Mopar Muscle – October 2019

The body of the Road Runner features a slight rake to give it a performance look and allow the big tires to clear the less-than-

generous factory Road Runner wheelwells.

himself driving the car often, and the Gear

Vendors Overdrive unit mounted behind

the factory four-speed allows for low-rpm

freeway cruising. Whether he and his

wife, Christy, are driving to the biannual

Spring/Fall Mopar Flings that draw big

crowds twice a year at Woodley Park in

Van Nuys, California, or to weekly Cars

& Coffee events or the legendary Bob’s

Big Boy drive in at Toluca Lake, California,

the car is driven as often as possible.

Little did Schilling’s dad, John, realize

back in 1970, the legacy he was initiating

when he first purchased his Road Runner

off the local dealership lot, but he has to

be proud of how it continues on to this day.

While his grandmother, Dorothy, passed

before the newest Road Runner joined the

family, she would obviously be pleased

that her grandson has remembered her

so fondly as to name his favorite car in

her honor. As any car person would know,

that is the highest praise anyone can

receive.

This Road Runner does not have the

optional air-grabber hood, but it has

the raised power bulge and hoodpins

that give it a racy look.

While not functional, these scoops

break up the side profile and deliver

an end point for those fun Road Runner

cartoon graphics.

A happy man behind the controls

of “Dorothy,” owner Craig Schilling

named the car for his grandmother.

IN SEARCH OF 1970

Another hidden upgrade comes in the form of the hydraulic roller tappet

Competition Cams camshaft. You can certainly hear that camshaft at idle

and feel under acceleration.

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