Listing snapshot
| Spotted | November 2022 |
| Asking price | Not recorded |
| Location | Dallas, Texas area |
| Listed on | Craigslist, dealer |
| Status | Ad expired. This page is our archive of the listing. |
We spotted this 1969 Plymouth Road Runner on Craigslist in the Dallas area in November 2022. The ad billed it as a “real” Road Runner, meaning a factory car rather than a Belvedere or Satellite dressed up as one. We didn’t record the asking price, but we keep the listing and photos here as a record of what a rough, unrestored ’69 looked like on the market.
What this car was
A two-door Road Runner in orange, and very much a project. The photos are date-stamped October 2022 and show a car that had been sitting for a long time. The paint is faded and worn through in places, and the wheels don’t match.
The front end was partly taken apart. The grille, front bumper and headlights were off, leaving the radiator support exposed, and the hood wore flat black paint with an orange center stripe. The listing described the car as being in poor condition, with heavy rust.
The trunk photo shows what that means. The trunk floor is rusted through in places, and the lower quarters and floors would need the same close look. A buyer would be checking the frame rails and the cowl too, and confirming the “real” claim by decoding the VIN and fender tag before paying Road Runner money.
A little Road Runner history
Plymouth launched the Road Runner for 1968 as a stripped-down, affordable muscle car on the Belvedere body. It came with a 383 V8 as standard and the 426 Hemi as the big option, and Plymouth paid Warner Bros. to use the cartoon bird and fit a “beep beep” horn. For 1969 a convertible joined the range and the 440 Six Barrel arrived mid-year. Motor Trend named the Road Runner its 1969 Car of the Year.
The ’69 is one of the most wanted years, which is why even rough cars like this one get restored. Before buying one, it pays to confirm it is a genuine Road Runner rather than a lookalike, since the two can be worth very different money.
More cars from the archive
- 1970 Plymouth Fury, another Plymouth
- 1964 Plymouth Belvedere, another Plymouth
- 1974 Plymouth Scamp, another Plymouth
- 1953 Plymouth Suburban, another Plymouth
