Plymouth Roadrunner colors

[70Satellite]

How come you dont see many b7 Jamaica blue roadrunners? Its a cool color, was it only available on A/E bodies?

 

[69 Runner]

Nope. It was available on runners. There is even an A-12 car that is B7. Has a white top I believe. For some reason they just didn't sell a lot of them

 

[detmatt1]

Is there an echo in here?, B7 is up there on my list of favorite Mopar colors.

 

[70Satellite]

Thanks!

 

[63RedFury]

alittle harder color to find.

 

[70beeper]

Jamacia Blue

I had not seen that color in quite a while, so I found a photo of a nice 70' RR convertable in B7 for sale. This one was priced at $69,600.00. I noticed it's missing the chrome molding on the top of the hood, you would think someone would notice that.

 

[jaws]

That color looks more B5 than B7. There is a A12 Bee in Colorado in B7 with black int.

 

[lazermule]

Mine's B5....

 

[The 500 Foundation]

My 68 Charger R/T is B7 and it is a sweeeet color

 

[topside]

B7 is not a '68 color; most of the color palette changed for the '69 models, which is when B7 was introduced. '68 B-bodies were offerred in UU1 light (Frost) blue metallic, QQ1 medium (Electric) blue metallic, or EE1 (Midnight) dark blue metallic. A few 999 corporate (aka Petty) blue RRs were built, had one. Also once owned an EE1 RR. My '68 Hemi RR is QQ1.

 

[JohnnyD]

I agree but it seems like every B-7 I see on my computer looks like B-5. My first two cars were B-7 and B-5, in that order. I wondered if it was my computer or my memory. I'm an old f... now. Whatever... I love both colors, but I'll never forget my first!!! Jamaica Man!!!

 

[JohnnyD]

My first car, April, 1972. '70 RR, Pistol Grip 4-speed, B-7 blue, white vinyl top, bench blue interior, AM radio, no other options, no PS, PB, AC, nothing. Repo, I bought from the body shop/painter brothers I worked with at Roebuck Chrysler-Plymouth, B'ham,AL, who put the engine(blown in the trunk) back in the car after substandard rebuild. Originally B-3 repainted B-7, Jamaica Blue Metallic. Can you believe all that - repo, repaint, and blown engine in less than two years. Bought 2 yr old RR for $1200, sold 18 months later for $1100, but only after rebuilding motor with all new parts including 440 cam, blew motor driving from Auburn to Montgomery @ 127MPH. The trail of smoke behind me was awesome. Over 36 years later I can still see it in my mind. If I could find it, I would buy it back today. My cars in addition to the RR: 1974 Charger SE (demo 4000 mi.) B-5 blue, white top/interior, 440 magnum, traded (dumb, what would it be worth today) 18 months later (after grad from AU) for '76 Chrysler Cordoba, 400 lean burn(special ordered, protesting the advent of unleaded gas), black w/ gold leather bucket seats, sunroof, styled steel(chrome trim) wheels, power everything, all options. My friends said "I thought a Cordoba was an old man's car". They were in awe of mine, it was special. I also bought a '70 red Barracuda Convertible, plain Jane red on red 318 auto just to have a Mopar convertible while I could get one in 1977. Traded the Cordoba for a special ordered '78 Z-28 (because there was no comparable Mopar) blue w/white optional interior, 4-speed, T-tops, Crager SS wheels installed before delivery, . Sold Camaro, bought '77 Red on white leather 4 speed Corvette, 2 years old, 8000 mi., also bought new '82 'Vette, and various others, and since 1 Honda and 3 Chrysler mini-vans. Now driving, for over 11 years, black '99 Camaro SS Convertible, 6-speed. If anyone sees this story, I hope you enjoy it. From an old Mopar lover who drives a Camaro. I didn't leave them, they left me. Waiting on Challenger convertible!

 

[Crunchy_Frog]

Small world, JohnnyD. I grew up in Hoover (graduated from Berry). My mother worked at Bart Starr Lincoln-Mercury and Vestavia Chrysler Plymouth in early to mid 70's.

 

[PDFROGMAN]

until today I thought my 69 rag top was originally B5
was inside my trunk and found original paint and I think my car was original B7
than I scarped some paint off hood and it too looks B7

I wish I had a build sheet or a fender tag!

I think I might shoot it B7 now

 

[WileE]

Had a 69 B7 in the 70's.... wonder where it is now...

 

[ater]

I saw New Jersey figured it was close enough to take a shot? I have owned a 69 Roadrunner B7 hardtop 383 4-speed for 8yrs now numbers matching car all original,78k miles,trying to find some history on the car.

 

[69_CoronetR/T]

My '69 R/T is originally B7-love the color, it is easily my all time favorite!
Someone repainted it B5 though.

 

[696pack]

Why? Because green was the number one most popular color for the late 60s and early 70s on cars. Many colors of green to choose from and dealers stocked popular colors.

B5 was much more popular then any other color of blue.

With the release of the hipo colors for the hipo cars in 1970 changed what dealers stocked and what was sold on these cars then. The hipo colors were NOT as popular as you might think as many young people back then thought they were loud and "girly" colors. If it were not for the dealers being talked into stocking the hipo colors (by the factory sales reps) with their initial stock orders for new models there likely would not have been as many sold. This and the 60s-70s fads of crazy clothing and loud colors helped convince some buyers. These were quick changing times but not all were so quick to change. We look back on history of the turbulant 60s-70s and think all young people were on board with the quick changing times but it was not EVERYONE.

 

[Dtmlevatan]

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3589344200.html Not mine but it's B7 .......DTM :icon_mrgreen: