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Yes, they are still out there waiting to be discovered!

Outlaw525

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I have recently been trying to lessen my pile of project cars and parts and focus on my '71 Road Runner and GTX. Well, that wasn't to be the situation. My son and I got back yesterday from an 2 1/2 day, 1100 mile trip to get our next project. Here's the story:

I friend of my Dad's called me last month trying to help his niece, who is an estate appraiser, get the word out on a 1969 "Dodge" GTX that was in California. I asked to for some pictures and received these:

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Actually a 1968 Plymouth GTX.

While the car is a complete project, my curiosity was peaked as it was obvious that the car had set for a long time. I contacted the owner's daughter who was responsible for the estate and found out that the car had been sitting since 1983 in the same storage unit along with a bunch of parts from a '69 Road Runner drag car. She gave me a price for everything and while not cheap, still seemed to be a decent deal and I asked for more pictures including the fender tag and the VIN, which I had to wait 2 weeks for because she lived 2 states away from where the car was stored:

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Looking at the pictures, I noticed the OE tranny cooler, booster bracket and emblem holes in the trunk lid. When she sent me the VIN- RS23J8GXXXXXX and fender tag pictures, I had to sit down. Holy $#!+, a real hemi car!

The fender tag broke down:

426 hemi, auto, 3.23 Sure grip.
QQ1 blue, white stripes, black vinyl top, fender signal indicators
15" Redline tires
Blue interior, console
Power disc brakes

We finalized the deal and made arrangements to meet and complete the sale. We cut our deer season short and left Thursday morning to pick up the car and Road Runner parts, which included a B-body Dana, hemi 4 speed with a Vertical Gate, 383 short block, 4 sets of heads, fenders, '69 hood, fiberglass 6 pac hood and a bunch of extra GTX parts including the original hood.

We got more info from the family while we were there. We will be the 3rd owner's, the original owner pulled the hemi, installed a 440 and sold the car to their father, the second owner in 1978. It was driven until 1983 and then parked and at some point the paint was stripped. It has always been stored inside and the only real rust is the passenger lower quarter and a small spot in the trunk. We picked it up 9 miles from the location of the original dealership that sold it new, it had never left the area.

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Here's the car moving for the first time in 32 years and loading the pickup:

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And our road trip home, which included a flat on the U-Haul trailer and sleeping in a rest stop so we could get home in time for my Dad's 75th birthday party.

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Hey look Prehistoric Forest!

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And home.

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More to come, will post more pics as we clean the car out and search for the broadcast sheet. This one will go on the rotisserie once the '71 GTX is finished. Thanks

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WOW!! congrats on the find!!! any word on the original motor?

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Wow, very cool indeed.
 
Outlaw525,

WOW, great find!! Yes, these cars are still out there. I know of several that are "not for sale". The reply is always, "I am goint to restore it or fix er up". Folks like this usually have 10 storage units full of projects they are going to do and don't realize they only have one lifetime to get it done. It is unfortunate they die before even starting the first one.

Congratulations, and make sure to keep us posted on the progress of the restoration.

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WOW good for you and nice truck also :yes:
 
Yes,, they are sill out there. The hard part is getting them away from the owner that still has the "SOMEDAY I'M GONNA"...................... This one has been sitting from the early 80's. With a total of 1600 miles.We may be all dead before this one ever gets on the road again.Triple black 340 4 speed with factory air.I remember when it was sold new at the Dodge dealer where I worked.
 

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WOW!! congrats on the find!!! any word on the original motor?


Thank you, supposedly the original owner's name was Skip, lived in the Pittsburgh California area and was a local drag racer. The family thought that he had passed away and all his stuff had been sold quite a few years ago. Here's a picture that I scanned from a photo found in the storage unit of it towing a U-haul trailer sometime in the early '80's.

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WOW good for you and nice truck also

Thanks, I recently gave up my 2006 Top Banana Daytona and my '99 1500 Sport 4X4 to get the new pickup.
 
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nice find, good luck on it.
 
the nice guy in me wants to say I'm happy for ya...... but i'm having a REAL HARD time....

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that is just awesome ...just unbelievable. My only hope is that you paid a LOT of money for it. :)
 
nice find!
side qwestion, how well did uhaul handle the tire problem? or did you go a different route?
 
Um is that license plate dealer city near the area you got that? because if it is I'm going to be sick that's like 15 min from me. Nice score!
 
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