In 1971, Plymouth offered you two choices of mid-size muscle cars. For the more budget-minded, there was the Road Runner, and for those with a large pocketbook, the GTX was the one to buy. Besides a higher level of trim, the GTX came with a 440 cubic inch V8 as standard fare. This beautiful example is said to have less than 16,000 original miles and presents exceptionally well for being 53 years old. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this Mopar is available through a dealer here on eBay for $60,000 – well, that’s the current bid and the reserve is still in play.
Conceived in 1967 as a “gentleman’s” performance vehicle, the GTX beat the Road Runner to market by a year. By 1971, demand had shifted for these kinds of machines and that would be its last year as a standalone model. For 1972, the GTX would become an option on the Road Runner. You can appreciate Chrysler’s decision as less than 3,000 of the cars were built in ’71, and all but 30 had the 440 engine (the rest wore a Hemi, which was also in its last year).
Other than one professional repaint of the Banana Yellow paint, we’re told this Plymouth is about like it was the day it left the factory. It’s numbers-matching, including the automatic transmission, and comes with the desirable N96 Air Grabber hood and other hardware. How this beauty has collected just 16,000 with a 375 hp engine is amazing to comprehend. The bucket seat interior is quite tidy, including the woodgrain console with floor shifter. As you would expect, power steering and brakes are part of the equation.
Because a dealer is involved, no history of the car is offered. The only documentation mentioned is the owner’s manual and we hope that a build sheet is tucked away under one of the seats. The 1971 is as rare as the 1967 as both years were of a single generation for the car. The last year of the GTX was a physical departure from the boxier 1968-70 editions, employing Chrysler’s “fuselage” look to styling where hardtops had different sheet metal from the sedans. If you like the appearance of this Mopar, it might be one of the nicest ones left!
Pretty car. Listed on the dealers website for $86,000.
Steve R
$86k is aggressive. Is the rear wing part of the GTX package?
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Beautiful car. If it were mine I don’t think I’d change a thing.
Stunning. This is beautiful and original.
All the originality here that seems to get lost on these thru the many years, many hands and restorations with new parts.
Power brakes and steering not always optioned in on these.
Rear spoiler looks out of place but who cares.
Big and beautiful to my eyes.
I had a ’71 that I restored a long time ago and it looked pretty bare without the spoiler.
“Bahama Yellow” its a beautiful car, but Id think a GTX should have come with road wheels instead of plain jane steelies and hubcaps ,unless the build sheet proves otherwise
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To ME, this looks and smells like 115k restored miles or 65k ish restored and rolled back! The HOOD/CHIN SPOILERS/WING/stealies are not original from factory…probably 15k miles since restored!
True Butterscotch/brown leather interior console 3speed wiper solid collector shape though! Window louvers is only exterior option add on missing along with passenger chrome mirror! ORIGINAL Optioned UP car might be the term for this! Looks older paint and restore though so it may get tired sooner than later!
Just saw ALMOST the exact same car for sale somewhere else…same colors and the codes for the wing and chin spoiler…california car so it didnt have machine guns but it did have the magnum 500 wheels and a build day like 6 days different
I found the build sheet was in the springs_DRIVERS SEAT. in my 1971 duster. Most often in back seat, mine is the only one Ive heard of and seen.
I pretty much lambasted the ’69, claiming nothing more than a fancy(?) Belvedere, stating the ’67 and ’71 were much nicer cars. In ’71, performance was still on everyones minds, but it was clear, changes were a brewin’. Insurance companies, who were still reeling from the musclecar shenanigans, began putting pressure on car makers. Just a factory tachometer sent rates soaring. Chrysler had always been behind the 8 ball, and began to focus on luxury, instead of grunt speed. Make no mistake, Chrysler pushed it until the bitter end, and this car was no slouch. This car off the showroom floor, would do 0-60 in under 6 seconds, and high 13s in the 1/4. Respectable for any era, but the handwriting was on the wall, I think they bilked another year out of the 440, but we never saw cars like this again. This is really a cool car, bittersweet, really. It was adios to the musclecar, as we knew it.
Bahama Yellow would not be my choice. We owned a 1972 Basin Street Blue ( Petty Blue ) Road Runner with the Black full top, extremely high optioned with roof, air grabber, leather, windows, a/c, power front brakes, console, gauge package. Ralleys. No spoiler. The 400 with auto limited slip. I’ve searched for that car and to no avail. Too bad, that car was stunning.
I like the Bahama yellow, but not with a tan interior. Theres a 71 Duster 340 near me in the same color, but with a black interior , and black stripes- the contrast really makes it pop !
What a beautiful car! I’ve never been a fan of the mustard yellow/banana.
Always enamored w/the Q ship appearance of pie pans in combination w/flashy paint….stealthy but not seriously stealthy.