Mopar Muscle – October 2019

CRAIG SCHILLING’S

“DOROTHY,” THE TOR

RED 1970 ROAD RUNNER

BY CAM BENTY

T

he things we experience in our youth often plant seeds for future

desires. Such was the case for Craig Schilling, who recently

purchased this 1970 Plymouth Road Runner after years of search-

ing. You see, Schilling was born in 1970, the same model year this

Tor Red Road Runner was produced. But while he was obviously

too young to care about such things that year, it was his father

who locked in family memories by purchasing a brand-new 1970 Road Runner

as his regular transportation. It was this Deep Burnt Orange Road Runner that

carried Craig to school and other elements of his daily, youthful life, family

pictures effectively documenting his time with his dad and that classic muscle car.

But Schilling had a more pressing issue. As an adult, he found himself trying

to replace a serious void in his life: open garage space! To cure that problem,

Schilling set his sights on finding the 1970 model-year Mopar muscle car of

his dreams. To be fair, he was open minded about what model of 1970 Mopar

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