Plymouth Road Runner Traditional Cache
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This cache is placed as part of the Central Maine Power run by the
Power Rangers. A medium size lock-n-lock. Contains a log, a pen and
swag. This cache is placed on a path down to Colby Pond. There is a
gate at the beginning of the path. I walked down to place the cache
and would recommend that you get there the same way.
Plymouth Road Runner The Plymouth Road Runner was a no-frills
muscle car built by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler
Corporation in the United States between 1968 and 1980. In 1968,
the first muscle cars were, in the opinion of many, moving away
from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained
options. Although Plymouth already had a performance car in the
GTX, designers decided to go back to the drawing board and
reincarnate the original muscle car concept. Plymouth wanted a car
able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell
for less than US$3000. Both goals were met, and the low-cost muscle
car hit the street. The success of the Road Runner would far
outpace the upscale and lower volume GTX, with which it was often
confused. Paying $50,000 to Warner Brothers to use the name and
likeness of their Road Runner cartoon character (as well as a
"meep, meep" horn, which Plymouth paid $10,000 to develop), and
using the Chrysler B platform as a base (the same as the Belvedere,
Satellite, and GTX), Plymouth set out to build a back-to-basics
muscle car. Everything essential to performance and handling was
beefed-up and improved; everything nonessential was left out. The
interior was spartan, lacking even carpets in early models, and few
options were available. A floor-mounted shifter featured only a
rubber boot and no console so that a bench seat could be used. The
earliest of the 1968 models were available only as 2-door coupes
(with a centerpost between the front and rear windows), but later
in the model year a 2-door "hardtop" model (sans centerpost) was
offered. The Road Runner of 1968-1970 was based on the Belvedere,
while the GTX was based on the Satellite, a car with higher level
trim and slight differences in the grilles and taillights. Plymouth
dealers gave away this promotional windbreaker in 1970. The "heart
with an arrowhead at bottom" design was part of Plymouth's ad
campaign that year. The Road Runner is holding a helmet with the
same symbol on it.The standard engine was a 383 CID (6.3 L)
Roadrunner V8 rated at 335 bhp (250 kW) and 425 lb·ft (576 N·m) of
torque. For an extra $714, Plymouth would install a 426 CID Hemi
rated at 425 bhp (317 kW) and 490 lb·ft (664 N·m) of torque.
Combined with low weight, the 6-passenger Road Runner could run the
1/4 mile in 13.5 seconds at 105 mph (169 km/h). It would prove to
be one of the best engines of the muscle car era, and the Road
Runner one of the best platforms to utilize it. Plymouth expected
to sell about 2,000 units in 1968; actual sales numbered around
45,000. (It should also be noted Dodge debuted the Road Runner's
cousin, the Super Bee, that same year.) Congrats to DSKG, S-Ray and
Lexmano for the FTF!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ebpx jvgu NGI fvta.
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