Seeing a Chrysler B-Body in the snow makes me cringe for a couple of reasons, one being that they aren’t known for holding the road well on wet or slick surfaces. Secondly, these cars are prone to corrosion issues, but fortunately, I think this Plymouth was just driven outside long enough for a brief photo shoot before being returned to a safe place inside the Southern Motors showroom in Clarkston, Michigan. This one’s been restored and is a beauty, so if you’re ready to be driving around in a Mopar muscle classic this spring, this 1971 GTX here on eBay just might be for you. Bidding has already reached $42,100, although that’s still not high enough for a sale. Curvette, thanks so much for finding this one and sending in the tip!
There’s both good news and bad when it comes to the powerplant, but thankfully, the only negative is that it isn’t the numbers-matching component. All the rest is positive, with the E87 code on the fender tag confirming this one left the St. Louis plant with the three 2-barrel carburetor setup on top. The GTX was Plymouth’s more luxurious B-Body, and these cars came standard with the Super Commando 440 engine, which featured a single 4-barrel on top. The next step up was this trio of carbs, with that large air cleaner looking intimidating under the hood, as if to say this machine means business. I don’t think this one originally came with the air grabber hood, but it looks right at home. However, the Super Track Pak rear end with 4.10 gears was indeed factory equipment here.
While the name lived on as the Road Runner GTX on all Road Runners ordered with a 440 until 1974, the final year for the GTX as a stand-alone model was 1971, making this one essentially a one-year-only offering since the car was totally redesigned for ’71. No information is given about what this Plymouth looked like before the restoration, but the panels appear to be in great shape now, and the True Blue Metallic color paint has also been applied to the underside. Outback, both a trunk spoiler and a rear window louver have been added, making this one appear equally menacing from this viewpoint.
Everything inside looks just as good out, and it’s really cool that this one came with a 6-way adjustable driver’s bucket seat. While I typically prefer a manual shifter in muscle cars, the 727 TorqueFlite is also an excellent performer and a durable automatic, so that’s fine by me here. There’s very little to fault in this 1971 Plymouth GTX, and I guess my biggest question is how much higher the price will have to climb before this one can exchange hands. Any ideas where the seller may have set the reserve here?
Nice looking GTX . Great snow background. Never been a fan of the GOOFY black deck spoiler. These will never be driven fast enough to be needed.
I like this car set up the way it is – louvers and spoiler look great . And sunny NM has the roads to reach top end speeds . Hope it has the air grabber, that ram air helps at highway speeds. Interior looks really nice. With that kind of power the automatic keeps both hands on the wheel -No missing gears .
That’s the one I’d like. Don’t like that go-wing, it can be gone. If the louvers are factory, they are uber-rare.
Never been a fan of the 727 auto behind great engines like the 6bbl. or Hemis. They are great autos, but I prefer Chrysler’s A-833 4 speeds with Pistol grip shifters. The non-original engine hurts it’s value too in my opinion. I’d also lose the window louvers. Southern motor cars are nice but usually overpriced.
Rare power windows!
it was optioned with a dana?
I guess technically, but if I recall, the 6bbl versions were required to have the Super Trak Pac ‘option’, and Dana was part of it. At least in ’70. Tho, it may have been with the 4spd. It’s been a long time for me, so my distant memory might be mistaken.
Those cars started to rust on the assembly line. Nice to see some somehow survived and are restored.
One of the more popular Mopar guys was lamenting the bad bodywork on a car he was restoring, forgetting that there was a time when nobody made restoration parts, and if not for that “bad bodywork,” the car would have been crushed years ago.
Nice equipped GTX. The dealer has the price at $75,900 on his website.
Not sure how great a TorqueFlite was, I have blown two of them over the years. Of course, those were 904s. I always bought sticks in new cars, but the used ones sometimes were slush boxes, mainly for the wife to drive as she was too stubborn to learn about the proper way to drive.
904’s are not a 727 the 904 had a good one use later in cop cars A999. But the 727 can handle the 440+6 fine had one and never had one problem
Chrysler Torqueflite transmissions were never slush-boxes. Chrysler engineered the torqueflite transmission to shift gears faster than any human could do with a manual, and by the late 50’s/early 60’s, they succeeded and won several stock car races with it. Somehow they engineered it to take a lot less horsepower than other automatics to shift gears, and that’s what made it such a great transmission then and did for a long time. I have no idea if they are still made that way or not, but at least they were up into the 70’s as I outran several manual gear boxes on the quarter mile track back then.
Ronnie Sox might just be the only person to challenge that claim of Shifting quicker than any human could.
UH – name ONE muscle car that handles really well on slick pavement – or ANY rear wheel drive car that handles well on slick pavement! Hmm? – since the car does not touch the pavement – hopefully – then it is the TIRES on the car that make the difference.
I bought a ’72 Satellite Sebring Plus with 383 4brl with the performance package torqueflite transmission, heavy duty shocks and rear sway bars and a full factory undercoating. My job as a field service manager kept me on the road most of the time with this car. The first thing I did was install premium all-weather tires, and had the undercoating checked for any cracks or flaking, and none were found.
The Satellite was driven on the interstate and state highways in every kind of weather we have here in the US – including torrential downpour rain, snow, sleet / ice storms and high winds. The car NEVER had ANY problem navigating any of it. It went through small ponds across the highway in low areas to tracking perfectly during snow storms and a particular massive sleet / ice storm to get me home with no problems at all. — I left one of our clients offices when the weather forecast warned of an incoming sleet / ice storm. I had 150 miles to get home and by the time I was nearing my exit, the hood of the Satellite had a couple inches of ice accumulation on it as did the other flat surfaces of the car and it took me right to my driveway without a hitch.
As most rear-wheel drive vehicles go – if you’re going to travel in iffy weather – you add weight to the rear end – like I did – with a few sand bags in the trunk. I thought everyone knew that – it really helps in keeping the tires pressed to the pavement of any car of any make and model. — Likewise, I never had even one issue with my ’72 Satellite needing anything but proper scheduled maintenance, and all the Mopar vehicles I’ve owned have been the same.
I never had any issues with rust either – because – I made sure vulnerable surfaces were well protected – and that my vehicles were thoroughly washed – particularly the undercarriage after winter weather travels. If you don’t care for a vehicle – protect it from mother nature and salted roads, etc, then of course it’s going to not last very long – and that is true of ALL makes and models of ALL manufacturers.
This Satellite up for sale here has been kept in very good shape and restored where needed – and thus appears to be well worth the asking price. Some happy person is going to get a sweet piece of automotive history. If I had that much loose cash laying around, I’d be in on the bidding too.
Not to put too fine point on it, but V16 mentioned above is actually V (440-6), 1 (1971 model), G (St. Louis plant).
Great eye, Melton, thank you!
Nice car but that fender tag looks like it’s been off the car at some point…
“This listing was ended by the seller on Tue, Feb 3 at 9:01 AM because the item is no longer available.”