If you’d rather repair or replace rusty metal than chase down rare parts for your muscle car, check out this 1969 Plymouth GTX in Colorado Springs, Colorado! The listing here on craigslist shows most of the hard-to-find parts present and in relatively usable condition. The floor boards and interior are shot, but you can order that up. We’ve seen worse for the $8000 asking price. Thanks to reader Ikey H. for spotting this Centennial State project car.

There’s a hole in my heart, and it can be filled with a numbers-matching 440 (block) that comes with this car. The firewall shows a hint of the F8 Ivy Green, certainly one of the best of the ’60s greens. The E86 code 440 cid four-barrel V8 made 375 HP. Where the budget-minded Road Runner made due with a stout 383 for its base engine, the GTX, Plymouth’s Gentleman’s Performance Coupe, came with this hard-hitting 440 standard. The 426 cid Hemi and 440 Six-Pack stood as extra-cost options.

Though all rust and black primer today, the mean green Plymouth would have a 1F Green Vinyl Top above the Ivy Green paint. This is the view that many cars would have seen about half a second after a green light in traffic, a green vanishing haze, two black marks on the pavement, and a black-and-blue bruise where your buddies lumped you for dropping behind.

The GTX dash for ’69 looks like a million other cars from this time period, but dig that shiny console, often the first thing to vanish from a forgotten muscle car. The original steering wheel is a plus too, as many were jettisoned in favor of a $25 Jamewsay special. Be sure to get a Tetanus booster before sitting on those springs. Bank on some upholstery work! What looks like a pie plate hangs from the ash tray, so you can serve up a slice of humble pie to that poseur you just smoked in style. The best time to have fixed up this GTX would have been about a month after it was parked, and the second best time is today. Can you see yourself cruising in this triple-green GTX?