Plymouth sold nearly 7,000 Road Runners in 1972, but fewer than 10% of the cars were ordered with the 440 V8 GTX powerplant.

With drivers moving toward more economical cars, the Road Runner GTX soldiered on as a low-production option. Plymouth sold only 672 units in 1972 and another 749 examples in 1973.

1972 Plymouth Road Runner GTX - Optioned-Out Oddity. One Man's Crusade To Chase A Thirty-Three-Year-Old Car's Genealogy. Jerry Heasley Photographer Kevin Shaw Writer Mar 06, 2006.

As you read this, you might be wondering if calling it a Road Runner GTX is a typo on our part, and we assure you it's not. From 1972 to 1974, Chrysler offered such an option if you ordered the 440.

Yet this stripped out parts car became the platform for a build known simply as the GTX-R. This former 318ci base model Plymouth has been built around its new heart, a V10 engine out of a 2008 ...

The GTX went on to solidify a place in muscle car history, taking its strong sales into the 1970s. With the Road Runner as its cost-conscious stable mate, the twosome covered the bases—whether ...

Q: Greg I'm a big Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Super Bee enthusiast from the years 1968 to 1970. When both were introduced in 1968, they became boulevard cruising classics.

1972 Plymouth Road Runner 340 Is a Rare Bird, ... Both were based on the main-line Belvedere, but while the GTX offered Chrysler's 375-horse Super Commando 440 between its fenders, ...

The 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX is one of the most iconic cars ... The Road Runner epitomized the muscle ethos better than almost anything else on the street in 1968 as nothing more than a big ...

Q: Greg I’m a big Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Super Bee enthusiast from the years 1968 to 1970. When both were introduced in 1968, they became boulevard cruising classics.

The Road Runner design was meant to serve as an affordable muscle car to entice the young hot-rodders of the era.The concept was similar to the Plymouth GTX but with a more trimmed-down interior ...

Q: Greg I’m a big Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Super Bee enthusiast from the years 1968 to 1970. When both were introduced in 1968, they became boulevard cruising classics. However, while ...