A Muscle Car Showdown! 1969 Plymouth Road Runner & Dodge Super Bee!

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 12. 08. 2023
  • In Episode 71 of ‘Cars, Shops & Collections’ we showcase two icons of the muscle car era… A 1969 Plymouth Road Runner & A 1969 Dodge Super Bee!
    Stephen King is the owner of these classics and he takes us through a comprehensive bumper-to-bumper breakdown of these two iconic and legendary vehicles!
    Steve’s 1969 Road Runner is numbers matching and verified from the Chrysler Registry!
    PLUS: Steve has a bonus vehicle to show us...A 1970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Convertible!
    The 1960s witnessed an epic clash of automotive titans in the form of the muscle car war between the Plymouth Road Runner and the Dodge Super Bee. This legendary rivalry emerged as a thrilling showdown between two iconic American automakers, each vying for supremacy in the hearts of speed enthusiasts and horsepower aficionados… it was a true treat to have these two legendary cars featured in one episode!
    Be sure and check out other episodes of “Cars, Shops & Collections.” Every week I feature the stories behind classic cars and the people that own them.
    __________
    Follow us on social:
    Instagram: @JCFernandez @CarsShopsAndCollections
    __________
    WANT SHOW MERCH? Visit www.CarsShopsAndCollections.com
    #carsshopsandcollections #PlymouthRoadRunner #DodgeSuperBee #Mopar
  • Auta a dopravní prostředky

Komentáře • 73

  • @bos6782
    @bos6782 Před 10 měsíci +15

    One lucky man, I’m sure he has worked hard to acquire those cars. Great episode.

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  Před 10 měsíci +3

      Thank you for watching! It was so cool to have them next to each other! Steve is a great guy!

    • @oldmanmaker9853
      @oldmanmaker9853 Před 16 dny

      I have a Chalenger and Jeep Glad. and worked 50 years. Its good some people realise work is better than handouts or stealing.

  • @percys9427
    @percys9427 Před 9 měsíci +7

    awesome collection !

  • @RedTrent
    @RedTrent Před 10 měsíci +8

    Great vid, great cars. Thank you!

  • @myhemi5423
    @myhemi5423 Před 10 měsíci +18

    On the road runner the Valve covers are not stock

    • @kevinhemken748
      @kevinhemken748 Před 9 měsíci

      You are correct, and not stock on the super bee ! also the hood on the super bee is a 68 bulge hood .

    • @68motovator6
      @68motovator6 Před 4 měsíci

      @@kevinhemken748 that was the stock hood for a 69 Super Bee. The Ramcharger hood was an option.

    • @daltonyoung1749
      @daltonyoung1749 Před 2 měsíci

      Never seen a 69 bee with that hood , seen them flat and with the dual hood scoops

  • @user-gl7mj7xd6z
    @user-gl7mj7xd6z Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love the Bee. The color is stunning. Beautiful classic as well. Both cars are just AUTOMOTIVE ARTISTRY !!
    MOPAR OR NO CAR !!

  • @SuperPoplyfe
    @SuperPoplyfe Před 10 měsíci +8

    That Roadrunner is just a pretty damn car!

  • @user-gl7mj7xd6z
    @user-gl7mj7xd6z Před 3 měsíci +2

    Absolutely stunning and so gorgeous. It sounds so good. What a beautiful classic.
    MOPAR OR NO CAR !!

  • @paulsherman8697
    @paulsherman8697 Před 8 měsíci +9

    So he said the Road Runner was completely stock then says he added disc brakes etc which is great but the car is no longer box stock !

  • @shinrips
    @shinrips Před 7 měsíci +3

    Two works of art that are beautiful and sound fantastic!

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +2

    I owned a 69 RR back in the day. Was my daily driver for a few years. Kept it for about 12 years. Sold it in the mid late 80s.

  • @flakooalvarez5917
    @flakooalvarez5917 Před 2 měsíci

    That guy right there knows power baby!!!

  • @alparker8661
    @alparker8661 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I remember that air cleaner element in the early 70's was $15, had a 69 Super Bee with the Ram Charger hood.

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +2

    17:05 Those vinyl steering wheel covers were extremely popular in the 1970s.

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +8

    My RR was green. Never seen a 2 tone with a white top. Don't like it. Looks like a taxi.

  • @evilfingers4302
    @evilfingers4302 Před 10 měsíci +6

    "Meep! Meep!"

    • @charliejamz.
      @charliejamz. Před 7 měsíci +1

      You are correct. I don’t know why “Beep Beep” was so popularized. If they watched the cartoon, roadrunner said “Meep Meep”.

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +3

    Pretty sure that RR didn't come from the factory with those valve covers. Correct me if I am wrong.

  • @squeegied3rdeye713
    @squeegied3rdeye713 Před 3 měsíci +1

    My uncle had a GTX in that black and white colorway. Gorgeous.

  • @nicholaskoester7054
    @nicholaskoester7054 Před 10 měsíci +4

    They are nice cars. Have been a passenger in both of them.

  • @jeffbendertheenforcer5834
    @jeffbendertheenforcer5834 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Nice cars !!!

  • @doncroswe1179
    @doncroswe1179 Před 2 měsíci +1

    69 Super Bee's with a 440 4 barrel were not available in 69 * however, you could get a 440 six pack with lift off hood with 4 hood pins at each corner , made in fiberglass only * I noticed, this car had the Rally dash, better known as the charger dash that came in Dodge Charger that year * it also had the sport roof with no center post *

  • @BRYCEHARDYY
    @BRYCEHARDYY Před 3 měsíci +2

    I fw the super bee more

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +1

    8:00 All bench seats folded at an angle like that on 2 door cars.

  • @KevinMullett0509
    @KevinMullett0509 Před 10 měsíci +6

    That is gorgeous! What a pair of beasts! Did Gene get up on a ladder for that shot of the Super Bee coming out of the garage?

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  Před 10 měsíci +1

      I was wondering the same thing… no ladder but somehow he got a wicked cool angle!

    • @SuganoPro
      @SuganoPro Před 10 měsíci +1

      Ha ha ha! No ladder, just a long selfie stick. I edited the part out where you could see my shadow on the street as he pulled up next to the Road Runner.

  • @BillMcDevitt-yg8yr
    @BillMcDevitt-yg8yr Před měsícem +2

    They were not competitors. LOL. Both from Chrysler. At least in the 80s no one cared. I've owned Dodge and Plymouth and I'd always been happy to own either!

  • @haromaster6086
    @haromaster6086 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Nothing sounds like a 383.

  • @johnmorrison1272
    @johnmorrison1272 Před 8 měsíci

    Two very great cars

  • @dwayneventon
    @dwayneventon Před 6 měsíci

    Very cool

  • @hectorraigosa7149
    @hectorraigosa7149 Před 4 měsíci +2

    GTX for me

  • @dogdoc1
    @dogdoc1 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Although I always wanted a Roadrunner coupe/hardtop, I have a 69 Roadrunner convertible. 🙏😎👍

  • @tedszweb5268
    @tedszweb5268 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I had a 69 Roadrunner yellow with black vinyl top ,same engine.

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  Před 10 měsíci

      Such a great color combo!

    • @matrox
      @matrox Před 8 měsíci +2

      I had a 69 RR in a green metallic. A Neighbor 3 doors up had a 70 RR in yellow with a black vinyl top and flat black hood stripe in the middle.

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +1

    Mine had bucket seats.

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +2

    I had about 120 or 130k miles when I sold mine and could still burn rubber for 10 feet just by stomping it.

  • @captnmitchnee1903
    @captnmitchnee1903 Před 28 dny

    The Super Bee is 4” longer than the Road Runner and that steering wheel looks like it’s from a 70 Bee. The 69 Bee was black with the dodge emblem in the middle. I outta know I owned a 69 Bee 440/6pack /4 speed /4:10 Dana for years at 18 years old.

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +2

    They were rated at 335hp and about 425ft lbs Tq.

  • @user-os8iu8vy7f
    @user-os8iu8vy7f Před 5 měsíci

    I love the CORONET R/T 1968 and I love 1965 GTO OR 1969 GTO JUDGES

  • @tigerboy60
    @tigerboy60 Před 10 dny

    A guy I knew had a Beige 70 Torino 429 Cobra Jet and when the gears changed it would bark the tires, his brother had a Purple Super Bee with Pistol grip 4 speed. I had a yellow and black 69 Chevelle SS 396 with a Turbo 400. Another friend of mine had a beige 69 SuperBee with a 383 magnum with torqueflight And another friend had a 66 Chevelle SS with a 427 solid lifters with a Muncie behind it. And another guy had a 70 Chevelle LS6 with a 427 instead of the 454. in 1975 I was 15.

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  Před 10 dny

      What an amazing group of friends and cars!

    • @tigerboy60
      @tigerboy60 Před 9 dny

      @@CarsShopsAndCollections Another friend had a 69 Z28 (The only Real Camaro) silver and black with a 427, another 16 year old had a Camaro with a 427. one more had a 69 Firebird black vinyl top, black interior, 350 2 barrel. He turned the breather over to suck more wind. And one last to tell you about a Country boy who had soft hands (Hold a oppussum by the tail and bring him in the house) and a beautiful girlfriend. Were walking down a hot country rd black top. He pulls up with a Maroon 74 Nova SS (The ones with the Big letters and trunk lift) with black interior 350 3 speed. And my friend tells him show him what it will do. I always like 283, 327's (High revving) I didnt like 350's when they first came out. He tacked up the Nova and pulled one wheel off the ground Sweet.I think that was 1974.

    • @tigerboy60
      @tigerboy60 Před 9 dny +1

      @@CarsShopsAndCollections My Dad rebuilt a TorqeFlight in the back yard for a guy with a 68-69 RoadRunner torqoise blue, he set up passing gear at 95MPH. My Dad was hard on cars he had a Polara and he ran it up to 105 in second gear. He had a 69 Buick 225 455 ci. He was doing 130 going down 75 I think I was 10. One day going down 75 we were in the passing lane and a guy in a Pontiac came up behind us with his flashers on so he moved over let him by (Pontiac ) got back in the passing lane and a few seconds later a Ga state trooper was flashing his lights to get out of the way 1970

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  Před 7 dny

      Car chase on the 75… wild times!

  • @timbamler8964
    @timbamler8964 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I got a 69 bee , r6 red with shaker hood scoops with a white band and black interier and 383, had it sence 1985,

  • @doncroswe1179
    @doncroswe1179 Před 2 měsíci

    Ill speak more about this Road Runner, when my phone is charged up 😊

  • @JimBuffalo
    @JimBuffalo Před 5 měsíci +1

    One more missing? The dodge Coronet to go with the roadrunner and the superbee

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  Před 5 měsíci

      Yes! We did an episode on a pretty cool Coronet!
      czcams.com/video/YlH30J-azAI/video.htmlsi=fCZSlVyLNdPOxELM

  • @x2dab184
    @x2dab184 Před měsícem

    I used to own a 69 Road Runner. But now I'm just poor and sad.

  • @kilvapkram4302
    @kilvapkram4302 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Keep Chip Foose away from these "Hot-Rods".
    He'll turn them into circus vehicles.
    Dobre noche.
    Ceskoslovenska.

  • @mikeitalian
    @mikeitalian Před 3 měsíci

    Both steering wheels aren’t original. The steering inside the bee is 60’s Mustang style

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  Před 3 měsíci

      He has the original in a box in the garage, I believe we showed it at one point in the episode. Thanks for watching!

    • @mikeitalian
      @mikeitalian Před 3 měsíci

      @@CarsShopsAndCollections yes, but the other one (wood) wasn’t original either.

  • @georgehare2915
    @georgehare2915 Před 8 měsíci

    my 71 way prettier i topped it out at 150mph grill had rr head air grabber spoiler etc horn cost me 2000 to buy in 73

  • @danielwilkinson6810
    @danielwilkinson6810 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Dim valve covers are not original this man just bought that car he don't know Mopar and I never heard of them giving a roadrunner a painted top someone lied to this guy

  • @matrox
    @matrox Před 8 měsíci +6

    5:00 No..they were looking for the younger guys. Cut the Political Correct BS....they were not even thinking about women when they built this car.

  • @flakooalvarez5917
    @flakooalvarez5917 Před 2 měsíci

    Mopar

  • @kevinhemken748
    @kevinhemken748 Před 9 měsíci +8

    From a mopar guy under the hood is not original.