1970 Plymouth Road Runner Convertible - Mecum Kissimmee 2016 Lot F112

Road Runners were one of the most impressive packages to emerge from Detroit during the muscle-car era. Illustrated by the popular Warner Brothers cartoon character, these Plymouths were created not so much to create a stir but to have a vehicle whose price was more in line with the youth market. They had hoped to sell 2,500 in the 1968 debut; instead they sold 52,000. When named “Motor Trend“ ‘Car of the Year’ in 1969, Plymouth put over 80,000 more on the street. So when 1970 rolled around, with a new deca