1968 Plymouth GTX

['68 Coronet R/T]

Stripes from the factory where blue. I am leaning toward white.

 

[MarPar]

Stripes from the factory where blue. I am leaning toward white.

Blue stripes are rare, but white over QQ1...oh man. My knees get weak.

 

[F4R/T]

I’d be really tempted to mock up something in blue that is close to the color, then see what you think. I personally like white and blue but the blue stripes really sound interesting. Nice work! It’s really coming along well!

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Trying to find the original blue stripe color online is challenging. Partly because the remnants of the last stripes on the car may be severely faded:

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I’d be really tempted to mock up something in blue that is close to the color, then see what you think. I personally like white and blue but the blue stripes really sound interesting. Nice work! It’s really coming along well!

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Working on the inside of the driver's door.
Started with this:

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

A pic of the repaired metal.
Driver's door:

Passenger door:

I'm not the greatest welder but I try.

 

[F4R/T]

They did the same thing on my rag top, I couldn’t believe the radio shop up the road did that and then covered it up with the door cards, and of course a nice set of rear interior panels got hacked too... you will have a beautiful car when done!

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

This is the horn button that came with the car:

It appears they were only in a limited number of GTXs as most I see are the larger vinyl buttons.
I have searched for a reproduction but none seem to match this look.
They are nearly all black like the one below, plus these have a side tab which mine doesn't:

Anybody make an accurate reproduction of my button?

 

[MarPar]

Tell ya the truth, I don't think I've ever seen that button. Could it be left over from the 67 year? Maybe from the "finger cutter" recall steering wheel? IDK, just spitballing here...

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Tell ya the truth, I don't think I've ever seen that button. Could it be left over from the 67 year? Maybe from the "finger cutter" recall steering wheel? IDK, just spitballing here...

I did a search for 1968 Plymouth GTX then browsed through the pictures. This was one of two pictures I found with the same horn button. The other picture was in a weird format that I couldn't save on my computer.

Close up:

 

[MarPar]

Yours looks similar to the 67 "recall" wheel pad

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

I took the horn button apart today to see what I am dealing with.
First, I had to grind off the retainer heads:

Next I gently pried the metal off.

The areas that looked black turned out to be clear. The chrome paint and grey backing material had flaked off in those spots.

I tried buffing the surface to see if I could remove some of the scratches. Turned out most were way too deep.

The problem with trying to mold a new one, is all the slotted indentations. That and trying to find a true Chrome paint to fill them with.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I took the horn button apart today to see what I am dealing with.
First, I had to grind off the retainer heads:
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Next I gently pried the metal off.
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The areas that looked black turned out to be clear. The chrome paint and grey backing material had flaked off in those spots.
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I tried buffing the surface to see if I could remove some of the scratches. Turned out most were way too deep.
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The problem with trying to mold a new one, is all the slotted indentations. That and trying to find a true Chrome paint to fill them with.

My '67 Valiant had the identical style, it was upgraded with a 200 series decor package in some areas. Perhaps someone doing a build from a preserved old lady car might have one that would work.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I did a search for 1968 Plymouth GTX then browsed through the pictures. This was one of two pictures I found with the same horn button. The other picture was in a weird format that I couldn't save on my computer.
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Close up:
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I have a February '68 issue of Car Life that featured a comparison between the Hemi convertible which was also a pace car, and a 440 hardtop. The hardtop had the same horn ring, and also had the speedometer with the three digit numerals.

 

[68gtxman]

I believe that this one is original to my 1968 Sport Satellite.

 

[MarPar]

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I believe that this one is original to my 1968 Sport Satellite.

and you have the three-digit speedo!

 

[68gtxman]

and you have the three-digit speedo!

Yes, I made it a GTX clone back in 2000 because I couldn’t find Sport Satellite emblems and I always wanted a GTX.

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Found a decent horn button on eBay and grabbed it up for $30.

Looks like it should buff up pretty decent.

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Got the driver's door painted and 3 coats of clear applied. Sitting in the sunshine to help cure the clear: