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I did the foot deal one time, with my third GTX, searching for the broadcast sheet, which was still in place. The seat popped right out, with no fuss. But that was back in 1992. No way I'd be able to today, sure glad the broadcast sheet for my current car was already in the documents folder. :)

Had the exact same thing happen with one of my previous GTXs, but I got lucky and started with the temperature control switch, and the cables were hooked up backwards. Previous owner was not a car guy, but had restored the car with a group of volunteers as a charity project. Interesting...

In those days, I'm sure it would make you wish for a time machine.:lol:

In the late 90s, I owned, at the same time, a '66 Imperial, a '79 Cadillac Seville, a '91 Turbo Stealth R/T, a '96 Toyota Camry (wife's daily), and the flagship, a 1960 Chrysler 300F that was my weekend toy. Always working on the Imperial and the Caddy, drove the Stealth when they were down. I...

Couldn't have said it better. And I think they have to match the period. When I owned my 1960 Chrysler 300F, I wouldn't let my wife set foot in it unless she was wearing an authentic pair of early 60s "roach killer" stiletto heels. Same outfit wouldn't fit with the '69 GTX - boots and...

Although I've always run Magnum 500s on my 440 GTXs, I made an exception on the Hemi car I used to own. There was a method to my madness, also based on my experience with the cars back when they were new. The dealer in my town sold multiple Hemi Road Runners. None of the cars ran dog dish...

When my friend Bob owned Baby Blue in the 70s, he wrenched on the car in the street, so he wouldn't block his dad's driveway. He kept the car amazingly rust free by hunting down and sealing leaks, and blowing out the trouble spots with a hair dryer. But when he got married, and the acquisition...

My 42 years of experience in the tanker business - aluminum would wear out, but steel would fail without prior notice. I ran Daytons all the way around when I started in the 70s. Advantage of being able to dismount a wheel on the road without an air wrench. Disadvantage was shifting on the...

When I bought Baby Blue the second time, in 2013, I showed the seller a picture of what the car had looked like 30 years earlier, with the factory full wheel covers in place. Will never forget his response: "hell, thems worse than those darn dog dishes, wouldn't feed my dog out of one them things!"

I'm waiting for someone to call me out on the fact my heavily optioned GTX came from the factory with dog dish caps (I show the car with the window sticker in place.) They were removed as soon as it came off the car carrier, and the chrome magnums that replaced them are staying in place. Nobody...

I ran chrome reverse wheels with snow tires on my first GTX, because I picked up a new pair for less than the cost of two OEM wheels. Preferred the look of the factory road wheels I ran the rest of the year. I liked chrome reverse on A bodies in the days before the Rallye wheel became an option.

I had a similar situation with a "done" car a decade ago. I've had a thing for red '69 GTXs ever since I test drove the one I currently own, back when it was new. Back then, I wanted a four speed, no power options car, but I wanted it to look like the option laden luxury cruiser I had test...

Ulli, you and I have both lived a life of swapping human capital for financial capital. In the 90s, I loved wrenching on my daily driver Imperials to save money. I haven't wrenched on a daily driver in years. My wife never blinked when I laid out the cash for the last few GTXs, but she had a...

Quirk of fate that mine were still around. The dealer kept the internal paperwork, plus broadcast sheets for all of the many unicorn Plymouth muscle cars he ordered during that era. His son kept them after he passed, but lost the stash in a home burglary a few years later. The original...

Icing on the cake was son of the original owner giving me all the original dealership documents for the car, 40 years after they sold it.

The story of my dealer demonstrator GTX has been posted here ad nauseum, but it fits with the theme of this thread. Test drove the car on September 3, 1970. Dealer kept it 15 years, wouldn't sell it to me. Restored with NOS parts in 1981, then sold for original sticker price two years later...

This post reminded me of the guy who made an obscene offer to buy my GTX when he saw it at Carlisle. He started out in the recycling business, selling scrap timber to power plants. Then the plants changed to natural gas, and he had to find another outlet for his product. He ended up selling it...

But you can't live in a GTX convertible, and I'm willing to bet the current value of that house is way higher as well.

About 250 hours on work order that came with my A33 GTX for everything behind the doors, except the trunk floor and Dutchman panel, which were perfect because of the car being garaged all its life. Lower shop rates in the mid-west, lead guy billed at $35 per hour, helpers at $30. I doubt that...

What a difference a decade makes. I bought Baby Blue for the second time in 2013 for $20K. Daily driven car for 15 years, never restored, new paint and quarter panel rust repair in 1985, new interior by subsequent owner in 1992. Current owner decided to do new paint, he's bumping $50k in the...