Recent content by 68BabyBlue

My GTX came from the factory with Goodyear Speedway white lines. I've leaned strongly toward original day one appearance, but I could never bring myself to put white lines on either of my factory A/C cars, even though they were both ordered that way. Original owners were in their late 40s when...

Halifaxhops for electrical parts. I've learned the hard way to hunt down excellent used OEM if it can be found. Eliminates issues of fit and function. On a '69 GTX that can be difficult. I've been looking for a new factory original exhaust tip for the last four years. Took two years to find...

Happy Birthday, Harry, and many more!:bday::bday:

I had read the story about Jeff and the Nash Bridges cars years before I bought my fifth GTX in 2016. This was the first restored car I ever considered, and I debated whether it was worth a plane ticket to Iowa to inspect it, and if bought it, would it be a candidate to drive home to...

The stuff we liked as teenagers stays with us. I took the air shocks off the Demonstrator and run 14" bias plies, because that's how it was when I was 16. Guys younger than me usually go for the day 2 look.

Same car now equipped with bias ply red lines. Now hidden in a private collection. Hasn't been driven ten miles since I sold it in 2021.

I bought my first set of red lines after Coker came out with a radial that featured a bias ply tread pattern. I've heard some bad reports on them, but mine did okay. Currently run real bias plies on my '69 GTX. They don't handle or ride as well as radials, but they get me to Carlisle and back...

Looking back at the earlier posts, I think the shifter may play on the pricing more than the original engine status. All my GTXs were numbers matching, popular colors, with provenance, but three were column automatics. A numbers matching Hemi car with provenance had been converted to a floor...

I drove old Mopar four doors as daily drivers for three decades, and the money saved paid for the GTXs. Two Valiants, and two Imperials. I drove the Imperials during a period when I could easily afford a new car, but I preferred the 60s stuff. Good point about the accessibility of the four...

I dealt with a variation on this theme involving a delivery. Regular receiver was off sick. Substitute guy hooked a connector pipe to an incorrect storage tank inside the plant. Highly flammable product overflowed and ran into the street, where it was ignited by the exhaust pipe of a passing...

I finally made the connection - your car used to be owned by a fellow named Tim, who worked as an IT professional on Wall Street. I used to park next to him at the Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle. We were among a handful of guys who drove our cars rather than trailering them. I also drove a...

Probably depends on whether two guys with deep pockets are actively chasing one at a given time.

In the process of owning seven GTXs over five decades, I've watched the prices closely, and inspected more than a few at Mecum prior to sale. They are a thin market, and the prices often have no apparent logic. I saw a '69 convertible sell for six figures at Mecum Harrisburg a few years ago...

I made an exception for my four speed car in 2016. The only one I've owned since 1983 that didn't run black walls or red lines. During my high school days there was a matched set of Saddle Bronze T7 '69 GTXs in town. Both had factory road wheels. One car ran raised white letter Polyglas, the...

I always ran them inside. Goodyear Eagle STs in 1991.