1968 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi on 2040-cars
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Galen Govier Registered Road Runner with Hemi
1968 Road Runner two-door pillar coupe with the desired high-performance Hemi
426 Stage II engine (period correct), the embodiment of what real muscle cars should be – no frills and packed
with power.
Not many production cars dominated the street and strip like the Hemi-equipped Road Runner in the late Sixties.
When it first rolled off the assembly line in 1968, the legendary Road Runner with the 425-horsepower engine,
instantly became an icon for everything that was good about the muscle car era.
The first generation Road Runner, as seen, with the fabled Hemi continues to excite astute collectors for its role
in automotive history, including its impressive racing heritage.
Today, 47 years after it first rolled off the assembly floor for the Chrysler Corporation’s Plymouth division in
Lynch Road, Michigan, the Hemi-equipped Road Runner, based on the Belvedere platform, still remains in a class of
its own.
Not content with anything less than perfection, its previous owner took this ’68 Road Runner pillar coupe to JMC
Performance less than two years ago, and embarked on a complete frame-off, rotisserie-style restoration. No less
than $45,000 went into the restoration to bring the car to this level of condition.
However, not before Mopar specialist, Galen’s Registry of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, decoded VIN RM21J8A225551
and the styling tags, which ultimately told the detailed and accurate story of a factory 426 cubic-inch Hemi Road
Runner outfitted with torsion bar and leaf spring Hemi suspension, a Torqueflite automatic transmission and the
nortorious Stage II package. According to Galen’s Registry, this car was the real deal.
It is also a limited-run coupe in automatic trim, in fact, only 390 automatics were produced in 1968, and very few
of those original cars remain – either destroyed by accidents, or have since rusted away.
We learned that Galen’s Registry researched this car’s production history down to its Beep Beep sounding horn
assembly and radio delete, silver and black vinyl interior package with the split bench seat, which were
beautifully restored by JMC.
Now on the road after being meticulously reassembled from tip to tip with a period-correct Hemi, the car looks and
sounds incredible.
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Barrett-Jackson 2014: 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird passes half a million dollars
Sat, 18 Jan 2014The Plymouth Superbird is one of those classic American cars from the muscle car era that has captured the imagination of all sorts of automotive enthusiasts long after its presence on roads and race tracks wore away. It's easy to see why. Where else but in the Swingin' Sixties and Seventies would a car leave the factory with an aerodynamics package that included a pointy beak and a rear spoiler that sat several feet above the rear deck?
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The grisly moniker was earned because all of the vehicles belonged to the president of a blood testing company who is facing prison time for alleged bribery, according to Hemmings. After all, they are muscle cars bought with actual blood money. The seven-vehicle collection includes some of the ultimate muscle cars ever made, and the original buyer clearly had an eye for rarity.
This cornucopia of V8 power includes a teal 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429, a 1967 Shelby GT500 Mustang, an orange 1970 Plymouth Superbird, a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS convertible and perhaps most prized of all - a trio of 1969 Yenko Chevys with a Chevelle, Nova and Camaro all represented. From the included photos, all of them look to be in fantastic condition.