I am almost 66 and a true gear head. This is the first time I have ever heard a GTX called a gettix or Jittix.

@1badhaircut

4 жыл бұрын

C moore trying to create an acronym like GOAT

@gregniedzialek5770

3 жыл бұрын

What did GTX stand for?

@mikebigelow9057

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregniedzialek5770 Plymouth came up with GTX because GTO was already taken. Really didn't stand for anything. Plymouth later called the GTX the gentleman's muscle car. Mike

@drippinglass

3 жыл бұрын

Gran Touring eXperimental.

@ZacLowing

3 жыл бұрын

Some kinda chrome cricket? We don't need that horn...

My dad bought his 69 440 GTX brand new when he came back from Vietnam. In 1985 he died from Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man. 2 months before he died he gave it to me I still have it, the only thing changed on the car are the wearable parts.

@johanbrand8601

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. What a story. I love it. And I luuuv these cars. You have a gem. I can only dream. I love these video's too. It's stunning indeed.

@billthompson5644

4 жыл бұрын

@@johanbrand8601 thanks, I REALLY wish my dad was here, But the car is a dream.

@mikebigelow9057

3 жыл бұрын

Just found a 69 GTX in Florida. 95% of the car is still there. I am getting the car even if I have to sell my soul. Mike

@billystutz55

2 жыл бұрын

Thats so awesome! RIP to your Dad

I got a 13.65 @100.84 mph out of my 69 coronet R/T back in the day,3.55 gears and 440 mag. Still have that thing though it just sits now not neglected though.

I had a 68 GTX and it was a beast. I also own a 64 Dodge Polara with a mild built 440. People on this sight comparing Toyota's to this GTX is like comparing a SCUD missile to a Patriot. Sox and Martin raced with GTX's not Camry's. lol

"It aint no HEMI mama" LMAO.......love this show and the catchy phrases.

I find it ironic that even in '69 people were already complaining about computers in cars; I suspect this is more a vacuum valve and links more than electronic in this case.

"Down the 1/4 mile route to Squeelsville".......... love it

@SolamenteVees

3 жыл бұрын

Bud's copy was onomatopoeia 100%

@928gto

3 жыл бұрын

This is cool

Very surprised how well the gtx handled all those tests definitely a daily driver

Love these old tests that describe the styling in detail as if the viewer is blind.

I never knew the GTX could handle like that. Pretty impressive for a car that size, especially with the "Polyglide" tires.

The Gittics has a crazy set of legs!...on the quarter-mile route to Squeelsville!!

@krazi77

6 жыл бұрын

it ain't no hemi mama, but it moves!

@Richard-vu7kh

4 жыл бұрын

karl kamphefner - pass the bongos daddy-oh !

I may have already posted this but I can't remember. I went to high school with a guy that drove one of these to school. This was in 1991 if I recall correctly. His had some rust spots under the paint and had the 383, not the 440. It was the coolest car on the lot and there were lots of cars. I last saw him walking across the college parking lot and we spoke for a moment. He had gotten married and said "the wife convinced me to sell the Plymouth, I am trying to buy it back." I'm still single and I am so glad I kept the 1972 truck I drove to that high school. Hang onto your old cars if you can.....you can always get another wife. :)

@unicornsteaks6769

7 жыл бұрын

I worked with a guy who has a restored '68 Charger 440. He said he told the wife that he would never sell it unless he found a car he wanted more. Women, man!

@chargermaster8740

7 жыл бұрын

PotatoGunsRule yup still have my 69 charger rt grom i high school i bought in 1976😊

@knowbodiesfull5768

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, a wife who loves old muscle cars too! There are lots of 'em out there!!!

@caveredecorator5310

5 жыл бұрын

to bad he put the 383 in.. it came with a 440 or a hemi

@larryhawkins3294

4 жыл бұрын

Something was wrong with your friends Plymouth GTX He must have replaced the standard 440 motor with a 383 or the car he was driving was a Sport Satellite with an optional 383.

Wow the Mopar 440 Super Commando made 375 hp at ONLY 4600 rpm!!! I always knew the 440 was a bad motha, especially the 440 Six Barrel/Six Pack but I didn't quite realize it had that kind of power. Probably makes 440-450 horsepower by the time it hits 6000 rpm. And they had very good street manners compared to the 426 Hemi. You really had to know how to properly tune a Hemi in order to own one. They needed periodic valve adjustments and stuff like that. The 426 Hemi, which was originally designed for use in NASCAR, runs best at high RPM. Not a very good engine for everyday street use. But still the baddest big block of the true muscle car era

I just LOVE these vintage road tests.

'69 was the best looking model for sure.

@karlkamphefner8529

9 жыл бұрын

69 was cool, but 67 was the best.

@jeremythompson9122

4 жыл бұрын

My favorite GTX is the original...the 67

@michaelweizer7794

3 жыл бұрын

@@karlkamphefner8529 There all good and I most definitely would not forget about the 71!.

That is NOT an N96 air grabber car.

Saw a mildly beefed 69 Road Runner 440 4bbl aluminum intake,4500 stall convertor w/ 4.10 gears run 11 sec 1/4 mile on stock modern tires through the mufflers at Great Lakes Dragway Union Grove, Wis. in 2001. Car looked dead stock!!!!! Beautiful to watch launch,too. It never lifted the front wheels up, it lifted the WHOLE BODY and took off!!!! My dad said it reminded him of the Super Stock Dodges of the early 60's. He put slicks on and ran a 10.95 w/ open headers..... Con't....

I am 65 and when i was a teen i couldnt wait for this show to come one, Bud was a great and honest guy.

Nice... I always liked the '69 tail lights on the GTX and Road Runner😏👍🚗🏡

oh this one is my bag alright! I'm off to my local Plymouth dealer right now! Oh wait.....

@chargermaster8740

7 жыл бұрын

icemanroyal oh wait they shut down in 2001 rip Plymouth

@jeremythompson9122

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely my bag. Love B-Body Mopars. My favorite muscle cars. The Roadrunner/Super Bee were generally the lightest and quickest of the bunch depending on options, engine, trans, axle ratio etc. The GTX and Dodge Coronet R/T were more of an upscale executive muscle car like an Olds 442 or Buick GS. The thing I do like better about the GTX/Coronet R/T is that the 440 was the base engine instead of the HiPo 383 that came standard in the Roadrunner/Super Bee. All could be had with the 426 Hemi too though

@4406bbldb

3 жыл бұрын

Buy American while you still can. Oh shucks!

in 82 our landlord owned a white 69 gtx 440 convertible with cragar ss mags. He took me out for a few drives, even raced a couple of cars top down. I owned many rare mopars myself incl a 70 roadrunner conv. Thanks Michel.

I miss my '70 GTX 440 Commando. I still dream about it....35 years later.

i always am amazed when my grandfather tells me stories of these cars and what they used to do , and when i watch these video's and i actually see facts i try to still imagine the stories and tell myself please these cars are way faster then what they are showing . All my grandfather ever talks about is his GTX and how he use to smoke everything on the road .

@01trsmar

10 жыл бұрын

They were fast 4 second or better 0-60 and 12 second 1/4 mile.. The tests were done on a crappy dirty, slippery track. Look at the take off the car sits while the tires are spinning,so the clock is running and the car is sitting and spinning.. I have a bone stock 68 Charger R/T 440 and it outruns my 2010 Challenger SRT-8 ! Both stock !!

@marioncobaretti2280

10 жыл бұрын

grampy is right...... i grew up back then...a lot of fun and i was paying 45 cents a gallon in 1976

@HKargbeer

9 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind what your grandpa would have been up against back in the day. It IS true, most V6 sedans of today could beat a 440 GTX. But most modern V6 sedans could also beat 1960s Maseratis, Jaguars and definitely Porsches. A Porsche 911S was in the high 7-second range to 60, and a Jaguar E-type was barely under 7. There are VERY few cars from the 60s that could outrun a current mid-level Lexus or BMW. The hottest Ferraris could probably do it, maybe the top-level 427 Vette. But not much else. So your grandpa was right, his GTX would have been among the absolute heavyweights back then, it's just that what was fast then and what is fast now are worlds apart. A modern 5.0 Mustang would have been a solid competitor in the NASCAR races of the 60s, bone stock!

@71plymouth.

8 жыл бұрын

Same for my Dad,he tells me all the time about how he beat everything that jumped beside him in his 70 Challenger 383. The good ol days,wish I came up in the 70's...

@cmans79tr7

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and today, some v6s could not only outrun yesteryear's V8s, today's V6s can get 20+ MPG, last 200,000 miles, start in the rain or cold, and never need a tuneup.

My dad had one of these brand new he got it as soon as he got back from Vietnam. New it ran 13's but after he put on some mohoc drag tires it ran 11's low 12's. His fastest time ever was 11.11 126mph. His had a 4.10 rear end and the automatic. Growing up we had 3 cases full of trophys he won with that car I wish I could find it and buy it. Everybody in my family says it's there dream car. All my uncles and cousins had muscle cars like chevelle 454 nova SS, Camaro RS/SS, Olds 442 and they all said dads was the fastest by a lot. They actually said the car was a freak of mechanical engineering and ran way faster then it should have but dad worked at Chrysler so who knows what he ordered or had done to it but he swears it was bone stock except the tires. They said it would outrun the hemi roadrunners through the quarter but the hemis would blow by him right after the line like he was setting still. His was the 440 magnum super commando tan with black vinyl top. Now according to this my 2014 Dodge Avenger is faster then dads GTX but that's stock tires of course but my car does 0-60 in 6.1 seconds and a 1/4 in 14.2 which is damn good for a 3500lbs V6 3.6 but I highly highly doubt it. For one I have seen the time slips and trophies for his car compared to mine so I know better.

@BuzzLOLOL

6 жыл бұрын

Chrysler advertised 440 SixPack 4 speed cars at 13 flat... 110 mph... 4 bbl. 440's were much slower, the 4 bbl. Magnum cam was too mild...

@soxfunny98

5 жыл бұрын

@@BuzzLOLOL 440 gtx and runner were like 13.80 with crap TIRES

@hendo337

4 жыл бұрын

There's literally no way that car at full weight with slicks ran 11.1 factory stock, it must have had a cam, headers, more displacement, head work, something.

My buddy had a 69 roadrunner with a 383. 4spd white with a black vinyl top. Loved that car!

@bobsilver3983

6 жыл бұрын

I had a buddy decades ago with a brown 1970 Cuda 440 six-pack 4 speed, that sucka moved!

I sat behind my dad hanging on to the bars of the headrest as the ole man banged gears as we beat his buddy’s road runner . It was the twin to this but 4 speed . I was maybe 5 .

Neighbor's step dad had a gloss black 69 GTX, back in the mid 80's. 440-4spd car. I was a kid so don't know what performance mods were done, but it would absolutely annihilate those fat Mickey's in the rear through all four gears!!! Garage kept and always under a car cover. We weren't allowed anywhere near it. The man adored that car, and for good reason. With the fatties out back and skinnies up front that car looked and sounded like a beast. And it was!

My cousin bought one of these in 1976. $1000. In 1978,I bought a 69 Torino GT with a 428SCJ and 4.30 posi for $650 and the dealer said that he just sold a 67 Hemi Dart the week before. Yes.that's what he said. A guy in my autoshop class had a 67 L-88 Corvette,another had a 440 'Cuda.Another guy had a 68 GTO... And the rich kids at Midland High had Pacers or Granadas.lol Because of the OPEC oil embargo,Musclecars,especially the big block cars, were, dirt cheap,until about 1980...we either wrecked,or junked 'em..Ha ha!

I think it’s cool how Bud Lindemann says GIT X! The cars back then were so cool and he knew it!!! Sounded like a beast and made me think some decent wheels and tires would chop seconds off these times.

Bud lindeman & crew the original "no prep" racers. I really appreciate these videos

loving the "slight hint of oversteer" at 4:42 as he's looking through the passengers window haha

@blainemonson3414

4 жыл бұрын

little bit.

@cabraden1 First off, this is a GTX, not a GTO. And yes, they did have an air intake system available - known as the Air Grabber. It's a fiberglass box that attaches to the bottom of the hood and draws air through the tops of the bulges in the hood. If the Air Grabber was chosen, orange mesh inserts replaced the black solid aluminum ones that were standard. Speaking of standard, the Air Grabber was standard with the Hemi in '69, option code N96. Trust me, I owned one, hence my screen name.

one of my first hi-perf experiences was a friends 69 gtx convertible it was a total blast late-night top down 440 super commando, 727

OMG..If only cars were made like this today.

The only thing missing was the 1/4 mile E.T. Awesome video 💪❤ Mopar👌

"....a slight hint of oversteer..."

@mosesberkowitz3298

8 жыл бұрын

....as the rear wheels slide out ahead of the driver LOL

@bryantcurtis2665

4 жыл бұрын

🤣Great Comment

Back when spokesman all had that two packs a day and bourbon voice...

street max cars weighed about 3550 to 3700 pounds, 115 mph in the 1/4 mile was possible with 9 inch wide slicks of the day. they had 450 to 475 hp at the crank

Gotta love the soundtrack for the engine sounds in the slalom 🤣

If only cars today had the personality and performance of cars of yesterday, and without the computers controlling every little thing the car does. You, the driver, control the car, and not the computer. :)

@chargermaster586

5 жыл бұрын

Jason Carpp Computers make cars faster how do you think The Hellcat and 840hp Demon exist.

@roady68

4 жыл бұрын

Most new drivers don't have skill. Too busy with iphone, adn double double latte to worry about actually driving.

“ it ain’t no hemi mama” - love it 💜

It ain't no Hemi mama!

@jeremythompson9122

4 жыл бұрын

Fine by me. I'd definitely settle for a 440. Better street engine than the 1966-69 solid lifter Street Hemi's. But the 70-71 Hemi's became a more refined street engine because they used a hydraulic cam for emissions reasons

@SolamenteVees

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremythompson9122 Strong street engine > de-tuned race engine

If you look at today's cars, we've come a long way. Stock 0-60 time on my 96 Integra GSR is 7.1 secs on a 4 cyl 30mpg car with better cornering. Impressive considering that's the exact same stock time for this GTX that likely gets half the gas mileage. Nevertheless, I can't deny that the GTX is a beautiful car. I know some of the new 4 cyls can keep up, but there's still something about the feel and sound of well-tuned classic muscle that makes my heart pump and brings a smile to my face! =)

@johnnyzee383

7 ай бұрын

Those times are with god awful garbage skinny tires...spinning the tires takes alot out of your 0-60 mph and / or 60 foot times..that car with modern rubber easily does 0-60 in under 6 seconds, and of course would handle much better. Lets see your GSR do a burn out like that lol....

A good friend bought a new 1969 Roadrunner for I think $3500.00 , it sits in his garage with less than 35 K on it. 383 bench , Hurst shifter .

You've gotta love this clip at 4:40; "...at high speed cornering there's a slight hint of over-steer"

"It makes the driver feel as though he is driving the thing and not a computer" hearing that in 2019 is pretty funny. If only they knew what was coming

I was a "driver mechanic "in 69 and was often the 4 sp performance driver. I am so sad i can't find me in a picture. I didn't take picture cause that was illegal around development projects. My honorable discharge got me the best job ever.

Beautiful in all respects. I wonder tho how much better the times would have been if the driver could figure out how to hook up the tires

Sweet video. For their day, the GTX was one of the best handling big-inch cars on the road. Anyone else notice the at-length description of the Air Grabber system that this one didn't have, even though they said it did? It's a little hard to squeeze that fiberglass box in there with the A/C compressor installed.

@angieholmquist2372

9 ай бұрын

Also the sound track was funky, either they were neutral slamming or it was a manual, but it didn't have a Dana 60!

68-70 b-body mopar is hard to beat.

Great family car if you have a strong zest for life

This is so satisfying!

Vaya buen video pues pura Nostalgia sobre este Plymouth gtx 440 six pack Hemi de 1969 pues

Loved the part when the presenter says "The Driver is running the thing, not the computer".

This is the car I always wanted

Love the engine sound

I remember my dad ordered a hemi roadrunner with bench seats and automatic on the column! First person in the showroom bought the car! Too bad I never got to abuse it before someone bought it!

I need one of those cars. The exact same as the one in the video. It's so nice.

@mikebigelow9057

3 жыл бұрын

You have to look, but you can find them. I just did. Mike

great big chunks of atmosphere

I wish Car and Track did a review on the Road Runner instead. I love the stripped-down nature of that car.....just a bench seat, 3 speed on the floor, and 383 cubes of go up front. Still, the GTX was awesome.

it was the road course that garnered real respect

Does anyone know the piece of music they used during the slalom test? It's great!

4:40 Hell Yeah!!

Back in 1968 I was torn between a 440 Dodge Charger & a Pontiac GTO... I bought the 400 Cubic Inch GTO and it was a great choice for me,

@chargermaster3676

7 жыл бұрын

John L you still have them

@bobsilver3983

7 жыл бұрын

I had a 1968 GTO, that thing was powerful!

MY FRIEND GOT HIS ROYALTY CHECK FOR THE HIT "TIME WONT WAIT FOREVER" FOR PLAYING LEAD GUITAR IN THE GROUP THE "RIPTIDES" AND ORDER A DRK BLUE 69 GTX WITH A 426 HEMI. HE HAD TO WAIT 12 WEEKS AND GOT IT WITH A 4 SPEED! WOW

lol at the tire screeching sound effects.

THATS CRAZY. YOU CAN TELL THIS IS FROM THE 60S. GREAT VIDEO

@cmans79tr7

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when they pop the hood and you see those screw caps on the battery, you know it's the 70's or earlier. Like a rotary dial on a telephone. Or rabbit ears on th TV. Gosh, as Archie and Edith sang, those were the days.

A vision of beauty!

I find it interesting how the GTX was available with the column-shift automatic, were they rarer than the console shift automatic?

Wonderful old car. Hopefully, my GTX looks as good as this one.

love the backing music

@chargermaster586

6 жыл бұрын

crazymanbrad cool cars and great music.

If Bud was born 20 years later we would be getting gems like "this car is more fun than a Weekend at Bernies."

I owned a 70 440+6 GTX 4spd Ramcharger hood. Stock crank rods pistons, heads & valve sizes. Racer brown flat tappet 509 lift with sealed power anti pump up lifters. With slicks, headers and better rear gears it went 11.89 in the 1/4.

It was called the air grabber on the roadrunners too they just had a decal on air cleaner saying coyote duster

When not doing dragnet monologues, they plugged Plymouths. OPEC approved of this commercial...

"This was not the case in back, but then it never is. Unless you buy a limousine." Great ;-)

@Jabberdau They used several different tracks for the show, but I think this one was at Grattan Raceway near Belding, MI.

Ohhahaha That is Sooo Cool !! And Funny at the Same Time !! 😁👍Watching That Boat do the Cones and a little Curvy Turning Really wasn't what I was Expecting ! Next The Challenger. I Think I've seen that in Tran Am. 😉✌️

Had bronze / or copper color one in late seventies. Remember the sound of wot, had 50's on back, and then with stupid gas prices I had to sell it. Man I wish I'd kept it in storage.

Love the cartoon tire squealing sounds effects

"It ain't no Hemi mama, but it's quick". --------------- "If you're a car buyer that falls in the family category, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘻𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, this one could be your bag". "The best Get-X yet"... Hell yeah

That's true. 12.5 seconds @ 114 mph, to be exact. I have a Car Life road test of that car.It also had 4.56 gears and a stock engine.

Union Blacksmith : The 440 came out in 1966. 1965 was the last year for the 413.

Anyone know what racetrack these tests where done on? It looks like a fun one.

Exactly correct .Thank you.

Same 0-60 as my 1997 VW Passat Wagon! Somehow I'd rather have the Road Runner.

Groovy, this sort of car is my bag baby, yeah!

@Sterling77XDm40 - My first car was a 70 GTX....I feel your pain bro....

Yo bro, I posted a red 69 RoadRunner SuperBee like this from TNN 20yrs ago!

What was the "goldfish bowl in the front seat"?

I bought a 1969 Road Runner 383 new. It had a STIFF suspension. On the BQE headed toward the Williamsburg, I had to slow it real down cause it would jump lanes because of the piss poor road surface. 4 speed, 3.23 gears, boy did that like to cruise at 80 mph.

Big O' straight line car. I had a 1969 Plymouth Satellite 318, looked like a Road Runner, blue very pretty car. As sports cars these cars were lacking big time, I now have a Dodge Intrepid with the cop package and it is a real handler on corners, 3.5 v6 250 hp.

Just another little fact about the sixties muscle cars, back in the sixties Car & Driver recorded a 0 to 60 with a Pontiac Catalina, and recorded 3.9 seconds. Can only imagine if it had decent tires...

@user-ys2wp4cr9g

7 ай бұрын

That car had a racing engine

AMAZING

I just love that music lol.

It's crazy to think that your v6 would be worth more than a 1969 GTX with a 440.

@DocWolph Probably weighs about the same, though the Challenger RT and SRT8 make quite a bit more power.

7.1 sec to 60mph would be in the 4-5 sec range with modern tires for traction.

@MrPFFlyer yeah, I was there. I had one, all my friends had cars like that. I had a 69 Mustang Boss 302, my chums had Hemi Chargers, Ford Torino SCJ's, Challengers, Camaros, you name it. They are fond memories but don't compare to a new car. A new Mustang V6 will outrun most of them.

my neighbor bought one from the classifieds for 1.700 and it was built and had dragway stickers on the rear window it did 12 seconds in the quarter it was a true bullet