Plymouth Road Runner 572 HEMI Gifted From Dad as a Graduation Present in 1968 - 046

Wild ’68 Plymouth Road Runner Keith Black 572 HEMI


“I remember this Plymouth Road Runner from high school. One of the guys got it from his dad as a graduation present in 1968. He brought it up to the auto shop (my major in high school) and we cut up the inner fenders for fender well headers.

It was a 383/4 speed car, he blew it up after two years and sold it. The new owner did not do anything with it for a month, and my buddy bought it. All he did was drag race it every weekend until 1992 when I acquired it for $2,500 with 26,000 original miles”

Wild ’68 Plymouth Road Runner Keith Black 572 HEMI

“I remember this Plymouth Road Runner from high school. One of the guys got it from his dad as a graduation present in 1968. He brought it up to the auto shop (my major in high school) and we cut up the inner fenders for fender well headers.



It was a 383/4 speed car, he blew it up after two years and sold it. The new owner did not do anything with it for a month, and my buddy bought it. All he did was drag race it every weekend until 1992 when I acquired it for $2,500 with 26,000 original miles”

The last time he raced the 1968 Plymouth Road Runner was about a decade ago running 10’s. George believes that with the new 750 lift roller cam he could dip into the 9 seconds. The engine was freshened up 20 years ago, and when dyno tested with single Dominator it kicked in 751hp at 5,300rpm and 887hp at 7,000rpm.



Keith Black aluminum block, 4.50 bore x 4.50 stroke, SCAT crankshaft, 8 bolt mains, Oliver Racing rods, Diamond 11.5 to 1 pistons, Cam Motion solid roller cam, Isky EZ-Roll roller lifters, Smith Brothers push rods, Stage V HEMI big valve heads.

TTI exhaust with electric dumps, PTC 4000 stall convertor, 727 race built reverse manual transmission, gear vendors overdrive, Mark Williams chromoly driveshaft, Dana 60 rear end with 3.73 gears, superstock springs with snubber, fuel cell, battery in trunk.

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