During the muscle car hey-dayz, a lot of car designers and marketing guys obviously were having a lot of fun. But the Chrysler guys were having WAY too much fun.

The styling of some of their cars may not have been cutting edge, but they had a wonderful, playful way of dressing up their muscle cars. The Road Runner cartoon character was already on the fender of a Plymouth and Mopar magazine ads were totally tripped-out car-toon ventures into an alternate automotive reality.

The “Scat Pack” badge reads, “Dodge Scat Pack... The ones with the Bumblebee stripes.” Stripes had been part of the muscle car scene since the beginning. They were placed along the rocker panels, the top edge of the sides, around the nose, and finally around the tail end. You can almost imagine that someone in the Dodge design group may have said, “Gee... these look like bumblebee stripes.” PERFECT! It stuck and the “Scat Pack” Dodge Bumblebee was born!