1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst - Over 2 Tons Of Fun
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- Luxury and many available options may be the norm for most new muscle cars but back during the original muscle car era this wasn't the case. The exception was the 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst (300H) which was the ultimate luxury muscle car. It was a big luxury land barge that provided excellent muscle car performance. Only 485 to 500 of these special edition cars were produced in this one year only joint venture of Chrysler and Hurst Performance, INC.
I worked for mopar in those days,this was a limited production run vehicle,you could also get your name on a plate on the dash,most came with the E86 440 magnum engine,the idle,man oh man those was the days,never to be repeated again
why was no hurst shifter/manual offered? Seems like it defeats the whole purpose/branding of the car to not include a Hurst shifter
Most beautiful car I never saw in real life. Dream car...
Let's not fail to acknowledge that it is absolutely, without a doubt, visually stunning. That back end! Those lines! Christ!
Stunning is a little extreme, it’s certainly striking and unique but I couldn’t go as far as stunning, too slab sided and heavy, especially on the rear though I love the way the spoiler is integrated.
it sutre aint no volvo! lol.
Safety features? even if you hit something you were still 2-blocks away from the accident.
Good one
LOL!
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They stop well. Drum brakes get a bad rap. Sure no abs. Most understand the concept of ABS. If the car starts to slide just give the pedal a pump. My old Chryslers had great brakes. Drums work. They handle the road great. Not a road coarse. But normal driving they do better than most new cars. Plus u can steer them with 1 finger. Good cars.
Awesome
Gawd what a engine, what a machine! Wish this kind of super long cruiser combo would be offered again.
Chrysler's RB V8 engine was monstrous, in both size and power.
Great video! Remember renting hurst cars for weekend go race it and return it Monday. Even better than there great performance parts . Most probably don't remember they developed and invented ,The Jaws of Life, and gave away the patent for this device! Saved a lot of lives . Mr George Hurst was a humble and great guy! Thanks for bring back the memories. Still wish I was able to bang those gears every weekend!
My dad has a 71 300 factory u code 440 high performance, black interior, and console shifter. All original rust free car from Arizona. Really cool car.
Gawd I miss the big ole dinosaurs of the old days. Today's SUVs are so repetitive and insipid.
All class and style went out of cars in 1973, with the advent of Ralph Nader's "safety" bumpers. Today's shitboxes can't even compare.
nostalgia is Blind! I wa there, what is available now are so far beyond the old junk we thought so cool.
Yea but who wants to drive these older cars everyday? Yes they are cool, unique and have Soul but as I said....
I had the last Vin of this car. I worked in Chrysler engineering and sold it to a friend of Lee Iacocca. I think it was the most expensive Chrysler in 70, @$6,900 bucks. I liked that when the seat was back and the steering wheel was down you couldn't reach the radio so Chrysler put a button on the floor similar to a headlight dimmer so you could change stations when laying back.
Where did you work at engineering?
As a young man I saw one of these in a junkyard in south Plainfield New Jersey. I New it was special when I saw it.
I enjoy your program on TH-cam. I like the way you put the information together reminds me of an old school car magazine. Good job keep them coming.
I'd never heard of a 300H, ever... however there is an eccentric old man in my neighborhood that still daily drives a slightly beat up '70 Chrysler 300. It's a freaking huge car compared to pretty much anything made today. Seeing it parked next to regular cars is always hilarious. Although this one is not super well cared for they're pretty cool looking cars.
Yes cars in the past are like size are matter then cars of today. Heck even a huge guy like me will fit on will on those classic car’s.
I had one of these for a short time. If you floored it from a stand still, and didn't let off the throttle, it would melt the tires down to the steel wheels.
MrJohnnyDistortion Yeah they wete a sleeper like the 70 fury 3. Those fuckers flat out flew and showed many a camaro chevelle owner who was BOSS.
@@tomwolak3362 a buddy in high school had a 70 sport fury...haha cool car, it was a 383 2 barrel but did pretty good, not much of a problem getting some tire smoke.
Yeah... holding the brakes. Otherwise I’m calling BS.
And you can do the same thing with a Toyota Corolla. Go look up Toyota Corolla burnout on TH-cam and watch for hours. Anything can do a burnout.... it just takes a bit more skill (which is why you also see lots of big V8 cars stalling and driving away in burnout attempts on TH-cam too).
It's called a power brake for an automatic car, and a brake stand for a manual car... Yea ive never seen a car "sit there and boil the hides" without some brake assistance of some sort
@IT'SME
That was a cool car, i sent this to my buddy, and hes like i miss that car....
sorry i bummed ya out bud :(
This the best car channel on youtube becuse of how much research this guy puts into this
A guy in my hometown had one . He bought a lot of gas at the station I worked at. To a young teen, it was quite impressive. Wow!
Where the old saying comes from: it passes everything but a gas station 😝
AMAZING CAR>>>> My dad had the 1967 New Yorker with the 440 / 4 barrel carb. He sold the car to my brother and one night we had a race with a 1970 Bonneville. Keep in mind with me and my brother and 5 other guys in the car we PINNED the Needle at 120 MPH and blew that Bonneville right off 231 in North Babylon , NY.....will never forget that car and the New Yorker was just as big and Long as The Cry Hurst.
Joey that's my stomping ground too 😱back in the day I would hanging out in channels parking lot and eat tacos from jack in the box before racing down deer park ave 👍
Joey 😂 haha nice 👏👍🍺🍻.but still is not a Hurst 😉
@xcellken1 Why not?
@xcellken1 I guess you missed the part about them winning the race.
So many people will never know the feeling of pinning a large car, with gobs of power.
I did it with my dad's '77 Mercury Grand Marquis wagon (with the C6 transmission) against so many other cars, it was incredible. The biggest rush was when I dropped a C4 'Vette in '87, from light to light. When the guy pulled up to my at the second light, all he wanted to do was look under the hood of my car.
Around town, or around corners, it drove like a sick whale, but in a straight line... it was insane!!!!
Those tanks are cool. Very sleek looking.
With the TNT 440 4 banger option, you had 375 hp 485 Lbs. of torque. It was a sleeper in 1970.
I enjoy the performance videos a lot but wish you would occasionally showcase more mundane "everyman" cars from yesteryear as well as that is what most of us boomers were able to drive. My first car my Daddy gave me was a 1966 Plymouth Fury II with air, automatic, power steering & brakes, & AM radio and that was all. Had a practical passenger-side floor vent and triangle-shaped vent windows. Had a 2-barrel 318 CID V8. Daddy paid $2800 new for it. It had Chrysler's wonderful "command seating" and the visibility was great. You could see all 4 corners of the car. Fantastic bench seat, great for making out at the drive-in. Exciting? No, but I loved it and wish they still made a car like that, even if it was scaled down a bit. Basic but it spelled freedom for this teenager.
i'd like that too...but dont scale down! i want real midsize and fullsize again!
The old bud lindemann road test videos are on here.....
hilarious , a 67 impala almost scraping off the bottom of the fender in a corner and he says : look how flat and smooth she corners 😂😂
MrVideovibes...I owned a 66 Sport Fury with the 273 wedge and 4bbl carb, solid lifters, torque flight auto, 8.75 posi rearend, I LOVED that car, and I'm a Ford man....
Must be nice to have a car given to you .
I got to work on one of these . A big beautiful car indeed . It had the 440 TNT motor it was claimed to be 375 HP , I;m thinking a bit more . You could actually feel the cam .
I'm a Mopar guy so this is the coolest full size Mopar of the muscle car era. The 1955 Chrysler 300 was the very first American muscle car. But my absolute favorite 1950's car is the 57-58 Chrysler 300 which came with the 375 horsepower(380 hp in 58)392 Hemi engine with dual 4 barrel carbs. Mopar invented muscle cars in 1955-56(1955 Chrysler 300 and 1956 DeSoto Adventurer, Dodge D-500, and Plymouth Fury)...nearly a full decade before the 64 Pontiac GTO came out. The Exner era performance Mopars from 1955-59 were the fastest and most beautiful and stylish cars on the road at that time
excellent narration thanks for a bit of history.
One of the most beautiful cars ever...the 1957 Chrysler 300, The Banker's Hot Rod.
Every time I see one of these cars. I want one! I think I will make my 2004 Concorde LXI limited into one of these. It's white now. But I bet it would look great on this color scheme. Shawn
This would have been a good match for the Mercury Marauder, and Pontiac Bonnevelle 455.
We had party's in the cars while we drove back then. You could fit 8 people in them. And if you went to the drive-in, you could pile a bunch more of 'em in the trunk.
Bob,
In the 70's I had an Australian made Morris Mini with a 998 cc engine and 4 sp manual. On more than one occasion, I had at least 8 people in the car. Not too sure how, but I'm not kidding.....
Mark Dignam Yes! Those were the days. Cars were huge.
A Prius Googoomobile with a COEXIST sticker will save the universe!
Jim,
just for a laugh, I tell all raging greenies that to save the world, they need to kill themselves. I point out that they owe it to the planet to save oxygen, water, food, fibres, reduce energy usage et al.
It's always good to be able to put several bodies in the trunk.
Beautiful car! Cars were like starships back then!
especially in the 50's
jesus, those fins...
I remember seeing these cars driving around when I was a kid.
beautiful car. Thanks for the post.
there is one of these that's been sitting in a carport by a townhouse for well over 15 years and it looks flawless. It has never been moved in all those years
My first car was a 1973 Fury II. Those big cars with all that power felt like they were constantly accelerating. You could let off and hold it at 120mph, then punch it and it just kept going. No wonder so many guys took out the engines and put them in smaller cars.
What, no Hurst shifter? Makes about as much sense as a milk bucket under a bull. Nice car though. I bet Ward Cleaver would have had one.
Check the convertible by HURST for promo use (Linda Vaughn platform / shifter)... I think IT had a HURST automatic shifter of some kind.
And then Mrs Cleaver could wake up and say “Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night”....
@@shizuokaBLUES I saw that coming from the end of the dragstrip 😂
Louis Edwards yep an oldie but a goodie !
@@shizuokaBLUES I used that on my 35yo son not long ago and he just looks at me and says Hu? 🤔
I'm confused.What was the point of buying a HURST special edition if it didn't have a standard HURST shifter!
RICHARD MILLER all the other modifications... hurst isn't just a shifter company
Useful Entertainment What modifications are they known to the general public other than there automatic shift set-up's ? This is like buying a HURST/OLD'S and not having the hurst shifter! Mabey I'm missing something
RICHARD MILLER google/Wikipedia , has your answer you seek
Andrew Bartleman Yeah I know that as it was a rhetaurical question..
Check convertible used for promotionals. Pretty sure it has a HURST automatic in it, and platform for Linda, and big stick shift. Chrysler DID these with HURST as they had done fiberglass for OLDS, and car needed a glass diet. Hood and trunk lid, rear corners.
My book list the price of this car in 1970 as $5842.00 and 485 produced. Keep up the great car reviews
That was A LOT OF MONEY back then. A lot.
They also made 1 convertible
I own a 69newport 2door htp 383 blue on blue with 79000miles. I'am the second owner I love it great cars.☺☺
I had never really thought of this car as a large-scale Charger, but yeah, you're right! I love all the "fuselage" Mopars of 1969-1973! They all had such a commanding presence! I know you've already done a video on the "fuselage" Plymouths, so it would really be exciting for me if you would do one on the Dodge and Imperial and all the rest of the Chryslers. What do you say, folks?
Agreed! From the early Coronets to the original 1966 Charger, the classic 1968-70 Chargers, even the slightly lesser but still gorgeous 1971-73 models. Would you count the 1970-74 Challenger as part of this group?
Great video. The car is a flying tank. No mention of mpg....more like gpm lol.
Be fun to see a race with one of these versus a 1970 Mercury Marauder x 100,they'd both hit it and the starting line would move backwards a few feet while the cars stayed still.
LOL
only ever seen a couple of these, one just toolin' along down the hwy, circa mid 90's. wait..yep, that's the only one i've ever seen. gorguus beast! i used to own several C bods..amazing performance cars, mine all had the very same '74 cop 440..couldn't kill the mill, not for lack of trying, but wisc salt ate the cars, over the decades. amazing what we used to daily, even in winter! but..hadta get to work & all that and how can you beat a 440 powered mopar with a thermoquad on top for that? fuel at 85 cents per gallon? :)
What a great car. The owner must be pretty proud to own this one. Anyway thumbs up and gave you a like.
Hurst is my last name too, I’ve always wanted a hurst special edition car. But I’m 25 so finding I can afford in good condition is gonna be a challenge. The Hurst shifters are dope lol!
I love these old big cars they ride so good on the HWY and I had a 1971 Chrysler Newport it was an old Ga State Trooper car with 440 Police Interceptor and man it would fly
Now this is a Chrysler that I could seriously enjoy. It would have been a great personal luxury car.
Wow, imagine the money that went into that gorgeously integrated rear wing system...
stretching the trunk for aero dynamics
And yet it isn't mentioned. Car was designed by HURST for profile . . . from sides, it looked like Chrysler original fuselage design. scoop on (in) hood is barely visible, and trunk design drops air under rear aero blade. Also used on "The Rapid Transit" touring Plymouth show cars Duster and Road Runner in 1970 / 71.
Wow, imagine the money that went into the gas tank every day.
@@donaldshimkus539 😂🤦🏿♂️
When I was about 20 my dad drove to my apt and we went to look at one of these a guy's widow was selling. It was beneath a thick car cover in their 1-car carport and we had to remove a fair amount of stuff to get to it. It wasn't all dirty. That thick car cover worked. To everyone's surprise it started and that big 440 made itself known. It was a very sharp looking car both outside & in. I didn't like American cars then but this car was something different. My dad told me at that time there were 500 plus 1 convertible. Anyway, that was the early 1980's.
I saw one restored one time a year ago it was beautiful.
Marcus Rodriguez having one restored now
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
torqueflight b727 auto trans ere fantastic - a904 was a small block model number ! I HADE A GREAT 273 V8 AND A 318 FIREBALL ! FANTASTIC !
STELLAR in every angle. What a visual blessing! 👏👏👐👐💙
Very cool.!
I had a '70 Plymouth Sport Fury.
Pale yellow with green gator skin vinyl top.
383 with power everything .
So it would seem that a Hurst shifter was not even optional in the 300H. Kind of sad actually.
Dr. Reason I know right, I knew of these sexy beasts, but never knew you couldn't get a Hurst shifter in a Hurst 300H lol kinda defeats the purpose don't it?
you can always do one aftermarket.....but for who the car was marketed to very few in that bracket would have wanted a stick-shift.
Yeah that's bizarre. having a Hurst vehicle without a Hurst shifter is like going to a bar not serving alcohol to it's customers.
maybe hurst lite...or hurst, free.......
The last VIN was bought my uncle and then I got it. I worked in Chrysler engineering engine lab from 69 on . I sold it to a friend of Lee Iacocca and this guy had atleast 1 of every letter car from 55 to my 1970 car. A bitchin car but this engine description is close to correct. I had lots of fun with this.
This is one car that most people won't be able to find much less be able to purchase! Anyone who has one will most likely not sell it to anyone! I would love to have this car!!!
Que bello auto,te felicito por el informe que nos mostraste,no se ingles pero se te nota muy claro al expresarte,felicitaciones,segui asi champion🤗🤗🤗🤗
Back before somebody decided fast required needlessly firm uncomfortable seats. Plus before we started to sit on leather covered by vinyl (unless your spending over 80k) haha how far we've come.
As a GM guy, good lord, do I love the Chrysler Fuselage Design...
Thanks for this video and Merry Christmas to you sir.
Incredible car
If I had been old enough to drive and afford this car in 1970, I would have bought one. It's fantastic!😁
When doctors still made house calls :)
the older guy down the block (he was 18!) who hung out with us in brooklyn in the 60-70s had a buddy who showed up every now and then and had one of these. this guy rolled up on the block a couple of times. he was a short, round guy with a crewcut and wore nothing but white tee shirts with a pack of malboros rolled into a sleeve. he had been to vietnam. i always figured that was where he got the money to buy the car. this guy was a real character but i really remember that car. sweet! thanks for the effort and the sharing. thumbs up.
AWESOME car!! I had a '72 New Yorker from 1977 - 1982, which was the Grandpa version of the 300.. It was almost the same car except the New Yorker didn't have the quite as much torque power as the 300 ... everything else was virtually the same though.
Great post about a great car. How about doing a vid on the '72 Dodge Polara coupes?
had a 72 polara custom two door with a 360 power windows door locks trunk release and the most beautiful cloth bench seat that you would ever see. 3.54 posi and heavy duty suspension George Memoly ordered the car for his mother.he was the owner of Memoly dodge in Staten Island ny the car was T5 blue with a white vinyl top. car got crushed while parked by joy riding car thieves in 1979 I still miss that car to this day. the only thing I didn't like about it was that was the first year they did away with the vent windows.
There was a girl in high school with the nickname “tons of fun”!
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This was going to called The Martha Wash Edition but PC was just taking hold across the country..
True, the muscle cars of today have a ton of options. My 2015 ScatPack Challenger is loaded, Auto dimming rearview mirror, auto wipers, front and side collision detection, 10" touchscreen, Back up cam, Bluetooth, SD Card Reader, power sunroof, power tilt & telescopic heated steering wheel, paddle shifters, power sunroof, both front seats are heated with 6 way power with power adjustments, lumbar support and seat fan. My favorite option is of course the fan under my seat that blows on my nuts and lower back lol..... That leather gets hot in the Texas summer but I love my muscle car 👍
Looks like the quad exhaust tips was looted from the Challenger. I grew up when Fury's would have been all over the used car lots, along with everything else of the time. I wonder if I ever saw one of these & never realized it ?
The exhaust tips on the 70 Sport Fury GT were identical. Also, they had the word "Thrush" stamped on them.
the first challenger came out the same year as this hurst 300 the designers probably came up with these for Chrysler Plymouth and Dodge.
that was another rapid transit system beast along with the road runner, duster and cuda
Tips on these, that I have SEEN, are heavy cast, not chrome steel as Challenger. MAY have been THRUSH aftermarket, hung out further than needed to SHOW, rather than clear rear bumper. Tucked in nicely here.
kolbpilot....I had, and subsequently had to sell because of my divorce, a 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury, with a 273 Wedge motor in it (the widest intake I'd ever seen) a 727 torque flight, 8.75 Snubbed rearend (posi) as much decorative trim as a Fairlane, and I fuggin loved that car...hate my ex to this day for making me sell it...lol
I really like your video's,classy.informative and entertaining.Thank you
Since the rear wing made of fiberglass would have a tendency to sag over the years it could be ordered with these little supports between the bottom of the wing and the trunk lid.
Tnx for doing this on such a cool car. You did a video on the Fury model and I posted a comment I was surprised this option wasn't in that segment not alot of people have even herd of it. I live in Southern California, since the mid 60s I've gone to the drags and car shows who knows how many. In real life I've only seen 1 for sure maybe 2 w this option. I'm not a Mopar fan but Ive always wanted a 70s Fury a really bitch'n car w power to back it up. Tnx for the vid you always do a good job on the research and the naritive. Oops OK now I understand, I just read the description, I always thought it was on the Plymouth Fury platform but apparently it's on the Chrysler 300 model.
It’s a fun car, my dad has one
Thank you for a great vid,,,these cars are something special,, I had a Hurst on my GTO Judge and sold many Hurst products when I worked in an American speed & Spares shop,,,,,your vid's really are great to watch and listen to,a real treat,,,,wishing you a great New Year,,z
Listen to the song ,"LOVE SHACK", by the B-52's. They describe this car perfectly. I loved this car. I was 14 when it came out!
Chaleco Salvavides I seen one on the TV said I couldn't die without one.i found and it for bout 18 years
Nice cars would love to have one
I was actually think about the Hurst His and Hers shifter for the automatic. I think this was available at that time. Agree on the stick, but I would have liked one.
What a beauty!
Had one...loved it
The owners manual was wrapped in leather with H-300 logo
Great to see this. I owned the last one made. I sold it by putting a note outside of Mr. IACOCCAs on a bulletin board and got a call within a hour and the guy bought it. I found out he had at least 1 of every year letter car from 55 to 70 the last year. I liked the foot operated radio channel changer.
Cars were cool until the stinking Government started messing with them.
hear this man! he spoke the truth!
Oh, I don't know. I had a pretty fine Porsche 928 that came with completely covered 5mph bumpers and a cat converter, but it was still a very cool car. Some called it 'the shark'. And the design was so good, it still looks current even today, 40 years after it was first sold.
It's not actually the Gov't., it's those who control the Gov't and own the Oil, the media, Insurance co's, banks etc., etc. In 1971 they Lied and told us that there was almost NO more oil left, then they started upping the prices, and actually started making the cars consume Much more fuel than before all the while lying to the consumer saying they were more efficient, typical B.S.
I know people who don’t like classic cars, but I don’t trust those people and tend to keep my distance.
Too bad those folks don’t appreciate the beauty in cars like these, but their loss.
B3burner wow all the power to use my friend
Thanks for covering this super rare whale of a muscle car. Competitor to the ‘69 & ‘70 Mercury Marauder X-100.
Man that is a gorgeous looking car.
Yeah It is
Wonder how many still exist ?
The 70 300H is one of the most beautiful cars on the road . Not sayin is a monster but if you put little lights down both sides , planes would try to land on you thinking you were a aircraft carrier .The one I worked on had the 440 TNT motor 475 HP , had a small cam bump at idle .
Had 1 when I was 17. Great car. Plenty of power, everywhere you looked.
What a beautiful style. I want one, make mine black.
Getting the car to move was not a problem, especially with a 440, but getting it to stop was another story.
I've seen quite a few and had the pleasure of being a passenger once. The experience can't be had today being in a huge heavy car car that took off like a rocket. It's like it defies the laws of nature.
MOPAR means ~ Massively Over Powered And Respected~
Leroy Jankins and Move Over Power Approaching Rapidly....My Old Plymouth Ain't Runin...Moldy Old Parts And Rust....lol
and ready to blow the engine.
Manufacturer of part's and Rebuilts
And it needed every bit of that 480 ft/lbs of torque just to get moving. Wow, over 2 tons.
I saw "1" back in the day.
The earthquake Ethel of the muscle car world...
I like the name of this channel, as it reminds me of something similar sounding that was so wonderful back in the long ago teen years. That, of course, was parking with your date on a secluded "lovers lane". Ah, yes..Those Old Car Mammaries will always be remembered.
I had one of those cars paid $900 for it back in the day but mine was just a 300 but it look just like it
Well I don't remember Hurst and I don't remember the Chrysler 300 but when I saw the car it looks very similar to my 1970 Dodge Charger mine had a 440 engine with Hooker Headers and was a Corvette killer that Hurst 300 looks very similar
Any RPO codes to look for to identify a real 300 Hurst? I'm sure there's plenty of people out there converting their Mopars to look like 300 Hursts, just like the same people converting their Regals to GNX's. Only the VIN numbers and RPO code sheets tell the truth.
Midnight Mechanic this one car you can not fake
They didn't mention that the transmission was specially calibrated so that 2nd. {passing gear} would go out to about 104 m.p.h before shifting into 3rd.
It must have been the beefed up Torqueflite 727, which came with the 383 Newport.
A very unique car.Thank you.
Sorry but to quote the B-52's..."I got me a Chrysler it's as BIG as a WHALE and it's bout to set sail!" Indeed!
pt cruiser
Limited 4dr Front-wheel Drive,180 hp tur ... 8.3 sec
LX 4dr Front-wheel Drive,150 hp 9.5 sec 17 @ 80 mph
Touring 4dr Front-wheel Drive,150 hp tur ... 9.7 sec
Thumbs up! Awesome video, awesome detailed narration and information. Every time I watch videos regarding the cars of the 60s and 70s it brings back so many memories of my younger days and missing all those cars that meant nothing to me at the time but would make me a wealthy man in this day, haha. My favorite example my 64 and a half Mustang with the original 260 V8 and yes to those of you who are not aware Ford did make a to 260 V8. Keep up the good work! DJ Salem, Oregon February 5th 2019.
I had two tons of fun her name was Cathy we'd go out and have a whale of a time Seriously now in 1986 I bought a 1969 charger from auto trader magazine ( remember that ) for 2 grand back in the day when old muscle cars were cheap had it 15 years sold it and regretted it because now a BEATER goes for 12-20 grand I did have a ton of fun in that car oh and what I'm getting at is the charger had a curb weight of 4900 pounds 2 tons of fun and then some if you like these cars and have a chance to get your hands on one these at the right price get it there a blast to drive and will make you feel like the KING of the road
The Plymouth GTX was a somewhat upscale muscle car. I owned a 4 speed equipped 1967. Wish I still had it...