Obviously there was a need for a car that combined some of the creature comforts of the street stock with the integrity of the Grand National type. Nevertheless, it was infinitely attractive - the low silhouette the super-wide tires the stovepipe exhausts the absence of chrome the Spartan cockpit - sort of brutally good-looking. You couldn't buy it, and even if you could, your name would have to be Petty or something to get it started on a cold morning. Then there was the other type - the Grand National stocker. The emphasis was on luxury: expensive interiors, lavish adornments, and lots of brightwork. Despite the acquisition of big-displacement engines and ferocious nicknames, it was basically just a boulevard car. Until now, there were two distinct type of stock cars. The "Rallye" dash with round gauges, used by the Charger and Super Bee since 1968, finally came to the 1970 Road Runners prior 'Runners had the standard midsize Plymouth dash, which was similar to the 1968-69 GTX. The 19 Road Runners had the same speedometer as the basic Belvedere, while the Sport Satellite and GTX had a special 150 mph speedometer. The Road Runner package did come back, switching to the Plymouth Volare, but no sales figures are available for those. 1975 sales, just over seven thousand, were a new low point, and it should come as no surprise that there was no 1976 Road Runner. In any case, the appearance of the Plymouth Road Runner changed again, this time matching the 1975 Plymouth Fury. It would be equally valid to say that they merely renamed the B-bodies to Fury. In 1975, Plymouth "downsized" the C-body Fury and dropped Belvedere and Satellite. Press again, and you have a normal hood.ġ974 was the final year for the Belvedere/Satellite-based Road Runner. In 1970, the Road Runner added the Air Grabber hood, which was remote controlled from the passenger compartment. Galen Govier, as quoted by the Standard Catalog of Chrysler, wrote that there were 1,268 Super Bees with the 440 Six-Pack, and 36 with Hemis. (They sold 24,817 Duster 340s in the same year, and an astounding 192,375 Dusters without the 340 a recession may have pushed many buyers to the cheaper Dusters.) Whether due to the looks, changing times, or, the cheaper-but-still-potent Plymouth Duster 340, sales of the Road Runner fell lower than they had been in 1968, to 43,404. The more complex Super Bee front end had a twin-loop design.
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Weekly posts are original essays, photos, and anecdotes on lively, interesting places and creatures I have befriended all over the world.Įight Yrs of Posts, Archive Search Eight Yrs of Posts, Archive Search Jet Eliot’s latest mystery novel.John Belbas pointed out that the 1968 Road Runner had the 383 or Hemi the 19 Road Runner had the 383, Hemi, or 440 triple-twin-barrel.ġ970 Road Runners and Super Bees both gained a new grille the Plymouth grille was shared with Belvedere, and was both moderately aggressive and neat. I write mystery novels set in exotic places, highlighting local culture and wildlife. And if you’re a birder, get ready for some rockin’ times. It’s easy to avoid the resort world and get lost in the mountains, canyons, palm springs, and desert expansiveness. Formed as a result of the moving rift plates, it has no outlet. It is so saline and polluted that tilapia are the only fish that can live there.
So large it looks like the ocean, it is a runoff lake that is only 5 feet deep. Palm Springs locals give you a perplexed look when you gleefully tell them you’re going to the Salton Sea. More great birding was about a two hour drive away at the Salton Sea. In the more immediate area Indian Canyons, Coachella Valley Preserve, and Big Morongo Canyon Preserve provided excellent outdoor adventures. We enjoyed a day trip to Joshua Tree National Park. There are so many places for hiking and birding that in four days we just scratched the surface. There are spectacular mountain ranges to explore: San Bernardino, Santa Rosa, San Jacinto, and the Little San Bernardino Mountains. There are still events that draw film stars.īut it’s not the stars or resorts that called me here it was hiking and birding in February. It was once a mecca for Hollywood stars (Bob Hope and others lived here), and Sonny Bono was even the mayor. Located approximately 100 miles east of Los Angeles, the city of Palm Springs has flourished as a resort town.
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