The feature 1970 GTX is owned by Ronnie Campbell of New York state. It was scheduled to be built at the Lynch Road, MI plant on February 11, 1970. The GTX came with the original fender tag but no buildsheet. According to the fender tag this car came painted EV2 Tor-red paint (it was repainted EK2  vitamin C later)  with a black vinyl top,  charcoal bucket seat interior and black reflective side stripe.  The heavy duty 727 automatic transmission was ordered with optional center floor console.   A heavy duty 26” radiator was also ordered instead of the standard 22” radiator.  The light package A01 which included the hood mounted turn signals L31, the airgrabber hood N96 and the flat black hood performance paint V21 were included on the fender tag codes.  This GTX came with the standard 440-4bbl hp engine but a earlier owner added the 6bbl set up.   The axle code on the fender tag read 055 which means it was ordered with the A36 axle package which included 3.55 gears with suregrip in a 489 case on the 8 ¾” rear end.  This is a manual brake car but did come with power steering.    A factory AM radio provided the driver with music, the G33 driver’s remote outside door mirror made adjusting the mirror easier  with the passenger door mirror also.   The standard black steering wheel was upgraded to the wood grain style wheel.   A go-wing was added sometime in the car’s life as well as hood pins which unfortunately were installed in the wrong location. 

Ronnie wrote that he “purchased the car from a cardiologist in my area.   The car was mostly done but there were those little things that bug me so I had to address those issues.   The past owner told me he had a big build on the motor, claiming it had less than a thousand miles on it, which I believe to be true. After I tore the engine down I realized the transmission needed work also.  Before I bought the GTX the original ignition was removed.   A Daytona sensors billet distributor which looks stock was installed which was electronic.  It has a FBO ignition system with a rev limiter that will not retard up to 7,000 rpm.    Sometime in the car’s life the original 489 case was swapped out for a 721 unit with 3.55 gears.   The 440 engine is now a 505 stroker with roller cam.  Factory HP exhaust manifolds are on the engine.  A 1970 case iron 6bbl intake with 1970 carbs that were rebuilt with the aid of Bob K. at Mr. Six pack now sits atop the engine.  The transmission is a super Street Fighter TCI rated to 750 horses with a TCI torque converter with flexplate.  A Chrome Molly driveshaft with 1350 yoke now goes to a Dana 60 rearend with new Dutchman axles with true track eatin center section.   I installed disc brakes all around the car and a Hotchkiss suspension with tubular upper control arms, Hodgkin’s upper and lower ball joints, sway bar and rear springs and caster struts.   I also added an adjustable pinion snubber.  The Dana 60 houses 3.54 gears.   With the improvements the engine is estimated at 550 hp with over 620 pounds of torque.  I can’t wait to do Mopar events to see what it will do in the quarter mile.  

This EV2 GTX is one of 84 found in the database of the 1970 GTX registry.   It is one of 29 with the EV2 paint, 440-4bbl engine, 727 automatic transmission and black vinyl top.