1968 Hemi Road Runner 

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.

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...

Absolutely the best ever made. The 68 Hemi and four speed

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!!!!

Looks just like. Exactly. Bought mine in 68. Sold it in 76. Bought it back in 87. Never left me again.

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.

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 !!!

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.

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.

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.

That's what badass is all about !!

My 1968 383 roadrunner ran consistent 12.61 at 105mph in the 1/4 mile with only 8 inch slicks 456 rear and headers.

Local dealers sold off the last of the '68 Roadrunner 383" 4 speed posi cars for a screaming deal of $2595 brand new !!!

This is my most most favorite muscle car!😍🔥 (GTX 426-440 HEMI (335 -425 HP))😌🔥

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.

if only they still made cars like this

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.

Mines in back yard. Pullin into garage, new 440 ! Cant wait to lite up tires again.

0-60 in 5.1...on bike tires=) Put some slicks on it and it will run a lot faster than that.

$800 option.................lot of money back then...............

My 1968 383 roadrunner ran a best 12.61 in the 1/4 slicks and headers

$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.

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

The warranty on the Hemi was 90 Days...!! 😄

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.

The automotive HOLY GRAIL! BEEP BEEP!

best car ever

Greatest Mopar was the 69 Roadrunner.

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.

Well what else would a true red-blooded gearhead do with a blank check?Your mom couldn't have been that surprised.LOL

Brock Yates gave the idea to Chrysler Corporation.

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.

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.

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!

Ah ... Chubby Cheddar makes a cameo appearance.

Meep meep

cool, no DISLIKES, this must be a man video:)))

BEEP. Beep beep

Who is the narrator for this video ?

How do you spell RoadrUUner? lol

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$800.00 for a Hemi! LOL

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Love it!👍🇺🇸

My 1968 383 roadrunner ran consistent 12.61 at 105mph in the 1/4 mile with only 8 inch slicks 456 rear and headers.

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