EPIC Barn Find! 1970 Plymouth GTX Satellite. Ultra Rare!
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The 1970 GTX received a minor redesign with a new grille and rear taillights. Sales were low as the car did not look much different from the Road Runner. Stylists made the lines smoother, and a "power bulge" hood was introduced, as well as non-functional rear-brake air scoops. The convertible body style was no longer available. The Air Grabber hood returned, but instead of having two narrow openings running length-wise as in 1969, it had one opening scoop located on the power bulge. The GTX was available with the standard 440 four-barrel carburetor. Optional were the 440+6 barrel (three 2-barrel carburetors) and the 426 Hemi. In keeping with the GTX marketing strategy, the 1970 model included many standard features.The only other performance luxury model in Plymouth's lineup was the full-size Sport Fury GT, built on the C-Body platform. The GT was added to the lineup in 1970.
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Thank you for caring for this car good luck restoring it my brother order a new 1969 it came in when he got from Nam l was 16 yr old and he let drive it the Gtx was a great car his was 440 4 speed 410 rear and she was blue what a great time to have lived.
Great story! Thanks for watching!
Awesome, i have a 70 satellite, my high school car, owned since 1987
Thats awesome!
Back when I was young the GTX was considered to be a top-line muscle car. They were not as common as the roadrunner but when you saw one on the street they were very impressive. Have fun restoring this rig!
Awesome! Thanks!
Great car!!!!
I think so too, thanks
They were all big block engine, 440 or a couple of them had a Hemi.
The first one was based off the Belvedere, the last one was just a Sattelite with GTX badge. Watch Mannix.
I had one of these 70 GTX 440×6 4 speed Dayna 60 410 rear. Had the Air Grabber hood too. It was fast as hell especially for a big heavy car. Once I hit the gas just before getting the car totally strait. It did a complete 360 baking the tires by the time I could lift off the gas push the clutch in. I made money betting I could pull out in 4th gear. You could rev the motor to around 2k and feather the clutch and pull out like an automatic even with 5 people and a keg in the trunk. (Sure it didn't do the 11" clutch any favors). I sold the body in the 90s. I stored the motor/trans 40 years. Just freshened them up and they are going in my 72 Challenger this week.
That is awesome!
Badass GTX I had a 70 Cuda sure miss that car
oh man those cudas are very illusive as well, quite rare these days!
Super find!
Thanks!
That car deserves to be restored
Yes, its new owner has the funds to do it correctly too!
OMG I love it it is a very unique car I've owned a few older Mopar in my pasted I'd love to have today nice find
Thanks!
That gtx looks exactly like mine! Same color and everything. Mine has it's original motor and transmission
Very nice! Thanks for watching
I had a forrest green 440 GTX 70 i miss her so bad ❤❤
That is awesome! Thanks for watching!
And yes, if you find a Mopar or any unibody car sitting in a leaky old pole barn beware of the unibody construction. Not just Mopars, anything that's unibody. Sometimes cars are in better shape just sitting in the weather with the windows down. At least it can dry out. In damp old structures the moisture is trapped and it keeps rust working continuously. I had the pleasure of building a Cuda a few years back and it wound up costing the customer way more than it will ever be worth. But it is a beautiful car at the moment. It gave me something to do for a solid three year's.
Yes absolutely good point, thanks for watching.
67 and the 70 GTX are about most beautiful cars in the world
I agree
Nice car. I am in the process of restoring my 70 GTX. It is deep burnt orange. With black vinyl top. 440-4bbl. 727 automatic. 8 3/4 rear end with 3:23 gear. I bought the car in Kannapolis NC in 1981. I parked the car in 1993. It sat in my front yard for 14 years in SC. I almost sold it a time or two. The car was bought by a brother who had it a few years and sold it to his brother. He let his wife drive it until they traded it for a newer car in 81. I blew the original engine and ran a 383 for a while. I then put a Highway Patrol 76 440 in it until I parked it. Now I am back in NC and it is the GTXs turn for restoration. I have it apart. Fresh 70 440 and a 6 barrel to put on it. The 440 is built pretty good and will be over 450 hp. I have everything to restore it but the seat covers. When they arrive I hope to be painting. Looking to drive the GTX this summer🤞
Thats awesome! Great story, love to read it!
233 r
Super nice find
Thanks!
Hi Lars, it was 1970. I was 20 years old and looking to buy my first car. I'm in downtown Philly. I see this 69 GTX, and I hear the rumble of the tuned pipes I was in love😍 I went to the dealership an ordered a 1970 440 in the color high-performance green which is the lime green a friend of mine had a Super Bee which was no match for the 440. I let a friend hold it who had just gotten home from Vietnam he totaled it .I sold it for the motor, and I was heartbroken lesson learned. Don't let friends drive your car if it's a special one. Good luck with yours.
I had a 1970 Plymouth satellite 383 4 v carburetor. 100% number matching car 2 door. It's my favorite car to this day. I kick myself in the azz for selling it back in the 1980s.
Aw man, sad but awesome story!
Everyone has one of those stories, a sold love, really cool tho
Here is some trivia. The glove box doors were hard plastic on the 70's but a luxurious soft cushioned vinyl on the 69's (and probably the 68's ).
Also, the front suspension has a different sway bar and handles a bit better in the 70 and newer.
Interesting thanks for watching!
Beautiful
Thanks!
Wow, I could see from the video it's a really deserving find. I've been building Mopars for nearly 8 years, pretty much every day. Until then, nothing but Chevys. The aftermarket industry was just getting going on the Mopars back then, but it's doing better. I'd still rather do Chevys probably 2:1,but I get to work on them as I'm able so it's interesting.
Very nice, yes you can get just about anything reproduced for chevys, mopars are bit a tougher.
Had one ! Fast car in the day
Totally, awesome cars!
I had a 70 gtx for a short time,440_6 4 speed,loved it and miss it!
they are bada$$ cars!
Nice find. As long as someone doesn't ruin it by doing a restomod on it. The car deserves to get back to it's original glory
I agree!
Very nice find
Thank you!
Good find
Thanks!
Beautiful car had a friend with 383 GTX was quick for the 70's
We had a lot of fun
Heck yes!
Had to be a 70 roadrunner GtX were not available with the 383 only 440 4 bl or 440 6 or 426 hemi ... someone must have put the 383 after 440 blown up or missing.
I got into street racing late, thanks to the gas crisis of the early '70s, it was too late to buy a street machine new.
But it was a good time to buy them used! They were plentiful, so were the muscle car parts. I had 3 GTXs all at once: a '70 with a 440- 6, a '69 with a 426 Hemi & another '69 that I bought as a body-only, to put a 426 wedge in.
I got my share of tickets, but I had a lot of fun!
Good Luck with your project GTX!
That is awesome!
I love the car
Thanks for watching!
Sweet
Thanks!
Awesome find!! Sometime will cherish that gem for sure!!
Thanks for watching
Sweet.
Thanks for watching!
The car is in great shape I say a step above the bar find condition great find
Right! Thanks for watching
You can see how this influenced the new Chargers front and rear. Basically the same shape grille and tail panel. The 70's were slick, it deserves a full rotisserie resto.
Oh yea the 70 model year was so beautiful
Look how freaking long the quarter panels are on these old gtx beasts. I hate doing body wrk and prep for paint on these things. Your hand wet block sanding them quarters forever to get the repairs etc all perfectly strait , look at em! The quarter panels a city block long! Itd be sweet if woulda been the 426 hemi in it. You neef like a pro stock engine to push that barge to any decent speed. God almighty them things must weigh ALOT
Yes! Thanks for watching.
There was no GTX package in 70, The GTX was its own car.period
Ah interesting
That "GTX Package" was 1972, 73, 74 and it meant 440 HP engine and it was only available on the Road Runner, RM23 and RM21. 1967-71 GTX's were separate models. Vin "RS23...."
The 1st thing I noticed was no tech and no clock in the Dash 4AGTX somebody forgot to check the Box or just didn't want it Kind of cool
interesting! thanks for watching!
My v code 70 gtx was the same way a ton of options but no clock or tach
@@rick97dodge wierd they dont get a tach, i guess back in the day people werent too crazy about tachs.
I know of one of these...same car but 4speed...solid...standard 440 but with 34,000 original miles!! Very minor rust by back window. Guy says it's worth 40 grand? It's an all original survivor.
Thats cool, yes i would say its worth around 40 if its all original, more to the right buyer
That is moster car I love
Thanks for watching!
To have actually been there and have found this beast would have just been absolutely spectacular. I have yet to ever find a barn find my self but I hope that day does come. I love all the cars from the 60's through the 70's. It's too bad that I am 47 and I have nothing in my life and I have to start from the bottom. Hopefully ic the powers that be love me I'll be in another muscle car from that era. Until then I'll keep watching your channel....keep up the good work!!
Thanks! Just keep your eyes out when on those older 2 lane highways, talk to some folks when you see old cars laying about!
Fortunate find, enjoy the restoration and then enjoy this beast.
Thanks!
I met a guy who bought one new and drove it to work for about 10 years before putting it in a garage. Probably still has it!
Dang thats cool!
Ran with a guy in the Navy had a car very similar. He had a 71 Charger SE with 440 and put it in his GTX. Was going to say could have been his car but he crashed it in 81.
Dang too bad! Thanks for watching!
Mopars you had the Plymouth satellite, a Plymouth roadrunner, or a Plymouth GTX. There were no Plymouth GTX satellites not to my knowledge. The bodies were pretty much the same between the satellite roadrunners and GTX the difference was the powertrain and such. Most likely this was somebody that rebuilt this car and put the wrong badges on it to make it a clone. I've seen it done before. My dream car is a 1971 Plymouth roadrunner or even better the GTX.
yea i guess in by 1970 they just called it a GTX. before it was a GTX package in the earlier years
Not hating bro just saying, my stepfather loves his Mopars and been to a lot of Mopar shows growing up. I used to know all the year by the small changes on them. But kinda out of touch now. Some have a sharper eye then others. Mopar lover are big about keeping everything on their car being original.
Hi Lars. Just a comment concerning the background. It would be more interesting to know how this came your way, the owner history, your role in the transaction, IE: did you buy it to flip, and what work you did prior to sale. You're dropping us down from a helicopter and it's difficult to put the story together.
Just my thoughts. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching, i agree, unfortunately i just didnt have a ton of footage from this one. So it limits my commentary time, if you know the channel well you may have a better idea of whats going on, we save cars from everlasting storage and get them back on the road when we can or to new owners that will do just that. Thanks!
Excellent find boy's thanks for sharing this 👍 hope to see more Mopar videos, love it
Thanks, yes i would love to find some more mopars
Hey brother. LUCKY BASTER UUUUU LOL ..I not a mopar guy I don't like them really. But I had a 68 roadrunner 383 4speed and loved the car black on black nasty car it ran Good lol it was hard to run with it never really seen many sets of tail lights with it on the streets .didn't matter what u had bring it if u want to. Most likely going to get your feelings hurt 😅😅that heavy ass car would hook up and 60 foot like no buddy business. Have fun with it think u got a great start and it looks like a lot of the work that comes with a drag it out of didn't come with this on so your way ahead..iam doing a c3 vette right now so not far off it be done and back at play time .peace from New Jersey
Thats awesome, thanks for watching.
Replacement engine with six pack would be nice
Heck yes it would be
GREAT FIND! AWESOME CAR! Just a bit of FYI: ....the 440-4bbl in this configuration was rated at 375hp not 325hp. (Also available was a 440 6bbl w 390hp, and 426 Hemi w/an underated 425hp). Once again, congrats on such an amazing find!
Thanks for the info, appreciate it!
Yeah the 2 barrel was 325 actually I'm incorrect I was thinking about the 383 😂the 440 had no single 2 barrel
Ah interesting!
Nice find!
Thanks for watching!
Older Mopar guy checking in. What a great find! Also becoming a new subscriber. Thanks for sharing this beauty!
Appreciate it thanks!
It's likely a safe bet that the engine that was "dropped in" is not the original. Note the air conditioning compressor, but the lack of a/c outlets in the dashboard. If it's an RB engine (raised block 440, 426W or 413), the year code (F for 1970), displacement and if it's an HP engine with be stamped on a pad located under the a/c compressor. The original engine would have been the HP version rated at 375 hp. A 350 hp version was also made for the full size C bodies. The blocks were the same, but the cam was milder. The heads may have smaller valves, but that is unclear in 1970 models. To the best of my knowledge, the numbers that match the engine to the VIN number are located at top of the block near the oil pressure sender, but don't quote me on that.
I will not quote you but you are absolutely correct. It's definitely not an ac car from the factory and I think more than likely someone pulled an engine out of a Chrysler Windsor or a Plymouth Fury or Dodge Polara and shot some paint on it, swapped the carb and stuck it on the motor mounts and ran out of steam or their lack of knowledge and/or money caused it to sit rather than be beaten to shit by a leafless tree mechanic which is worse than a shade tree mechanic
Good eyeball you are probably right
That's not the original motor. You are correct. I always said a 440 is a 440. Only slight variation between them were the HP cam but it was negligible and they were usually immediately replaced with the MP
509 anyhow. The only REAL good 440 was the 1977 440 HP police interceptor motor
It had a higher nickel content block and factory moly rings. I'd pick those up for $50 all day long. They never needed rebored.
Thats awesome!
It looks like it has non HP exhaust manifolds too.
If you had a car like that you would have to buy Turbo Blue race fuel at $10 a gallon and 6 miles to the gallon. It would look nice sitting in the garage but you couldn't afford to drive it more than a couple of days a year.
For the same money you can buy a used Hell Cat or Charger and have the same performance and access to replacement parts from the dealership.
Life hack, go to gas station fill up with fuel, drive car as often as you like.
@@Americana777 you won't own a 426 Hemi for very long running ethanol based gasoline. The valves will beat the seats down into the heads, and it would sit there and diesel and it would blow up. Those engines call for Sunoco leaded 99 octane fuel - minimum, with a can of 104 + octane booster.
Pretty sweet, wish you had shown more of the cleaning etc. This could have been 4-5 videos instead of a single 6 min. high level video. Super awesome though!
Also, where did this car end up?
i know it! just sadly this is all the footage i had of it! thanks for watching!
I cant exactly remember i think it was somewhere in the Northeast
Nice find. I have a 68 GTX Hemi 4speed with the original hurst console. I'm looking for a 3 speed wiper rocker switch if you have one...lol
Bad4ss! Unfortunately i don't have an extra switch for you haha
I'll look. I used to tell everyone that I have parted out over a million dollars worth of Mopars, but now it's probably more like 5 million.
Inland shifter on ‘68’s, unless you have documentation otherwise.
(Still a bad ass car!)
I wonder if my 1972 340/4 speed Roadrunner is rare being 1 of 329 for the 1972 production year? But even more interesting they only made a little over 7,000 total GTX, 440, 400 and 340’s Roadrunners making it the rarest year for the Roadrunner
Interesting.
Very rare and I think it is the best looking Mopar B bodies ever.
I think that might be my old GTX...I traded a 1967 Camaro for it back when I was stationed in Abilene TX 1n 1991...I sold it in San Antonio for 4000 grand in 1993,,,,,,The car had a 383 because the original motor was blown up racing. The car came from the Philippines. No side stripe and no air grabber...just like this car
That would be cool, it was in the midwest USA
please let me know if the car is for sale.. or please let me know if you have other old cars ,trucks for sale. thank you
This car is sold, keep you eyes on the channel for new ones, most of them get sold.
Will it be for sale?
It is sold already, follow the instagram to see vehicles we get before anyone else!
I asked what you had to pay for that Beast just like it is
It wasnt cheap lets just say that haha! Still have to pay up for the good ones!
Where was this car that it had so little rust?
Midwest USA surprisingly little amount of rusy, must have been original low miles on it
Bad to the bone brother!
Haha thats what i was thinking too
Hello
Thanks for watching!
Gtx was the top of the line.
RoadRunner was middle class. Satellite was the poor mans GTX. Sadly the GTX moniker lasted only 5 years.
67-71 At least we had the RoadRunner until 74-75 after that it was just a decal package applied to the Aspen/ Aspen R/T RoadRunner 77-78 Rare package though. Unlike its ancestors it had no six pack or Hemi. Maybe a fire breathing 360 4bbl although smog equipment present due to OPEC and Big Brother killed the Hemi and the 440 six bbl..
Now here it is again. Shale sale is dying and Dodge is killing the Challenger again.
Deja vu is a real experience.
Camaro is going away and the beloved Mustang is slated to be slaughtered in 28' No more "Muscle Cars".
The end of an era is at hand again!
Awesome info, thanks
If you ordered a roadrunner from '72 to 74 with a 440 4 bbl you got the GTX trim packages which included upgraded seats covers , chrome belt line moldings three GTX badges , chrome wheel opening moldings , and if you ordered it with a 4 speed you got the Dana 60 with 3:54 gear ratio which was only available for the '72 model year '73 and '74 were only available with 8 3/4 with automatic transmission with the GTX package 👍
If id of only known when I was a teenager what we all know now I had a numbers matched 6 pack 70 in 1989 I pounded the shit outta that car.Then when I decided it was going to kill me I sold her for 750 bucks interior was hardly worn the rear quarters had a tiny bit of rot as I lived in western Massachusetts otherwise the car was like new with I think 80 plus thousand miles can't remember exactly but I want to cry seeing what these go for today scream out loud .I had the car for barely a year paid 2000 never will we see those days again 😢
Omg, thats classic, every car guy has a story like that, its hard to see their value in their day.
@@Americana777 I had no clue back in the 80s these cars were used in demolition Derbies at the 3 county fair.Monster truck car crushing had become huge ETC. we didn't have the forethought some others had we just wanted to have fun .Id still love to go back in time and smack the crap out myself 😆
Lol that is crazy haha
I'll. Buy it how much let me know
It's sold, follow the instagram to see things before everyone else does
Could be a nice car with some work
i agree!
That's not the factory motor. Looks to be an early B body one though. If it was a C body motor it'd be Mopar teal.
Interesting thanks for watching
What did it sell for
High 20s if i remember right.
Unreal
Hello you should of redone this car it's sad that people come across a car like this and don't do nothing with it shameful!!😢😢😢😮
haha thanks for watching, we sold it to someone who can afford to restore it.
Most of the muscle cars back then were unibody son...
Thanks for watching
Well thats no HEMI☝️
psh i wish!
Right no doubt
MOPAR or NO CAR
Haha they are cool cars
Engine has ac probably not original
Ya im not sure that motor is the original
your
Thanks
Video made no sense. So what? You found a old junk GTX. And the dreamers that wants a six pack. The 3 two barrels is not like bolting a Holley Seven Fifty double pumper on a engine.
My cousin who died last week. A Vietnam War LRRP that came home with a pocket full of money. Bought one new in 1970. Said it was the best car he ever owned. Tore the engine down, all new hi performance parts. Balanced and Blue Printed. Said he only owned it 6 months. Said his wife couldn't drive it
Said the clutch pedal was stiff. The steering was sloppy. She couldn't drive it and tend her baby in the front seat. Had to sell it and buy a regular car.
Said he had gauges he built just for setting up the 6 pack carbs. The 440 was a lot of weight over the front wheels. All those old Dodge cars were junk. Lots of horsepower but they didn't handle worth a darn. Great for drag racing in a straight line. But that was it.
Great for drag racing in a straight line, yup thats what they were built for, they never claimed to have road course cars in 1970 lol!
Did you get it running?
No it sold before we got a chance to start messing with it
You can sell it to me!
It is sold sorry, follow the instagram and keep up on new cars that come in