1970 Plymouth Road Runner: Muscle Cars In Detail Vol. 10 New Book

By 1969, the muscle car war among Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler had \nreached a fevered pitch. Plymouth's Road Runner, Mopar's intermediate entry, was \nleading the charge. For 1970, the Road Runner had its strongest year yet as it \nhoused the best street V-8s Chrysler had to offer.\n\nAuthor Scott Ross retraces the history of the Road Runner and brings the 1970 \nmodel year into full focus. The stripped-down Road Runner exemplified the \nessence of a purpose-built muscle car: brute power and stunning acceleration. A \nnew aggressive grille and Air Grabber hood provided an audacious yet tasteful \nperformance statement. The back-to-basics 'Bird had a unique character with its \niconic cartoon Road Runner graphics and beep-beep horn.\n\nUnderneath the skin, the Road Runner lived up to its persona. The 335-hp 383 \nwas one of fastest 383s Chrysler built because it was fitted with the 440 \ncamshaft, heads, and manifolds for even more performance. The 440 Six Pack car \ngene;