Abandoned rare 1969 Plymouth GTX muscle car being auctioned by police

FoxNews.com/auto ^ | June 5, 2019 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

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The 1969 GTX Convertible was found on an abandoned property near Traverse City, reportedly after the death of its owner, and it appears to have been sitting there for years.

The red two-door is one of 362 like it that were built that year with a 440 V8 and automatic transmission, and it has just 20,269 miles on its odometer.

No one has tried to start it, but the owner of Bingham Body and Towing, where it is currently located, told Fox News Autos that he knows a mechanic that worked on it about a decade ago and said it was in great shape.

According to the Hagerty Price Guide, the car is potentially worth $90,000 if restored to top condition.

That’s a bit less than the rarest of 1969 GTX Convertibles, which are powered by Plymouth’s legendary Hemi V8.

Only 11 of them were ordered and they’re worth up to $250,000 today.

The online auction for the Michigan car runs from June 5 to 18.

[Lean-Right]

Dodge made a Duster? I’m pretty
sure the Dodge brand was a Demon.

[Wingy]

Sweet. Back before OPEC turned American cars into crap.

Shucks. Amoco or Sunoco high test was $0.31.9 per gallon and you could burn your whole paycheck on a Friday night in one of these beasts. OPEC and politicians certainly had their hands in the demise of muscle cars, and certainly quickened it , but the doom of 6 or 7 miles per gallon ground pounders was bound to come anyway. Now you need $70,000 plus to join this club, and even someone with those means can only drive them in parades and special events, and then only rarely.

[W.]

Yeah, Plymouth made the Duster! My buddy had one. I had a ‘67 Fury...

[Fresh Wind]

No, but I did have the Beach Boys’ single once upon a time

So did Jan and Dean.

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Yup. I knew it. Just tired or not thinking at the time.

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Dodge made a Duster? I’m pretty sure the Dodge brand was a Demon.

Yup. I knew it. Just tired or not thinking at the time.

“The Duster was a success for Plymouth, so much so that in 1971 Dodge requested and received their own version, the Demon.

In response, Plymouth was given a version of the Dodge Dart Swinger 2-door hardtop named the Plymouth Valiant Scamp.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Duster#1971

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1971 Plymouth GTX 440

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1971 Plymouth Duster

1971 Dodge Demon

[Lurker]

I’ve got a thing for those ole MOPARs. My very first car was a Plymouth Fury III.

L

[Hot Tabasco]

I'd be interested in knowing the original owner history and why there are so few miles on the odometer.

Maybe owned by a young man who never made it back from Vietnam and the parents just stored it in his memory?

Being familiar with that area and knowing how popular hot cars were in that day and the miles between towns, 20,000 miles is nothing......

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What? No love for the C Bodies? Where are the Dodge Monaco, Chrysler New Yorker, 300 and Newport

1968 Chrysler New Yorker

1967 Chrysler Newport

1967 Dodge Monaco

1969 Dodge Monaco

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1967 Dodge Monaco

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1967 Dodge Monaco

1968 Chrysler Newport

1968 Chrysler Newport

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1968 Chrysler Newport

[Larry Lucido]

1984 Chrysler LeBaron.

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I’ve got a thing for those ole MOPARs. My very first car was a Plymouth Fury III.

1967-1968 Plymouth Fury III

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1984 Chrysler LeBaron

IMO, by that time (1980s), American cars had already reached the peak and were headed over the cliff, at least styling-wise.

[Larry Lucido]

Well, the Jon Voight LeBaron is no more.

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I think this is a more recent Chrysler LeBaron, turned lowrider...

IMO, definitely an improvement over the stock original.

[wally_bert]

When cars were works of art.