Topless GTX

Cruising Tracker

Test drive for this Sports Tracker application if it could be used also for cruising nights...

New Battery

Of course I needed to purchase the original look Mopar "red cap" battery... red cap is for big blocks and yellow cap is for small blocks. This is reproduction and totally maintenance free with the modern technology. Thanks Pepe for the delivery!

Spare tire

Purchased old spare tire. It´s 14" Mopar steel wheel with Good Year white line Polyglas F78-14 tire. Wheel was painted with hemi orange color but fortunately I still got couple quarts of GTX metal green paint left, so I painted the wheel with the same paint than the GTX. Now the trunk is one more step closer to the period correct look. I´m still thinking if I should paint the main wheels in the GTX with the same color or should I just leave them black as they currently are...

Barrett-Jackson Trivia...

Intresting info from the Barrett-Jackson car auction website:

"As of February 14, 2002 there are 47 GTX convertibles (1969) known to exist."

Knowing the fact that only 701 GTX convertibles (1969) was ever made and only 47 known to survive, I just wonder how many ´69 GTX Convertibles with manual transmission there still is... not much because only 178 was manufactured.

RTS Membership

Today I got the full membership of the "Plymouth Rapid Transit System" certified by The Executive Racing Team (Ronnie Sox, Buddy Martin and Don Grotheer)*.

The certificate says:

"This will certify that Janne Sonkamo is a member in good standing and qualified to run with the Plymouth Rapid Transit System."

This RTS is the same kind of marketing program as "The Scat Pack" in Dodge division side during muscle car era.

*Basicly I just printed the empty membership card from the web and photoshopped my name there... then I just laminated that one ;?)

Blast from the past... #2

Some pictures taken by the previous owner when doing the restoration back in 2005 or so...

Blast from the past...

Here´s the kit car about the GTX. This kit car came with the GTX and it mimics the GTX how it was back in 1996 when it was purchased by the previous owner. Seems that this kit car has some signs of being as a toy car in the past history.

Air Grabber Supplies...

Purchased new air filter (K&N E-1980) and some paint (VHT Hemi Orange) for the air filter cap.

Thanks to Fixus Espoo for good service!

Trunk Finish Panel

Finally got the trunk finish panel... this is very good core for rechroming and it´s original ´69 GTX finish panel. I´ll send this and GTX center enemblem to Poland for rechrome and after that doing the needed paintings. Rechroming will happen in Wittmann & Syn. I´ve had many good references about this company and the prices are reasonable... lead time for rechroming is about 6 months but that´s not too bad.

Center rectangulars should be painted in black and the edge of that rectangular should be red. Center area should be silver grey paint. Only the outer edge and the GTX enemblem should be bright chrome.

Shining The Badge...

Trying to give the revival for the GTX tailpanel badge. It was painted black at some point. Pretty ok after revival but to be good it needs new chrome.