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1970 GTX Restoration
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08/24/14 07:18 PM
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I picked up this project in Nevada. It seems that the long time owner decided to get the car restored and as costs kept on adding up, he had the shop reassemble the car as a roller and that is how I picked it up. Original Los Angeles built car with original fender tag and dash tag. All original sheet metal and rust free original California car. Original drivetrain U code, four speed, 3.54 dana with original 15x7 rallyes and 450 spare, p/s, pdb. I will be using the original wood grain on the dash, the interior parts are in very good shape, AM radio, buckets, six way, tick toc tach, tinted glass and light group with the turn signals in the air grabber hood. B5 Blue with black vinyl top and interior and white stripes (V6W) and chrome tips out back. It's really a nice unmolested car. I am hoping that it will be in paint soon.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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08/27/14 02:10 AM
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I picked up this project in Nevada. It seems that the long time owner decided to get the car restored and as costs kept on adding up, he had the shop reassemble the car as a roller and that is how I picked it up. Original Los Angeles built car with original fender tag and dash tag. All original sheet metal and rust free original California car. Original drivetrain U code, four speed, 3.54 dana with original 15x7 rallyes and 450 spare, p/s, pdb. I will be using the original wood grain on the dash, the interior parts are in very good shape, AM radio, buckets, six way, tick toc tach, tinted glass and light group with the turn signals in the air grabber hood. B5 Blue with black vinyl top and interior and white stripes (V6W) and chrome tips out back. It's really a nice unmolested car. I am hoping that it will be in paint soon.
Nice car 
69.5 A12 Bee, first purchased in 1976, car 169 on registry
69 Coronet R/T 440/4 spd
69 Coronet 500 Conv H code 383 4bbl/auto
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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02/09/15 09:52 PM
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Is that tag legit? Looks like it's bent wrong????
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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03/30/15 02:16 PM
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GTX progress rear, dana in and rear trim and bumper on.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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03/30/15 02:18 PM
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GTX engine with the correct 4739 California 4spd carburetor restored by Scott Smith.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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03/30/15 02:23 PM
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GTX front. Original air grabber assembly is very nice.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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03/30/15 02:26 PM
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GTX interior, original dash pad and wood grain on dash. Original door panels. Also original material on the buddy seat and rear seat.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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03/30/15 03:41 PM
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That's looking sweet. There are a couple of sweet '70's going together in the resto section!
1969 Dart GTS 340
1969 Super Bee X9 N-96
1969 Coronet R/T X9 N-96
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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03/31/15 10:20 PM
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That's looking sweet. There are a couple of sweet '70's going together in the resto section!
 This car is beautiful. I love seeing this car being restored as I'm a little partial to B5 GTX's. That color can look really light or really dark depending on the lighting the pictures are taken in. Mine too is an LA built car, and has the small font tag. I wonder if the stamping was random or was it changed over halfway through production as mine has a SPD of April. Do you plan on putting the stripes back on? I see it is also not coded for chrome tips. Do you know if this car was sold in CA? Yours is coming along much faster than mine, but lately I've been dragging my feet on finishing it. These pics get me fired up to try to finish it up this spring. Great job and keep up the great pics!
1970 GTX 440/727, B5/B5
1970 Barracuda conv. 318/3spd, EW1/R4
1974 Cuda 383/727, FM3/X9
1971 Barracuda 318/727, GK6/X9
1966 Coronet 500 413/727,White/Black
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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04/01/15 02:06 PM
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Thanks for the positive comments. What I have come up with from past registrations and owners is that the car was a San Jose CA car that moved with the long time owner to Arizona and then to Nevada where I found it. It will be getting the white side stripes and it had exhaust tip brackets so it's getting some nos tips. It also had a six way seat adjuster that I am putting back in. Those are the two things that are not on the tag but were with the car when I got it so they are going back on. I believe they were both on the car from day one. When it comes to the tags, as far as I know the LA plant had two machines that made the tags. One with the smaller font and one with the regular font. Over the years I have seen probably about a 50-50 split with the tags.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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04/02/15 03:14 PM
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What is this line?
Must be for the ECS tube that is in the trunk of the right side would be my guess?
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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04/16/15 10:26 PM
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I love the 70 road runners and GTX'. I can't wait to see it with the stripes!
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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07/06/16 11:02 PM
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GTX- Original California sheet metal was pretty much rust free along with all suspension components. The car must have spent most of it's life in a garage when it was parked.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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07/06/16 11:03 PM
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Engine compartment. All major parts are original to the car. Had to find a carb (4739s) and brake booster.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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Interior with all original wood grain, door panels, dash pad, pistol grip and back seat. All other original components were restored. Parts were very nice on this car.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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07/07/16 01:15 PM
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That turned out great. Looks good without the hood stripes.
1970 GTX, work in progress...
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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07/09/16 12:49 AM
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Roger at the 70 GTX registry has not figured out the missing dash emblem secret yet.
I have a St Louis GTX without the emblem, pretty original unaltered car. Bought the car from a man that owned it since 1974 and it was not there.
***Update: 10/1970 build date.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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07/11/16 04:32 AM
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Roger at the 70 GTX registry has not figured out the missing dash emblem secret yet.
I have a St Louis GTX without the emblem, pretty original unaltered car. Bought the car from a man that owned it since 1974 and it was not there. My St Louis GTX has it. Someone once ran a 70 Hemi GTX registry I thought and they asked me whether my car had the Plymouth emblem on the hood and the GTX on the dash. My car has both. I thought the guys name was Mike Adams but I can't remember names worth squat. Had a red automatic with tan interior IIRC.
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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11/29/16 07:43 AM
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..... It will be getting the white side stripes and it had exhaust tip brackets so it's getting some nos tips. It also had a six way seat adjuster that I am putting back in. Those are the two things that are not on the tag but were with the car when I got it so they are going back on. I believe they were both on the car from day one. "skinny" font LA  & bent "funny" also   another California Y14 car w/NO STRIPES  must be something in the water out there?  6-way wasn't on '69-'70 b-body tags, no extra holes or brackets required tips should've been there, but I don't have any LA U-code GTX tag info with N95 & N42? AWESOME GTX "biggE"!! 
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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12/26/16 02:29 PM
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Here's the latest, TX9 V code road runner Very nice, was this black car from Oregon by chance? I lost track of one like it.......
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Re: 1970 GTX Restoration
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12/28/16 07:42 PM
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Thanks Dan. I was able to take it out to a few local Cars and Coffee before the weather changed. It runs and drives really nice. Real nice one of my favorite colors  So is that one of those rare XTG emblem cars?   RR is real nice too, still waiting for my turn for one of those. So now you have the RR you gonna part with the GTX? *Hint *Hint
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