Thank you for being so responsive to the comments it really means a lot to the channels audience 👍🏼 i’ll be watching daily for updates, A 69 road runner is my dream car 🤩 two of my neighbors on my block in the 70s and 80s had 69 road runner‘s, one was black and one was a bronze brown color they both had slot mags with white letter tires ... I just wish I had a chance to buy will have them back then but I was just a kid

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! thanks for watching, Update video coming soon!

That car is 1 of 421 1969 Roadrunner hardtops equipped with the 425 horsepower and 490 ft lbs torque 426 Hemi. It's also 1 of 187 equipped with the torqueflite automatic. I know many people are saying this but I'm saying this too. Please send this very unique mopar engine up to Montreal Canada to Nick's Garage who has well over 40 years of experience working on these engines. He's also a fellow youtuber, so he'll document rebuilding this engine and putting it on the dyno to break it in and see how much actual horsepower it's pumping out. Once again, send that Hemi engine to Nicks Garage to work his magic making that engine run again

@Mercmad

3 жыл бұрын

Even down here in Australia, guys have had Nick work his magic on their Mopar muscle cars and sent them to him . and he's been a Carlisle regular forever too with winning resto's.

I pulled my 440 out of my 70 GTX by myself and put it back in. But I did need help to get the hood off. I don’t think I could of done the Hemi by myself. That was definitely a team effort. Good luck.

They make engine cradles now.

This is a great video series you have going - it reminds me of really good memories. I'm sure you'll give careful thought about what to replace and what to clean up, and even what not to touch. My only suggestion is to use true 426 Hemi music for you video... you know, like Creedence Clearwater Revival, Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat, The Guess Who, etc. Real classic rock or even country from the true Hemi muscle-car days, instead of the Weenie-Mobile hip-hop music of today.

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

Thats actually very good advice! Thank you

@willthetrill4849

3 жыл бұрын

The problem with that is the bullshit copyright police

@CurtisG-oq5wu

3 жыл бұрын

@@LotLizardDiesel I couldn't agree more about the music. I hated your intro music so much that I almost didn't subscribe. Have fun with this project. There will be bumps in the road but you will overcome. Best of luck to you. Oh, I'm glad that I subscribed.

Your choice in cars is fantastic, but dude that music sucks!!

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

copyright issues

@CurtisG-oq5wu

3 жыл бұрын

@@LotLizardDiesel Try to find music from a group that is dead. If the Dems allow dead people to vote then you should be ok. Just remember, forgiveness is easier to get than permission!

Love it! You are so lucky!

Nice, keep em coming !!

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Send that motor to Nick's Garage,,,, a fellow Mopar KZreadr...

@bigsid54

3 жыл бұрын

Send them the money...

MAJOR Updates coming soon on the Roadrunner! Still waiting on Engine to be finished up. Covid complications have made things hard but we are very close. VIDEO COMING SOON!

I can't believe someone left that outside....

Black n straight, mint to me...Prolly hard for you to believe you own it. Im sure you paid good money, but its a true surviver, just how i like em...

Good luck with your build.

my dream car!

This is a simple Procedure pure And Simple,’

Hey This is like the BROTHER channel of Dylan McCool 🤩🤩 🚬😎👍🏼 💨💨

Next time you pull a motor shorten the chains to the heavy side by 2" it will come up level.

take it outside and use muriatic acid/water on that floor.. In an hr or so of working it will look as if its new. . There is a couple hemi and rare parts guys we know near Lakeland as well.

good elephant hoisting ,,removal😎😎

no send someone that knows what they doing, engine is special

@paulhewson4600

3 жыл бұрын

Watch Nicks Garage....He builds a to of these

Make Nicks Garage your friend for help in restoring this car!

@chrismc.4437

3 жыл бұрын

Lol all the KZread fan boys know about Nick

My dad probably pressed the hood or trunk outer skin for that car... He and another guy took turns pressing outer skins for Plymouth's hoods and trunks from 67-71, RR, Super Bees, etc..

Don't lose any parts !! Tag everything !!! Tag Tag tag!!

Sum black and polished welds on this thang would look rowdy...

Crying shame it doesn't have a 4 speed

Hey I'm pretty sure you can get the new radiator showing # match now, worth looking into. Also me personally keep every part you take off because it's # natch and most thing's you can rebuild , again good luck live it brother.🇺🇸

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

We have the original radiator!

I went through your posted videos and I don't see any updates. Are you still working on restoring the 69? ✌️

Very nice. Please kill the music.

Man that's gonna be one hell of a ride when done. You thinking on keeping it factory or make it your own with mods. That thing would be bitchin with a 4 speed.

You have hit the Jackpot with this car! How much did you pay for it? I am really curious about that. Bring this Beast back to life.

I have been building a 426 Hemi. Get out the wallet if you want it done right! I'm still in denial that air cleaners are more expensive than crankshafts. But you gotta do what you gotta do. :D At least in your situation everything there is in great condition. I personally would not paint this car. Build it and enjoy it first.

That's a real nice find that area over in Indiana was big Mopar. Does it have Dana rear end or an 8.3/4 also I noticed the horn didn't have the little Roadrunner button in the steering wheel nice car hope it goes well for you I'll be watching!

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

It has the 8.3/4 rear end. The car was manufactured in late 1968 so it has all non colored roadrunner stickers on the sides.(like the 68 roadrunner) That might have something to do with the steering wheel.. not sure tho!

@novawagon1965

3 жыл бұрын

@@LotLizardDiesel that's something I've seen a lot of 69 roadrunners but never one with those door stickers and trunk sticker the '68s were different but they did look like that what did the tag say on the on the diff hopefully it has 3.91.

@noahschimpf6135

3 жыл бұрын

Hey from Auburn, keep those videos coming, nice to see an early muscle car rescue..

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

@@novawagon1965 I will have to check and get back with you!

I have the same Ram except its red.

How's the engine tear down coming along?

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

Carbs are rebuilt and cleaned up! Engine is at the shop right now being cleaned up and making sure the heads/ block are not cracked due to having water in the oil pan! so far it looks good and should have it back in less than 2 months!

The manifolds look like headers

Was the motor locked??

Straight to Indy Auto in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Nick's Garage Tell him his number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia send you. For what it is worth, you & your family should be commended for saving American Muscle Car History. Stay safe & stay warm. Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤

BIG lump of engine, trans is quite long, overall condition of the car is not too bad, there always will some Rust regardless but it could have been a lot worse!

500k $ survivor

Being a survivor car be careful. Don’t paint or clean stuff up the same way as a car being restored. If you touch stuff up it will just take away from the survivor factor. Don’t paint the motor. Should be able to break it loose and clean up the cylinders. It won’t be a perfect fresh motor but it will be good enough and preserve the survivor factor.

@jppagetoo

3 жыл бұрын

I am all for keeping survivors original as possible. But... If there was water in the bottom end of that engine it will need some major work, even if it wasn't turned over. A 426 original matching numbers engine... just fix it right. If that means losing some orginal patina, so be it. The rest of the body is amazing for a '69 in the midwest. Good car! I will follow as it is being fixed up and made to run.

@mysterycomment1553

3 жыл бұрын

@@jppagetoo I have fixed countless motors with water in them. It’s more then doable. As long as there was oil in the block it doesn’t mean it will be completely rusty even. But who knows. The thing could be unreal corroded inside or it might not. Just a example I had a 390 in a f150 running that was literally rusty/seized. Would have been a boat anchor to most. Cleaned up the whole motor, valve train cleaned up good enough, Cylinders cleaned up nice, put new rings, etc and fired right up. Just so you know if he was to drop off that motor at any shop it would be a minimum $15,000 Bill just because it’s a hemi or just some random shop will probably wreck it or run the risk of the numbers matching motor going missing. People are crooks; never trust anyone with a hemi. I’d never drop off a complete hemi to anyone these days. Take the block in to get done and bring it home, take the heads after and bring them home etc. Would be cool if he does a tear down video so we can see it taken apart.

@jppagetoo

3 жыл бұрын

@@mysterycomment1553 I have no doubt that it will run again. It may not even be siezed. But, it's been 30 years since oil went through the journals to the crank. Moisture will have crept into all the mains and rod bearings. The bottom end will be rusted. But, it's not my engine, so they will do what they think is best. I agree with your not wanting it to go someplace they don't trust 100%.

@LotLizardDiesel

3 жыл бұрын

So far engine is looking great, just replacing the rings! Minor cleaning and putting back together with new gaskets. Keeping paint and everything how we found it

@mysterycomment1553

3 жыл бұрын

@@LotLizardDiesel Exactly. Good to hear. Water doesn’t always mean disaster. Just be careful with it still once running. Last thing you want to do is throw a rod through a numbers matching block.

music sux

Please how much tell us how much you paid for it

@mrdiplomat9018

3 жыл бұрын

That’s not happening ❗️🤡

@Mercmad

3 жыл бұрын

Have a look at those for sale... that will give a close enough idea. And then, the nostalgia factor of a the original lowner wanting to see it go to a good home and to a person who has known it most of his life .In some of those cases I have seen cars handed over for a dollar. I was recipient of one once ,an antique Mercedes which had been in storage for years. it upset a lot of the vultures who had heard the owner was ill.

But(!) where would you drive a car like that?! Wouldn't you feel guilty for its loud and massive carbon footprint??!!

@SKATETOSLAYER

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck no