1968 Hemi Road Runner
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2009
- Describes the history and performance of Plymouth Hemi Road Runners. I was lucky enough to be the first to drive a 1969 Hemi Road Runner (4 speed) after brought out of storage after over 25 years. After working for a while to get it running, it returned to life with no smoke and gained strength by the minute as it loosened up. You could feel the heritage returning.
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Bought a 1968 roadrunner in 1977 when I turned 16. It had 33,000 miles on it and I paid $950 for it. Man what fun I had in that car.
It’s weird hearing older people be like yea I had one of the best cars as my first car. Today’s time shit like that is hard to find n cost 100x more than then.
Looks just like. Exactly. Bought mine in 68. Sold it in 76. Bought it back in 87. Never left me again.
Absolutely the best ever made. The 68 Hemi and four speed
I had two '69 Road Runners in the '70s. No one spent the $825 for the Hemi because the darned things would go fast enough to scare you with the 383 Magnum. Besides, these wonderful beasts basically didn't even have any brakes anyway. I loved my Road Runners! A real basic muscle car that only cost about $3,400 brand new "as is". Memories...
When my dad was young he cared for an elderly gentleman at the hospital, he made him laugh, and talked cars with him. when he passed he left a blank check to my dad and he bought a 68 Road Runner. Mom was PISSED!!!!
LOL
My brother had a 69 Roadrunner 383 3spd that thing was Fast ,another guy in school had a red 68 383 4spd Roadrunner- Nice car !!! There were all kinds of nice cars at school back then , Chevelles GTO'S GTX'S Charger's59 60 Impalas with the 409 4spd I had a 61 bubble top with the 348 3 on the tree- changed to 3 on the floor !!! Lots of nice cars back then !!! Ahh those were the days !!!
Gotta love an original. No other car had the impact, speed, or charisma of the original Road Runner, not even the 64 GTO. I, too, have driven a 69 Hemi 4-speed Runner, and it was an absolute blast. Brutal to say the least. My old GTX, even being a Hemi, 4-speed, Super Track Pack car, was much more civilized. BTW, the exact car shown in this video has been my dream car for nearly twenty years. I've loved that car ever since I first saw it.
425 hp & 490 lb/ft of torque, both being conservative. No turbo, no supercharger, just raw big block Mopar power.
+Schön yes those numbers were purposely kept lower to keep the insurance companies from jacking peoples rates way up. There were other reasons as well but realistic hp numbers are closer to 500 or more and torque is much higher.
The Hemis were actually around 425 HP... the 4 bbl. 440" Magnum rated 375 HP was just as fast, and the tri-power 440's were faster than Hemis...
Schön watch some nicks garage episodes. In stock form that number was really close but bigger carburation and headers that sucker really hummed closer to 550
@Fire&Ice909 - After 1966 the 426 Hemi was about 426 - 440 HP depending on tune... and started misfiring above 3500 RPMs... unless it had fresh spark plugs that morning... they were easy to beat on the street unless they had fresh plugs...
@@BuzzLOLOL Hemis could push around 460 HP with Poorly Tuned Carbs and 50,000+ Miles. A pristine hemi slightly modified was pushing 490-530 Easy
That's what badass is all about !!
When I got out of the Corps I bought a 68 Roadrunner 383 in 1972 for $1476 plus tax. It was that crappy green paint. Repainted it black with gold pinstripe, set of reversed Cragars. Then I swapped the 383 for a junkyard 440 block. Rebuilt it 60 over, Edelbrock Tarantula intake, Holley 830, mild lift cam, Dana 60 rearend, I damn near burned the tires off in the first day. Then a couple years later the oil embargo hit. I couldn’t justify paying more than .80 cents a gallon for gas. I traded it for a 68 Ford Mustang fastback 302 and a Honda 500 motorcycle. What a deal LOL.
My father bought a 1968 plymoth gtx when he came home from nam and he turned 11's all the time with nothing but a set of Mohawk tires on it. His was the 440ci supper commando automatic and I have 3 cases of trophys to prove the times. His best slip from Detroit drag way was 11.11 126mph with a .445 reaction. All my elders said the car was a freak of nature an ran faster then it should they said they would beat the hemi's through the quarter mile then the hemi would take off and leave it after that.
11's I doubt it but this UTUBe.
Tammy Forbes that's hard to believe. That's almost in the tens.
Sorry but another round of BULLSHIT
My 1968 383 roadrunner ran consistent 12.61 at 105mph in the 1/4 mile with only 8 inch slicks 456 rear and headers.
2:01 0-60 in 5 seconds and the Quarter Mile in 13.5 seconds on bias ply tires. Crazy!
The 426 Hemi Roadrunner was the baddest car to ever come out of Plymouth.
I put 3 1/2 inch headers on mine and some busted out glass packs. Had to re jet the carbs too. Pulled a mid 12 in the quarter after that.
This is my most most favorite muscle car!😍🔥
(GTX 426-440 HEMI (335 -425 HP))😌🔥
if only they still made cars like this
If Chrysler didn't killed-off Plymouth back in 2001...But, I guess the Road Runner would have become an similar way as the Charger; a 4-door muscle car that might be won't last long as it's Dodge counterpart. Not to mention that this car, it has an very BIG expensive copyright license with the use of the WB's Cartoon character to be use in the car, if this car was made in '00s to nowadays...
Mines in back yard. Pullin into garage, new 440 ! Cant wait to lite up tires again.
Not bad... I've had my '68 Hemi bird since it was almost new. It's an automatic and it's a blast to drive if I can keep it going straight. The rear likes to come around real quick and do 180's. The best I ran at the strip years ago was.. 10.60s at 129mph.
Do you still have it?
@@rangerack5839 Geez.. I forgot about this old post. 8 years ago. Still have it. hasn't been on the road since 2007
Anoint426 Hemi I hope you get it running soon
Local dealers sold off the last of the '68 Roadrunner 383" 4 speed posi cars for a screaming deal of $2595 brand new !!!
What was the average yearly wage during that year? What was the average cost of a house? As Einstein once said ,,"Everything is relative"
@@turboomni848 - Most people prolly making $6k -10K year... fun cars were more affordable...
800.00 1969 dollars is 6,600.00 dollars today 2023. Crazy money has lost so much value. Badass car , my friend just bought a 1969 RR with a 1970 440 automatic , cool car , just did all floor and trunk pans , complete front end rebuild. Headers , torker 1 intake and edelbrock carb , electronic ignition disc brake and power brake conversion. He is talking about a Hellcat drivetrain now , i kinda like that ole 440.
0-60 in 5.1...on bike tires=) Put some slicks on it and it will run a lot faster than that.
The warranty on the Hemi was 90 Days...!! 😄
The automotive HOLY GRAIL! BEEP BEEP!
$800 option.................lot of money back then...............
My 1968 383 roadrunner ran a best 12.61 in the 1/4 slicks and headers
Not fucking stock it didnt!..Ive owned many Mopars including my original 71 Roadrunner, with Indy Cyl heads, mild cam open headers, 355 gear and it ran 12.6 at 105-106..NO CHANCE a stock head 383 could come close to what my car was doing.
@@johnnyzee383 I mean, he didn't say his car was stock...
$800 extra on a $3000 car is an expensive option. Then add a radio,power steering,power brakes,front disks,tinted glass,bucket seats,power windows and you are getting close to Caddy territory.
best car ever
the lil 1969 340 swinger 4 speed 391 posi 3097 lbs screams for a small block it runs 13.33 best time hi winding 340 no ac no power steering and has drum brakes. onlt upgrades are mufflers coil and wires and orange box. otherwise bone stock on street tires.
I recently bought a 69’ with a 427 hemi paired with a 5 speed. I’m thinking about doing some performance stuff to the 427 and a disc brake conversion. Over all I want it to at least mildly scare me
Greatest Mopar was the 69 Roadrunner.
Brock Yates gave the idea to Chrysler Corporation.
Well what else would a true red-blooded gearhead do with a blank check?Your mom couldn't have been that surprised.LOL
there is one error in here that has become an "urban myth" Chrysler spent the $50000 on the horn STICKER,for the rights to say "voice of roadrunner" . They got the idea of using this horn from forklifts in the chrysler factory. There are thousands of these exact Fulton horns in warehouses all over the world !! They just aren't purple. In fact in 1968 they didn't have the full rights for the road runner character. The horns were just plain black and the side decals were B&W. This horn is wrong.
Ah ... Chubby Cheddar makes a cameo appearance.
The rating of the hemi of 425 hp was a JOKE. they probably took the hp from 5000 as the avertised rating. I've seen a dyno test of a 1967 hemi engine with headers making 700 hps.
Where the 68s the only ones with black and white decals because the deal with Warner brothers wasn't quite finished when the car was coming out
Elephant!
Giraffe!
cool, no DISLIKES, this must be a man video:)))
BEEP. Beep beep
Meep meep
Horsepower ratings back in the day were tricky. Automakers under and overrated for a variety of reasons. Also, though the 426 held its published HP rating steady at 425 through its 6-year life, the actual number did fluctuate, especially after 1969 when Chrysler started quietly lowering compression ratios on all its V8's. Its a known fact that the 426 was underrated but don't forget that it was underrated in 'gross' numbers which is fine for comparing to other gross muscle car numbers at the time. But if you want a sense of how it compares to todays engines, the Hemi was actually overrated. Most of the internet seems to think the 426 was pushing a little under 500 gross back in 68' - I found one though saying that Chrysler testing at the time showed about 470, but when you convert to net, (roughly 75-80% of gross) 426 Hemi output is around 375. For 71' Chrysler apparently published both gross and net where they acknowledged the a rating of 350 (net) for the Hemi. Seems a little disappointing right? Not at all and that goes for then OR now. If you converted every muscle car to net back then, the Hemi would likely still be on top. As for today? Keep in mind that the 68 RR weighed only 3400 pounds, giving it the same power to weight as a modern 392 Charger.
Who is the narrator for this video ?
+Cheef Cherokee Jim Scoutten; the host of both Motor Trend TV and eventually Car & Driver TV.
+Cheef Cherokee He also hosted the cable TV show American Shooter where he reviewed and tested guns and shooting accessories. He's had the coolest jobs ever.
dapsapsrp yep.
How do you spell RoadrUUner? lol
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
$800.00 for a Hemi! LOL
Love it!👍🇺🇸
My 1968 383 roadrunner ran a best 12.61 in the 1/4 slicks and headers
My 1968 383 roadrunner ran consistent 12.61 at 105mph in the 1/4 mile with only 8 inch slicks 456 rear and headers.
single 4 bbl and automatic?
+lw216316
single Carter carb
stock 4 speed trans
My 1968 383 roadrunner ran consistent 12.61 at 105mph in the 1/4 mile with only 8 inch slicks 456 rear and headers
BULLSHIT