{"id":65776,"date":"2022-10-20T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=65776"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:15","slug":"nothings-new-but-the-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/heritage\/2022\/10\/nothings-new-but-the-paint.html","title":{"rendered":"Nothing&#8217;s New but the Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are two types of automotive DIY projects \u2013 the ones that need replacing and the ones that need rebuilding. When it comes to vintage muscle and Mopar<sub>\u00ae<\/sub> classics, we have a heavy preference for rebuilding the original. Something about bringing the parts back to life is beyond satisfying. This 1968 Plymouth Road Runner is a great example of a restoration that is still nearly fully original \u2013 the B5 Blue finish being the only exception. Under the hood is a numbers-matching rebuilt 426 HEMI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> V8 engine and the interior looks as good as it did when it left the factory with all the components still impressively intact. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoevolution.com\/news\/1968-plymouth-hemi-road-runner-is-an-all-original-gem-hides-one-little-secret-201490.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The fully restored \u201968 Plymouth Road Runner 426 is available for the bargain price of $156,998 (opens in a new tab)\">The fully restored \u201968 Plymouth Road Runner 426 is available for the bargain price of $156,998<\/a> \u2013 nearly $30,000 less than its appraised value. Let us know in the comments the last time you saw a restoration this pretty. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two types of automotive DIY projects \u2013 the ones that need replacing and the ones that need rebuilding. When it comes to vintage muscle and Mopar\u00ae classics, we have a heavy preference for rebuilding the original. Something about bringing the parts back to life is beyond satisfying. This 1968 Plymouth Road Runner is a great example of a restoration that is still nearly fully original \u2013 the B5 Blue finish being the only exception. Under the hood is a numbers-matching rebuilt 426 HEMI\u00ae V8 engine and the interior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":65783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2622],"tags":[2949],"class_list":["post-65776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage","tag-plymouth-classics"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Roadrunner_Feature.png","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65776"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65787,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65776\/revisions\/65787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}