matching 383 and manual transmission are still in place. The seller also claims that the uprated suspension and rear end were installed by the dealer when new for street racing antics.

Rust has taken its toll on this old bird. A few repairs were attempted at some point, but other than the primer spots, the rest of the paint is claimed to be original. Not that it matters much because this one is going to require a complete makeover. Maybe I just have a soft spot for this car because of the barn finding memories of my past, but I really hope this one can be saved.