[Chris DeGidio]

I remember when my Dad bought the 1970 Road Runner we still have today....Dad had done a tour(voluntarily) in Viet Nam while part of the airplane division of Uncle Sam's Yacht Club.Dad hadn't been home long and he had been talking about getting a new car,but he mentioned getting a 1970 440 Super Bee while he was in 'Nam.Our Dodge dealer in Lexington Park MD was changing over to a Plymouth franchise and they had a 1970 'Bird on the lot that was a demo.Vitamin C orange,383 4-speed,dog dish hubcaps.He saw the car and made a offer of $2200 cash.The salesman told him no way and he went home.The car had almost 4000 miles on it then.
Dad had told me about the car(I was 8 then) and said he had test driven it.Mom said he had a few too many Falstaff's when he did this test drive,but he was on 30 days leave,so it didn't matter.He told me he wouldn't buy the car now since they said no,but a day later the sales manager called and asked if he would buy the car for $2200 plus tax.And Dad did just that.I didn't see the car until my sister and I got off the school bus one afternoon.I saw that orange beast and said "That's Dad's new car"...my sister didn't think so,but it was. I still have the original window sticker, insurance card,sales receipt,and some reciepts for the speed equipment that he bought for the car,like the TM-6 intake for $52.00,and the 750cfm Holley(which are both still in use on the Demon we race today) SW mechanical tach. We raced the car at Budds Creek(MIR) and then the Navy transfered us to Florida where we ran it until 1985 at Gainesville.

So although I didn't buy the car originally,I've had 40 years of time with it and I know every bolt on it personally.It's been stripped to it's bare bones awating paint,and then my Dad gets to drive it again.