Plymouth Roadrunner The smog-era Road Runner was similar to AMC’s AMX of the smog-era. Well, not literally, but the way it was bounced from model to model as essentially a trim package. Each were based on several model variations in a short time. In the Road Runner’s case, it was on the Satellite Sebring, then […]
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Plymouth Scamp Scamp was the 2-door coupe of the Plymouth’s Valiant line. The platform it sat on was Chrysler’s A-body. The wheelbase was 111 inches, which strangely enough, was 3 inches longer than that of the Valiant sedan in ’73. The standard engines this year were a choice between the 198 CID 1bbl S6 or […]
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6000 This was Pontiac’s first front wheel drive midsize car. It was based on GM’s 105 inch wheelbase A-body platform, which it shared with the Buick Century, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, and Chevrolet Celebrity. The first model year was 1982 and it replaced the rear wheel drive LeMans. Two body styles and two trim packages were […]
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Rotary Pickup It was marketed as ‘The pickup with pickup’. The star of this truck, hence the name, is its rotary engine. It was an 80 CID 4bbl 2-Rotor type. Horsepower was 110 and torque was 117. It was backed with either a 4-speed manual transmission or a 3-speed automatic unit. The rear axle ratio […]
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Rideau 500 The standard Rideau was dropped after the previous year and this was the lowest price Meteor in 1973. It was the Rideau 500, sold through Mercury dealers in Canada as a lower price alternative to the Mercury Monterey, which was its nearest comparison. Three body styles were sold. These were the 2-door coupe […]
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