Considering the 1969 GTX came with a 375 HP 440 cid (7.2L) engine for around $4,000, you had to really want the Hemi to pay an additional $700, and that’s exactly what the original owner of this beauty did. This 1969 Plymouth GTX in Woodlands, Manitoba, Canada enjoyed a restoration in 1988, when the odometer read a paltry 29,000. Since then it’s only crept up to 33,000 and still looks great in nearly every respect. Offered here on eBay, the potent Plymouth can be purchased only via Buy It Now for $169,900, perfect if you promised your spouse you would never spend $170k on a muscle car. How many “all numbers matching” Hemi four-speed GTX cars have you seen lately?
The fully-detailed engine compartment leaves little to complain about. The blinding white washer fluid jug contrasts sharply in a sea of black. You can actually buy new ones that more closely resemble the yellow or tan look they take on overtime. Twin four-barrel carburetors feed the 425 HP mill. Up through 2007, any correct Hemi car was worth $150,000 or more. The financial crash softened the muscle car market and some Hemi cars traded under $100k. This one, very nice and highly desirable but not ultra-rare, may test the rebound.
A slight rake and fat rear tires add to the sinister look of this all-black GTX. The $143 Track Pak bundled 3.54 gears in a heavy-duty Sure-Grip rear end, four-speed manual gearbox with Hurst shifter, clutch fan, and dual-breaker distributor.
The GTX sold to those who like plenty of style and class with their horsepower. Combine the Hemi and Track Pak parts with wood grain panels, optional console, and wood sport steering wheel, and you’re ready for a night on the town or a throw-down at the local straightaway. Will you be clicking Buy It Now on this high-powered Plymouth for $169,900?
Beautiful. I’d buy it in a heartbeat if I could afford it. The only things it lacks are A/C (only because it’s black and will get hot), and the pistol grip shifter (the current shift knob looks lost in that interior).
Pistol grip was new in ’70? And A/C not avail on Hemi. This is beautiful, and well optioned. I know many of us on this site prefer the buckets with console, and this one doesn’t disappoint…
B-body MOPARS didn’t get the Pistol grip until 1971. The shifter is correct.
Pistol Grip was 1970
1970
B Body Mopars got the Pistol Grip in 1970.
I may be an old fart now,but, I had a Hemi Roadrunner NEW in 1969. 727,410 Dana,bench seat……I learned at the time no A/C available(I did not want it anyway) because “the rate of RPM climb of the Hemi would destroy the compressor”. Just think of how cold it would have gotten—just once !……Anyway,the car came from Airport Motors in Queens,N.Y. ….$3,875 + TAX..Oh,Lord !
It is sure nice to see one of these cars that didn’t just get hauled out of a shed with no roof or a field full of junk. Beautiful! And I bet a blast to drive.
Beautifully detailed car, from Canada. A/C no concern in 69.
Bettin that shift knob is o.e.
The shift knob looks correct. I used to own a 68 4spd Road Runner, the shift knob was the same color and had the shift pattern etched into it, just like the traditional white ball does.
Steve R
For 69 they should have had a fake wood grain shifter ball with the pattern set in it….Papa Bear
The car was originally bought in Houston Texas. I feel sorry for anyone that road in the car during the summer in the Texas heat
My stepfather bought a 1969 Boss 429 in summer of 69 in Houston,couldn’t get A/C in those either. That was the family car until my mom had enough the mustang was traded back to the same dealer for a 1969 country squire wagon with a 429. Still wonder if that car is around somewhere today. Years later (1983) went back to Joe Myers ford and bought my mustang gt there.
Back when I was around 20 years old (now 61), I was at the local bar and a gentlemen named ED had a 1957 Chevy, V-8/ 4- speed and in mint condition. And Ed also had a 1969 GTX 426 and a 4- speed. It was dark brown with a black venal top and black interior, also like new. I could take my pick for 2500.00. I was only making about 130.00 a week at the factory then, so it was alot of cash then.
Fellow “old guy” here 61 in one month.. Back in 1985 I started “fixing up” old cars like this and on the best day you’d get $5000 with an awesome paint job. Now the “hobby” is so filled with $$$$ incentive it’s hard to tell gear heads from speculators on investments(old cars”..
Great car, priced to keep, not sell.
Not at that price.
For $170,000 you would think the owner would take the time to straighten out all those fins on the radiator. Tedious? Yes, but we are talking $170,000 here!
Bullet hole in door?
It’s a sticker hiding a small chip, according to the description…
get your eyes checked ! it a sticker you buy at canadian tire for 3 bucks
DO NOT TOUCH?
Give me a break. who touches someones car at a show anyway?
2 don’t touch signs under the hood and one “I am a tough guy and will do you bodily harm if you touch this” one in the trunk. Next to the trophies that he got 17 years ago. Still have the high school ribbons too? Yeah its got a hemi on the window, I wonder what all the other signs say…
Wait, did ya spot it? The model car under the hood,- icing on the cake!. Dude, get over yourself.
I also have a hemi car and let people sit in it if they wish. makes their entire show.
I went to the turkey rod run last year and there was a brand new corvette in the show with a sign “don’t touch this car” Yep the dude was in his folding corvette chair with corvette shirt and hat. My friend said “Don’t touch this? $hit, I can go down to the dealer and they will let me drive one”
The hemi is a great car, and rare. The price is a bit tall. What are super birds trading at these days? Super example and I love the Black on Black. If he truly wants to sell this I wish him luck! I am sure it will find a good home.
That must be a thrill owning a Hemi, I heard they pull and pull, like nothing else.
So did my exwife…even with my employees lol. She can be purchased for way less than this car, too!
Speaking of this car, what a beauty! For having a bick in the door that requires covering, she might be a bit over priced, but great colors & equipment. You won’t find another one out there like this, so maybe it is fair. Way beyond my means!
Yeah, I like to call the fools like the Vette guy Joe Consumer, weekend car guy in his costume pulled his “car” out of the $25,000 decorated garage and pretends to be a “car guy” on the weekend. JMHO This Mopar guy fits the usual profile, they are unique shall we say. LOL
A buddy had his car in the Cleveland, Ohio Piston Power Show about seven years ago and we caught a guy in his car trying to steal his radio, on the show floor, during the show! Some people have balls the size of grapefruit and will try to steal or damage your car, so I get the do not touch signs.
This thing is a monster!! Black on black on black!!! Oh and it’s got a HEMI!!! The only thing I would do is add the pistol grip to the shifter!!! Other wise it’s perfect!!!
My sister and BIL have been married 50 years now, and in ’68 he returned home from Vietnam and ordered a 68 GTX 426 HEMI / 4 speed. I was a kid, 11 years old, and will never forget the sound and speed of his car!
Right before they married he won a new Camaro during a Sunoco promotional sweepstakes. Sold the GTX w/ 18K miles for….$1800.00
To the owner: Were you and this GTX in Albuquerque couple years ago with this car? I was there with 2 Daytona’s.
These cars came out in my HS heyday, so I saw a LOT of Road Runner/GTX’s, and I can say without reservation, I never saw’r a black one. Like I said on previous posts, I worked in the auto paint biz in the 70’s, and we never sold black paint, except for a chassis. Just never saw it. That’s why, an all black ’69 car looks so unusual to me. Not particularly a fan of black, but it does look nice. Hemis were non-existent, never saw’r those either, 99% had the standard issue 383, 4 barrel, but I bet everybody that trashed one of these is sorry now.
Howard, where did you “work in the paint biz in the 70’s”? I started working at a GM dealership body shop in 1970 in central Michigan. Black was the only color that we stocked by the gallon. Back then black was black. Manufacturers didn’t have the red blacks, green blacks, blue blacks and so on. In our area black was about the third most popular color on the road.
You are right about that Jrp.
I worked at an auto body supply store and we sold a lot of a standard color ;
Dupont 99L Black.
The standard GTX was a 440, right? Either way (383/440), it was a better choice over the hemi. Even the street hemi was not much fun on the street, except if you were in a drag race of some sort. 99% of the time, you are just driving. Then all its short comings come to light. Crummy MPG, rough idling, loud, poor handling, won’t stay in tune, and an insurance nightmare. These cars were far better with the standard V8 in my humble opinion.
Back in 69-70 I worked with a guy that owned a RR Hemi 4 speed and a GTX 440 auto. Both were beautiful cars but he drove the GTX more, mainly because he said it was easier to keep running right. Personally I loved the Hemi more. I had my dose when a few years later I got a 55 Dodge pickup with a small Desoto Hemi in it. It was a blast to drive, and I got it as a non-runner for free, just to get it out of a friends garage.
sir, do u know size @ 55?? my 1st car wuz 55 ddodge 3/4 v-8..i wuz 16, like 2 know size i had? painted her gulf orange…traded her for more cool 56 bel-air 4 dr v-8, for college…got 19 mpg @ 55,,,traded her, 4 new 61 bug-eye sprite, iris blue…be blessed, grateful, prepared, nik
Beautiful. Not a fan of the redlines though. I prefer the mags. One of my favourite cars for sure! My friend had a blue one that I fell in love with. The owner sounds like a wanker, so I’d be more inclined to buy the convertible at the bottom of the Ebay page and build something I could drive (and touch…).
Leave it like it is and drive it like you stole it
He’s overpriced IMO. 40K-50K over.
The $700 option for the Hemi sounds like a no brainer today. What’s $700 on a new car order.
But $700 adder on a $4000 new car was a 17.5% adder! That was HUGE.
flash forward to today and that would be over a $5k option on a $30k car.
Thank you to the testicular HP of the original owner.
Don’t forget you had to order a transmission at about $200.00 to go with that engine.
Keith, I didn’t see any price listed next to the transmission on the window sticker ?
Not to mention the warranty issues, like not having one!
Why would you restore a car with 29,000 miles?
Canada, Mopar, rust
Most cars like this back in the day were moved from storage spot to storage spot every year collecting scratches and dents each year. After so many years it just had to get fixed.
What a looker and priced right for what is going on now at the auctions.Take the 10% that is the normal auction fee off this price and it will sell. He wants auction money without the auction.
WOW, does this car bring back memories. Way back in the dark ages I went shopping for a Road Runner to Reedman Auto Sales in Langhorne Pennsylvania, nothing specific, just a 4 speed 383 is what I was after, being a very big place with many many cars to choose from it was a no brainer that I’d be driving a new car home. The salesperson takes me out to the lot to physically check inventory and sitting there was this medium green 4 speed 383 hardtop with a green bench seat interior. It looked nice, just about what I was wanting but parked next to it was a triple black 4 speed 426 street hemi , bucket seats , console, Road Runner. I was within a second or two to tell the salesman to write me up for the hemi car but my buddy was telling me that the 383 fell into a better class at the drag strip besides being bunches cheaper.
Price is Canadian, I’m guessing. Current exchange rate brings it down to $128,950 us$
I took this from the ebay listing, the seller wants U.S.Dollar$
“This is not a fire sale, I do not need the money, I just want the car to go to a good home, this car has always been stored in a heated climate control garage. This car gets driven & sees allot of local car shows.
$169,900 USD Or Best Offer”
Not sure why the trans price was not listed on the window sticker. My family owned a Chrysler/Plymouth dealer till 1973 and the $700 for the Hemi engine option did not include the transmission. Auto or 4-sp were different prices extra.Most of high hp engine in the day you had to buy the 4-sp or auto and was not free.
My father and I had a Keystone gas station in 1971 in Lakewood, New York. My father was a good mechanic. Anyway, a family friend had a 1969 Hemi GTX and my dad had a 69 Impala SS427. My dad would tune the dual carbs on both cars regularly and the dual points on the GTX had to be tweaked every couple weeks on the GTX, or it ran like crap. Both cars were a thrill to drive and ride in. The GTX had a hard time keeping the front wheels planted.
“I’m bad, I’m nationwide….” I can just hear that old ZZ top song coming out of this Plymouth decked out in black. This is all about go,
the show is there but mostly go.
For the extra 700 hundred bucks it was a race car with license plates, a little prep and bang, strip terror.
Not real real sure how these actually ran on the street, and as I always say about the real Hemi…its a waste of good parts idling along in traffic, stop and go stop go, holding the speed down to legal limits…..very nice machine.
Oh I remember the GTX very well. See as a 15 year old boy, there was a neighborhood family that had two sons, one my age an the other 5 years older. There father had a very successful machine shop, toolmaking company that worked his sons, especially the oldest very hard, but he was also very rewarding. The oldest I remember well in 1970, had a brand new GTX, 44/6 Pack, 4 speed. All set up with fat tires, stiff leaf springs and traction bars, plus 3:55 Posi. That had a mean reputation in town as the car to beat. Later on, like three years later, he lost his license, for the second time! His Dad cut him off from any cars with a V8, in them till his insurance fees were back to normal,(ended up being 3years). But I remember that car well. See a cousin of mine had a 1970 SS 454 Chevelle and my sisters boyfriend had a 1969 Mach I, 428 CJ, that between the three were the quickest/fastest cars in town!
Oh I remember the GTX very well. See as a 15 year old boy, there was a neighborhood family that had two sons, one my age an the other 5 years older. There father had a very successful machine shop, toolmaking company that worked his sons, especially the oldest very hard, but he was also very rewarding. The oldest I remember well in 1970, had a brand new GTX, 44/6 Pack, 4 speed. All set up with fat tires, stiff leaf springs and traction bars, plus 3:55 Posi. That had a mean reputation in town as the car to beat. Later on, like three years later, he lost his license, for the second time! His Dad cut him off from any cars with a V8, in them till his insurance fees were back to normal,(ended up being 3years). But I remember that car well. See a cousin of mine had a 1970 SS 454 Chevelle and my sisters boyfriend had a 1969 Mach I, 428 CJ, that between the three were the quickest/fastest cars in town! The replacement car after Dad put the law down? Was a Plymouth Duster, Slant Six, that he was able to build up with a 4 brl carb, headers with dual exhaust and a 4 speed. All jacked up with huge rear tires an pizza cutters up front, looked really nice an tan pretty well too!