"Beastie Boys" '68 GTX

[dodge41969]

This 1968 Plymouth GTX was formerly owned by "Mike D" of The Beastie Boys", he purchased it and registered it through their production company "Beastie Boys Productions".....there's still a copy of the registration with the production company name and address on it. Mike D. bought the car in 1987, and drove it for a while...then it was parked for over 20 years, a friend of mine who was the tour manager for "The Red Hot Chili Peppers" and good friends with Mike D. were talking about Mopars one day and my friend mentioned he had just sold a '68 Road Runner, Mike D. then mentioned he had a '68 GTX that had been sitting for years....long story short my friend managed to get it.
As you can see the years weren't kind to the Plymouth,(good thing it was in California, so it was pretty dry...but weathered).
These pics were taken at my buddies house here in L.A., we were taking out the trans for a reseal/rebuild...I also swapped out the under dash wiring harness (that was fried).
The car is an original numbers matching 440/column auto. factory red with white interior.

 

[bigowhiteboy]

That's awesome, love the Beastie Boys. That would be a sweet car to own

 

[MarPar]

kewl story!! love the beastie boys!!

glad they beat up on a ferd instead of a Mopar...

[video=youtube;z5rRZdiu1UE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE[/video]

 

[detmatt1]

Great story and what a great car! More pics of this one would be great.

 

[Jaysam]

I saw down at the bottom of the page that you posted a similar thread 2 1/2 - 3yrs ago with the tranny change. Im just curious how the GTX is doing now. Has there been much else done to it? Are those still current pics of it? Yea that is a sweet ride with a cool story behind it.

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I saw down at the bottom of the page that you posted a similar thread 2 1/2 - 3yrs ago with the tranny change. Im just curious how the GTX is doing now. Has there been much else done to it? Are those still current pics of it? Yea that is a sweet ride with a cool story behind it.

 

[Duda]

Great story thanks for sharing.

 

[fmontez1]

Mike D whatcha got for me?

Awesome!!!!

Man, that would be a rad car story to be able to tell. "Yeah, my car is B E A S T I E " hahah

View attachment 119943View attachment 119944View attachment 119945View attachment 119946View attachment 119947View attachment 119948This 1968 Plymouth GTX was formerly owned by "Mike D" of The Beastie Boys", he purchased it and registered it through their production company "Beastie Boys Productions".....there's still a copy of the registration with the production company name and address on it. Mike D. bought the car in 1987, and drove it for a while...then it was parked for over 20 years, a friend of mine who was the tour manager for "The Red Hot Chili Peppers" and good friends with Mike D. were talking about Mopars one day and my friend mentioned he had just sold a '68 Road Runner, Mike D. then mentioned he had a '68 GTX that had been sitting for years....long story short my friend managed to get it.
As you can see the years weren't kind to the Plymouth,(good thing it was in California, so it was pretty dry...but weathered).
These pics were taken at my buddies house here in L.A., we were taking out the trans for a reseal/rebuild...I also swapped out the under dash wiring harness (that was fried).
The car is an original numbers matching 440/column auto. factory red with white interior.

 

[pabster]

I'm Mike D. - I got all the fly juice
On the checkin' at the party on the forty deuce
Walking down the block with the fresh fly threads
Beastie Boys fly the biggest heads

Great story, grew up listening to the Beasties... I was crushed when MCA passed away. Thanks for the story!

 

[Ghosty]

Cool story! Glad this car didn't get wrecked or lost, and is getting restored.

 

[dodge41969]

I forgot I posted some pics a while back. As of now the car has been parked...not sure what he's gonna do with it, maybe sell it?..I'll ask him and see...maybe I'll do a follow up to the story if he gets back to me.

I saw down at the bottom of the page that you posted a similar thread 2 1/2 - 3yrs ago with the tranny change. Im just curious how the GTX is doing now. Has there been much else done to it? Are those still current pics of it? Yea that is a sweet ride with a cool story behind it.

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I saw down at the bottom of the page that you posted a similar thread 2 1/2 - 3yrs ago with the tranny change. Im just curious how the GTX is doing now. Has there been much else done to it? Are those still current pics of it? Yea that is a sweet ride with a cool story behind it.