good bye GTX... UPDATE.. it's home

[471_Magnum]

I've kept this pretty quiet up until now, but after today, the GTX will officially be someone else's problem. I should receive final payment today. I'll then send out the title and BoS making it official. It's a done deal.

Unofficially, I still have to get the Dana 60 back under it after having it rebuilt. I'll do that tomorrow. Then I have to get it out of my garage. No word from the transport company yet on that issue.

I refer to the car as a "problem", but at this point it's all sorted out. It's a very good car. I just have got too much money tied-up in it. The new owner should be very pleased with it though.

My wife refers to the car as our "rebound car". It got me through the selling of the Charger, but we could never truly love it.

Regardless, I'll miss it a little bit. It was starting to grow on me... kind of like a leach sucking me dry.

Meanwhile I'm still chasing leads on a replacement 71 or 72 Plymouth. I've had a few trickling-in, in response to both my "wanted" ads, and word of mouth. With the exception of one car that I came up a few dollars short on, nothing real promising has surfaced yet that matches my criteria.

The cars do seem to be out there though, so patience should pay-off. I have no real deadline; although as spring approaches I'm likely to grow increasingly impatient. I'm also considering going on the Hot Rod Power Tour again this year, but getting a car tour-worthy in the next couple of months would be a tall order.

My wish list includes (pretty much in order of importance):
·   Bucket seats/décor group
·   No green, B5 blue (except maybe with white interior), or "earth tone" colors.
·   Air Grabber
·   4 Speed
·   340-powered

I'd probably compromise on any single one of those items (other than buckets). Looking for a very nice, affordably priced, rust-free, driver-quality car.

Feel free to drop me a PM or email with any leads.

[Ghoste]

Does this mean you'll have an empty square in your sig photo until a new ride appears?

[firefighter3931]

If you're into E-bodies this would be your Power Tour car.    It even has A/C 

Beautiful car restored by Bill Alphin so you know it's been done right. 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,37021.0.html



Ron

[Rolling_Thunder]

hmmmm   didnt The guy with the purple 69 Charger in Frisco have a 340 71 plymouth for sale   

[Charger_Fan]

hmmmm   didnt The guy with the purple 69 Charger in Frisco have a 340 71 plymouth for sale   

Yeah, but it's an 'earth tone'...or something close.

[Rolling_Thunder]

hmmmm   didnt The guy with the purple 69 Charger in Frisco have a 340 71 plymouth for sale   

Yeah, but it's an 'earth tone'...or something close.

so paint it   

[Brock Samson]

besides it's a bench seat..  it's CY8 BTW... 

[Rolling_Thunder]

I'm working on a 72 Road Runner that is Hemi Orange, bucket seat interior, 4-speed car. But it won't work because it has a 440.      

[PocketThunder]

besides it's a bench seat..  it's CY8 BTW... 

So 471magnum could just swap them out for buckets

[The70RT]

Sounds like you rebuilt the whole drivetrain. I just hope when you get another one you will have better luck. Nothing like building it yourself and knowing what you have though. Good luck.

[NYCMille]

Sorry to hear that Jim... Dude... you need to build another Charger... help you get back in the grove .

[rare69]

there is a guy in my town selling a 72 hemi orange roadrunner with 340 4spd, black bucket seats no air grabber,only problem is its in pieces. he started restoring it and lost interest, i think he wanted 7or 8 thousand for it, but everything is there to put it back together.looked at it about six months ago but to deep in the charger right now to buy another project.by the way, it's in washington state.

[471_Magnum]

Guess I should have also stated that the closer to southern Indiana, the better!

That '72 Hemi Orange car sounds interesting, but that's a LONG way from home. Hook me up with some pics, would ya?

[Shakey]

Guess I should have also stated that the closer to southern Indiana, the better!

That '72 Hemi Orange car sounds interesting, but that's a LONG way from home. Hook me up with some pics, would ya?

Why did you sell your Charger in the first place?

[rare69]

I will see what i can do, dont know for sure where the guy is keeping the car right now. but i can tell you if i had the extra money when i saw it, i would have picked it up then.

[471_Magnum]

Why did you sell your Charger in the first place?

That is the subject of another thread, that I'd rather not rehash.

Short answer: I was done with it. It was time to move on. No regrets.

[471_Magnum]

If you're into E-bodies this would be your Power Tour car.    It even has A/C 

Beautiful car restored by Bill Alphin so you know it's been done right. 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,37021.0.html

Ron

Nice car, and about 10 grand more than I want to spend. Are you trying to ruin my marriage?

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

This weekend starts the Grind on the Challenger.

Send me a PM, I know of a few cars lying around, some might fit quite nicely into your plans.

Ryan

[Ghoste]

Having met Mr. Magnum a time or two, let me just say that he is into the perfecting as much or more than rest of the ownership experience.

[firefighter3931]

Are you trying to ruin my marriage?

Nope....a car this nice might actually save it ! 

No fuss, no muss, no wrenching....just go out and drive 

If you look closely that car is about as good as it gets....try restoring one for that price. Crap, i'll have double (what Mike's asking) in mine and it's not a numbers matching 340 e-body....just a hot rodded b-body. 




Ron

[The70RT]

Are you trying to ruin my marriage?

Nope....a car this nice might actually save it ! 

No fuss, no muss, no wrenching....just go out and drive 

If you look closely that car is about as good as it gets....try restring one for that price. Crap, i'll have double (what Mike's asking) in mine and it's not a numbers matching 340 e-body....just a hot rodded b-body. 




Ron

I totally agree. I am surprised he still has it at that price. If this was a couple years ago I bet it would have been snatched up as soon as he advertised it.

[BROCK]

Mr Magnum, do you have a link to pics of your yellow X?  I'm partial to them.
Heres a pic of my friends car:

[471_Magnum]

Here's a link to the classified ad. http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=4069375&an=&page=0&vc=1 Lots of pics there.

Got the Dana back under it today. Seems to be in fine working order.

[69bronzeT5]

  Yep, seems like its working fine . Sad to see the GTX go but theres always something better out there

[BROCK]