Plymouth Road Runner Commercial 1968

[goodson305]

Gas guzzler the front of the car is the same size as a full size pickup truck bed.

[1BlubeTube]

My Dad said he owned one back in the 60s.

[Evinrudeoutboard1]

You can catch one with a 1955 Peterbilt from the movie Duel!

[GhostofDuma]

Plymouth Road Runner - my favorite muscle car. ( I wish I had one!)

[00001re]

@GhostofDuma I wish I had one, too.

[DirtyMikeballin95]

fucker flies

[RoadCaptainEntertain]

Ya shoulda been there fellas !

Half of the kids in high school had big blocks and 48 percent of the rest had small block V8's.

Anything less and you were weird.

Gas was 33 cents a gallon.

Olds 442's, 340 Dusters with a six pack and of course the SS.

It was a ton of fun growing up with muscle cars.

[dejohn913]

Yes!!!! It Does Have A (Real) HEMI. Take Me Bake In Time...And Keep Me There.

[MsStaciejm]

My dad had a 1969 Road Runner that he bought off the show room floor...and has wanted to recreate that car the rest of his life!

[DblC3]

Plymouth Road Runner: the only car named after a cartoon character!

[musefan117]

God I miss America.....These Days I dont know what to call our country esp with every jap car on every street

[PumpkinPuffer]

@musefan117 Well now days jap cars are built better than mexican made american cars.

[lmarieed1]

TOOK 42 YEARS AND ASSLOAD OF CORVETTES AND CAMARO"S EL CAMINO"S AND 55s 57s but got the dream car i always wanted PROUD OWNER 1969 PLYMOUTH ROADRUNNER NEED I SAY MORE MEEP MEEP FOREVER

[thelanceman]

@lmarieed1 Well said my man!

[jwallbanger]

@lmarieed1 good for you.

now that you have your mid-life crisis out of the way, go do something worthwhile with your life instead of collecting cars like some self-absorbed teenager.

[4BBodies]

@jwallbanger You are right, we would all rather be a phony, boring adult like you! Just why were you watching this video, dipshit? Curious about things you can't possibly understand? My guess is that you are in your early thirties, a balding, lazy a hole who has never actually owned or driven an old musclecar, much less actually gotten his hands dirty working on one! I would also wager that you act like a stupid female, and probably think of cars as appliances! Go fuck yourself!

[jwallbanger]

@4BBodies Takes one to know one! And don't be so hard on yourself! There's more to life than being young, attractive and wealthy.

And since you're so curious, my first car was a beautiful '65 Impala that I loved but it chugged gas like a frat boy and with my 80-mile round trip to classes all week I had to grow up and get a sensible car. Since then I have had no urge whatsoever to reclaim my youth with another chick magnet. I have no need to try to make people jealous.

Why? I like me now.

[GreenGator94]

@lmarieed1 Congratulations for never giving up on your dream! I just got my dream bike two months ago. Fortunately, it "only" took 11 years, but I never gave up, either. Merry Christmas!

[obbaan]

Proud owner of a 68!!!

[SAOTOME666]

wanna know an interesting piece of plymouth roadrunner trivia? the horns were made to sound just the the beep beep sound that roadrunner from the cartoon made

[rockman12367]

@SAOTOME666 i never knew that . thats cool

[dntlss]

a buddy of mine has a 1970 roadrunner convertible (yes convertible) sitting in his garage,his brother was like 20 years older than him and left it to him before he died, its just sitting there needing total restoration,super bad ass.

[FASTLIGHTNING1]

MOPARS, BECAUSE THEY HAD BAD WIRING MOSTLY DUE TO BALLASTS CRACKING WERE FAST BUT, ALSO COULDN'T KEEP REARENDS IN THEM. IT WAS MOSTLY DUE TO TORQUE BUT HAD SHITTY TRANNY'S EXCEPT FOT THE TORQUE FLIGHTTRANNY WHICH HELD UP NICE, FRONTENDS WERE COOL TWIST OF THE WRENCH AND YOU COULD RAISE OR LOWER IT. LIKE ALL CARS OF 60'S/70'S THEY WERE MUSCLE BUT, TODAYS CARS DO IT BETTER WITH DESIGN AND COMPUTOR TUNING.

[NitroDragster426]

@FASTLIGHTNING1 the dana 60 rear end and the 8 3/4 rear are extremely strong and 10 times better than a GM 10 bolt or 12 bolt. the dana 60 is on par with the ford 9inch. the mopar A833 4 speed i would even say as to be more heavy duty than the famous GM muncie. the early electronic ignitions had problems but this was new technology at the time and mopar was the pioneer of it.

[budmorgan23]

The styling, the power, even the sounds they make...and in cars for an average American. If only cars now did this, there would be no problem with the auto market in America

[SHADOWTHEHEDGEHOGZO6]

Cool Commercial

[Oldclaws]

I rember this and I owned a road runner. good dependable cramped ( in the backseat) cars. Wish I still had it.

[hazzardwantcookies]

my uncle had a 1972 RR. he also had a dodge dart and pontiac tempest. those were some of the nicest cars. even though he wasnt even close to having them restored and the engines were ran very ratty, they were pretty badass for the dirt trails he had were they lived. fucking sold em though. :(

[visor109]

What a sweeeeetttt ride!

[Batner112]

Beep Beep!

[DylanR2008]

ahhhh stop with the brand fanboying all muscle cars are great!!

[armoredsolidsnake]

one of my favorite muscle cars

[dizwiz96]

Go baby Go!

[usshermantank]

hey the ford comment was uncalled for the chevy comment cant be more correct and theres a bar not far from me the owner has 2 of these one in black and one in red

[rockabillycat100]

i love the plymouth road runner

[jerrymail]

I'm not a fan addict but i would love to own and drive an old car like the Road Runner!

These old US cars make me dreaming! :)

[gjc82071]

When I was growing up in the early 80's, & was 10yo, my friends and I naturally idolized the older neighborhood kids 16+yo. I remember 1 of them had a Plymouth Road Runner, it was beautiful. Then he obliterated it in an accident. He had been drinking & speeding, & unfortunately killed an old man. Back then DWI wasn't as big a crime as it is now. Not sure, it might have been just a misdemeanor. In any event, the kid didn't do any jail time, for murder. Judge said losing the car was enough.

[proxima777]

thats so sadd :(

[thedeem0N]

@gjc82071 My dad had a Hunter Green 1968 Plymouth Road Runner. He says that car was designed to do 1 thing; Go, REALLY FAST in a straight line & NOT turn @ any speed above 10 MPH. He told me that some guy he knew in the '70s was driving a '68 Chevelle SS 396 came out around him in a set of S curves in our home town & he took the 68 Road Runner up on 2-Wheels. & what's crazy, is that like 30-Years Later I crashed a Honda Del Sol at like 135+ mph under an 8th Mile Away from where that happened...

[ratfink409]

I hear they're bringin it back, but it's going to be a rebodied Challenger. I just want a cool car that goes "MEEP, MEEP" !

[boofheadrules]

Now that is a CAR not like the plastic shit they make today..These cars are being imported to Australia and they cost tens of thousands to buy........Plus the steering is on the wrong side..

[CDTbossy]

Wish I could go to a Plymouth dealer to day and buy one, sadly Plymouth is gone and all they have is plastic turd Toyoboatas :(

[VladBlok28]

i want one

[felipeco20]

I still goes beep-beep

[felipeco20]

and the coyote still can't catch him !!!!!

mopar or no car

[morderca95]

because you stink

[ReddHarlemX1]

Maybe cause you have an Attitude and maybe your not giving them what they want, or you are just annoying or crazy lol

[YeshuaHamashiach777]

Well in 1968 I was 7 and too young to buy a car. Now that I am old enough, the very same car is still beyond reach. Costs too much. Talk about a catch 22.

[ratfink409]

To bad most cars now suck. Government doesn't want us haveing to much fun. When people start haveing fun, they have to come and crash the economy. Then start telling manufacturers that all cars need to be like the Prius. Are they trying to turn all us young, red-blooded males gay? I want a Roadrunner so bad I'd bang two fat chicks just to get one!

[thelanceman]

That's hillarious ratfink409!!! You have Mopar blood in your veins!

[speedybullets713]

Too right, my Dads friend had a 67 Dodge Dart. Sounded very baddass. I have a Monte Carlo and love it. Me and my buddy have been talking about getting a new Challenger and puttin an old engine in it. About the gutless hybrids is true. My integra is the closest thing to a hybrid. Fuck gas prices, if they go up the ass, i will get a Kawasaki or a Harley.

[asztaloszoltan2001]

@ratfink409 I agree these days they make a fast car safe first then they make it powerful than they cut of some of the power to reduce consumption :)) and the result ios a verry verry heavy car ... witch is extremly slow :)) and whit a very low MPG :)) 1 why on earth do you need to build a sports car safe :))? if u drive like a maniac and crash the end of the story is the same :)) u die ... because no car can save a u above 120 mph ... only luck :)

[roadrunner1969383]

@ratfink409 I have a 69 roadrunner and yep it's pretty darn fun!!! :^)

[ugslamma]

I could have bought Fat Eddies 70 rr 383 4sp for 400 back in 75. Luckily I hung on to my 69 coronetR/T.I love roadrunners

[moparmusclecars]

I just restored my 68 RR with a four speed. One year only color, medium turquoise. I also have a 69 Bee, and I like them both equally.

[324ty]

The Plymouth Road Runner hit the road, and the Coyote still can't catch him he must bee a toyota hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[spartus09]

Can't decide whether I like the Road Runner or the Super Bee better. Either way, I like both cars a little more than the Charger; they seem to be a little less common which I've always liked.

[zjflowers]

dude that's 1968.

[deepmelody1991]

I wish someone would remaster this.

[boppin469]

Another coulda woulda shoulda story. I should have bought the all original 70 Hemi Road Runner from a friends dad back in high school. He wanted $15,000 for it in the late 80's. It would probably be worth over $100,000 now.

I remember that thing street racing against some motorcycle and the guy on the bike couldn't believe some old man in an old car was keeping up to him. Gotta go search some barns for an old Hemi now.

[TONORAD]

Great commerical! Thanks for posting. I have a '68 Road Runner in my garage. 383 auto. Time to take her out.

[superbeehemi]

Mopar...you're either with us or behind us!!!!

[208005278]

My Uncle had 383, 4speed That was a sweet ride back in tha day!!! Very strong

Engine!!!!!!!!

[Ecosse57]

My first car. Bought it in '79 when I was 15. Gold, 383/727, 323 gears, hard top.

thanks for the post!

[henrychinaski1976]

What's that music? I know it from anywhere but I can't remember?!?!

P.S. great commercial, great car!

[thelanceman]

That was "The Beat Goes On," done by Sonny and Cher originally from 1965.

[henrychinaski1976]

Aaah, yes! Now I remember. Thank you!

[FreeRider41Ply]

@thelanceman Yea if the beat goes on then why did Sonny & Cher own Mustangs customized by George Barris back then................neigh!

[joboots007]

@henrychinaski1976 Early '67,to be exact!!!!!!

[waystedkiss]

Football , Pizza , Cold BEER. roadrunner the working mans supercar. now anyone could afford to be KING OF THE ROAD....beeb beeb

[chiquisslp]

fell in love with this car after fast and furious tokyo drift

[boomerpop63]

I had a 68 Roar Runner.383 Mag. Too much power and very little brains.Totaled the car out. Beep Beep

[admiraljimmy]

Ouch, my dad had a 70 with a 383, he loved that car but it rusted out, he took the spare out one day and the bottom of the trunk fell out haha.

[Zando24]

This is such a cool commericial lol, for a badass car to. Coyote must not have had Mopar goin for him

[Violent2Dope199]

Wish I could afford one of these back in 1969. That car was one bad mothefucker

[speedybullets713]

Mopar= Roadrunner

Chevy= Speedy Gonzales

Ford= Coyote

[ratfink409]

That sounds about right. Chevy's and Mopars were always my favorite. But I'd have to say nothing beats hearing a 440 idle. Bad ass engine, for the badest cars ever to role out of Detroit.

[honkinhemi223]

i loved those old road runner and the cyote cartoons.

[jstrawse]

I bought a brand new 68 Hemi RR for 3,510 the dealer said he was having a hard time selling it because of the big engine, I drove it one year and traded it in on a new chevy pick up I needed for my work. I should of got a diff. job and kept the car.

[ryansiki]

I think the coyote was a Ford. Chevy was ok but Ford blew.

[xxxshanemanxxx]

did you say ford blue? haha

[ryansiki]

No I said," Ford Blows and can suck Dodges, Plymouths, and cheys dick

[2bad440]

txmcxl, Stupid... that Meep meep was the last thing you heard right before that road runner gobbled you up the front and spit you out the back. It takes a mopar to catch a mopar...

[thelanceman]

Thanks for that comment 2bad440. That must have been some lowlife Chevy idiot with those remarks!

[txmcxlx]

The stupidest part of this car was the horn.

[drumskill2]

oh man, that's awesome. the original commercial.

[pistolgrip383]

Wow....can't go to a "plymouth " dealer anymore...

[WVECSpirit]

Well, at least it wasn't ACME this time.

[CycolacFan]

Talk about soft sell... just go to your Plymouth dealer if you want to know anything about the car.

These things came with a horn that went 'meep meep' too

[lensattack13]

mopars rule..check out some of my home mopar vids !..rock on !

[thelanceman]

Yes, Mopar rule! And the beat goes on...

[pappoelmejor]

good good good good car !!!

[eveningphantom]

Not many "new" cars could beat the 1969-1970 Super Cobra Jet Mach 1 Mustang in a quarter mile at est. 390 or better horse power. Or a 426 wedge HEMI, and you can pretty much forget about working on your own car nowadays. OLD MUSCLE is better. but it will never be like it was back then.

[InfiniteMushroom]

You are confusing the wedge head and the hemi. Chrysler made both types of heads. The phrase "wedge HEMI" makes no sense at all. In the late 60's, the best known "wedge heads" were the 383, 413, 426, and 440. Only the 426 could be had with hemi heads.

[mopar43v3r]

all true but ur sentence is confusing the way u put it and its a little contradictory

[IamPorterhouse]

You are correct......

[tfmradvocate]

My Dad still has one of those in storage. Everything original. The sound of the engine used to scare the crap out of me when I was little!

[BBSYHIG]

Oh baby I want I want I waaaaant one :'(

[5769JJ]

Yep, the cost of a standard car...because the Road Runner was a stripper, not a deluxe model....it was a plymouth belvedere with the "hot" drivetrain (383, with optional 440 Magnum, 440X6, or hemi), and auto or pistol grip 4 speed and traction lock rear, either 8 3/4 or dana, depending on the motor

Good stuff!

[beerbellycop]

Wrong. In 68 the only option was the 426 hemi. The 383 was standard. Mopar rear terminology is Sure-grip, not traction lock. Also, a 440 Magnum was a Dodge, the Plymouth term was Super Commando.

[keinaffemitwaffe]

meep meep

[chargermopar]

Too bad today's cars are too ugly, expensive and government regulated. If one car company remade a classic, it would be an instant hit! Just keep the classic style and add today's technology...WOW!

[oldsmobileboy]

well they can't, cuze they don't make cars like that anymore

thats y u gotta love muscle cars

[Ocala92RTTT]

glad they dont ,unsafe gas suckers get the same performance or more out of a newer muscle car with safety and mpg.

[oldsmobileboy]

bs

u dont know wut ur talking about

[Ocala92RTTT]

Yeah your correct about bs i forgot they came with antilock brakes air bags for starters and your can get the same or more horsepower now run the same 1/4 or better and get 15 to 20 mph better .

[oldsmobileboy]

u dont even know

it doesnt get that much more gas milege

and wut r the muscle cars of today? plus they r ugly, like ur mom

shut up and go shove a shifter up ur mom's ass

[Ocala92RTTT]

Wow this is the responce i was looking for from a idiot ,yeah the cars from today are ugly whatever ,what are the muscle cars ? try the mustang gt or the newer camaro coming out or even the fbodys from the 90s those would and can whip the old muscle ,i know i have done it ,but i should understand that you wont from a guy who has BOY in his name

[oldsmobileboy]

just so u know u dont make any since wtf was the boy thing?

and the new mustangs look like shit wut r u talking about

the only good looking car coming out is the challenger

[Ocala92RTTT]

The boy thing was back at you for the mom comments i didnt know you where so interested in my mom i thought you where talking about cars ? Ok we where talking about muscle not looks iam not much of a mustang person but the roush look nice and yeah they will rip old muscle a new one the camaro will look and of course prove its self and yes the challeger also ,The mustang was designed around old muscle looks hmmm

[ProfessorIgor]

the thing is, todays cars ARE better in every conceivable fashion, EXCEPT, they don't have any soul, they don't feel alive... they're TOO good.. not as pretty to look at either.

[InfiniteMushroom]

Well said! For many reasons, cars are deliberately designed NOT to awaken the same emotions of speed, power, and spatial harmony that cars of the late 50's through the early 70's did. Today's cars have styling cues that are passive, "organic", gender-neutral, culture-neutral, globalist, and produce only emotional and cognitive dissonance. Today's cars look ashamed of themselves.

[ProfessorIgor]

I wonder why... it seems the only ones with any balls as far as styling is concerned is Chrysler... they laid them on the table to get hammered with the 300, Magnum and Grand Fury, er, um.. I mean the 4 DOOR (say what ?) Charger. But people seem to like them. For me, I'm waiting for that 38 yr old styled `09 Challenger.

[schimor]

IMHO, the 300 is way too heavy.......and the new charger is an insult to the old one ( I did say In My Humble Opinion<<<).

But what do you make of the Nissan Skyline, the Toyota Supra, the Subaru (something lol).....? and all those supercars (as they are called?)

[ProfessorIgor]

the Skyline that's coming in `09 looks nice, if a bit too sci-fi, I never really liked the Supra all that much, though they ARE fast, SUbarus are Subarus... nice cars, ass ugly. I do like the Mazda line, they have an identity. And even Honda is beginning to get a "honda look". I'm just waiting for spring so I can drive the Cuda again !!

[schimor]

I have to agree with you about the "new" Skyline, and lmao about the subarus ("ass ugly" LOL), and you have a Cuda? T_T Lucky you......friend had one a few years back..not sure what happened to it, but now he's restoring a roadrunner ;-)

[Beyondthegrave1386]

Best horn in automotive history.

[idfarren7]

back when cars had balls

[spartan117halofreak]

Hahahaha

[robkamstra]

Thats really cool

[Jibbie49]

Yes, what a HOT car that was in 1968 and probably cost about $2,400 new.

[flakia]

they should make more of those ads more often... this one is GREAT! love it, and love the car...

[stefrays]

very nice !

[hollies65]

Great commercial...don't make em like that anymore.