My Mid-Life Crisis

1972

Plymouth

Roadrunner

Viper Blue

Loaded

My first car was a 1972 Roadrunner. It was white with black stripes. I bought the car new in 1972 and drove it for 9 years, then foolishly sold it. Fast forward to my mid-life crisis. I wanted my car back, but searched for the VIN in all 50 states and it is no longer registered. But, no salvage title has been issued, so it may be a trailer queen or rusting in someone's barn. Picture included. If you see this car, I want it back. A suitable substitute was found in Alabama. It had bad paint and red crushed velvet upholstery complete with cigarette burns, but the bones were right for a restoration and recreation of my original bird. But as I drove it home in 1996 from Alabama it spoke to me and then I saw my first Viper GTS in Viper Blue. It was then I knew that this car wasn't meant to be a reincarnation of my previous car, but a unique car with vibrant plummage.

440 ci 4bbl, torqeflite 3 speed auto.

Black bucket interior with slap-stick shifter on the console and power windows (one of only 117 so equipped).

Viper blue with white reflective strobe stripes. Car is restored to be period correct, but not original. Cragar S/S wheels.

My original Roadrunner. I want this car back.