Talk:Plymouth Road Runner

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Photograph

The photo on this page is quite possibly a Dodge Super Bee, the Roadrunner's sister. The headlight openings are slightly flared on the Super Bee, but not on the Roadrunner. The vertical stripe on the rear fenders is a common feature of Dodges of the period, not Plymouths. The Super Bee logo would be found on the stripe. The Roadrunner logo would appear on the doors, under the rear-view mirrors.

Y'know, you're probably right. I'll go change it later and put it on the Super Bee page, and go find a Roadrunner to photograph. —Morven 18:23, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Good guess on the helmet, Morven. You could be right. It still doesn't look like anything at all to me. RivGuySC 18:30, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I think I've seen the helmet before, which helps. —Morven 08:31, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)

A minor detail but one I noticed immediately is that the picture of the 1968 Road Runner shows 440 on the hood. This should only be 383 or Hemi on a 1968. The 440 was not an option, so the picture is not a good original car. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.252.246.130 (talk) 05:43, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1971/1972

I had a '72 Satellite Sebring, which had the same body as the Roadrunner. I noticed that there were preshaped and punched mounts for hood pins under the hood, as well as prepunched holes in the underside of the hood. Also, the fenders were noticably flared, which left ample room for size 60 tires. I think this shows that Plymouth had the race track in mind when they designed the Satellite/Roadrunner. In fact, with the aero warriors recently crippled by NASCAR rules I think the 1971 Roadrunner, with it's aerodynamic shape and the above-mentioned features, was Plymouth's answer to NASCAR. I would like to put this in the article but I think other editors might think it clutters the article. Are there any objections? Rsduhamel 03:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Orange 1969 picture

Whatdya think? --matador300 21:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hipereal -DAMN is that car original? nice pic

Wile E. rules

I deleted "and 1976-80 Volare compact coupes" & "and 1980". The Volare was by no stretch of the imagination a musclecar. Also, I'm inclined to mention purists were insulted by the Road Runner name even being applied to it when introduced; I recall derision in the car mags at the time, but I can't cite one... Trekphiler 21:08, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Third Gen Image

I noticed the Third Gen. Image only shows the car's name. It doesn't show the rest of the car, not even a profile view. Ryou Hashimoto (talk) 19:07, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unique horn

I'm not at all sure which years it occured with, but ours (a '71 Hemi Roadrunner) came with a horn that had a distinctive "meep-meep!" sound. It is the same sound that the roadrunner from the "Roadrunner vs Coyote" animated cartoon series made. I'm thinking that this needs to be included in the description since it's not only rather rare to have unusual-sounding horns in the first place, but to have one that matches the name of the car itself, is unique as far as I know. That is a hallmark that must be included in any comprehensive description. --Mycos (talk) 05:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The horn came out in 1968 on the original Road Runner. It was black for 68, but then went to purple in 69 & 70.

https://www.yearone.com/Product/chrysler-b-body/sb09b - This is the link to the 68 only horn.

The cars were wired for two horns but almost always just had one. 98.252.246.130 (talk) 05:52, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photo Showing Cartoon Character

When I tell friends about the Plymouth Roadrunner, they always ask if they got into any trouble with the owners of the cartoon character. When I tell them they must have paid for the rights, because they included a decal of the cartoon character, my friends often have trouble believing me. So I feel it would improve this article to include a close-up of the road-runner cartoon character clearly displayed on the car somewhere. In the current photographs, I can hunt for the image and often find it, but I feel there should be a close-up. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 17:51, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There are several images of the car's cartoon decal in the Commons - Plymouth Road Runner category. CZmarlin (talk) 18:03, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll take a look. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 19:08, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]