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<blockquote data-quote="Obi-Wan" data-source="post: 364499" data-attributes="member: 709">My first car was a&nbsp; 71 Duster with a 318 which wasn't enough HP for me so I swapped out the 318 for a 360.&nbsp; After the swap I had trouble keeping a transmission in it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Moved on to a 73 Challenger again with a 318 and again I wanted more HP.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bought a 72 340 Road Runner with a 4 speed from the original owner for $ 200.00.&nbsp; The Road Runner had some rust, the interior was ratty, and I wasn't crazy about the body style.&nbsp; After driving it for a few months I pulled the 340 and with a few mods, a tunnel ram, dual 4 barrel carbs I dropped it into the Challenger, the HP was now to my liking.&nbsp; The road runner body went one direction while the 4 speed went another.&nbsp; A local guy ended up buying the 4spd from the guy I sold it to and then he bought the RR body from the guy that had that.&nbsp; For a couple years he kept bugging me to buy the 340 from me so he could put the original numbers matching car back together.&nbsp; I told him if he had another 340 for me we could talk, he didn't.&nbsp;&nbsp; I did finally find another 340 to put into the Challenger, which coincidently had belonged to the guy I originally sold the RR body to, his girlfriend wrapped his Cuda around a tree.&nbsp; When originally parting out the RR I sold the body for $150.00, the transmission for $400.00 and in the end the 340 for $1,200.00,&nbsp; I got more than my moneys worth out of it as I only paid $ 200.00.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the end the guy restored a numbers matching 72 340 4spd Road Runner.&nbsp; Out of the 3 cars from my youth the one I wish I had today is the Road Runner.Today we have a canary yellow 2000 Mustang GT 5spd convertible that mostly sits in the garage and gets driven a few&nbsp; hundred miles a year, the car now has just a little of 18,000 miles on it.&nbsp; This was my wife's mid life crisis car she had to have, I bet she personally hasn't driven it in 10 years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obi-Wan, post: 364499, member: 709"] My first car was a 71 Duster with a 318 which wasn't enough HP for me so I swapped out the 318 for a 360. After the swap I had trouble keeping a transmission in it. Moved on to a 73 Challenger again with a 318 and again I wanted more HP. I bought a 72 340 Road Runner with a 4 speed from the original owner for $ 200.00. The Road Runner had some rust, the interior was ratty, and I wasn't crazy about the body style. After driving it for a few months I pulled the 340 and with a few mods, a tunnel ram, dual 4 barrel carbs I dropped it into the Challenger, the HP was now to my liking. The road runner body went one direction while the 4 speed went another. A local guy ended up buying the 4spd from the guy I sold it to and then he bought the RR body from the guy that had that. For a couple years he kept bugging me to buy the 340 from me so he could put the original numbers matching car back together. I told him if he had another 340 for me we could talk, he didn't. I did finally find another 340 to put into the Challenger, which coincidently had belonged to the guy I originally sold the RR body to, his girlfriend wrapped his Cuda around a tree. When originally parting out the RR I sold the body for $150.00, the transmission for $400.00 and in the end the 340 for $1,200.00, I got more than my moneys worth out of it as I only paid $ 200.00. In the end the guy restored a numbers matching 72 340 4spd Road Runner. Out of the 3 cars from my youth the one I wish I had today is the Road Runner. Today we have a canary yellow 2000 Mustang GT 5spd convertible that mostly sits in the garage and gets driven a few hundred miles a year, the car now has just a little of 18,000 miles on it. This was my wife's mid life crisis car she had to have, I bet she personally hasn't driven it in 10 years. [/QUOTE]

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