ricoman97
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70 GTX, 76k miles, Drag pac, original 4 bbl car, long story about getting this car out of garage in Riverside CA, sat since 1985. 2nd paint job, original SassyGrass Green underneath.
70 GTX 440-6 in Chapel Hill, NC
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1970beep
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Nice GTX, looks like a real tire screamer. Welcome
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Sweet, tell us the story. Love to hear them.
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cool 70 GTX, welcome to FBBO
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Hi Ricoman...welcome! Love that GTX.
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Nice, real nice.
70 GTX! Nice!
ricoman97
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PO put the hood pins in. You can see how they just put them in their favorite or easiest spot in this picture. Obviously in the wrong positions. The first 2 owners, I am the 3rd, raced this car at Riverside Raceway in the 70's and 80's so sometime along the way they added those pins. I will write up the story on this car tonight and post it. It is so damn original to that era, except for what I had to do to it to get it running after sitting for nearly 30 years, that I decided to leave it as is... Goofy hood pin positions and everything!
Thanks for all the great feedback. Have had the car about 4 years and drive it quite often!
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Welcome to FBBO :hatwave: I Really like your ride
s_dancing2: Glad you joined :hello2: Looking forward to hearing the story 
Welcome to FBBO :hatwave: I Really like your ride
s_dancing2: Glad you joined :hello2: Looking forward to hearing the story 
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Welcome Rico. Cool car!
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Original Paint: Lime Light Green
76,*** Original Miles, 3rd Owner
440-6 Pack Car (Originally 440 4 barrel) - 6 pack added in mid 70’s
Drag Pack Option
4.10 Differential
Air Grabber Hood
727 TorqueFlight Automatic Transmission
History:
I was selling another car when a guy asked to trade me his customized 55 Chevy for my car. I told him I was not interested in his Chevy but if he had any mopar I would listen to a trade. He said he knew someone that had a 70 GTX that had been sitting for a long time. After a few weeks he came back to me and was the intermediary to the PO as the PO was a bit of a hermit (and to find out a hoarder). After several visits and 18 months of haggling, negotiating, convincing, I was able to strike a deal for the GTX as the PO needed the money due to some health reasons. So I purchased it in early 2008.
First two owners use to drag race the GTX at Riverside Race Track in Riverside, CA. The PO owned a mid to late 60‘s big block car from each of the major American car manufacturers (Chevy, Ford & 1970 Plymouth GTX). He only had a 1 car garage, and fortunately for me, he kept the GTX stored in the garage since 1985. The car was originally painted Lime Light Green, but he always wanted an orange car, so in ~1985 he painted the car the current color you see it directly over the Lime Light paint. Once the car was painted, he assembled the car, drove it for a few weeks, then parked the GTX as his wife filed for divorce. This life changing event was so dramatic, he never drove the GTX or any of his other vehicles again. The day I pulled it out of the garage was the first time it had seen sun since 1985. He called over his ex-wife and they reminisced about the car and the honeymoon they took in it. Oddly enough, his ex-wife married his friend and they are all pretty cordial, despite this causing him to lose it back in the 80‘s. He still owns the other big block cars, but they have been sitting in the CA desert sun for 3 decades.
To get the GTX in the condition it is today, the engine was rebuilt, including allowing for unleaded gas (at the time I was in San Diego, CA and I would have had to ship in lead additives as they are not sold in CA). The exhaust, headers, radiator, trunk pan and original carpet / front & rear seat covers were all replaced. The brakes were rebuilt and engine compartment painted. I did remove the front brake lock mechanism for safety reason and the Jimmy Hendrix 8 track I found in the 8 track player. Overall it is still in pretty original condition and I wanted to preserve the GTX as this felt like one of those types of cars that you only come across rarely that has so much originality to it that doing a restoration does not feel right. I also have many of the original documents over its history as the PO kept everything associated with the car.
That's it for now...
Rich
76,*** Original Miles, 3rd Owner
440-6 Pack Car (Originally 440 4 barrel) - 6 pack added in mid 70’s
Drag Pack Option
4.10 Differential
Air Grabber Hood
727 TorqueFlight Automatic Transmission
History:
I was selling another car when a guy asked to trade me his customized 55 Chevy for my car. I told him I was not interested in his Chevy but if he had any mopar I would listen to a trade. He said he knew someone that had a 70 GTX that had been sitting for a long time. After a few weeks he came back to me and was the intermediary to the PO as the PO was a bit of a hermit (and to find out a hoarder). After several visits and 18 months of haggling, negotiating, convincing, I was able to strike a deal for the GTX as the PO needed the money due to some health reasons. So I purchased it in early 2008.
First two owners use to drag race the GTX at Riverside Race Track in Riverside, CA. The PO owned a mid to late 60‘s big block car from each of the major American car manufacturers (Chevy, Ford & 1970 Plymouth GTX). He only had a 1 car garage, and fortunately for me, he kept the GTX stored in the garage since 1985. The car was originally painted Lime Light Green, but he always wanted an orange car, so in ~1985 he painted the car the current color you see it directly over the Lime Light paint. Once the car was painted, he assembled the car, drove it for a few weeks, then parked the GTX as his wife filed for divorce. This life changing event was so dramatic, he never drove the GTX or any of his other vehicles again. The day I pulled it out of the garage was the first time it had seen sun since 1985. He called over his ex-wife and they reminisced about the car and the honeymoon they took in it. Oddly enough, his ex-wife married his friend and they are all pretty cordial, despite this causing him to lose it back in the 80‘s. He still owns the other big block cars, but they have been sitting in the CA desert sun for 3 decades.
To get the GTX in the condition it is today, the engine was rebuilt, including allowing for unleaded gas (at the time I was in San Diego, CA and I would have had to ship in lead additives as they are not sold in CA). The exhaust, headers, radiator, trunk pan and original carpet / front & rear seat covers were all replaced. The brakes were rebuilt and engine compartment painted. I did remove the front brake lock mechanism for safety reason and the Jimmy Hendrix 8 track I found in the 8 track player. Overall it is still in pretty original condition and I wanted to preserve the GTX as this felt like one of those types of cars that you only come across rarely that has so much originality to it that doing a restoration does not feel right. I also have many of the original documents over its history as the PO kept everything associated with the car.
That's it for now...
Rich
Grabinov911
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Riverside!
Just for reference, this is what you car would have looked like if it sat OUTSIDE the garage in Riverside for all that time (or at least some of it). Mine did exactly that - in the neighboring town of San Jacinto. :icon_mrgreen:
Just for reference, this is what you car would have looked like if it sat OUTSIDE the garage in Riverside for all that time (or at least some of it). Mine did exactly that - in the neighboring town of San Jacinto. :icon_mrgreen:
ricoman97
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Man... You are right! The PO has about 5 other cars, 2 of which I tried getting from him, still sitting in the baking sun. One had a blue tarp over it and rubbed every piece of paint off a fiberglass body... Thanks for sharing that!
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