A Muscle Car Showdown! 1969 Plymouth Road Runner & Dodge Super Bee!

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  • In Episode 71 of ‘Cars, Shops & Collections’ we showcase two icons of the muscle car era… A 1969 Plymouth Road Runner & A 1969 Dodge Super Bee!
    Stephen King is the owner of these classics and he takes us through a comprehensive bumper-to-bumper breakdown of these two iconic and legendary vehicles!
    Steve’s 1969 Road Runner is numbers matching and verified from the Chrysler Registry!
    PLUS: Steve has a bonus vehicle to show us...A 1970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Convertible!
    The 1960s witnessed an epic clash of automotive titans in the form of the muscle car war between the Plymouth Road Runner and the Dodge Super Bee. This legendary rivalry emerged as a thrilling showdown between two iconic American automakers, each vying for supremacy in the hearts of speed enthusiasts and horsepower aficionados… it was a true treat to have these two legendary cars featured in one episode!
    Be sure and check out other episodes of “Cars, Shops & Collections.” Every week I feature the stories behind classic cars and the people that own them.
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  • @bos6782
    @bos6782 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One lucky man, I’m sure he has worked hard to acquire those cars. Great episode.

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for watching! It was so cool to have them next to each other! Steve is a great guy!

    • @oldmanmaker9853
      @oldmanmaker9853 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have a Chalenger and Jeep Glad. and worked 50 years. Its good some people realise work is better than handouts or stealing.

    • @gordocarbo
      @gordocarbo 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@oldmanmaker9853 Sad most younger adults today refuse to believe its all had by hard work and sacrifice. Instead of pushing themselves like all of us had to we start hearing its not fair, poor them, world is ruined why bother. Just mooch mom and dad forever.

  • @D64-g8l
    @D64-g8l 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Absolutely stunning and so gorgeous. It sounds so good. What a beautiful classic.
    MOPAR OR NO CAR !!

  • @percys9427
    @percys9427 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    awesome collection !

  • @D64-g8l
    @D64-g8l 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love the Bee. The color is stunning. Beautiful classic as well. Both cars are just AUTOMOTIVE ARTISTRY !!
    MOPAR OR NO CAR !!

  • @RedTrent
    @RedTrent ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great vid, great cars. Thank you!

  • @SuperPoplyfe
    @SuperPoplyfe ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That Roadrunner is just a pretty damn car!

  • @shinrips
    @shinrips ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Two works of art that are beautiful and sound fantastic!

  • @myhemi5423
    @myhemi5423 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    On the road runner the Valve covers are not stock

    • @kevinhemken748
      @kevinhemken748 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are correct, and not stock on the super bee ! also the hood on the super bee is a 68 bulge hood .

    • @68motovator6
      @68motovator6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinhemken748 that was the stock hood for a 69 Super Bee. The Ramcharger hood was an option.

    • @daltonyoung1749
      @daltonyoung1749 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never seen a 69 bee with that hood , seen them flat and with the dual hood scoops

    • @patricklilly2520
      @patricklilly2520 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amongst other things.
      Beautiful ride for sure, but it's nice to know someone else knows things...

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I owned a 69 RR back in the day. Was my daily driver for a few years. Kept it for about 12 years. Sold it in the mid late 80s.

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +3

    17:05 Those vinyl steering wheel covers were extremely popular in the 1970s.

  • @alparker8661
    @alparker8661 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember that air cleaner element in the early 70's was $15, had a 69 Super Bee with the Ram Charger hood.

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Pretty sure that RR didn't come from the factory with those valve covers. Correct me if I am wrong.

  • @jpc4524
    @jpc4524 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2 very nice muscle cars. 68-70 Charger,68-70 Super Bee,70 Road Runner have the same instrument panel.

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +2

    8:00 All bench seats folded at an angle like that on 2 door cars.

  • @KevinMullett0509
    @KevinMullett0509 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That is gorgeous! What a pair of beasts! Did Gene get up on a ladder for that shot of the Super Bee coming out of the garage?

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was wondering the same thing… no ladder but somehow he got a wicked cool angle!

    • @SuganoPro
      @SuganoPro ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha ha ha! No ladder, just a long selfie stick. I edited the part out where you could see my shadow on the street as he pulled up next to the Road Runner.

  • @billmay7364
    @billmay7364 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    To me back in the Day Detroit
    Rolled out the very best in Muscle Cars. They all had something but Mopar to me from top to bottom meaning the fleet they were the Best.
    Mopar American Muscle looked fast just sitting there.
    But they backed it up.
    Today those Cars are at a premium. My Roadrunner with 440 -6 with the pistol grip rolling down the Road takes me back with a bit of soul.
    There's nothing like Old School Muscle. Cars today are very impressive with speed and technology but it's not the Same. I know. My Roadrunner has earned its stripes.

  • @nicholaskoester7054
    @nicholaskoester7054 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They are nice cars. Have been a passenger in both of them.

  • @BRYCEHARDY107
    @BRYCEHARDY107 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I fw the super bee more

  • @squeegied3rdeye713
    @squeegied3rdeye713 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My uncle had a GTX in that black and white colorway. Gorgeous.

  • @paulsherman8697
    @paulsherman8697 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So he said the Road Runner was completely stock then says he added disc brakes etc which is great but the car is no longer box stock !

    • @SebastianSmith-c5t
      @SebastianSmith-c5t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My 69 Convertible Roadrunner came stock with disc breaks.

  • @paulwatson5965
    @paulwatson5965 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Holy shit! People got the money..!🤯🤯 That looks like a bachelor’s pad too

  • @evilfingersNo1
    @evilfingersNo1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Meep! Meep!"

    • @charliejamz.
      @charliejamz. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are correct. I don’t know why “Beep Beep” was so popularized. If they watched the cartoon, roadrunner said “Meep Meep”.

  • @flakooalvarez5917
    @flakooalvarez5917 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That guy right there knows power baby!!!

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My RR was green. Never seen a 2 tone with a white top. Don't like it. Looks like a taxi.

    • @WisdomVendor1
      @WisdomVendor1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed, that white top just doesn't fit that car. I've never really care for vinyl tops at all regardless of color.

  • @billcarson8246
    @billcarson8246 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice job 😊😊😊

  • @jeffbendertheenforcer5834
    @jeffbendertheenforcer5834 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice cars !!!

  • @1966-Charger
    @1966-Charger 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    They were not competitors. LOL. Both from Chrysler. At least in the 80s no one cared. I've owned Dodge and Plymouth and I'd always been happy to own either!

  • @hectorraigosa7149
    @hectorraigosa7149 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GTX for me

  • @tedszweb5268
    @tedszweb5268 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had a 69 Roadrunner yellow with black vinyl top ,same engine.

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  ปีที่แล้ว

      Such a great color combo!

    • @matrox
      @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had a 69 RR in a green metallic. A Neighbor 3 doors up had a 70 RR in yellow with a black vinyl top and flat black hood stripe in the middle.

  • @kevinhemken748
    @kevinhemken748 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    From a mopar guy under the hood is not original.

  • @dogdoc1
    @dogdoc1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Although I always wanted a Roadrunner coupe/hardtop, I have a 69 Roadrunner convertible. 🙏😎👍

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +6

    5:00 No..they were looking for the younger guys. Cut the Political Correct BS....they were not even thinking about women when they built this car.

    • @Xterminate13
      @Xterminate13 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol my aunt had a loud roadrunner back in the day. You must live in the old thinking still.

  • @johnmorrison1272
    @johnmorrison1272 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two very great cars

  • @tigerboy60
    @tigerboy60 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A guy I knew had a Beige 70 Torino 429 Cobra Jet and when the gears changed it would bark the tires, his brother had a Purple Super Bee with Pistol grip 4 speed. I had a yellow and black 69 Chevelle SS 396 with a Turbo 400. Another friend of mine had a beige 69 SuperBee with a 383 magnum with torqueflight And another friend had a 66 Chevelle SS with a 427 solid lifters with a Muncie behind it. And another guy had a 70 Chevelle LS6 with a 427 instead of the 454. in 1975 I was 15.

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What an amazing group of friends and cars!

    • @tigerboy60
      @tigerboy60 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CarsShopsAndCollections Another friend had a 69 Z28 (The only Real Camaro) silver and black with a 427, another 16 year old had a Camaro with a 427. one more had a 69 Firebird black vinyl top, black interior, 350 2 barrel. He turned the breather over to suck more wind. And one last to tell you about a Country boy who had soft hands (Hold a oppussum by the tail and bring him in the house) and a beautiful girlfriend. Were walking down a hot country rd black top. He pulls up with a Maroon 74 Nova SS (The ones with the Big letters and trunk lift) with black interior 350 3 speed. And my friend tells him show him what it will do. I always like 283, 327's (High revving) I didnt like 350's when they first came out. He tacked up the Nova and pulled one wheel off the ground Sweet.I think that was 1974.

    • @tigerboy60
      @tigerboy60 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CarsShopsAndCollections My Dad rebuilt a TorqeFlight in the back yard for a guy with a 68-69 RoadRunner torqoise blue, he set up passing gear at 95MPH. My Dad was hard on cars he had a Polara and he ran it up to 105 in second gear. He had a 69 Buick 225 455 ci. He was doing 130 going down 75 I think I was 10. One day going down 75 we were in the passing lane and a guy in a Pontiac came up behind us with his flashers on so he moved over let him by (Pontiac ) got back in the passing lane and a few seconds later a Ga state trooper was flashing his lights to get out of the way 1970

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Car chase on the 75… wild times!

  • @doncroswe1179
    @doncroswe1179 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    69 Super Bee's with a 440 4 barrel were not available in 69 * however, you could get a 440 six pack with lift off hood with 4 hood pins at each corner , made in fiberglass only * I noticed, this car had the Rally dash, better known as the charger dash that came in Dodge Charger that year * it also had the sport roof with no center post *

  • @eddiethedodgeman6758
    @eddiethedodgeman6758 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Guys would buy those cars and go take out the engines and put in 440's. Warranties were 30 days. The replica AM/FM are available.

  • @captnmitchnee1903
    @captnmitchnee1903 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Super Bee is 4” longer than the Road Runner and that steering wheel looks like it’s from a 70 Bee. The 69 Bee was black with the dodge emblem in the middle. I outta know I owned a 69 Bee 440/6pack /4 speed /4:10 Dana for years at 18 years old.

  • @timbamler8964
    @timbamler8964 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got a 69 bee , r6 red with shaker hood scoops with a white band and black interier and 383, had it sence 1985,

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had about 120 or 130k miles when I sold mine and could still burn rubber for 10 feet just by stomping it.

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mine had bucket seats.

  • @dwayneventon
    @dwayneventon ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool

  • @matrox
    @matrox ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They were rated at 335hp and about 425ft lbs Tq.

  • @iactdumb4889
    @iactdumb4889 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad had a 69🥹 Roadrunner, matching #'s, original owner bought before he left to Nam for war, it was waiting for him when he got back, he had the original window sticker & all papers from dealer. In almost perfect condition. 383 magnum motor, 4 speed manual with posi & 63,000 miles on it, but he passed away, & some crazy poop happened & the lady who stole & sold all my dad's property 😢SOLD HIS ROADRUNNER FOR $10,000 😱 YEAh thats the amount she sold it for. 😥
    69 ROADRUNNER IS MY DREAM CAR. I WILL SAVE ENOUGH TO GET ONE SOMEDAY BEFORE I DIE. 🥲
    I REMEMBER BEING IN IT WHEN HE ACTED LIKE A TEENAGER IN IT & IT WAS A ROLLER COASTER ON RUBBER WHEELS. IT PUT YOU IN YOUR SEAT. AWESOME.

  • @JULIOcALVAREZ-t6q
    @JULIOcALVAREZ-t6q ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the CORONET R/T 1968 and I love 1965 GTO OR 1969 GTO JUDGES

  • @WisdomVendor1
    @WisdomVendor1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The cam in that roadrunner damn sure is not stock. And as other said, the valve covers are not stock either.

  • @danielwilkinson6810
    @danielwilkinson6810 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dim valve covers are not original this man just bought that car he don't know Mopar and I never heard of them giving a roadrunner a painted top someone lied to this guy

  • @haromaster6086
    @haromaster6086 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nothing sounds like a 383.

  • @kilvapkram4302
    @kilvapkram4302 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Keep Chip Foose away from these "Hot-Rods".
    He'll turn them into circus vehicles.
    Dobre noche.
    Ceskoslovenska.

  • @mikeitalian
    @mikeitalian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Both steering wheels aren’t original. The steering inside the bee is 60’s Mustang style

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He has the original in a box in the garage, I believe we showed it at one point in the episode. Thanks for watching!

    • @mikeitalian
      @mikeitalian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CarsShopsAndCollections yes, but the other one (wood) wasn’t original either.

  • @x2dab184
    @x2dab184 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to own a 69 Road Runner. But now I'm just poor and sad.

    • @whocares-t2b
      @whocares-t2b 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Honesty is the best policy.😂

  • @JimBuffalo
    @JimBuffalo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One more missing? The dodge Coronet to go with the roadrunner and the superbee

    • @CarsShopsAndCollections
      @CarsShopsAndCollections  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! We did an episode on a pretty cool Coronet!
      th-cam.com/video/YlH30J-azAI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fCZSlVyLNdPOxELM

  • @doncroswe1179
    @doncroswe1179 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ill speak more about this Road Runner, when my phone is charged up 😊

  • @robertstevens1554
    @robertstevens1554 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would go resto new with old makes superior car
    .

  • @autodynamics01
    @autodynamics01 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No roadrunner ever came with a painted top. Looks like it was restored and doesn’t look like original paint, also the interior door panels never came in white like pictured. So many “never came with”
    In this video

  • @georgehare2915
    @georgehare2915 ปีที่แล้ว

    my 71 way prettier i topped it out at 150mph grill had rr head air grabber spoiler etc horn cost me 2000 to buy in 73

  • @flakooalvarez5917
    @flakooalvarez5917 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mopar

  • @billypater5287
    @billypater5287 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THIS GUY HAS A FINE N ONE OF THE BEST EVER IF BOTH WORLDS RIGHT THERE SWEETER THAN SWEET LOVING IT MOTHER CHUCKERS 😮😮 LIKE WOW I ENVY HIM TALK ABOUT CLASS ACT GREATLY APPRECIATE THANKS BROTHER 😁