As popular as the Road Runner had become by the end of the sixties decade, it’s easy to forget that the GTX had beaten it to the market by one year.  Plymouth customers could buy a GTX in ’67 but would have to wait another year before driving out in a Road Runner, and by that time the two cars shared a similar look but a somewhat different concept.  The Road Runner was more oriented towards the younger generation who wanted to go fast on a budget, while the GTX cost more but added a few luxury items to the mix plus a 440 under the hood as standard equipment, the latter being an extra charge option on the Road Runner.  This 1970 Plymouth GTX here on eBay can be found in Liberty, New York, and it checks a whole lot of the desirable boxes.  So far, bidding has gotten up to $42,100, but that’s still short of the reserve.

Though this B-Body is now up in the Empire State, the seller says it’s originally an Arizona car, with one repaint at some point in the factory color of Lemon Twist.  He describes the condition as mint, a pretty bold claim, but looking all around it’s certainly hard to find much to fault with this one, with a nitpick being the trim piece seems to be missing from the bottom of the trunk lid.  Other than a respray, it’s said to be unrestored, so if those are all factory body panels the Arizona climate has been kind to them, along with obvious care in the past by previous owners.  The seller isn’t shy either about showing us photos of areas where rust prevails on so many of these cars, such as the trunk pan and the underside, both of which are looking mighty fine.

There’s good news regarding the drivetrain as well.  That’s the numbers-matching engine, and not only that but it’s also received a complete rebuild, stroked to 496 using what the seller says are only the finest parts.  We don’t get a laundry list of the components inside, but the big block produced 435 horses on the dyno, and the good news continues with the transmission.  The 727 is also the original component, which has been overhauled and now includes a shift kit and a Hemi converter.  Moon auto rebuilt the rear end, a 3.23 positraction unit, so by all accounts, this Plymouth is ready to tear up some asphalt!

We get a handful of interior shots, with the parts we can see looking well-preserved, nicely refreshed, or both.  All of the gauges are said to have been replaced with NOS units, with the odometer reading 00353 when the photo was taken, but my first day of ownership might include swapping out that steering wheel.  It’s hard not to notice a few other cars are in the seller’s garage, and I’d sure like to check out more of that 442 that we only get to view the back of.  Any speculation on where the reserve may be set on this 1970 Plymouth GTX?