What? An all-original 1969 Plymouth GTX survivor available on a no-reserve bid? Yup. Well, that’s not an everyday occurrence, but that’s what I’ve got cooking up for you today. To make matters more interesting, this car is located in Saugus, Massachusetts, and isn’t all rusted to cinders – of course, in fairness, it may not be a lifelong resident of the Bay State. This GTX has 98K miles of experience, but boy oh boy, it looks great! Check it out; it’s available here on eBay for a current bid of $22,100 with 45 bids tendered as of this writing.
Now in its third year, Plymouth’s upscale muscle car, the GTX, was available in two-door hardtop and convertible body styles in ’69. The total body count was 16K units with only 625 being of the drop top variety (I don’t know where the seller came up with his 4,004 number). This car just oozes originality with its black painted rocker panels, white stripe tires, and Magnum wheels. The Ice Blue Metallic finish still shines, as do the chrome bits, and the wide hood black-out stripes give no indication of fading. These are fairly long cars (202.7″), and their extensive flanks are nice and straight with no hint of undergoing a Bondo bang out. There is a walk-around video accessible via the eBay listing, so be sure to review it.
For some unknown reason, the 375 gross HP 440 CI “Super Commando” V8 engine, which occupies the engine room and puts power to the Dana 60 series rear axle via an A-833 four-speed manual transmission, is not photographed – what a faux pas! The only mention of running and driving characteristics is “operates as it should.” Also noted is the tendency of the four-speed shifter to pop out of reverse, so it needs to be held in place during backing maneuvers.
The bucket seat-equipped interior’s condition matches that of the exterior, and the black vinyl upholstery shows as new. The shifter in question here is the typical long-stalk unit employed before 1970’s pistol grip came into use. The dash and instrument panel are not well photographed, but what can be seen shows as being in fine condition.
With all the hoopla and stratospheric pricing that surrounds Mopars of this era, this GTX seems like a spectacular find. It’s not only its condition, but the fact that it’s a no-reserve auction, and the bidding, so far, has been restrained. Will it stay that way? Hard to say, but I doubt it, and there are still four days to go in the bidding action (Monday 8/25 8:02 PM). This one’s tempting, wouldn’t you agree?
This seller appears to be a dealer, they’ve sold 23 cars and motorcycles over the last 90 days including a black GTO featured on this site last week. They should know better than having an incomplete and rather vague description. This looks like a nice car, but that’s not enough, the language used leads potential buyers to to fill in the blanks, often based on their what they want it to be rather than what it is. This car will be expensive, as it should be. Anyone interested should make sure they get more pictures, preferably inspect it in person, as well as specifics about its condition. “Operates as it should” and “survivor” have become meaningless terms, they mean whatever an individual wants it to mean, both buyers and seller, often the term used by sellers is for their benefit.
Steve R
Wow 4sp. GTX. Gentleman’s hot rod for sure 👍🏁
nice gtx. love the look
Cool car, but I must point out a pet peeve…. red painted brake drums. C’mon man !
Chrysler painted the visible portion of the front side of the drums red at the factory when optional wheels like these Magnum 500s were ordered.
Interesting. Thanks for the info. I do not recall ever seeing red brake drums until recent years when everyone seems to think painting the drums red is the equivalent of putting Wilwood brakes on their car.
(PS, when I upgraded my front discs and converted the rears, I made sure NOT to order the red calipers. Not the look I was going for.)
painted mine flat white. gas tank. leaf springs too! 70s it was the thing to do? stole the paint from work. I live in cHiraq! sorta yr. round driver. go figger?
not a bad car . The expensive and hard to find chrome on the doors fenders and quarter panels are not there. hope that they did not grind off the little nibs that hold the chrome on as a lot of people seem to do.
And an air grabber!
I’m kinda going to call BS on survivor. The drivers quarter doesn’t look right to my eye. These Mopars had some crazy compound curves and the profile behind the wheel just doesn’t look right. Also, shouldn’t a GTX have bright mouldings along the color break with the wheel well trim stopping at it?
And how much did this dealer pay? Hint no reserve = lot less than some suckers gonna pay. Auction it and reel em in! Anyhow I digress. Peace!
Would be nice to see some engine pictures. Nice car and its a 4 speed!
Doesn’t have the side trim, which kind of detracts from the GTX image. Lack of engine pictures is a shame.
Its patched together and the current price is about right
Trac pak car…..hold me back…..
Engine pictures are in the video. If you’re going to buy I would definitely see this in person…. buyer beware.
Sold on 8/25/2025 for a high bid of $36,621.
Steve R