Acronyms were popular with 1960s muscle cars. The Pontiac GTO, Oldsmobile 4-4-2, and Plymouth GTX, to name a few. In the case of the latter, the letters “GTX” stood for Grand Touring X and the automobile was something of a gentleman’s muscle car or a rich man’s Road Runner, however you choose to look at it. They were potent cars but sold in fewer numbers than the “beep beep” hot rods on display at the same dealerships. This 1969 GTX was restored in the 1990s but more recently had a complete engine rebuild. The refreshed and modified 440 V8 is said to produce 550 hp. Located in Linden, New Jersey, this sharp car is available here on eBay for $34,000.
The Plymouth GTX was introduced as the Belvedere GTX in 1967 but lost the Belvedere association shortly thereafter. It was positioned as a mid-sized performance car with upscale trim and ran through the 1971 model year. By contrast, the Road Runner – which debuted in 1968 – had a long run for most of the 1970s. Chrysler’s intermediates were redesigned in 1968 and the GTX would share the new hourglass body that replaced the previous rectilinear design. The GTX would use the Sport Satellite trim and could be differentiated from the Road Runner in part by the 440 V8 being standard along with the TorqueFlite automatic transmission. The GTX was discontinued after 1971, perhaps because the Road Runner started to get fancier and it was time for Plymouth to thin the herd.
Plymouth built 9,862 GTX’s in 1969 with the same original set-up as the seller’s car. This car is not numbers matching but has a date correct 440 engine that was rebuilt a few hundred miles back. The seller says it makes 550 hp, which is about 175 more than stock would have produced, but details of the upgrades to get there aren’t mentioned. We’re told the rest of the drivetrain has been rebuilt, but we don’t know if that was done at the same time as the motor. The entire car was restored 25-30 years ago by a previous owner.
We assume that the body and paint look good, but the seller elected to take all the photos indoors at night, which creates a lot of shadows. If you’re going to sell a car that you want to get top dollar for, you should take pics in good daylight so the buyer can see what he’s getting. We don’t think there is any rust or dents, but we can’t be sure. The seller says the interior is original and it does present well, but we’re told a new headliner needs to be on the shopping list.
It’s hard to believe that someone, somewhere, at some point during the last fifty-two years, didn’t swap out that Dodge horn pad for the correct Plymouth pad.
Most likely the factory wood grain was removed – this looks like a 1970 Dodge wheel.
That aside it does look like a good buy at the price – closer inspection mandatory .
Actually the GTX survived until 74, if you ordered a Road Runner with a 440 engine.
Plymouth did its best work with affordable(cheapy) cars, the cheap Road Runner nailed it for them. The GTX was never a big seller. At the opposite end and direct competition was Pontiac and their fabled and somewhat expensive GTO…..any tries at offering a cheap, no frills version failed miserably in sales. The GTX up here for sale is a great looking car, full of power, and for me a rare sight. Nice machine and it doesn’t go “meep meep” when you hit the horn!
Well the whole acronym thing for GTX it doesn’t stand for Grand touring x it stands for Grand touring experience hence the x.
Boy, just what an already crappy handling car needs, more HP. How many out there were dropped on their heads as babies?
It never was meant to be a corner carver, straight line point a to point b and cruising