Has the lowest-mileage 1970 Road Runner been found in an Ohio garage?

[sauterd]

Has the lowest-mileage 1970 Road Runner been found in an Ohio garage?

 

[mrfury68]

Hard to believe there are still some of those finds out there. What a car.

 

[78Brougham]

Chain...

 

[jct]

As other ppl on the interweb would say another barn find. Now are barns and garages the same thing in todays car finds world. imo it's not...

 

[300Nutter]

“Eric VanDamia, avid collector of all things Mopar, was browsing ClassicCars.com a few weeks ago when he came across a listing for the ’70 Road Runner 440cid Six Pack with a four-speed manual transmission. The listing contained photos of a couple quarter panels and indicated just 5,000 miles were on the car’s odometer.

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VanDamia said the car has an estimated sale value of at least $175,000, but he plans to keep it in his garage for the time being.“

Yeah, I was going to say it should be well into six figures if it’s authentic.

 

[Turboomni]

Quote: And by enjoy, he means looking at it. VanDamia has no plans to jump behind the wheel himself.

“It’s not getting touched,” he said. Quote

I understand as it is historical because of the low miles. But for me I would flip it in a few years [get more and more interest from shows as the holey grail ,lol} and buy a bunch more mopars with the money that I am not afraid to drive.
Should be in a museum .

 

[cm23uoc]

Should be driven in smaller doses as a car is supposed to be. Where will it be in 1000 years ? Gone like everything else.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

.........Where will it be in 1000 years ? Gone like everything else..........

You really think it will take that long? I don't.

 

[cm23uoc]

I had a short bout of optimism at this Moment.

 

[Turboomni]

I think it is amazing it even exists but I would never want that headache.

 

[LocuMob]

I think it is amazing it even exists but I would never want that headache.

I'm glad I don't have a high value rare car, it wouldn't be fun just having it. I need to drive them, for me there is no other reason to have them.

 

[cm23uoc]

I have no idea how many weeks I spent just enjoying the look of the few well preserved originals of mine over the last 30 years, but I have to take them out as well and enjoy driving, preferably by getting things done as well like going to work, getting groceries or hauling material with the Station wagon or visiting family. Too many times recently where I found the drive to a car Show more entertaining than the Show itself.

 

[ImpJay]

It´s interesting that always barn finds have a widely sought after engine+trans package, just like the V-code 440 with an A833 in this case.

 

[1978 NYB]

I wouldn't care how rare or how low the mileage was....I would drive this car and enjoy it.

 

[jct]

Where will it be in 1000 years ? Gone like everything else.

One thing is for sure, there still won't be any flying cars in a 1000 years

 

[detmatt]

I wouldn’t let the low number on the odometer keep me from driving this one either. Too bad it’s not a ‘68.

 

[polara71]

You guys all say that. When you have a great conditioned low mileage survivor tell us then but until that time it is simply speculation. I thought the same way..... boy was I wrong.

 

[detmatt]

I wouldn’t drive it all the time but I’d drive it. I ended up not driving my vert much after the fresh paint under the hood, I haven’t wanted to get it dirty....

 

[Samplingman]

What a waste. WTF is with that chain? Why is it still there in the cleaned up picture? How does a motor get that crusty just sitting there for 50 years, while the interior looks factory new?

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

You guys all say that. When you have a great conditioned low mileage survivor tell us then but until that time it is simply speculation. I thought the same way..... boy was I wrong.

it is difficult.
I bought an original 28.001 mile survivor 69 Road Runner with original paint etcetc.
We drove it to several car shows. But when the odometer passed 29.500 we drove it less. Passing the 30k mark was something which disturbed me in my mind. Sold it with 29.907 miles on the clock IIRC.

Having a 5k original mile RR I probably would have a difficulty breaking into the 10k range.

@Matt: If you have a restored car: Just drive it. I bought a FC7 70 Hemi Bee, the enginebay perfectly detailed with NOS parts etc for 12k alone. Car is all matching. Came with all paperwork and owner history. Turns out for more than 20 years it was just a trailered showpoodle which only drove like 300 miles from 1990 to 2010. Since 2010 I put more than 8.000 miles on the clock. Once it is restored you can drive it again because you can rerestore it anytime.

Carsten