Time marches on; weeks become months that become years, and that could-be-so-sweet muscle car in the barn slips further and further away from its owner’s dream restoration. Luckily this 1968 Plymouth GTX in Turlock, California slumbered indoors, secure from corrosion. Furthermore, this GTX retains its numbers-matching 440, four-speed, and Dana 60 rear-end. Today it seeks a new owner here on eBay where the first bidder willing to part with a $30,000 opening bid will guarantee its sale in the No Reserve auction.
Unlike the budget-brawler Road Runner, Plymouth’s GTX represented muscle with style and included upgraded trim and other details. Thanks to the Mopar-savvy seller for providing a good description and many pictures.
GTX buyers often ordered a long list of options. This Plymouth came with drip rail and wheel arch trim, power front disk brakes, AM radio with an 8-Track player, tinted glass, console and bucket seats. The seller decodes these options and includes additional pictures documenting the car’s stampings and overall condition. This would have been one sharp ride in blue with black stripes and black interior.
The GTX-specific 375 HP 440 cid “Super Commando” V8 with automatic transmission came standard on the ’68 GTX, and this one has the no-cost optional four-speed manual transmission. Thanks to motorologist.com for some details. The numbers-matching engine is not running but turns over by hand. While the $30,000 opening bid may seem daunting, this largely unmolested classic needs far less work than many such “finds.” Is it worth the price of admission?
You gotta be friggin kidding me?! 30k opening bid? This ought to be a ripe one for the Mopar freaks!
30K starting bid, hmmmmm? 30K for a non running rusty hulk that will give you rabbies or the Hanta virus too. Orrrr, you can get a brand new Honda Civic Typre R for less then that which is quicker 0-60 then a hemi Cuda, tops out at 170 MPH, handles like a dream,, has Honda Reliability (and a warranty), plus air, power everything,, satellite connections, GPS, and my wifes approval. Gosh, these choices are just too darn hard!!! Of course, to restore it will be the cost of two more brand new cars also. Soo, do I give away new cars like Elvis and make people love me, or do I have a pampered ill running trailer queen in my garage? Again, why are these choices soooo hard? Someone, please tell me what to do!!!
Clearly, Billy007, you are not, nor will ever be, a car guy. No insult meant, but comparing a Civic to a ’68 GTX makes that statement pretty obvious. Every car guy knows that pretty much any modern vehicle would lay waste to the 60s-70s muscle cars. Heck, a new V6 Camry can out accelerate, handle, and brake most muscle cars, whether small block or big. This GTX, although grossly overpriced, will eventually turn into an amazing restoration that the restorer will be proud of. Finally, put your R next to a GTX at any cars and coffee or car show and watch how many people of all ages and genders look at the R and GTX.
BTW, I am a car guy havin both a 2017 Chevy SS Sedan and an ’87 Grand National. Although the SS is infinitely quicker, handles better, and brakes phenomenally, the GN gets comments and thumbs-ups every time I drive it. THAT is the thrill of an old muscle car.
Once again Billy007 gets it right.
This website is called ‘barnfinds’ for a reason. Some people like restoring cars that don’t make clear economic sense because there’s more to life than money. If you have half a brain and don’t fear risk do the work yourself, the satisfaction is significant and if you’re not rushing almost any job is achievable. Perhaps the website called ‘reliable Honda’ would better suit you, it sounds like a hoot.
Robert, I feel I am only pointing out that when done, you will have the better part of a one grand dollar bill used up here. (BTW, Woodrow Wilson on that bill, fun fact if you ever get on Jeopardy!) I have better places to spend tens of thousands of dollars. Fun? Yes. A good investment? Prob not in my opinion. Don’t we drive cars? For me, spending money on a modern car that drives wonderfully and using the rest to travel the whole of North America in it, makes just so much more sense. Of course, to each their own. Maybe if you have 80 or 90 grand to cough up to show off on a Sunday afternoon, money really isn’t hard come anyway I spose.
Billy007 – This argument would apply to 90% of the vehicles posted in Barnfinds… The comparison post’s lack of originality is probably more ludicrous than the price on the car.
I like the “Hanta” virus. Perhaps it’s something you get from rice rockets. I admit I drive a Leaf myself, but with a bumper sticker “I’d rather be driving a car”. I just don’t get why folks with no appreciation of old cars read these posts. Perhaps it’s to feel superior. I love getting young folks in the ’67 Camero RS convertible with the top down and “getting on it” a bit. They understand it, they get it right away. The floor shift, clutch pedal, and crank window handles are strange to them but the rumble of that V8 and that open-air rush wakes up the gearhead in a lot of these kids. For me, there is just no comparison between driving cars like a Model A or a big 1938 Buick Special and a modern appliance we call a car. Each to his own, but why read these articles on old cars and then complain about them? There must be lots of great blogs about rice rockets.
Honestly Billy 007…your name says it all bro…no one here wants a Honda Civic type r or stuvwxy or z…but a probably more like 475hp and well over 500 ft lbs. of torque
A person can jump off a building and go 0-200 faster than any car and for free. So what if some rice burner benefits form technology to go quick? There’s nothing cool about that and it’s only place in history is fodder for those Fast and Furious movie abominations.
I’ve had enough cars in my life and will point this out. The “Muscle car” prices are peaked, except for the ultra-rare pieces. Becoming too expensive, too big a PITA, the demographic is shifting, and the reward aspect to many is dwindling- this demand will be falling, especially when the economy corrects again. I love old cars, but I am a realist- my wife? Doesn’t care for “Old metal.” She does let me have a hand in picking out her daily drivers, which is fun. Waiting to see if the Acura RDX S-Type rumors are true…then it’ll be a 3.5L, twin-turbo, 10-speed auto, with torque-vectoring AWD and great build quality (sorry, Europe & USA still really suck in comparison with offerings)
You sure love your Honda’s don’t you Billy? That’s cool. So does my 16 year old son and his 19 year old friend. Guess I’m just too darn old (57) to get into that craze. Honda salesman maybe?
David, I am older then you are, so as a fellow with a little life experience, let me tell ya….don’t knock it till you have tried it. I promise, you will not go back. And I don’t sell Hondas, I fiddle with health care. I guess someone has to treat all you old codgers with those bad backs after a harsh ride in an old GTX.
And all you have to do to make that Honda look and sound cool, is mount one of those big round mufflers that sticks out about a foot behind the bumper.
Here we go again.
It’s a passion only true American muscle car guys understand and appreciate. Enjoy your Honda.
I just can’t get over the prices people ask for not much more than SCRAP IRON…..Amazes me…of course we don’t know what they finally sold for.
Where do you come up with $30,000 opening bed. If it’s a no reserve it has to be sold for whatever it brings
Funny….real pricing please ….What’s next?
How about finding a 68 KR shelby for sale with no dog house , interior, title or drive train totally rusted with emblems left and the vin for 29,999 as this weeks Black Friday special?
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Another seller that has been watching far too many t.v. auctions.
$30k to buy, $30k to restore. Worth $40k when done buried $20k
😀😀😀😀😀hahaha 30 thousand dollars.
Almost as crazy pricing as Old Porsches!
He could have sworn it was in immaculate condition? Oh wait a minute. He just woke up. It was just a dream.
Some fool will come along with big dreams and $18,000 too much money walk away thinking he’s on top of the muscle car world. This car has it going on with the drive train but it’s in need of a full resto. Mopar madness!! Will it ever end!?
@Chris – No.
Great then!
Could be a AWESOME car, but not for $30K. Again though, a fool and his money……
Check Hemmings and you can fibd a running, convertible GTX for tge same price….
One word (MOPAR) The value will definitely skyrocket plus not to bad of shape, anyone that know about cars especially Mopar’s know that the value outweighs the bid.
Trust me, the market & demographic are shifting. For now, hold onto you money- the economy correction is coming and there will be more realistic prices to be had.
I like old Mopars, have had over 20- still have 3. But they are waaay to high
You are correct, I’ve recently seen the muscle car sales starting to soften a bit.
The restomods are stronger (it seems) than say a Chevelle, GTO and most non-Hemi Mopars which I consider a great thing. I watched an auction last week where a nice 67 Chevelle and equally nice 67 GTO went for prices I could afford.
I wish I was a fool WITH money, I’d love to own this, well at least I’m half way there! I guess I just broke the rule of no personal attacks, sorry.
Yep, it will be nice to see this eat up all the little WRXs and terrorize the streets again!
It’s a flipper – what do you expect – maybe a few grand over what he paid ?
More like twice what he paid, as an opening minimum.
Yea right. Engine turns over by hand, but I have not tried starting it. Woo-wee, boy that sum’ beach was knocking somethin fierce. I’ll just take my battery out and hopefully no one will see the cleaned battery connections. 30k mystery box
wonder why the guy couldn’t clean the garbage out of the interior so you could see the floors? Bueller…Bueller….Good luck to the new owner.
Cheers
GPC
Don’t think it’s trash, looks like dryer sheets. Car is full of mice.
To anyone who loves actual CARS not this plastic junk you buy today yeah I know the Honda out drives out accelerates and out handles but if you are a true car guy ( which he obviously isn’t) and you’ve ever felt the thrill of driving a car like this and have the money it is well worth it.
If you guys had driven these cars back in the 80s like I did you could understand what this was like. We had smog laden slugs all through the 80s. 60s muscle cars were a fresh breath of air to own. I have worked at a Chevrolet dealer since 1987 and believe me the Camaro and corvette now are unbelievable. But back then the 60s and early 70s muscle were dominant
What a awesome ride! Me being a youngster but no Honda or new car will give you the joy of a old Mopar! I have a 67 New Yorker with a 440 and its nothing to a new car but turning the key and hearing that high compression Big Block start and going for ride is no comparison! And being able to look over the hood when behind the wheel is just makes the ride way better when cooking some BFG’s!
Yawn *
Ha ha hondaa.
The prices of these “classic” cars are out of control. You can say it’s supply and demand, but a lot of it is supply and greed! Lets buy a 30K car , spend 50K restoring it, then take it to the auction and see if we can make a profit. It’s killed a hobby for a lot of us like me who bought a few “muscle cars” in the 80’s and 90’s to have fun with.An example of this was my Chevelle convertible I sold in 2005. Could not sell it locally for $1800, but lots of tire kickers. Put it on Ebay and it sold for 7K in a week.I made a profit but it shows how the price is a race to the top. IMO the Ebay factor and the auctions have killed the hobby and made it for elitists who have a lot of $$. Bargains might still be out there still as long as they don’t get driven up on sites such as these and those listed above. I still like seeing the finds but knowing I will NEVER pay these insane prices even though I love these cars and their history!
Must have been a super looking car, strong runner too with that 440. All decked out in blue on black stylin’ all the way, hard shift into second then third, screaming down the highway without a care in the world. I’ve said it before, it’s not the car that’s causing so much negativity but the cost of admission…and certain comparisons to modern day technology.
This day and age, this car would be “rat rod” material.
Rat Rodders preserve cars like this with the exteriors as-found and will restore the interiors and drivetrain, even do modern upgrades.
Then they drive them. A lot.
Though $30,000 IS a lot of cash, find an original, #s matching, 68 GTX, that has it’s Dana 60 still under it, much less the 18 spline 4 speed and it’s 440.
If you don’t understand, then do your research, it’ll become very clear.
I am a Mopar fanatic, and agree that people with way too much money have driven these and many other classics beyond the ability of many would be restorers. Was it the recent availability of the shops that will do it all for you? What happened to picking up a decently priced piece of rolling art and slowly putting the love of the car and relatively reasonable money into it and bringing it back to the world?
Just like the Porsche craze, these are getting out of hand. I almost bought a Dodge Daytona back in 86 for $4500, because the guy couldn’t drive it around anymore without the cops following him.
The term “Muscle Car” gets thrown around a lot. It is abused to the point of near-meaninglessness. Even on this hallowed site, I have read it referring to cars with 318’s, 302’s (non- Boss, or Z-28), 307’s, even 6-cylinders.
One “contributor” to this site once asked what it is that constitutes a “Muscle Car”. The best answer is the parallel to the one given by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, when required to define “pornography” in his 1964 Order, he famously stated that he could not use words to describe pornography but said; “I know it when I see it.”
This GTX 4-speed is the very definition of a Muscle Car.
We know one, when we see one.
Billy ooooooo7. No personal attacks? Pry yourself from that computer. Buy anything not running and spend time restoring something, anything. How about a washing machine? Spend more than its worth. Use it.
Visit wrecking yards. New cars galore. You loose about 33% with new, very first year.
The electronics fail by the trainload.
Lets create a hon, hon, hon, oh, hard for me to say. honda? Club. All modified to perform. One muffler that weighs down the little plastic drive thru. Sounds like a long fart.
Spend more time being creative on something to occupy your time preserving. So damn what a person spends 20 times, in your useless opinion, too much money to save anything, car, old house, airplane, etc. It’s the LOVE of.
Buying a new anything, again, drops around 33%. Spend that on something exilerating.
Buy your hon, hon, hon, duh, after it is over a year old, if investing is truly your thing, of which you have zero knowledge.
Is there a club for hon, hon, hon, ? I dont get out much. I actuall work on ole, real American Iron.
Joe my friend, where do you read personal attacks here? BTW, I know of what I speak, I owned a fairly new 1970 RR back in the day, did you? Of course, people can spend money anyway they wish, as long it is rightfully, legally, and morally earned…but honestly guys, how much are you willing to spend on prestige and nostalgia? I find driving a pleasurable experience, but that is hard when driving a car that is so unpleasant. People say I do not belong on this sight, but bring on a car that is well priced and my style and I will be all peaches and cream. Am I not allowed to speak my mind about the others? A wise man will listen to all sides of a topic and make up his own mind. If all anyone here does is praise things, how can you get all sides? Kind of like watching the news, you have the mix FOX and CNN to try to get all the truth, or better yet, PBS.
I forgot to add pompous.
It has nothing to do with money. It is all emotion. If you loves these cars, grew up with these cars, then you get it. The rest of you , your constant babbling of dollars and sense, well you do not get it. I do not collect cars because of value, I buy them because they are fun. Fun to restore, fun to own and fun to drive. Nobody has ever said, I wish I had spent more time at the office, but I hear all the time, I wish I had bought one of those cars. So thank you barn finds, I enjoy the articles, I have tracked down cars from this site. The nattering naybobs of negative, I do not enjoy at all.
Morley, of course you are correct about emotion, but can you agree that crazy insane pricing is either emotion gotten out of control or greedy people unfairly taping into that emotion? I speak not of those who do their own work and lovingly embrace a car, I speak of people who without much thought spend more on a car then many spend on a house. We could debate why a few people have such discretionary income, but that would get me banned, so I will just for this purpose, say they have the ability to pay and not think too much about it. These are the people ruining the hobby. Some of us spend five or ten grand total on a collector car, we are not the problem, it is the others who are quickly ruining this hobby.
I’d say a strong, yet often ignored, part of the hobby is money. We all get warm fuzzies about the memories, but reality is reality. Right now? I am holding onto my cash. Have a couple old Mopars, but I am in them cheap and they are nothing special. New car sales are pretty flat, and interest rates have ticked up. Hyper-heated real estate markets (Seattle, Palo Alto, Denver, and Austin) are beginning to flatten and, late 3rd quarter/4th quarter are expected to take big lumps. This will have a ripple effect. If you are smart, you’ll hold onto your cash and swoop in after that point.
“I just do it for the passion” – well, passion is much better when you aren’t out as much and are with a much hotter model. Money is an option maker, don’t be naive
Wow. Too much bickering. The price is high, way too high, BUT when it is full restored it could be worth well over 120grand easy. Sure youll put a good bit into it but if you wanna sell it, it is a huge profit headed your way. This add is really for those restorer guys that are out pricing these cars for the average guy.
120k? Nah that ship left the harbor already. Watch the auctions, prices are starting to soften quite a bit and that’s a good thing for the hobby imho.
NADA high retail 61 grand.
Average retail 40 grand
Low retail 16 grand
I say it mìght be wortth 16 grand but I would want a close look first.
I expect another round of non-serious bidders.
Yep, I remember when “muscle cars” were in their prime..Had over 12 moving violations in one year in my ’55 chevy..Won most of them, but there were some surprises too.. When was the last time you saw black streaks going away from a stop light.. Loved it.. but alas, we are few and getting fewer…I am happy going to shows now and then pit race with my buddies after a get together..enjoy..
See above… Hahahahaha
Yes,I too was a foolish young man playing with Mopar muscle, in 1988 I sold my ‘69 M-code Barracuda fastback,factory-440 ! After having raised a daughter and a son,now being in my mid-50’s if I had even a chance to buy another big-block powered Mopar I would do it in a heartbeat ! So,when these cars come out for-sale and you have the cash,why not relive what you gave up to raise a family and pick up where you left off and just maybe retire happy! Money talks when you find a Mopar worth saving!
It’s a drag-pac code car….it will be changing hands to someone that knows….but at what price….most likely not a the 30g’s…but closer than most would bet on.
I’m 60 and if i had $100,000.00 to spend on a new Corvette; i would instead spend it on a 69 Vette or some other old car. A million times more fun and a million times better ego builder. There is nothing like the feeling of driving an old musclecar and having people staring at you and giving you a thumbs up. It is also neat to pull into a service station and have to talk to all the people who come over to discuss your car. I am the owner of a 70 Chevelle SS which i have owned over 43 years. It has been on a trailer once or twice when broke down. Who says they have to be trailered only to car shows? I don’t care if your new Honda or new corvette will go 200 mph through the quarter; give me something old. Just saying. My car does not have air and my back has been wet with sweat for 43 years. Can you say that about your ”new car”? It’s just a whole nother smoke.
If you had 100k you could buy 2 nice C3’s or 1 nice C2.
So the price of admission has gone up, so what, someone is always faster, and someone always has more money, thats thr law of the sandbox, Hats off to those of you that are rich and hats off on those that are not, but please no peeing contests or mine is bigger than your here( mines small an im ok). I like my cars, more than just muscle cars, i love my projects, But nothing gets my attension like sn early muscle car, no honda subaru( and i got them ) or newer wanna be does what and old car does. Ive seen superbirds in peoples back yards(30 years ago) a 69 TA in someones yard. Its either in your DNA or its not. I love all of it, keep up the good work and happy Thanksgiving Barnfinds
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Looks like he may be eating his words about not relisting.
I revise my opinion. Car probably not worth $8000.
If it doesn’t sell; he’ll relist.
For the 30,000 opening bid plus another $70,000 going to put into the car a hundred grand you can buy that car already done. !!!!!
There is a lot to take into consideration. Low mileage, sequencing, the package options, the rarity, the fact that it is a barn find 440 commando, it is a Mopar! not only does it hold it’s value, it increases. It’s an all original matching numbers GTX. There was only a few with this setup and those options. It has some surface rust. Needs new carpet and interior, new headliner. A couple things. It’s been sitting like that in a barn since the beginning. This is a virgin GTX. If can easily sale for double the price with a little tlc not someone that’ll hear a restore price and pay it because they don’t know any better.
You mopar guys are nuts. Low mileage? Add 20k!!! 932nd car built in april? Add 15k!!! Original rotted broken or unusable parts? Add another 20k!!!Everyone thinks these things are worth a million dollars because they are “rare”. Only reason they are rare is because they were junk new and not many made it all these years. Look around. You can find these things done for 50k. Yea maybe it doesn’t have it’s original alternator or hose clamps or whatever nonsense you want to nit pick it over. Nut and bolt resto? Sure!!! Then there is another trailer/garage queen that will just be run through the auction circuits forever and will only see the road when it’s driven from the trailer to the auction line. It is true that this stuff ruins the hobby for the regular guy who wants a car to cruise in on the weekends. It’s all good for the restorer- collector with deep pockets, add it to the collection!! I’m just a regular working guy who likes cars. My 2 cents. Stick with gm or ford, we are a lot more reasonable.
Ok, I wiill pay $30,000 just to piss off Jack the rripperr. Still do not have room yet. Notice you are asshamed to tell us about your restored Aztek.
Fin dude- another mopar guy with little to no brain cells left. I have nothing to prove to you. I’m just another punk on the internet like all you others who think your opinion is the only one that counts. Go ahead, pay the 30k. Just another blind mopar fan. Check out the matching numbers fully restored 68 on eBay for 39k. 30k for a project with no papers and documentstion? Must be brain dead.
It’s a Nopower. The cowl tags are the documentation. I’m Bow Tie and even I know that.
Love pissin off anyone who thinks anyone collecting and overpaying in their opinion, for any vehicle, in their opinion, again, any vehicle.
So damn what we are paying a lot for Mopars. I have been buying Mopars since 66.
This web site is if YOU would buy and restore. Not that the rich, in your opinion, would make them too hi for you to afford anymore.
I buy what I love. No matter the cost.
Like J M said before, get out from your computer and make it happen. Get what turns you on.
Telling someone you hope they get stuck with overpaying. So, buying new, for an overpriced vehicle, loosing 33% the first year is ok. DUH.
I’m with you slim. If you want it, buy it.
I think everyone just needs to buy a Honda and call it a day lol, Mopar or Nocar!
If I only had 3 hondas to trade
Ended: Nov 25, 2018 , 8:00PM
Starting bid:US $30,000.00
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