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Abandoned rare 1969 Plymouth GTX muscle car being auctioned by police
FoxNews.com/auto ^ | June 5, 2019 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

Posted on 06/05/2019 8:45:24 PM PDT by ETL

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.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: automotive; gtx; michigan; mopar; plymouth; plymouthgtx; traversecity
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To: ETL

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


41 posted on 06/05/2019 11:59:49 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Rebelbase
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.

42 posted on 06/06/2019 12:34:59 AM PDT by Wingy (It's nice to be nice to the nice. (Stolen from Bagster who stole it from MASH))
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To: Lean-Right

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


43 posted on 06/06/2019 12:49:00 AM PDT by W. (NRA life member! Cost me 500 bones, but oh, well!)
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To: Oscar in Batangas
No, but I did have the Beach Boys’ single once upon a time

So did Jan and Dean.

44 posted on 06/06/2019 1:57:42 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
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To: Lean-Right

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


45 posted on 06/06/2019 2:19:30 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: Lean-Right; W.
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

46 posted on 06/06/2019 2:27:15 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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1971 Plymouth GTX 440

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47 posted on 06/06/2019 2:49:53 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: Lean-Right; W.; umgud

1971 Plymouth Duster



1971 Dodge Demon


48 posted on 06/06/2019 2:55:09 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

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

L


49 posted on 06/06/2019 2:57:39 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ETL
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......

50 posted on 06/06/2019 3:04:29 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: Dr. Sivana
What? No love for the C Bodies? Where are the Dodge Monaco, Chrysler New Yorker, 300 and Newport


1968 Chrysler New Yorker

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1967 Chrysler Newport

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1967 Dodge Monaco



1969 Dodge Monaco


51 posted on 06/06/2019 3:07:36 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: Dr. Sivana

1967 Dodge Monaco



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52 posted on 06/06/2019 3:14:46 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: Dr. Sivana

1967 Dodge Monaco



1968 Chrysler Newport

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1968 Chrysler Newport


53 posted on 06/06/2019 3:25:12 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: Dr. Sivana

1968 Chrysler Newport

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54 posted on 06/06/2019 3:27:56 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Rebelbase
1984 Chrysler LeBaron.


55 posted on 06/06/2019 3:30:17 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Lurker
I’ve got a thing for those ole MOPARs. My very first car was a Plymouth Fury III.


1967-1968 Plymouth Fury III




56 posted on 06/06/2019 3:37:50 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: Larry Lucido
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.

57 posted on 06/06/2019 3:45:32 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL
Well, the Jon Voight LeBaron is no more.


58 posted on 06/06/2019 3:48:40 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
I think this is a more recent Chrysler LeBaron, turned lowrider...

IMO, definitely an improvement over the stock original.

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59 posted on 06/06/2019 3:51:34 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

When cars were works of art.


60 posted on 06/06/2019 4:22:55 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
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