adamst56
Well-Known Member
I have recently finished a 70GTX that has been work-in-progress for amost 2 years.
I will section the story out to hopefully make it less painful for those that don't care to get through it. With a lot of pictures...
I will back up beyond my history to what I have found out about the car -
History of My GTX
Compiled from what the seller (4th owner) told me, and calls to the 2nd and 3rd owners
October 1969: Sold new from Stone Mountain Chrysler Plymouth
Don’t know the original owners name but the 2nd owner told me the original owner was a senior in high school when he bought the car. He was going off to a college that did not allow freshmen to have cars on campus so he sold it to Mike.
Summer 1970: Mike bought the car for $2500 with 7500 miles on it.
Mike worked as a mechanic in the Atlanta area. Later he had jobs in the Atlanta area with Lunati Cams and with a company that made cranks for race motors. He was of the “street racing generation”. He drove the car for a while with the 440 in it. Subsequently he pulled the motor and stuck in stroked 426 (523cu.in.) and put in an automatic transmission. He said the original gears must have been changed by the previous owner from the 3:54 to 4:11. He wasn’t sure why or when but it had a 4:11 when he got it. He wanted to go 4:56 so he pulled the Dana and put in the 8-3/4” that was in it when I bought it.
Mike sold the original block as a rebuilt race motor to someone in Marietta GA. He knows the motor threw a rod and the block was junked somewhere locally.
Mike had a friend that had a V-code Road Runner he was selling that had an Edelbrock Aluminum intake. The Dana 60 was sold to a guy in Memphis. Mike was a longtime friend with James, the 3rd owner.
July 1981: James bought the car with 20,000+ miles on it with no motor. He did not title it until 1982 when he put a motor in it. James said he had the original transmission but it was never in the car. It was sold at a garage sale and is long gone with no idea where. This obviously will never be a matching numbers car.
put a 400 motor in the car that was mated to the auto Mike put in it and the 8-3/4” rear end. He said he drove it about 1000 miles in the 15 years he had it before he gave it to his son. Prior to parking it behind a barn for 8 years his son drove it another 9000 miles.
pictures to follow...
I will section the story out to hopefully make it less painful for those that don't care to get through it. With a lot of pictures...
I will back up beyond my history to what I have found out about the car -
History of My GTX
Compiled from what the seller (4th owner) told me, and calls to the 2nd and 3rd owners
October 1969: Sold new from Stone Mountain Chrysler Plymouth
Don’t know the original owners name but the 2nd owner told me the original owner was a senior in high school when he bought the car. He was going off to a college that did not allow freshmen to have cars on campus so he sold it to Mike.
Summer 1970: Mike bought the car for $2500 with 7500 miles on it.
Mike worked as a mechanic in the Atlanta area. Later he had jobs in the Atlanta area with Lunati Cams and with a company that made cranks for race motors. He was of the “street racing generation”. He drove the car for a while with the 440 in it. Subsequently he pulled the motor and stuck in stroked 426 (523cu.in.) and put in an automatic transmission. He said the original gears must have been changed by the previous owner from the 3:54 to 4:11. He wasn’t sure why or when but it had a 4:11 when he got it. He wanted to go 4:56 so he pulled the Dana and put in the 8-3/4” that was in it when I bought it.
Mike sold the original block as a rebuilt race motor to someone in Marietta GA. He knows the motor threw a rod and the block was junked somewhere locally.
Mike had a friend that had a V-code Road Runner he was selling that had an Edelbrock Aluminum intake. The Dana 60 was sold to a guy in Memphis. Mike was a longtime friend with James, the 3rd owner.
July 1981: James bought the car with 20,000+ miles on it with no motor. He did not title it until 1982 when he put a motor in it. James said he had the original transmission but it was never in the car. It was sold at a garage sale and is long gone with no idea where. This obviously will never be a matching numbers car.
put a 400 motor in the car that was mated to the auto Mike put in it and the 8-3/4” rear end. He said he drove it about 1000 miles in the 15 years he had it before he gave it to his son. Prior to parking it behind a barn for 8 years his son drove it another 9000 miles.
pictures to follow...
