For Sale Ad reads as follows: 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner - a true survivor with lots of documented history!

[sauterd]

MMC Detroit
Yesterday at 5:41 AM ·
For Sale on Facebook Marketplace in TX.

60200 actual miles unrestrored, all original down to the mufflers. 383 4 barrel 4 speed with the inland shifter (rare). This car was featured on the cover of Mopar magazine in 2002 (copy of magazine in hand). Original owners manual with warranty card and build sheet. Must see and drive! It also has the pop out rear windows(rare). The top is a dealer add on - it looks like vinyl but it is a textured top referred to as the "Petty top"

 

[detmatt]

First of all nice car.
Second they made almost exactly TWICE as many post coupe(pop out window) cars as they did hdtps in ‘68 so “rare” in that regard is .
Third, what’s this dealer installed “Petty top”???

 

[Big_John]

Third, what’s this dealer installed “Petty top”???

I remember these tops, although the "Petty top" is pretty much BS.

The dealer would spray on a textured paint that mimicked the vinyl top. Then they would glue on two strips of material that looks like the seams. This one looks like they finished it with factory trim, a step up from some applications I saw back then.

There was a dealer near here that did it to a lot of their cars, especially the ones that weren't moving. I remember my Dad looking at new cars then and you could see the difference once you got close.

Petty ran a couple races with a vinyl top. There was two different rumors about it. One was that it gave the same aerodynamic effect as a golf ball and the other was that it disguised some surgery to make the top more aerodynamic or I've even heard that it covered some bad bodywork.

I'm going with the "disguised surgery".

 

[Big_John]

Here he is, making some minor adjustments.

 

[GJS]

Don't know what to say about the top or the rarity but man ALIVE I think that thing is gorgeous.

 

[mr. fix it]

Any idea on the price tag?

 

[75LandYacht]

Just curious.. did they come with RedLine tires? I see the spare.

 

[sauterd]

Joe Rudick
Admin · July 20 at 12:56 PM
1962 Chrysler Turbine - Concept Show Car - Circa 1964

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sorry, put it in the wrong place....

 

[BLUPORT]

No A/C? Pass.





(this is a joke.)

 

[detmatt]

Just curious.. did they come with RedLine tires? I see the spare.

Yes you could get redlines.

 

[mikedrini]

Anyone else interested in the brown Dodge in the background of the last pic? Studly.

 

[Beep Beep Dave]

A couple of my friends owned that car years ago. I would like a do over with the ad I wrote up. It has had quite a few owners over the years:

68roadrunner383

Dave

 

[Davea Lux]

Here he is, making some minor adjustments.

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Richard petty was nearly killed crashing one of the road runners, they did not have very good aerodynamics for a NASCAR rig, the flat front end caused a lot of drag and handling problems at top end. That crash also led to the introduction of the side web for the driver's window, Petty's helmet was nearly sanded thru from scraping the roadway. Better air flow was the main reason behind the '70 winged cars and that design made the Mopars all but unbeatable on the longer tracks.

Dave

 

[Big_John]

Richard petty was nearly killed crashing one of the road runners, they did not have very good aerodynamics for a NASCAR rig, the flat front end caused a lot of drag and handling problems at top end. That crash also led to the introduction of the side web for the driver's window, Petty's helmet was nearly sanded thru from scraping the roadway. Better air flow was the main reason behind the '70 winged cars and that design made the Mopars all but unbeatable on the longer tracks.

Dave

I remember watching that crash on TV. Probably the Wide World of Sports. It was horrifying.

 

[rapidtrans]

I recall him running one race with duck tape across the windshield header after the vinyl started to peel back.

 

[ALRUI]

I recall him running one race with duck tape across the windshield header after the vinyl started to peel back.

Its actually "duct" tape "duck" tape is a brand of duct tape or racers tape or gaffers tape or....

 

[rapidtrans]

Like Kleenex vs tissue paper.
Drywall vs gypsum board.
Asphalt vs bituminous paving.
sheesh, only the lawyers care.