Car of the Month
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Don Collom’s 1970 GTX is rare in several ways. First it is 1 of only 157 painted
FT6 burnt tan metallic paint. This amounts to only 2.2% of all GTXs made in
1970. Besides being ordered with the very desirable airgrabber hood, the original
owner ordered an AM/8 track stereo radio, of which a little more than 20%of
all GTXs had this style of radio. Don wrote that he bought this car in July
of 1986. At the time he was looking for a ’70 Cuda or his next choice was a
Challenger. The ones he checked out were all in the $6,000-7,000 range which
was more than he could afford at the time.-due to just getting married and financing
a new home. Soon, Dan spotted this 1970 GTX as it sat in the lot at Skyline
Dodge on S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. This dealership sets right around the
corner from the Mercedes dealer, where Don works as a mechanic, so each day
he drove by this GTX. The land that Skyline Dodge was on was sold to build a
shopping center. The dealership had started moving all the cars from the lot
and soon all the cars were gone except for the GTX. Since it was still sitting
in the lot, Don stopped by and talked with a guy at the dealership who got him
in touch with the owner of the GTX. The GTX owner was a young kid about 18-20
years old that worked at the dealership as a shag kid. Don asked him if the
car was for sale. The owner said he had to get rid of the car because he had
no place to put it and it was soon going to be towed away. Don asked if the
owner had a clear title and he did. The asking price was $750. After a little
negotiations, a price of $650 was finalized. Don was very happy to buy the car
for this price as the GTX came with the airgrabber hood, even though the body
was a little rough. So Don towed his new purchase home, a very happy owner of
a 1970 Plymouth GTX. As you can see in the pictures, he has done a nice job
of restoring this awesome example of a classic musclecar.
Just
email me at
1970GTXregistry@gmail.com with your picture and I'll
make your car the feature car on this page for a month!
(February 2005)
Past Car's of the Month
Bob Thompson's GTX 440-4bbl automatic
Joe
Petrungaro's FC7 automatic 440-4bbl GTX
Darren Phiipp's FE5 automatic
GTX
Mark Sillar's EB7 A/C auto
GTX
Norm VerHage's EB7 4 speed GTX
Chris Akin's FC7 automatic GTX
Steve Lester's EV2 automatic GTX
Ed Aprile's EB5 w/white vinyl top & side stripe
4 speed GTX
Ron Simonar's FC7 4bbl auto GTX
Fred Gilmore's Ivy Green GTX w/ Hemi engine
Brian Moceri's black 440-4bbl 4 spd GTX
Dave Kruszewski's TX9 GTX w/ white interior
Mats & Eva's FK5 6bbl. 4 spd GTX
Doug Dufour's EW1 4bbl GTX w/AC
Frank Forest's FK5 6bbl. 4 speed GTX
Chris Lobascio's EB5 automatic 440-6bbl. GTX
Mike Doddo's 440+6bbl. 4 speed GTX
Russ Carpenter's EB7 4bbl. 4 speed GTX
Ivan Kron's FE5 6bbl. 4 speed GTX
Nick Pieramico's FK5 6bbl. 4 speed GTX
Chuck Brunell's FJ5 GTX
Steve Coe's EK2 4 speed GTX
Dave Drozdowski's FJ5 GTX