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69 Roadrunner post or no post

Not a hard choice for me, I love them both.
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WoW! That's alot of nice cars! They all look "Perfect" to me.
 
I like the HT look with the windows down better.

FWIW, HT's out sold the coupes in '69.

48,549 Hardtops
33,743 Coupes
2,128 Convertibles
 
Strictly addressing the OP's question, from a dollar amount perspective the hardtops are approximately $1500 more in current market value than the
pillared coupes - this via a couple sites that track actual sales, like Hagerty.

That said, I'd love to own another '68 Super Bee like the ones I've had
in glory days - and they're all post cars in '68.
Fred knows this and he's fine with it (he's a '68 GTX hardtop, of course).
 
I'm on my 13th 68-70 RR
I prefer the RM23 HT to the RM21 Post Coupe

I just prefer the cleaner line of the open interior look
when all the windows are down

if you're going to race it you'll probably put a
cage or min. of a rollbar & a set of subframe connectors anyway
make the Post vs HT argument mute

I've had 4 different post coupes RM21's 2 x 69's, 1 x 70, 1 x 68
that had the quarter where it meats the rear of the verticle door edge
split, the same as with the HT did
I also had my old silver & black 68 RR RM23 479cid, 9.77 @ 135 N/A
go 8.58 @ 156 in the quarter, on a 300 shot N2O, 100* day test & tune
black tracking the whole way
so it didn't affect my performance one bit

I'm a tad prejudice, but I like both cars, just prefer the HT's
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albeit these are 1968's

1968 mid-year RM23 HT option, IIRC it came out after April 1968
don't quote me on that
RM23
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Plymouth Missing link advert. LL1 Surf Turquoise Metallic Poly RM21
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RM23
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RM21
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1969's

RM23 HT
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RM21 Post Coupe, Plymouth Moter Trend car of the year advert.
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another 69 RM23 HT Plymouth advert.
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drag car in Milan Mi.
it's not twisting because it's a HT either :poke:
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To post, or not to post... that is the question. Answer: Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. Almond joy got nuts, mounds don't.
 
Despite currently owning a post coupe 69, I still prefer the hardtop like I had on my 70 GTX. As many stated, personal preference. I bought the coupe I have now because 1) it was reasonably priced, and 2) it was local, and 3) because I was stupid for selling my 70 I owned for 32 years, and deeply regretted it as soon as I watched it drive away. :realcrazy:
 
I prefer post cars of all kinds over hardtops, the body is just more solid. I guess it goes back to my first car, a 55 delrey post car. Much more solid than the 55-57 hardtops I've had.
My 69 is a post car, but i would have bought it anyway if it had been a hardtop. I did buy it in spite of its color, and now its the part i like about it most. (Bahama yellow)
 
Depends on the car or year of body style to my. I have always preferred the hardtop myself (unless a case car). However, do have 1 post car I am slapping together now for the rat muscle or Road Kill look.

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ricks_RR said:
cool the white one is my car View attachment 1084583 View attachment 1084584
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I like it!! I really dig the '69 hood blackout stripes.

I had my car parked at a show once (it's definitely NOT a show car) and I overheard a couple guys saying, "why would anyone do their car white?"
I stepped in and said "I didn't, the factory did!"
I guess they weren't used to seeing cars still wearing their original paint. LOL haahaha
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moparedtn said:
Strictly addressing the OP's question, from a dollar amount perspective the hardtops are approximately $1500 more in current market value than the
pillared coupes - this via a couple sites that track actual sales, like Hagerty.

That said, I'd love to own another '68 Super Bee like the ones I've had
in glory days - and they're all post cars in '68.
Fred knows this and he's fine with it (he's a '68 GTX hardtop, of course).
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Well that's interesting, seeing as there were fewer post cars made you'd automatically think they had the higher value. Although in Mopar world $1500.00 is pretty much a wash...!
 
beanhead said:
Well that's interesting, seeing as there were fewer post cars made you'd automatically think they had the higher value. Although in Mopar world $1500.00 is pretty much a wash...!
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Oddly enough, the hardtops cost more than the equivalent coupes new back in the day as well.
 
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