Posts Tagged: Plymouth Road Runner
Unleashing the Dodge Super Bee from 1968 to 1970 was like giving the Plymouth Road Runner a run for its money—within the same family! Chrysler’s cheeky move birthed the Super Bee, a muscle car with swagger, sporting a slightly heavier frame and a bee stripe that said, “Get out of my way!” With engines ranging from a modest 383 Magnum to the beastly 426 Hemi, it was the muscle car equivalent of a heavyweight boxer in a silk robe. Sales buzzed, then fizzled, but the Super Bee’s legacy stung on.
The 1968 Plymouth Road Runner was Plymouth’s way of saying, “Who needs fancy when you can have fun?” Built on the Belvedere platform, this muscle car cut the frills to bring you pure speed at a bargain price. Its minimalist interior featured vinyl mats and a floor shifter with no console, but it did boast the iconic “Beep-Beep” horn from the Road Runner cartoons—a sound Plymouth paid Warner Brothers handsomely for. Initially a two-door coupe, its success led to a hardtop version later that year.
In the world of classic cars, the 1973 Plymouth Road Runner in Mist Green is like a retro superhero, complete with its unique Halo Canopy vinyl top—a rare feature that makes it the vinyl unicorn of ’73 Road Runners. With an engine startup that purrs like a contented cat, this blast from the past is more than just a pretty paint job. It’s a rolling time capsule that makes you wish for bell-bottoms and disco balls to magically appear, just so you can ride in style with a groovy soundtrack.
