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BARN FIND 67 GTX

rich hourigan

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PICTURES ARE FINALLY IN!
TEN YEARS AGO I HEARD ABOUT A REAL ONE OWNER PLYMOUTH GTX SITTING IN A BARN, YEAH RIGHT, IM THINKING THAT ITS JUST ANOTHER DEAD END STORY CUZ GUYS LIKE ME ALWAYS READ ABOUT BARN FINDS BUT NEVER ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND ONE. MY WORK BUDDY TELLS ME THAT HIS WIFES UNCLE HAS AN OLD PLYMOUTH IN HIS BARN, ALL HE KNOWS ABOUT IT IS ... IT SAYS BELVEDERE ON THE FRONT FENDER, OK IM INTERESTED.THIS STARTS A 10 YEAR JOURNEY TO SEE THIS CAR CUZ ITS ON THE FAMILY PROPERTY AND HES VERY PRIVATE, SO I HAVE MY BUDDY ASK HIM AT EVERY FAMILY GET TOGETHER IF HE WANTS TO SELL HIS GTX, THIS GOES ON FOR 10 YEARS EACH TIME SAYING NO THEN MAYBE WHEN I RETIRE. MEANWHILE THE OLD BARN THATS BEEN HOUSING THIS CAR SINCE 1978 COLLAPSES ON THE CAR CAUSING LITTLE DAMAGE, CREASE IN THE ROOF AND A BROKEN WINDSHIELD, SO HE FIRES UP THE TRACTOR AND DRAGS THE X INTO A NEARBY FIELD AND THROWS A TARP ON IT FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS! THEN ONE DAY I GET A CALL FROM MY BUDDY, HE SAYS I HAVE PERMISSION TO GO SEE THE CAR CUZ THE OWNER MIGHT LET IT GO, SO I GET DIRECTIONS TO THE FARM AND WALK OUT INTO THE FIELD AND PULL THE TARP........... THERE IT IS ROUGH BUT COMPLETE AND STINKING OF MOUSE POOP. ITS A 440- 4 SPEED, DANA, 80,000MILES, CERTI-CARD, STRIPE DELETE, CONSOLE DELETE, STEEL BODY COLORED WHEELS, WHITE INTERIOR,POWER BRAKES, MANUAL STEERING AND THE ORIGINAL NEW RED LINE SPARE IN THE TRUNK. THE OWNER WASNT THERE THAT DAY SO I COULDNT TALK WITH HIM SO I WAITED AGAIN HOPING MY BUDDY WOULD PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER, FINALLY MY BUDDY CALLS ME AT WORK ONE DAY AND SAYS HES AT THE FARM WITH THE OWNER AND IF I WANT THE X HE WOULD SELL IT, WE AGREED ON A PRICE AND I PICKED IT UP LATER THAT WEEK. THE DAY I PICKED IT UP I GOT TO MEET THE OWNER AND WE TALKED AWHILE ABOUT THE CAR, HE BOUGHT IT NEW FROM THE LOCAL PLYMOUTH DEALER WHERE HIS DAD WORKED, HE WAS THERE THAT DAY TOO, 93 YEARS OLD. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED THE HEMI BUT HIS DAD WOULDNT CO-SIGN A CAR WITH A HEMI, HE TOLD ME HE WANTED A SLEEPER LOOK TO HIS NEW CAR THATS WHY THERE ARE NO STRIPES OR FANCY WHEELS, HE ALSO GAVE ME THE ORIGINAL TITLE AND ALL DEALER SHIP PAPERWORK. AFTER GETTING THE CAR HOME I TOOK THE CARPET AND WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE HEADLINER OUT CUZ THE MICE MADE SUCH A MESS BUT TO MY SURPRISE THE BUILDSHEET WAS UNDER THE SEAT AND IN PERFECT CONDITION. THIS WAS 3 YEARS AGO, I STORED THE CAR WHILE I FINISHED A ROTISSERIE RESTO ON MY 70 DUSTER 340, NOW THAT I STARTED RESTORING THIS CAR I DECIDED TO JOIN FBBO./ IM SURE ILL BE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS SOON , BTW MY NAME IS RICH.. I KNOW EVERYONE LOVES PICTURES. I DO TOO BUT I AM A COMPUTER DUMMY. ILL HAVE MY 14 YR OLD SHOW ME HOW IN THE NEAR FUTURE
 
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Welcome from Long Island, N.Y. Fellow GTX owner.
This is a great forum with lots of B body mopar addicts. Can't wait to see your GTX
 
THANKS GUYS, ILL GET SOME PHOTOS UP SOON, IM ALSO A MEMBER OVER AT FABO THEY ARE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEGE AND HELPED WITH MY DUSTER RESTO, IM GONNA LEAN ON YOU GUYS TOO FOR THIS GTX BUILD, IVE BEEN READING HERE ON FBBO FOR AWHILE BEFORE I JOINED AND THERE ARE SOME VERY KNOWLEGABLE FOLKS HERE.....RICH
 
BIG Congrats Rich on your tenacity and stick toittiveness... Great story and find, as stories don't get much better than that IMO! Like everyone else says, lots of pictures when you get em!
 
Welcome to the club. Did you say what color it is, or did I miss that?
 
i forgot the color, its red..... i have not decoded the tag yet so im embarassed to say ''red'' i dont know the official paint code. its a dark red color
 
Your story reminded me of a '67 GTX I looked at years ago. 383, four speed, convertible.

Sitting in a pasture, the tarp that was on it was totally disintegrated. The rear bumper was hanging down on one side, (bracket rusted in half). You could see the ground through the rusted floors. Opened the hood and the inner fenders were completely gone.

What a shame to have done that to that particular car.
 
Welcome.. Congrats..
Keep us posted
 
Welcome from NC! 67 GTX is one of my favorites! Great story an can't wait to see pics!
 
Nice score. No pic's? By the way your cap. button was stuck on.
 
Sweet ! Congrats Awsome story. My dad also found his 67 gtx 4spd 440 in a barn. "the same one he bought new in 67"
 
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