1968 Plymouth Road Runner

[Curt Rees]

I bought 2 new. The 1st 1 I bought in Oct of 1967, Red with an auto. I drove the car to California that christmas and burned a quart of oil about every 500 miles. The motor had some serious ring problems

The dealership traded it back in on another 1 in May of 1968. That car was a winner It was purple with an auto, I changed the gears from 3:55's to 3:91's. It ran 14:50's at Marion, SD all day long. I made no other changes to the car. I have still have the trophies that I won with that car. I ran F/Pure Stock with it.

Those were the glory days of the muscle car era. I am so happy that I was a part of it!

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Curt Rees

[Paul Ceasrine]

Back in early-1968, Chrysler Plymouth/Dodge had some kind of
dealer installed only 'performance package' offered for the
383 Road Runner and/or 383 Super Bee.

* 4.10 gears
* a special adjustable pinion snubber
* Hooker Headers (1 3/4" pipe x 44" length w/3" collectors)
* distributor kit (w/heavier counter-weights and weaker springs)

The cost, around $375,,,,,,
called the 'Quarter in a 100 MPH package'...

[Frank Castros]

I had Frost Green '69 383, 4-speed, 3.23 with the Air Grabber option.
It ran very well after some tweaking.
I loved that car.

[Dan Bennett]

I didn't own one, but my brother bought the first hardtop 68 Road Runner I'd ever seen in the spring/summer of 68. None of the magazines (which was our only source for info) had mentioned that option yet so I did a serious doubletake when he brought it home.

It was really too pretty to be a Road Runner. It was light yellow, had a two tone tan interior including carpet, had road wheels with trim rings, and chrome around the windows. The wide ovals were even thin line whitewalls. It didn't have any performance options at all; in fact I think the 3:23 rear end wasn't even Sure Grip. It looked like a really nice Belvedere and would have been the sleeper of all time if it had a Hemi.

The car ran OK but since it was pretty heavy with the options and he was a goob anyhow, it wasn't something anyone was afraid to pull next to.

I drove the car a bit that summer and the thing I remember more than anything was the great intake sound from the open aircleaner and AFB. I'd kick the Torqueflite down any chance I could just to listen those secondaries open.

I thought the car was pretty neat back then but looking back on it I'd probably rather have the 58 348 Impala he traded in.

[Mike Gray]

There's another one I messed up on. My neighbor had a dark green RR in his driveway and he was trying to decide what to do with it because he didn't have the money to put the original engine back in it. Someone replaced the HEMI with a 383, I bet I could have picked it up for about 2K !
(this was in 1976)

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by MEMORIES

I drove this car for Raymond King in 1980 and 81. Don't know if it was a 68 or 69 but we had the 440 six pack in it. I won three races in a row one time with it, only time in my racing career I was able to do that.

Wayne.

Wayne, It's a '69. Jim

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[Geerhead55]

I had a buddy with a '70 RR, 383 4speed combo that had been tweaked a little,,yellow with black interior, and a Air Grabber hood. We swapped rides one Friday night since he liked my '67 Malibu 327-4 speed hardtop. Anyway, after a night of cruising all the popular stops of the day, this is around '73 ,, I pull up to a stop light, inside lane, and a guy in a '69 Mustang pulls up beside me and revs his motor. I give him a little smile,,reach over and hit the switch for the Air grabber to open up, and watch his eyes grow as that thing slowly came up with the bad *** graphic on the side. He promptly decided to turn right and I never got to run him,,Dang, I was ready for him,,oh well. Thats my Road Runner story!
Danny Durham

[BLAZER]

I knew this guy in the late 60s that owned a 68 RR--automatic and ran 13.60s @ 103 all day long--only thing done was a shift-kit and a famous Bill Hill valve job--and a pair of dumps on the exhaust---would kick the ***** out of any RRs that came around-

[dennis dunlap]

a friend of mine bought a new 68 roadrunner in 68 , plain jane hemi bench seat auto on the coloum ,we street raced every week, my 69 ram -air iv gto and his hemi , and ten or so other muscle cars ,never will forget those times. Anyway my gto is long gone but he still has that 68 hemi car sitting up the road from me, 9000 original miles on it............. Dennis

[Rick Blake]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

How many had one,,,,,

,

The 1968 Road Runner, introduced to the public by Plymouth in
October 1967.

Kind of a 'general purpose performance car', available with the 383/335 HP
power-plant as its standard engine.

Built on the Belvedere frame, it was a 'no frills' car, with no trim package,
basic interior with a bench seat, and rubber mat flooring.
No consoles, either a 4-speed on the floor, or column-shifted automatic.
A 'plain jane' dashboard, with a standard 120 MPH speedometer, and 3 dash gages
(amps, temperature and fuel). An idiot indicator light was utilized for oil pressure.

Standard 11" drum brakes, and 8 3/4" Sure-Grip posi-rear w/3.23 gears.
14" x 5.5" wheels, with F70 x 14" tires (Red-line or RWL)

Originally advertised as a $3000 car that could run 14.00's @ 100 MPH
A 'bit' exaggerated,,,,,as the car ran closer to 14.90's @ 93 MPH.

Only real options;,,,,,,, disc brakes and power steering,,,,,,and the 426 HEMI.

pc

Have no idea what your talking about......



69, Hardtop, 383, 4-speed, console.....crappy photo taken with an old polaroid....lol