1968 Plymouth Road Runner

[Paul Ceasrine]

This was one of the advertisements that got the 'Beep Beep' going,
the mid-year addition of the 'hardtop Road Runner'.

Not sure if anyone remembers the 'special Beep Beep horn'.
with the Road Runner decal on it.

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

This was one of the advertisements that got the 'Beep Beep' going,
the mid-year addition of the 'hardtop Road Runner'.

Not sure if anyone remembers the color of the 'special Beep Beep horn'.
Purple,,,,

I'm glad you posted the ad as I hadn't seen it. It's interesting since it shows the car on chrome Magnum 500s. I positively remember my brother's 68 having the Magnums with the brushed aluminum trim rings. I remember it clearly since the 68 AMX I had at the time had the chrome versions and I always managed to get a rise out of him since he had the "cheap wheels".

As for the horn, I remember reading about the money that Mopar had to pay Warner Brothers in order to use the Road Runner image and the sound of the horn. I think they got away cheap compared with what Pontiac had to pay per car on the Trans Am.

[Don Morris]

After a 3 year stint with a '70 429 SCJ Torino, and with cash burning burning a hole in my pocket, I bought a '68 Hemi RR off a used car lot in Denver in '74. That thing ran so bad, it would hardly rev up. Needless to say, I was a bit dissapointed. Soon enough though, I started learning about tuning on a hemi. It was such a kick to drive. You just wanted to put your foot in it all the time. Turns out someone had installed 4.89 (4.88?) gears in it. No wonder it thrilled.

One of the most memorable times on the street was a Boss 429 that took three beatings one evening, before he resigned himself to the fact that he did not have the beans to beat the Hemi.

At the risk of embarrassment though, I must admit I got beat pretty badly by a very stock appearing '701/2 Z28 on another occasion. I suspect that he was not sporting a 350. All I saw was his tailights as he kept pulling away. Ouch!

I later turned that car into my first Stock Eliminator ride in about 1976.

That's my Road Runner story.

[greg fulk]

My Grandfather said he loved to see 390 Fairlanes, Comets, & 383 Road Runners @ the track with his 66 Impala SS 396/325....But said the 57 Chevy FI cars were another story!( he had the trophys to prove it)