Muscle car mania was in full swing by the late 1960s. That’s when Plymouth introduced the latest player, the budget-minded Road Runner, in 1968. It became immediately popular, jumping from sales of 44,000 units in ‘68 to 84,000 in ‘69. The B-bodied ‘Bird came with a 383 cubic inch V8 as standard with a 4-speed manual transmission, which is represented by the seller’s car. Available in Magnolia, Texas, this Mopar is available here on eBay from PaintReadyProjects, where all the bodywork and paint prep work has been done. Save yourself all that trouble and grief by giving the “Man” $29,900 and trailer it home.
Besides a convertible, two versions of the Road Runner coupe were offered in 1969. One was a true hardtop, and the other had a thin, solid roof pillar with pop-out rear windows. More than 33,000 Road Runners came as the latter in ’69, including this RR. Besides the period-correct 383 and 4-speed (both of which will need to be rebuilt), this Mopar comes with an Air Grabber hood. And the correct Q5 Turquoise paint has been applied to all the hidden and/or rust-repaired areas (the seller added a lot of new sheet metal).
A white and black interior came with this car when new, and some of those pieces are provided, with the bucket seats already having been redone. The console is missing, as is the windshield. The seller’s listing thoroughly documents the process this car went through to become a paint-ready project. If you had purchased this car as a barn find, how much would you have spent getting it to the stage where it is today?
But let’s be clear, the car needs a lot more work. Nothing mechanically seems to have been done (that’s not their business model), and we don’t know how complete the car is. So, you’re bound to have to build a shopping list for things that you will need to turn this into a six-figure show car. Which would likely be the goal, as why would you take a car this far only to do shortcuts the rest of the way to have a daily driver? Another fine tip from “Curvettte”!
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