1968 PLYMOUTH GTX

OWNERS NAME: Ricardo Kramer

YEAR: 1968

MAKE: Plymouth

MODEL: Belvedere

SUB MODEL: GTX

BRIEF MANUFACTURER DETAILS AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY OF CAR:

This 1968 Plymouth GTX was positioned to be the “gentleman’s muscle car. The standard engine was the Plymouth 440 Super Commando (7.2 L) with the optional Chrysler’s 426 Hemi (7.0L). This car is equipped with the optional and very rare 426 Hemi engine with the 4spd transmission and Dana (60) 3.54 rear end gears. The car options include the 426 Hemi, bucket seats, driver side remote mirror and the light group trim. The build sheet and fender tag information show the car being built February of 1968. The exterior paint color is burgundy metallic with the black interior.

Total production for 1968 was 18,940. Having the 426 Hemi optional engine total production was 450 out of 234 had the 4spd transmission and 216 being automatic. As these say this car is 1 of 234. The GTX was introduced as the Plymouth Belvedere GTX in 1967 as a mid-sized upscale-trimmed performance muscle car running through the 1971 model year.

BRIEF STORY OF THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE: 

The car is originally from upstate New York and took me over 10 years to restore