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1969 Holley Road Runner, Part X

Packaging modern suspension, brakes, wheels and tires with the heritage of the Holley Project Road Runner.
By Jerry Pitt
Photography by Jerry Pitt
1969 Plymouth Road Runner Black Roof Driver Side Front View

1969 Plymouth Road Runner Stripped Front Driver Side Front View
As the Holley Project Road Runner nears completion, the installation of the suspension and finally getting the Road Runner down on all fours made a big impact on us. Most of the credit must go to Muscle Car Restorations and the long list of vendors who have helped make this project a success!
1969 Plymouth Road Runner Suspension Installation Stripped Front View
Performance Suspension Technology provided us with replacement suspension components for the Road Runner, which were installed at Muscle Car Restorations. PST's Super Kit includes four ball joints, two outer tie-rod ends, rubber bushings, control-arm bumpers, two inner tie-rod ends, two tie-rod adjusting sleeves, the idler arm, and four upper cam and bolt kits. For more on PST's line of Mopar suspension equipment, see the PST Corner Carving Guide, which appeared in the May 2000 issue of Mopar Muscle magazine.
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Drive Train Specialists supplied us with an ARB Air Locker-equipped Dana 60, which we chronicled in the September 2000 issue of Mopar Muscle. If the Dana 60 was good enough for a Hemi, it surely was right on the mark for the 700 lb/ft 542ci Indy Cylinder Head-built wedge engine.
1969 Plymouth Road Runner Suspension Installation Underside View
With Muscle Car Restorations handling the assembly of the Road Runner, the DTS rear end was shipped to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. It easily slid in place suspended by Eaton Detroit Spring-supplied leaf springs.
1969 Plymouth Road Runner Axle Anchor Plate Installation Side View
Freeman Auto in Whitehall, Montana, supplied the axle anchor plates.
1969 Plymouth Road Runner Air Lock Compressor Behind Backseat View

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