Just as the Pontiac GTO had been hugely successful a few years earlier, the Plymouth Road Runner would carve a similar path in the mid-size muscle car segment. The 1969 model run would be its most successful sales year at more than 81,000 copies, which would have included this 2-door pillared coupe. It’s a one-owner automobile that’s crusty and hasn’t run in 23 years. The seller is moving and doesn’t have time to do any work to it, so the car is available in Houston, Texas, and here on Facebook Marketplace for $9,000.

Plymouth paid Warner Brothers $50,000 in 1968 for the rights to the Road Runner and Coyote names and likenesses to promote their new budget performance car. And another $10,000 to develop the “meep meep” horn sound that has become the car’s trademark. After a promising start in the 1968 model year, the vehicle quickly became one of the biggest sellers in its niche. A 2-door post coupe with a 383 cubic inch V8 was the basic offering, and more than 18,000 of them were built in 1969 with an automatic transmission, like this one.

We’re told this ’69 Road Runner is original and hasn’t been touched since 1999. The engine cranks freely but does not run. The car appears to have been sitting outside for a great deal of its time. There is a lot of surface rust and some corrosion that has popped through the sheet metal in places like around the rear window. Also, the photos of the undercarriage show a lot of barnacles and a few holes in it, too.

The interior is nicer than you might expect, but the headliner, carpeting and dash pad will need replacing. The Plymouth has a bench seat with a column shifter, so your date can sit right next to you at the drive-in movies. 4,000 is listed as the mileage, but a safe bet suggests that’s 104,000 with an odometer that’s turned over. No title is available, so a bill of sale will have to suffice. However, the seller is willing to trade for another classic car or truck (I thought he said he was moving?).