I GOT MY PROJECT BACK IN 1999 FROM A FRIEND WHO COULDN'T AFFORD HER ANYMORE.  MY FRIEND AND I WORKED TOGETHER AT A FIRESTONE STORE IN VIRGINIA.  HE ASKED ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT A CAR HIS DAD'S COWORKER WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM FOR DOING SOME FRONT-END WORK ON A P.O.S. BOWTIE PICKUP   WHEN I SAW WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO GET, I TOLD MY FRIEND "IF YOU DO NOT GET THIS CAR, I WILL BUY IT FROM YOUR DAD'S FRIEND" I WANTED THAT CAR FROM THE MOMENT WE TURNED INTO THE DRIVEWAY.  I'VE WANTED A ROADRUNNER SINCE I WAS ABOUT OLD ENOUGH TO SAY "HEMI" . MY FRIEND DECIDED TO GET THE CAR.  I HELPED HIM GET IT DRIVEABLE AGAIN, PASSING VA. EMISSIONS TESTS, AND SAFETY INSPECTIONS. HE DIN'T DO MUCH MORE WITH THE CAR, TILL HIS SON WAS BORN . HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO BUY IT FROM HIM, BECAUSE HE KNEW I WANTED IT FROM DAY ONE.  I BOUGHT IT FOR $800  . I THEN PUT THE 4BBL THERMOQUAD CARB AND INTAKE (I FOUND IN THE TRUNK )ON THE TIRED 318.  I FIXED MOST THE RUST, THEN DECIDED TO REBUILD AND BLUEPRINT THE ENGINE. EXCEPT THE MACHINE WORK, I DID ALL THE WORK ON MY CAR, BECAUSE I'M AN ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECHNICIAN WITH L1 ADV. ENGINE PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION.  MY CAR IS ORIGINALY A SATELLITE, BUT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A ROADRUNNER AND THIS WAS THE CLOSEST I CAN GET TO MY DREAM OF A 1970 HEMI SUPERBIRD WITHOUT 6 DIGITS . LAST YEAR, I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN MY CAR.  A LADY PULLED OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.  I WAS GOING 40MPH AND SLAMED ON MY BRAKES, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.  SHE T-BONED ME IN THE PASSENGER SIDE AND PUSHED ME INTO A DITCH CURRENTLY I'M TRYING TO GET IT BACK INTO SHAPE.