1973 Plymouth Road Runner GTX 440 Highly Optioned & Factory Sunroof My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou

Highly optioned B-bodies are so rare, glad someone checked all the right boxes and it has such a great caretaker now. Don't be afraid to drive it just plan your trips and enjoy it.

Absolutely gorgeous and rare, rare, rare. "Scared to drive it" ??? I'd be scared to sit in it😢😅 great review Lou!

Wow! The power back windows knocked my socks off, and the factory sunroof put them back on again. What a great looking and fully optioned car. Thanks, Lou!

The '71 and up Satellite styling falls into the 'love it or hate it' category, and I love it. To find a Road Runner of any year with luxury options is rare indeed, let alone one with two trim tags. Well Lou, I learned something new from your videos once again- the back windows on a '73 Road Runner are functional with the power window option. Who knew? Great video Lou, Thanks!!

You dont see many of these cars optioned like this. Thanks Lou!

Beautiful RR/GTX and the power windows and sunroof are options I would love on my Plymouth for sure.. another great find Lou !

Beautiful restoration! Sweet Mopar! A real time capsule.

Awesome paint and "LX" options

Wow, what a stunning restoration. I’d love to know more about code Y97 Show Car Finish… 🤔

What a sweet GTX. I have to get to MCACN.

Very nice GTX ! You’re right, the paint work is stunning. There are not many of this body style still around, let alone with a 440 and optioned like this one. Thanks for bringing this classic to us.

My uncle Joe had one like that. He would ask us kids who wants to see 120 ? My sister would say no boy's would say YES! He would point at speedometer and say there it is😂 good old uncle Joe

Absolutely Awesome 👍🏼

The paint quality under the hood looks better than the paint on the exterior panels of most cars. The chrome really gleems as well. It is too nice, if such a thing is possible, so it is easy to understand the owner's apprehension when driving this car. Thanks again for bringing this car to our attention.

Nice engine.

In 1993 ,in my area at Spencer Auto ( Jimmy Spencer of Nascar) I had an opportunity to purchase a 1972 Plymouth Road Runner , it was B5 blue with a full vinyl top, it had power steering , power disc brakes, 400; 4 barrel , pistol grip 4 speed , air conditioning power windows, electric rear window defrost, motorized door in the roof , am fm radio lateral traction bars , black dashboard , white interior , the car was garaged and drivable the dash was not cracked , the seats were not torn , the car was solid , no rust. The original A/C was not removed and it had the original dual snorkel orange air cleaner housing. They wanted 3,000 I said 2,000 the owner met me halfway at 2,500 At the time I was looking for a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner 440+6 car , so I passed on the 72 Plymouth Road Runner. I have been regretting not buying that car for a long time.

The Road Runner was such a unique novelty muscle car this one is beautiful, just needs a spoiler in rear, thanks Lou… for another one

Always thought these 73 74 power bulge hood was one of the coolest of all what a very special car lucky dude for sure.

That is a great example of what money could buy back in the early 1970s. Beautiful cruiser!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Unbelievable black paint! To paraphrase the guys on the Mecum telecasts, "This would be a nominee for the Paint Job Hall of Fame!" Thanks, Lou.

Who knew, you could find anything so cool, in 1973. 👌🤓👍

Very nice restoration work 👍👍

Exceptional! Never seen one this nice! That Red Makes it really Stand out!

Still have a old photo from when I was the mid 80s. In it is my Mom, little Rock, and myself standing in front of Dad's Roadrunner. He took the photo. It was our family's first camera. The car wasn't the focus of the photos, but it still ended up in one. Dad's Roadrunner was brown and the only vehicle my parents ts had. When something in it messed up, Dad didn't have the knowhow, nor time, at the time to fix it. He ended up selling it pretty cheap and got a small cab pickup to replace it. Dad greatly resents selling the vehicle because he loved it and has since realized what the engine issue likely was. He doesn't resent putting the family's needs first though. He needed to be able to get to work and not having a working vehicle was a great burden on us all. I turned 45 this past Feb. 23rd (2024), and Dad turns 69 in September. With their medical conditions, I now take car of him and Mom. I badly wish I had the funds to buy him another Roadrunner. He more than deserves it. But with absence of funds and how expensive the Roadrunner is today, I know that dream will never come true. If you're blessed to have one, be grateful. They were far more important to families, back in the day, than you realize.

That's one incredible road runner. Makes me miss the 74 I had even more

That is an absolutely spectacular restoration.

Great Mopar Lou

Beautiful Road Runner 😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!

OMG big bro Lou! WHOOSH>>>>>>>WHOOSH>>>>>>go my floppy sneakers headed toward ya there in Carlisle, PA and Johnny boy is once again in his tubesocked stocking feet 🤪🤣!! I gotta go to mass here at St. Mark's, big brother-so can ya catch those boys and throw 'em back to me here in Brooklyn lol 😜? Oh boy, I just had to see this Batmobile-like GTX. EPIC. Love that open greenhouse (power window options are good!) and those huge chrome exhaust pipes out back-beautiful and more than worthy of a look and a listen. These cars are wildly awesome, big bro Lou. Thanks for tracking them down for us. Please throw me back my sneaks, man!! JV Johnny ⚾⚾

Цікаве авто! Класна фарба! Дякую!

Well equipped and flawless. Underneath just as clean! Great feature guys, many tks!

Road Runner...Beep! Beep! What a unique and stellar '73! Watch out for any coyotes out there! A definite keeper.

Goodday Lou, Talk about a mega hamburger with the lot with a side serving of chips & beer with all those options. Imagine how much fun it would of been back in the day walking into a Plymouth dealership & ordering such a Roadrunner. Yeah I will take that & that & don't forget the 440. Cheers Louis Kats your number 1 Fan in Melbourne, Australia. 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 👍 🙂

There is one nearly identical locally, in Butterscotch, with a pistol grip 4 sp and sunroof. Not as pristine as that one but very nice. Thanks.

Lou normally I’m a stickler for that 3rd pedal, but with all those options and that sunroof. That’s crazy rare 👍

I have a 73' 400 4 speed pwr window road runner red and black I found in a corn field when I was 19 it's in my garage and I'm 56!🤠 Plymouth ❣️

I had one with a 406 pack factory. Sunroof 15 inch rims the proper exhaust. I love that car

sweet ride

I want one! Thanks Lou!

I also spied that blue Super Bee or Coronet in the background.

Beautiful body design

...just on the ragged edge of over restored🪞and..that's perfect! Aha. Such a stunner, this road runner! It does exude Bat Mobile vibes, aha and I wager Bruce Wayne would not mind having it in his collection! ..ppl say the original muscle era ended in '71. They never saw THIS car! & moi having driven mid-late 70's 440 powered cars..trust me..they had the oomph to back up their looks. Esp w/a few tweaks 😎 Thanks tons, Mr. C! You have a good eye, man. God bless you. Psalm 122:5-7

Hola Lou, buenas tardes. Que hermosa maquina. Una nave digna de su dueño el Sr.Dave, amante de los opcionales. A su lado, en color verde, me parecio reconocer una Dodge GTX V8. ¿Podria ser Lou? Mi padrino se vompro una 0km. en 1971. El velocímetro marcaba 240kms./h. El acelerador era muy celoso. Apenas lo tocabas la trompa respondía. La marcha atrás tenía un gatillo que la accionaba. Fue muy vista aqui en Argentina en esos años. Hoy en día es muy buscada por sus fanáticos y hay restauradores que hacen un muy buen trabajo. Muchas gracias Sr.Dave que la disfrute. Muchas gracias Lou por registrarla y compartirla con todos nosotros. Muy buen trabajo. Segui adelante. Gracias.

Beautiful car... perfection...and honestly, that's the one bad thing, like Dave stated, he gets nervous driving it due to the possibility of something happening so slightly, it's no longer going to be perfect. lol Really though, I'm beyond impressed. 👍

'73/'74 the last true RR. Long live the Beep-Beep!

Amazing

Nice...

Nice 😀

An other great car Lou, that Plymouth as you say has a beautiful paint job, and the car through out is outstanding, good show.👍👍.

Nice car Lou. Love it as a MOPAR fan. Ceep going Lou.

Back in 1976 a friend of mine had a green 74 Roadrunner GTX 440 Auto and possibly a sunroof but not sure about that detail, I know it was rare because I never saw another one since, at the same time I had a 1974 Charger 400 Magnum with the blacked out hood with the bulge, it also had those exhaust tips with the Red like this GTX in the video, must have been fairly rare car since I've never seen one like it since either.

280 h.p. But we'll take it! Beautiful car thanks Lou!

Very nice. Thank you.

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good looking GTX. It does have lots of options. I would have to second day a 6-pak and give it some 4.11's. Thanks Lou for a rare car.

That is one happy man ...i would be too. options options options. I would keep that mopar in my living room

That's quite a car!

YES!!!

This was awesome 💯😎😊❤ my brother years ago had a 70-71 road runner GTX with a Hurst stick shift I loved 😍 that car if you redo one like that could you show it?. It also had the small stirring wheel with the beep beep horn THANK You

I love these years roadrunners. I didn't know about the back windows only working on electric windows.

Lou great coverage of this car making a point to not only video all the options but also giving verbal praise especially the console. I have two questions. In all previous Plymouths the road runner and GTX were distinct models. The GTX was more luxurious while the road runner was more bare bones and had inferior upholstery among other things. What was with the Road Runner GTX name? BTW I never saw any GTX badgeing. The owner's car show board detailing all the car's options really helped this MCS. Also by 73 the 440's horsepower had plummeted especially on the California cars. What was the horsepower in this car? No more questions just a thank you for this excellent story.

Nice, I think this year of Road Runner looks better than the '71 model. Didnt Daisy Duke have one in the early Dukes of Hazzard?

That green Super Bee looks like the one I had 40 years ago. To bad you didn’t show that one.

I wonder if it was some sort of dealership special order promo car to be optioned like that? From what I saw, the only options it doesn't have are the console mounted tape player and power locks. Fantastic car in my favorite color schemes! ( I'd be afraid to drive it too. We just saw the results of a green 68 GTX that got rear ended and totaled in 1 of my Mopar F/B groups. 1 of the passengers was sent to the hospital with neck injuries.)

I have the same car minus a few options. Mine has a white strip

I hope the blue trim on the control knobs isn't radium paint to glow in the dark

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Needs a pistol grip stick shift 💪

I wouldn't consider a sunroof in a Road Runner a special feature but a design flaw, but then again that's just me. The words Muscle car and sunroof should never be uttered in the same sentence 😀 Other than that nice ride and great content as usual Lou. 👍

By 1973, they were smog choked low HP slow slugs.

Love that red stripe with the black paint