Guys, I need your detective skills.

"RotaryLover" (rotarylover) 11/13/2013 at 12:09 • Filed to: Found on the street.

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What is this car? EDIT: It's a 74 Plymouth Satellite Roadrunner. Thanks guys!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:12

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The contours almost resemble a 2nd gen F-body, with a faux older nose on and maybe stretched. Since that's unlikely to be it, I don't have any idea.

Nibbles > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:12

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Charger, 73-74

Edit nevermind, windows don't line up. Stand by.

'73-'74 Plymouth Road Runner. This is it.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:13

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Seems to be a somewhat modified Mustang Mach 1

oldirtybootz > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:13

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Looks to me like a 71-75 Satellite/RoadRunner.

dinobot666 > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:14

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What part of the world do you reside in? This is important.

oldirtybootz > Nibbles 11/13/2013 at 12:14

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The Plymouth variation of the body seems to match up.

RotaryLover > dinobot666 11/13/2013 at 12:15

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Canada. In Montreal, Quebec to be more precise.

Nibbles > oldirtybootz 11/13/2013 at 12:16

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Indeed. '73-'74 Road Runner. I knew it had to be a fuselage Chrysler, and it screams B-Body, I just chose the wrong model

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > oldirtybootz 11/13/2013 at 12:17

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Closer to 74 I'd say.

oldirtybootz > Nibbles 11/13/2013 at 12:17

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My first thought was Gran Torino actually but the more I looked at it I thought Chrysler fuselage and I know the rear windows on the Charger sweep up.

oldirtybootz > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 11/13/2013 at 12:18

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Indeed, the lower body matches much better than the 72 I posted.

RotaryLover > oldirtybootz 11/13/2013 at 12:19

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That's it that's the one!!! Thanks! Here, have a super cookie!

RotaryLover > Nibbles 11/13/2013 at 12:20

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Here!! A super cookie for you!

Nibbles > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:20

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COOKIES FOR EVERYBODY

oldirtybootz > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:21

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Mmm right in time for lunch.

speedygopher > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:31

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Is this how it looked from the factory? I am not a fan.

RotaryLover > speedygopher 11/13/2013 at 12:32

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Nah, It's heavily modified. It's much better looking stock.

speedygopher > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:35

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Good to hear. I know Chrysler had some bad ideas in the 70s, but damn...

RotaryLover > speedygopher 11/13/2013 at 12:43

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It's mostly the owners creating bad stuff ha!

AMC/Renauledge > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 12:46

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The car you're showing is a '74 Satellite Road Runner. Not a '71-73 or a '75.

How do I know? The '71-72 had a different nose with a loop-type integrated bumper/grille. So that rules those two years out.

I notice that the rear bumper stands out from the body, with a rubber molding separating the bumper from the body. This wasn't present on the '73, but was added to the '74 to make it compliant with the new 5mph rear bumper impact standard that went into effect for MY1974. So that rules the '73 out.

And this is the '75 Fury Road Runner. It was totally reskinned, with a different nose, tail, and roof line. The Fury name replaced the Satellite name for '75, as the big Furys became Gran Furys that year.

So 1974, it is.

Nibbles > AMC/Renauledge 11/13/2013 at 12:58

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Excellent deduction! I would have never looked to the rear bumper - I didn't know that change existed in '74.

RotaryLover > AMC/Renauledge 11/13/2013 at 12:58

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I'm mindblown!

Have this! Homemade by me!

AMC/Renauledge > Nibbles 11/13/2013 at 13:17

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Yup. Kind of an obscure fact, but the bumper standards made spotting '72s, '73s, and '74s easy.

In 1973, the rear bumper standard went to 2.5mph from none in '72. For '74, it went to 5mph. So almost every car offered in America got either a redesigned rear bumper (most with a revised rear fascia to go with it), or a modified one with big, black rubber bumper guards and rubber moldings.

Looking at the interior would help, too, since 3-point retractable seat belts became the Federal standard for '74. Pre-1974 models had detachable shoulder straps you had to fold up into visors in the roof above the door windows.

Kinda like how you can tell a '67 Camaro (or any car that wasn't substantially updated between 1967 and '68) from a '68 by looking for the side marker lights/reflectors. They were required in '68.

For 1985, the Pontiac Parisienne got a redesigned rear with the same panels as the '77-80 Bonneville. For 1986, that rear end added the Federally mandated CHMSL. There wasn't an '87. So the Federal equipment makes spotting which year is which pretty easy.

speedygopher > RotaryLover 11/13/2013 at 13:49

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Always amazes me how much effort some people go to in making their cars hideous.