Why This Car Is Special

The Plymouth Road Runner is a mid-size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. Plymouth developed the Road Runner to market a lower priced, basic trim model to its upscale GTX.

We have a sharp restored red “real” 1968 Plymouth Road Runner that is very original here at Skyway Classics. It was a purpose-built muscle car and meant to go fast while retaining a spartan look and interior, meaning less weight and frills.

This is a correct RM23 R code 383 car, which means a lot today as a lot of Satellite clones pretend to be a Road Runners. Not the case here, this is a real one!

Features

1968 Plymouth Road Runner

Vin #RM23H8G280128 BODY-R ROAD RUNNER PRICE CLASS-M MEDIUM BODY TYPE-23 TWO DOOR HARDTOP ENGINE-H 383-330 HP 4-bl YEAR-8 1968 PLANT-G ST LOUIS SEQUENCE NUMBER 280128 Plymouth performance built 383 cubic inch V8 engine Three-speed automatic transmission Factory stock intake, valve covers, heads and block Performance plug wires Black factory Air cleaner assembly with the correct original decals Edelbrock 4-barrell carb Long tube headers Dual exhaust Automatic transmission Original, clean, painted, and detailed engine compartment Red High Trim Grade Vinyl Split Bench seat interior Three-spoke sports steering wheel Three-spoke sports Road Runner steering wheel with the Beep-Beep Roadrunner horn Original gauge package and auxiliary tach and mounted gauges below the dash Red carpet Matching rear seat Great door panels Black floor mats Road Runner emblem on dash Stereo radio system. Lift-off Fiberglass hood with scoop Front and rear chrome bumpers Great glass and trim Raised white letter BF Goodrich Radial Ta's Original black and chrome factory styled steel wheels and chrome lug nuts Road Runner cartoon graphics

Mechanical

It is powered by the Plymouth performance built, what we believe to be, numbers matching 383 cubic inch V8 engine with a three-speed automatic transmission on the column.

The 383 comes with the factory stock intake, valve covers, heads and block with a four-barrel Edelbrock carb, performance plug wires, Black factory Air cleaner assembly with the correct original decals, long tube headers and dual exhaust, power brakes, and all sitting in a very nice, original, clean, painted, and detailed engine compartment.

The 383 cubic inch engine was standard with the 426 Hemi the only option available for the Road Runner until mid-year production.

Interior

The red/black vinyl factory looking interior has bench seats, matching rear seat and door panels, three-spoke sports Road Runner steering wheel with the Beep-Beep Roadrunner horn, the original gauge package and auxiliary tach and mounted gauges below the dash, red carpet, Road Runner emblems, and a stereo radio system.

It has a lot of originality to this interior and it looks as it did back when it was new.

Exterior

The Matador Red paint scheme with the lift-off fiberglass hood and scoop really pops and the muscle car lines look super as well as the front and rear chrome bumpers, glass, trim, and it has the right factory stance too with the raised white letter BF Goodrich Radial Ta's that it rides on mounted on the black and chrome factory styled steel wheels and chrome lug nuts.

It has the famous Road Runner cartoon graphics that Plymouth paid $50,000 to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts to use the Road Runner name and likeness from their Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner cartoons (as well as a "beep, beep" horn, which Plymouth paid $10,000 to develop) that our car still has.

Conclusion

Plymouth Road Runner was named Motor Trend "Car of the Year" for 1968 and you can go back in time and own that Car Of The Year when you come to Skyway Classics and buy our red 1968 Plymouth Road Runner 383.

If you want an iconic real Road Runner, then the one we have at Skyway Classics is the one for you.

Come see it today.

Call us at 941-254-6608.

Disclaimer

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