1968 Plymouth Roadrunner

[dodgechargerfan]

According to Plymouth paint chips, the 1968 Road Runner came in Medium Blue, Mist Blue, Midnight Blue, Electric Blue and Frost Blue. But this is the history — or should we say “mystery” — of the Petty Blue version that was most likely only produced for a very short time.

An advertisement headlined “The Missing Link” shows Richard Petty’s No. 43 stock car with a regular ’68 Road Runner in matching Petty Blue paint. The ad copy describes the Road Runner as the missing link between the street stock car that you could buy, and Richard Petty’s Spartan Grand National NASCAR stock car that you couldn’t buy.

“Obviously there was a need for a car that combined some of the creature comforts of the street stock with the integrity of the Grand National type,” said the Plymouth ad men. “So, we created the missing link. It’s called the Road Runner and you’d better believe it’s one hairy-idling, stiffly-sprung, squat-sitting, wide-tired, de-chromed automobile.”

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[68R/T]

Putting Richard Petty's name with it still doesn't get rid of the ugliness of the color on that car. :dgt:

 

[69.5CUDA]

if you say so..i adore that color and have yet to see it on something that it didnt look good on

 

[Not A Duster]

if you say so..i adore that color and have yet to see it on something that it didnt look good on

Yeah.... I'm kinda fond of Petty Blue myself....

 

[Dr.Jass]

Throw all the numbers around that you want, without documentation it's just a car with a special-order paint code that could've meant '67 Oldsmobile beige for all we know. Just because he says it's a Petty Blue car doesn't make it so. Without the original window sticker, he has no evidence of when the car was built; it's well-accepted that the date stamped in the data tag is almost guaranteed to not be the day the car was built. Besides, if it were a "special purpose" car, that would be indicated under the sales order on the data plate as well. This is nothing but a bunch of supposition based on what this guy says, and beyond the color it's not a particularly interesting car. You'd think something so rare and collectible would have the right wheels on it, too.