1970 Plymouth Road Runner 426 HEMI T-Shirt
426 HEMI. Four-Barrel Attitude. Completely Unhinged.
This is what happens when a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner gets way too much horsepower and a completely insane driver.
This original Don Capone design features a wildly exaggerated road-running bird behind the wheel of a screaming Mopar muscle car, launching hard with the front end lifting, giant rear tires digging in and smoke and dust exploding behind it.
Under the hood is the legendary 426 HEMI, pushed to an intentionally outrageous level for maximum old-school muscle-car attitude.
It's vintage hot-rod art turned all the way up.
Available in sizes S through 4XL.
The 1970 Plymouth Road Runner
The Plymouth Road Runner became one of the defining muscle cars of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Built around the idea of delivering serious performance without unnecessary luxury, the Road Runner quickly became one of the most recognizable names in American muscle-car history.
By 1970, the Road Runner had evolved into an aggressive-looking machine with the kind of styling and performance that made it a natural subject for hot-rod and muscle-car artwork.
Don Capone's design takes that legendary Mopar personality and pushes it into deliberately exaggerated territory.
The 426 HEMI
For muscle-car people, the words 426 HEMI need very little explanation.
Chrysler's legendary 426 HEMI became one of the most celebrated high-performance engines of the muscle-car era, earning a reputation for enormous power and serious racing capability.
In this artwork, the HEMI isn't treated as a subtle technical detail. It's the heart of the entire joke.
Massive horsepower, huge rear tires, a front end lifting off the pavement and a driver who looks completely unqualified to control the thing.
In other words: exactly the kind of automotive insanity that belongs on a classic muscle-car T-shirt.
A Different Kind of Road Runner
The driver in this artwork is an original crazy road-running bird character created by Don Capone.
He's got bulging eyes, an enormous beak, wild feathers and a ridiculously long tongue hanging out as he desperately tries to keep this monster pointed in the right direction.
This is not a reproduction of a licensed cartoon character. The bird is an original graphic character created specifically for this automotive artwork.
The character lets the design capture the playful idea of a “road runner” while keeping the artwork firmly in the world of original automotive graphic art.
Old-School Mopar Muscle & Kustom Kulture
The artwork is heavily influenced by the visual language of classic American hot-rod and muscle-car T-shirts from the 1960s and 1970s.
Heavy vintage-style ink, exaggerated perspective, bold colors, gritty shading, chrome, smoke, motion and outrageous characters all come together to create that old-school custom-car feeling.
It's a natural fit for Mopar enthusiasts, Road Runner owners, HEMI fans, muscle-car collectors, drag racers, hot-rod builders, mechanics, car-show regulars and Kustom Kulture fans.
If you know what a 426 HEMI is, you already know why this shirt is badass.
Made for Muscle-Car People
Whether you actually own a Road Runner or simply dream about having one in the garage, this is the kind of automotive artwork that gets noticed.
It's a celebration of old-school horsepower, classic Mopar muscle and the completely unreasonable attitude that made the muscle-car era so memorable.
If you're searching for a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner shirt, Road Runner T-shirt, 426 HEMI shirt, HEMI T-shirt, Mopar shirt, Mopar muscle-car shirt, classic Plymouth shirt, vintage hot-rod shirt, drag racing shirt, muscle-car T-shirt or Kustom Kulture shirt, this design was made for that crowd.
This is original graphic artwork by Don Capone, combining a classic American muscle-car subject with an original cartoon character and the exaggerated visual energy of vintage automotive illustration.
The artwork is inspired by the legendary 1970 Plymouth Road Runner and 426 HEMI muscle-car era. It is not an official Plymouth, Chrysler, Mopar or licensed Road Runner product.
The emphasis is on the car, the horsepower and the outrageous custom-car artwork.
Comfort Colors 1717
The design is printed on the Comfort Colors 1717, a garment-dyed, 100% ring-spun cotton T-shirt with a soft, broken-in feel.