It sold at Mecum January 10th 2023 for $30,800. Lot #533039. Mecum didn't advertise it as a clone and said numbers matching. Are they slimeballs too? Please show us another 1974 318 in this condition for $15k. I'll wait. Just be honest. You don't like clones and don't being able to buy cars for nothing anymore.

"Oh, secretary made a mistake, it's a 318." Photo shows 340 on the hood decal.

Gee,a crooked car dealership,who knew! Thanks Tony. I hope you save someone from getting screwed.

Secretary wrote 340 on the hood. I'll have her change it

Good Tony. The first flag that came up when he told you his " secretary" messed up. Putting the blame on that person is a cop out, he's the one who gave the information in the first place. WTH!

Somebody is bound to throw shade on this video but don't listen! You're doing God's work warning people off of these crooks! Thanks.

It's like a frame off restoration on a Duster.

When I was a young man, I once went looking in Sydney for a Valiant VH Charger E38. Had one slimy salesguy who thought he knew all the catchphrases and trigger words, but didn't know cars...or thought that I didn't. Told me he could get one, all original, numbers matching, V8 engine, top loader 4-speed and the venerable 9 inch rear end. Problem is, they didn't come with a V8...or a top loader (not even a 4-speed!)...or a 9" rear. The idea is that if they throw out a bunch of catchphrases like word salad, maybe they'll trick someone.

Car salespeople and real estate professionals all cut from the same cloth. Good job at pointing to the facts!

Shady Shelbyville is living up to its Simpsons stereotype

Love you calling these places out. More bigger KZfaqrs need to but they are scared little girls.

Yup, and assuming that they got the VIN right, it decodes as a 318 car with the VIN for the win: R for Belvedere/Satellite, M for Medium price class (Road Runner), 21 for two door coupe, G for 318 CID V8 with two barrel, 4 for 1974 model year, G for St. Louis, MO assembly (Fenton) and the rest is the production sequence. The Fenton plant complex operated from 1959 to 2009. The photos on the website don't show the engine as you stated, nor do they show the trim tag. No tag, can't brag. If it's truly a Dark Moonstone car originally, the paint code on the fender tag is "L8".

"Secretary made mistake...I will discipline her later...on my desk"

I'm into 2nd gen Firebirds and have parts just hanging around. One day I listed a single Pontiac honeycomb wheel on Craigslist. Maybe 4 or 5 people sent me emails telling me it was a Pontiac snowflake. A year or so later I sold a set of Pontiac snowflakes. I got 2 or 3 emails telling me that those aren't snowflakes they're honey combs and a few more telling me that they were 3rd gen snowflakes. I also sold a set of 14" Rally II's. I got SEVERAL emails on those calling me a liar and a scammer because Pontiac never made a 14" Rally. The internet can be fun and can sometimes be infuriating.

A couple of years ago we sold my parents home as my mother had passed. Some guy bought it to flip (we knew it needed work we weren't able to carry out) and were cool with all of that. BUT the realtor listed the house as being built in 1915. I knew it was actually built in 1885 as it had been photographed by the local historical society with the photo published in a book about historical buildings in the town. Just wanting to correct the realtor, I simply called him, informing him politely of his mistake. Of course his response was, "Thanks for the info, I'll fix it right away" - and of course he failed to do so! It does not matter to me WHAT he told his clients - I simply felt better if I could offer the correct information. As it made zero difference to me sometimes I wonder why I even made the call. I did it for the same reason you did - it was the RIGHT thing to do!

He now changed it to a 318 in the title but not in description😄Thanks for calling him out. Still says matching numbers

As soon as I saw 1974 340, I knew it obviously can't possibly be numbers matching, since there _is no such _*_THING_* as a 1974 340. 🙄

110% you're doing something that only comes through experience, and experience knows honesty is the best policy just say it how it is, amazingly all parties benefit from the lack of bull shit

20 years ago at a car show in So California there was a vendor offering to make duplicate data plates for any car. These kind of tactics have been going on for a long time. I encountered a seller once insisting his Mustang was built in in Iowa.

Call up the great work ! That bunch of crape. I built a 1970 GT Shelby convertible out of 302 car. Sold it for 26k in 2000, it popped up on bring a trailer 3-4 years ago and sold for 40k. Last I saw it on Facebook marketplace. The guy was asking 89k ! Claimed it was PGP paint rust free car, other crap. I reached out to him and told also about the car. I painted it with Napa single stage paint, had some rust in the doors , a pillers and inner wheel well. The engine was pepboys longs. The guy thanked me for information and said he would fix the add. Never did and the car did sell for 87k. Wow.

If you ever lookin for slimeballs... look no further than your local used car lot lmao

About ten years ago, I was working at a transmission shop. Most of what we did were "walk-ins" (more like tow-ins), but we did occasionally sell a few units online during the winter months, business tended to slow down then. Anyways, shop listed a 4R70W transmission online, and somebody from southern Louisiana called about it. I was going to take some time off to visit my sister who lived just 40 miles from the guy. So I offered to take the transmission with me and drop it off with the guy who bought it, shop just comp'd me for half of the shipping rate, so it was a win all the way around. So I get out to the guy, and it's a used car dealer. He had an older Crown Vic with a bad transmission and wanted to replace it. Problem was, the Crown Vic was really, really aged, it didn't have the 4R70W. The right transmission was the AODE. I explained it to the guy, but he was adamant because his in-shop mechanic told him that it would fit because both used the same engine, the 4.6L V8. I told him that while the transmission would bolt to the engine, they shared the same bell-housing bolt pattern, that the connectors were different. I offered to give him a refund, but he swore he was right, and there was no talking him out of it. Ponder on that for a moment... if a salesman is trying to talk you out of a deal, shouldn't that mean that there's something wrong? Anyways, about a week later, shop gets a call, that transmission wouldn't fit, and he was demanding a refund. Shop agreed to the refund, but on the condition that he ship us the transmission back at his own expense. Guy wasn't happy, and in the end, never did ship the transmission back.

Aside from the weasality and deception, Tony, the sad thing is, eventually some doofus with a recent inheritance will see shiny and buy it. You're right, the color is attractive sitting still, but in my experience as a retired driver, I've found gray / silver cars can be like camouflage on the road. Also, tough colors to match after the inevitable fender bender. Rock on.

Last year one of these classic car dealers had a 2 door 62 Plymouth Belvedere badged as a Savoy listed on Ebay. It looked really nice. They posted a picture of the trim tag too, so I decoded it and it turned out that the car was actually a four door Belvedere from the factory, that was converted to two at some point. I messaged the dealer and told him that it was a four door from the factory and he said he would change the ad, he never did.

I did the same. Dude was advertising a 73-74 Charger as a 72... Left a message, was fixed by the next day and sold days later ... The proper way

Always enjoy you calling out these fakes!

On his website he has it listed as a 318. Feb 19, at noon. But it's still $36,500. LOL Was previously sold at Mecum for 30,800, which is why you never buy a car at an auction.

You handled this exactly right - you respected both the potential buyer and the seller (because you didn't call him out publicly through a comment, you messaged directly).

I just checked their website and it does list it as a 318 motor but that doesnt change the incorrect hood decal... and they still want 36k for it.

Tony as usual you are 100 percent correct. They did make 74 Road Runners that had 318’s, if it is numbers matching then yes that is what it is. If this guy/ dealership is trying to pass the motor off as a 340 based on the decals and an unknowledgeable average guy, that is real low of them to try that and not correct the add. The big scam our way are the small block Chevy cars they advertise as a 383 with a cam, no proof, no receipts, that is what they were supposedly told from the previous owner. Many times it is just a run of the mill 350 that may or may not have been rebuilt either stock or bored .30 over, no 400 crank, no clearances for the rod ends in the block. Really no good way to tell for an average guy. The buyer will never know when the lie happened for sure if he ever rebuilt it and found out. Over the years I owned a 74 Road Runner black on black, red stripe, 400 motor. I also owned a 74 Satellite Sebring Plus that was white on white, black pin stripes, white vinyl top with a 318 motor. They were amazingly light cars as far as the weight for their size and great cars overall. I souped up both motors and they burned tires well. They don’t get much street credit since the motors from the factory were low compression but the styling for the car was superb and incase you didn’t know it, the 74’s had more body noise insulation than the 73’s that were close in appearance. The satellite was especially quiet in rain with that top it had. Rain was noisier in the Road Runner. The Road Runner I sold before it went over 100k when a guy just kept adding hundred dollar bills on the pile until I said yes. It was real nice, great condition inside and out. The Satellite I drove for 15 years, with many cross country trips with over 300k on it when I sold it for decent money. I am at my limit on personal cars but if the right one of those came along at the right price I would buy it on a dime. Those 400’s were awesome motors, the pistons are bigger than the 440 motors had. If you cam them with upgraded springs, put in thin head gaskets, then gasket match the exhaust ports to the exhaust manifolds with a mini grinder sort of a predecessor of the modern Dremel tool and you had a motor that was credible for the street. Just those few things a guy can do at home and those motors wake up and will take some names. Ask me how I know. I didn’t spend much money on it at all, I did not deck the heads. The cam and springs came new right off the shelf at the speed shop right off base. Cams were cheap back then, I don’t remember what I paid, not even sure if it was under a hundred bucks but cheap whatever it was. My take on those 400 motors; they have major potential, they have the quick take off of a small block with the big pistons and fairly short stroke of that particular block, along with all the top end of the big blocks that they were. Chrysler big block 383, 400 or the raised block 440 were incredible as far as power. You have good taste in cars.

An old friend of mine ordered a new '74 Road Runner. He had started planning to do that during the '73 model year, when the hi-perf small block was the 340. By the time he ordered the '74s were out and no more 340, so he ordered it with the 360 and four-speed. He still has it.

C’mon it is clearly the 1 of 1 prototype 340 slant 6 factory special order, I think Mr. Norms was behind the whole thing. Actually worth north of 50k😎

In the late 80s and thruought most of the 90s one of our car buddies was the lone mopar guy among us Oldsmobile guys in our little group. Dave had his dads original red paint 1973 Road Runner witb black hockey stripes and 33,000 original miles on the clock. Once Dave got the keys to the car, the stock 318 got put away and in went a nice tight low mileage 440 out of a New Yorker which received a dingleball hone, bearings, gaskets and some purple stripe cam...i used to remember which one was which and im sure you Mopar guys can remind me. Tbis car looked great. It ran even better! Having an 8 3/4 axle meant Dave easily swapped in a 4.30 gearset from an old satellite he used to street race. Then the 73 received a quality bent up, locally sourced full 2 1/2 exhaust system with the classic original flowmaster mufflers and even found a set of original chrome tips for that car. It looked and sounded real sweet. In the very late 80s, me and a handful of other guys were fresh out of high school with me being the youngest, and our youthful vigor had all of us studying all the greatest magazines at the time which Tony knows which ones were the very best!...along with all the old school tricks our dads taught us, with some hime brewed thinking...all this to go as quick as possible with what one had. For example, my 3800 pound 1970 442 was finally running solid 12.60s as a street car with tailpipes and 3.42 gears when i was just 19 years old! Other guys with their 442s and cutlass's were right behind me, and so was Dave and the fat 1973 Road Runner! We all loved the red 'runner even tho it was the "wrong brand" for myself and this little group. Dave was certainly humble during a time when he really didnt have to be as he appreciated what we were doing with oldsmobiles yet knowing full well with some money he could just step up to a hemi car and be king of the hill. Well..then, like now, money has always been an issue and a stockish 440 with a cam, intake, Holley carb and headers was as fast as it was gonna get. Back then however, fast as it was gonna get was wayyy quicker and faster than most people were going already due to the "times". Back then a true 12 sec street car was a sleeper in its own right, 13s was a good runner but 12s was not very common at all. Dave was in that club with us Olds guys and with a heavy red mint "wrong year" road runner. Times marched on in the 90s and our little group splintered while guys went their own way. Getting married, buying a house then having to pay for it, little human beings created and the support system needed for them to grow all came into play and eventually we all did our own things. Even contacting one of these guys in that group would be a challenging effort now in 2024. Sure i still have good friends from that era, but that core group i was part of is forever gone, never to be a whole again. Last i knew Dave acquired the title to that 73 from his dad and still had the car. That news is from about 15 years ago so who knows if he still has it today. I was getting cars mixed up with good times and friends in this little rant so it may be a bit hard to read. I really only intended to bring up the 73 road runner but then got all over the road and off track. Like you said Tony, i used to not like those years and body style but then they grew on me and i absolutely love them now... and a big part of that was Dave and the red 1973 "440" Road Runner!

You're a good man Tony. There's not too many of us left...

I’ve found many within the car “business “ seldom possess thorough knowledge of cars. It’s become a buyer beware world in just about everything, cars, houses, parts, ect.

Thanks for the 30 year flashback, Tony! When I was 16 or 17, I was driving past a garage sale and there was 1974 Roadrunner for sale for parked in front. I stopped and looked (318), they wanted $1800-$2000 for it. That could’ve been the biggest pile of junk there was, but I was enchanted! I went home and begged my mom to let me sell my car to buy it. Like the great mother she is, her response was “No way!”. Funny memory and I still love the looks of that car. I think it’s because I was a Dukes of Hazzard kid and Daisy had that yellow Satellite in the early episodes.

We have similar issues with vintage Mx bikes. When I call them out, I’m typically met with hostility etc and put downs, insinuations

Great video! Call the crooks out! I like Corvettes (and Mopars). I looked at a 73 coupe. It seemed pretty nice and had updates. Doors and fenders didn't align indicating the 'bidcage' was rotted making the car likely unsafe. I found the seller of the car on FB. I told them I was interested but wanted some pictures of the birdcage.She told me she didn't have time to take pictures. This told me I was right. Someone bought a deathtrap.

Oh my God Tony. This is hilarious. All I saw was the cover and knew exactly what car this was, I'm local to you and have been looking at this car on Facebook marketplace for the past 2 months!

I always love when I politely message people to correct incorrect listings and fitments on places like eBay and people ignore you and just leave it wrong

When I was 16, back in 1978, my brother-in-law had a yellow 1972, 383 Roadrunner, he let me drive it, opps, I pegged out the the speedometer on a short straight away going to town, scared the sh#t out of my friend that was with me, he had never gone that fast, neither had I, the car was original and pristine, I didn't like the color, but I loved that car, said he would pass it on to me when it was time, he was visitng from L. A . Anyway about a year later on his way to work on the freeway, traffic came to a standstill, and he got slammed into from the rear, totally smashed the rear end, totaled, that was the closest I ever got to owning a really nice Roadrunner, I'm thankful to this day for the thought of owning it and for getting to drive it as much as I did, love the muscle car erra, thanks uncle Tony's Garage.

I often tried to do the same as far as corrections. That's a large investment. Could you imagine driving from out of state say 500 miles or so? You'd want to dot that bastard's eye when you finally saw the car.

These are my favorite videos you do. I am one to geek out over the details of what made what what. In other words when I came across a cool dude who knows his knowledge of the details on these cars I just eat it up. That's my favorite thing to do with my passion for old cars. You can read a lot online but to hear it from a guy who's had their hands on it I appreciate. I literally just did this last week with a guy selling mustang cobra parts. I sent him a message with a quick detail on what years had what and he said thanks and revised his listing, guy was super thankful. Next guy I went to go buy some oem cobra parts from. Turned out he was pulling parts off a different car than the picture. I knew the kid who built that car 20 years ago! I told the guy and his response was 'so your not buying the parts' I said no man you said cobra. He was pissed and slammed his garage door shut. He never fixed his listing its so far off but you know all you can do is educate yourself to not be screwed over I mean really. The classic restoration shop I worked at was the worst kind in the business. The old charge them thousands more than quoted type and then don't work on their shit. Some dude brought a chevelle in for paint or something little. 2 years later this old guy who was dying and just wanted to drive his car before he left, had a full blown dragster chevelle with custom everything the boss kept laughing saying the guys paying us to build a car hell never afford the parking bill for. Turns out this owner would charge these people storage fees for their cars that would never get touched aside from a bust your ass get it done week. Beyond me. I work for myself now and haven't had to lie to a customer ever since my last job working for someone else's shop. That scumbag guy is in bradenton FL. He moved down here when his customers were all dying on his custom choppers he was building right around the corner from OCC in New York. Moral of this message if you find a guy like Tony stick with him and know his time is more valuable than 1000s of others

Thank you for doing this, Tony! Here's what kills me about the current "muscle car market"... The majority of people buying these cars have no idea what they're buying. We're talking about boomers who grew up in this era, and maybe they had a hot car like a road runner, or maybe they had a four door Chevelle with a 307 and a power glide. Either way, now they're older and have lots and lots of disposable income, so they're buying these cars to "relive the past". It doesn't matter if they were actual gear heads back in the day- if you were car shopping in the 60s or early 70s, it would've been hard to buy a car that wasn't cool! Now, those same people are frankly ignorant shoppers looking for flash and looks, and they're only ever going to drive this thing from april-october once or twice a month on sunny Saturdays to car shows and get ice cream. These aren't transportation anymore- they're mismatched rolling sculptures of "remember when" masculinity for people who are well past their prime. It's a shame, because without all the fluff, this would probably be a nice solid car that could be used as a daily driver, and been affordable for someone who wants to get involved in classic cars for reasons other than ego. Sorry for the rant, I just really hate that I've been searching for a decent classic for over a year now, and the vast majority of the stuff I see is an absolute mess or so overpriced there's no point even trying to negotiate. The classic car market is in such a terrible shape these days.

It's not just dealers, forever there have been shady cars out there ready to trip up the unwary. Good work Tony!

As time goes on and the younger people are looking to buy these muscle cars. The important details are going to be lost and people duped into buying a car that isn't what they were told it really is. People need to do their homework before purchasing. Crazy to think sales like this happen and people get boned. Good video uncle Tony 👍 👏

Tony, Thanks for the information, excellent catch on your part. Keep up the good work. TP

I know that car personally. It was a good friends car who died from brain cancer. It did have a slightly modified 360 in it when his wife sold it, that was original to the car. I have no clue how or why it would have a 318 in it now, and if it does, it most certainly is NOT the "Numbers Matching" engine.

They appear to have corrected the problem on their website but not the description on Marketplace. Curious…

He's doing just what nearly all these classic car dealers do. From my experience, most are doctored up, patched up, cheaply painted loads of crap made to look good just long enough to sell. The car may well be all original numbers wise, its the decal that's wrong and his description, which was likely just robbed off the internet by who ever wrote the ad. I find most of those Classic car dealer guys know little about the actual cars and they buy them from auctions or as partially complete projects which they pay the very least to complete and resell. Wrong motors, wrong decals, thick bondo, even newpaper and tar for floors are common. I saw one 55 Chevy that a guy bought locally that looked good from about 100ft away. Up close you could see the front seat back was leaning to the left, and the body gaps were all different. I got called to go see the car to add another set of eyes to what they had done, when I got there the owner was telling me what a sweet car he had bought and couldn't wait for my opinion. He went on tell me about the all original Corvette motor the car had and how it was once used in Nascar. What I saw on the lift was a badly rusted old turd with a 235 six in it and a Powerglide trans and what appeared to be layers of newspaper and undercoating for floor boards that had broken away along the whole left side. The tires were newer but already dryrotted in one spot on each tire, one was flat on the lift. The car was originally white, but someone painted it sort of a pinkish cream color with a white roof. The bench seat was recovered and didn't fully match the rear seat. The paint was decent but the body was not straight, thus the choice of color. The doors hinges, hood, and trunk were all misfit, the doors had a ton of play on all the top hinges. The fuel tank was in the trunk, a plastic fuel cell minus its foam but the stock fuel tank was painted bright silver over the rusted through spots and all. As bad as the car was, what he paid was worse. They got him for $44k. The car had no redeeming qualities and he was perfectly happy and I could see he wasn't buying our assessment of the car. A few months later I saw the car up for sale about 60 miles away for $65k with another crazy discription and story, with not a single thing fixed on it. I told my buddy about it and we sent a guy over there to check out the car, in hopes he'd get to drive it. He's pushing 450lbs. When he got there the guy refused to let him drive it, saying that the car didn't run and that he'd knock off $1000 if he took it the way it was. Cars like that seem to bounce around between those dealers, if one can't unload it they sell or trade it off to another one, or they have multiple locations far enough apart to move things around as needed to keep it looking like they're selling a lot of cars.

had someone lie to my face after I drove 2 hours to look at a classic truck. I reported their listing but it never got taken down. Knowledge is power when youre looking for niche vehicles.

The whole market is crazy right now. Locally someone was trying to sell a restored 1970 Plymouth Fury III convertible. $95,000. Unreal. At the other end of the spectrum, someone is trying to flog a 1970 Sport Fury GT coupe; it was absolutely wrecked years ago, front and back, in some sort of a chain reaction collision. I mean it got massacred. It has been sitting outside for TWENTY years. Asking price? $7,500.

My neighbor claims his 1990 - 1.9 4 cylinder ford escort wagon with a factory-installed tachometer and floor shifted automatic is numbers -matching. That is where we are at. Pathetic. Not that he is lying, but who cares. If it was a factory - installed 1.9 gt h.o motor from the escort GT , maybe that would be worth talking about. I can't even drink beer with this dude

Thanks for all the tips!! Ive been trying to find a nice muscle car, and your videos have helped me out tremendously!! I found a 1966 cutlass on marketplace that i think i might end up saving up for!

I really like when an UTG video pops up and I see you sitting in front of that computer. I always learn something, even though I been a MOPAR fanatic since the 1980s. BTW, long before subscribing to UTG I subscribed to every magazine you were writing for. I had a picture of the doomsday hemi from your magazine on my wall for years.

Thanks for looking out Uncle T. I remember a time when "tributes" were considered clones, and clones were considered counterfeit. Still are in my book. I'd rather have a base model than a hatchet job of someone's idea of a "muscle" car.

How could the secretary be blamed for painting a 340 on the hood? Nice detective work.

I happen to have a numbers matching 340 RR and of course it is a 73. And I also have a 74 RR parts car and it's a 360 car. So yeah, the minute I see "numbers matching" combined with "74 Road Runner 340", I knew right away it was bogus. For all we know, it might not even be a Road Runner. The stripes don't look right for one thing.

Then you have the flippers. A friend of mine sent me a listing for a 73 Challenger that was on auction and I watched the walk around video and they never showed the underside of the car. Of course I am thinking they put five gallons of mud in it, a pretty paint job and some armor all. I look at the pics and they showed undercarriage and the wheel wells are full of rot and holes and the floor has all been painted over to hide the rust... I am so glad my 72 came from my friend and I got to watch it be built over the years along with thousands of photos showing all the new parts, part numbers, receipts etc...

I do the same thing when I see this, especially Fords (my favourite), and rarely does it do anything as far as getting the lister to update their ad. With this car, it's not only lying, it's out-and-out theft. Tony, you are a good person, always looking out in the name of the truth.

Yep I had a 73 340 automatic Road Runner and after I figured out to put on the T/A radials I feel in love with it. Drove fantastic.

What! A disreputable used car salesman? Dime a dozen.

Good on you for making this video! Scammer car dealers trying to take advantage of people's lack of knowledge and they wonder why people don't trust car dealers. I have subscribed to your channel. Have a good day from Australia.

I’ve been seeing the same ad in FB marketplace. Miss named cars always catch my attention. That along with the price for the year usually are too good to be true. Thanks UT 👍💪😎

Whenever people say “number matching” it’s a total BOLD statement. That’s when true car cars start investigating.

I have a 1971 Pinto for sale, new paint, usually does D and R, but not always, knocking isn't that bad, factory 302, doors only bind when on a lift, 17,000 odo miles, rare, $97,000. Serious buyers only.

You can't save the world Tony. A classic car buyer that doesn't do their research is asking for a fleecing.

Not even much of a Mopar guy but I love watching uncle Tony teach me what I do not know. Thanks for the knowledge.

Well done Uncle Tony. Hopefully if anyone that was interested in this car has seen your show or atleast have been warned by someone that has. Knowledge is power! Cheers😊

Slimeballs like this are everywhere in the car market. Good on you UT for getting this out and using the reach of your channel!

It is just car dealer bull shit. I traded a truck in years ago and a couple weeks later I saw the truck I traded in a used car lot in the area. I stopped because I figured I tell the owner what I put into the truck for new parts and things. Well, this guy didn't want to hear it and just talked over me telling me what the truck had like I was a customer. He told me it had a new engine with low miles, and he went on and on. It didn't, it had almost 200k on it. I got tired of his bull and walked out. It was definitely priced as a low mile truck. It was more than I paid for it 3 years prior with 80k less miles on it. This really made me dislike used car dealers

My first car was a '74 RR 318. Knowledge is power and the seats are wrong too!

ya did the same on a Dodge Dart they were calling it a Duster. someone is driving around thinking they have a Plymouth.

Good job Tony! I'd like to add that the 71-72 Plymouth Roadrunner bumper was the meanest Mopar bumper ever. The '74 looks castrated.

Someone should follow this and make sure the new buyer was told it's a 318. If not the seller knew and even admitted he knew and would be open to be sued b/c even though it's as is, he had knowledge that he had information that he knowingly withheld. Good wotk Tony,

I'll be honest, I'm a Ford guy first, but I love the Mopar cars too. I love your honesty and knowledge. When you get with Kiwi, you make absolutely incredible videos. I'm not a big Internet person, no Instagram yada but I love you on KZfaq. You're straight and honest. Thank you

Is there something in TN's laws that allows auto swindles. It seems like there are several questionable dealers in TN. Thanks, Tony. Good Luck, Rick

Definitely a minefield out there in the classic car world! Interestingly a friend just recently bought an oddball Canada only 73 Road Runner that I’ve never heard of. It’s a FACTORY 73 L code 360 Road Runner! Bizarre! I could send a pic of his fender tag and vin as proof(with his permission). It’s a late may 30 production that apparently Chrysler Canada only built. Approximately 20 were made- not sure why. There have been a few different oddball Canada only cars produced. I own a factory 71 Swinger 340-1 of approximately 80 made. Clearly your example is the typical classic car fraud.

Your doing the right thing by posting this because there's to many people that cant tell the difference between a V6 or a V8 let alone what engine comes in what, I noticed right away it had the wrong engine listed and even with the proper knowledge this dealership still tries to rip people off.

Not many honest people in this world anymore. Thanks Tony for pointing that out. Always search the fender tag and the vin

I'm not a mopar person and as soon as I heard '74 340 Road Runner I was like; 'That's not right.' They'll try anything to bend over a poor buyer.

Reposting from another commenter. Apparently, this car was previously bought at Mecum Auctions for $30k. Perhaps the asking price of 36,500 is the wiggle room needed for someone to get their money back so the potential buyer will feel good when he/she bargains the price down a few grand. Looks like a classic case of hot-potato.

It's about Integrity... Live it...

There was wrecker near me trying to sell off a Trans Am as having a 400, but it was a 301. They didn't know the difference.

In 1974, my Dad got stationed in central California. We met our neighbors; one was a old-timer gearhead, and his son 'professionally'(ie, legally) drag-raced in the central valley circuit. I clearly remember the father, Joe, driving home a new car. It was a '74 Roadrunner. Of course we all went over to drool over this beautiful vehicle. I also remember his son asking how on earth 'Dad' got a 340 in it. Joe said "I ordered it direct from the dealership after they checked the factory to confirm there were still 340s available." Now it'd be 'one in a million' if that is the same car as Joe had back in the '70s, but I'm pretty sure I remember right.

Essentially these are Satellite Coupes in their base form? I knew a family that had a Satellite Sebring Coupe that was red on white....red body with a white vinyl roof, white interior..buckets with a console shifter and I think the "tuff" steering wheel...It's been years since I've seen the car but did have the opportunity to ride in it numerous times. If I recall it had the 400 V8 under the hood...and was a very comfortable and powerful car to ride around in.

Right on Tony! Thats a true flipper, who's very shady and disingenuous, who only sees money and not the true mopar car or buyer. And they totally disrespect the mopar buyer, they think mopar fans are dumb and gulable! He deserves his discrediting!

Good stuff! I appreciate your integrity. Thanks for educating the community.

As of now the listing was changed to 318. Good job uncle!

Good work unc Tony!

Now that some of the public knows about this, maybe some organization will pose as buyers of the vehicles that this used car lot dealer has to offer, and eventually he might get caught in the act... His next career could become something in the lines of manufacturing--- License plates that will bolt onto vehicles , possibly going onto vehicles, like the ones that he over-charged people for...

The internet has completely ruined buying used cars.

Good job pointing these things out Tony

Love your videos Tony and I'm a Chevy guy!

Troll that place it gave out the business. Everybody just start calling and saying hi I'm curious to know about this all original numbers matching 74 Plymouth roadrunner with the 340. you know he might start waffling around and actually change the ad if bombarded by calls🤩🤣

Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers--I didn't know that was a Mopar option...😎

Same thing happens in the old collectable bicycle world. Someone will make a claim, I contact them to offer a kindly correction, and they either tell me off or ignore me.

I love that body style. The 71&72 with that big open grill is hideous. The first generation Road Runner will always be the true Road Runners. Kinda like the Second generation Charger. Even these new Chargers with 4 doors. They stuck a Road Runner sticker on a Volare. But that car looks really nice.

you are a good person Uncle Toney

as car manufacturers build junk and crappy stuff nobody wants the old junk looks amazing and you really appreciate what we had