{"id":52834,"date":"2018-06-26T12:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=52834"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T19:04:06","slug":"muscle-car-madness-1972-plymouth-roadrunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/muscle-car-madness-1972-plymouth-roadrunner\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-52834-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/1972-Plymouth-Roadrunner-and-ominous-clouds-copy-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52840&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nCars are like landscapes: undulating curves and expressive lines. The 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner is no exception, with looks like it was born with muscle, not flab. And cloaked in black, it appears downright menacing.\\n\\nThe Road Runner brand has always been tough and power hungry. Hardly surprising, when you consider that its DNA dates back to its moonshine delivery days that meant dropping the hammer and out-classing the boys in blue. The \\u201872 Road Runner was similar in look and design to its \\u201971 predecessor, with most of the changes in the engine to conform to new emission regulations. Only about 7,000 of the \\u201972 models were built, which makes them relatively rare and a collector\\u2019s wet dream. James Dinsmore\\u2019s Road Runner is even rarer because it rolled off an assembly-line in Windsor, Ontario pampered with a 440 high performance engine that can cause dentures to fall out at the turn of the ignition.\\n\\nClive Branson brings us the story of a formidable barn find and its owners dedication to giving it the impeccable restoration it deserved. You can check out the whole thing over on Hot Rod Hotline!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/1972-Plymouth-Roadrunner-440-3-copy-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52838&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner 1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/1972-Plymouth-Roadrunner-440-4-copy-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52839&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner 2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/1972-Plymouth-Roadrunner-440-2-copy-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52837&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner 3&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/72-Plymouth-Roadrunner-440-engine-copy-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52835&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner 4&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/1972-Plymouth-Roadrunner-440-1-copy-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52836&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner 5&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cars are like landscapes: undulating curves and expressive lines. 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