{"id":68883,"date":"2023-03-25T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=68883"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:19:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:19:52","slug":"1970-plymouth-gtx-4406","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/heritage\/2023\/03\/1970-plymouth-gtx-4406.html","title":{"rendered":"1970 PLYMOUTH GTX 440+6!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– Three Holley Carburetors Fed by Air Grabber Scoop
– High Impact “In Violet” FC7 Factory Metallic Paint 
– Considered the \u201cGentleman\u2019s Muscle Car\u201d <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For 1970, the Plymouth GTX 2-door hardtop was restyled, offering clean side body panels along with revised front and rear ends. The grille had a unique \u201ctelephone receiver\u201d style shape and the tail light treatment was changed, and the car was no longer available as a convertible. The GTX was a member of Plymouth\u2019s \u201cRapid Transit System\u201d performance car program, and to add some visual excitement, these cars were available with \u201cHigh Impact\u201d hues, including Violet (Purple), Limelight (Green), Vitamin C (Orange), Tor-Red, Lemon Twist (Yellow) and Moulin Rouge (Pink).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special \u201cSupercar Clinics\u201d were conducted at Chrysler-Plymouth dealerships across America by Sox & Martin and Don Grotheer to promote the GTX and the other R.T.S. vehicles (Road Runner, Duster 340, Sport Fury GT, \u2018Cuda and SuperBird).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GTX was known as \u201cRS23\u201d models in the dealership showrooms and came standard with extra heavy-duty shocks and suspension, heavy-duty driveshaft and U-joints, heavy-duty rear axle, six-inch-wide wheels, heavy-duty battery, heavy-duty brakes, bucket seats and \u201cPower Bulge\u201d hood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TOTAL CFM FLOW 1350<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

It’s factory equipped with the 440\/6 engine. Plymouth called their version of this potent mill the \u201c440 Six Barrel\u201d and \u201c440+6\u201d, while Dodge called it the \u201c440 Six Pack.\u201d Either way, it was rated at 390 horsepower at 4,700 rpm. High-performance Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> engines of this era came painted Orange in color. Cubic feet per minute was rated at 1350: 350 center, 500 each front and rear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were only three engines available: \u201cSuper Commando\u201d 440-cid V8 with 375 horsepower (standard equipment), 440-cid \u201cSix Barrel\u201d V8 with 390 horsepower (optional) and 426-cid \u201cStreet HEMI\u00ae<\/sup>\u201d V8 with 425 horsepower (optional). Transmission choices were either a high-upshift, competition-type TorqueFlite\u00ae<\/sup> automatic, or heavy-duty 4-speed manual transmission. The standard rear axle ratio was 3.55:1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNo brag. Just fact.\u201d was how the GTX was presented in the factory brochures and there was little question that if you could afford one, owning a GTX was a way to show you appreciated the finer things in life! With a base price of $3,535.00, it was some $600.00 more than the lesser-equipped Road Runner, and that was the main reason that Road Runners sold in much higher numbers. (Over 40,000 Road Runners were produced in the 1970 model year run, while less than 8,000 GTX examples were produced.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An automatic was the chosen transmission, as was the optional 15-inch wheels (with F60-15 Goodyear Polyglas rubber). Other options included power disc brakes, power steering and AM radio. The car had a retail price (including options and destination charge) of $4,193.70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE COLOR<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

This particular GTX pictured is a factory \u201cFC7\u201d car, which translates to mean it was painted \u201cIn Violet Metallic\u201d color from the factory. Other desirable options include the \u201cE87\u201d 6V 440+6 engine and \u201cN96\u201d Air Grabber functional hood scoop (vacuum operated). This car also features white side stripes and black hood stripe (both factory options), along with a center console. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 OF 328<\/strong> <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A fully documented Mopar muscle car is a highly desirable machine to own these days, especially one that was painted with the High Impact color. This car is rare as only 328 1970 GTX models came through with the 440 six-barrel engine and TorqueFlite transmission. To take it out on the open road and let those three Holley carburetors open up all the way – and burn some rubber while doing it – that’s what the Rapid Transit System was all about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Large \u201cGTX\u201d emblems adorned the rear quarter panels and when you saw these markings, you knew the car was fitted with an engine, driveline and suspension that was potent! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: James Maxwell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– Three Holley Carburetors Fed by Air Grabber Scoop– High Impact “In Violet” FC7 Factory Metallic Paint  – Considered the \u201cGentleman\u2019s Muscle Car\u201d For 1970, the Plymouth GTX 2-door hardtop was restyled, offering clean side body panels along with revised front and rear ends. The grille had a unique \u201ctelephone receiver\u201d style shape and the tail light treatment was changed, and the car was no longer available as a convertible. The GTX was a member of Plymouth\u2019s \u201cRapid Transit System\u201d performance car program, and to add some visual excitement, these cars […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":68895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2622],"tags":[2949],"class_list":["post-68883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage","tag-plymouth-classics"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GTX_Feature.jpg","social_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GTX_Social.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68883"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68951,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68883\/revisions\/68951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}