1968 Plymouth Road Runner
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By 1968, the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained more and more options. Although Plymouth already had a performance car in the GTX, it wanted to reincarnate the original muscle car concept in a car able to run a low quarter mile time and sell for less than $3000. Both goals were met, and the Road Runner would outsell the upscale GTX. Paying $50,000 to Warner Bros. -Seven Arts to use the name and likeness of their Road Runner cartoon character as well as a 'beep, beep' horn, which Plymouth paid $10,000 to develop, and using the Chrysler B platform as a base which just so happened to be the same as the Belvedere, Plymouth set out to build a back-to-basics mid-size performance car. The standard engine that was exclusive-to-the-Road Runner was the 383ci Magnum V8 rated at 335hp and 425 lb-ft of torque. Now for an extra $714, Plymouth would install the massive 426 CID Hemi rated at 425hp and 490 lb-ft of torque, which as you can see, this one was graced with the beast. Combined with low weight, the 6-passenger Road Runner could run the 1/4 mile...