True GTX?

[d fark]

How can you tell if you are looking at a true GTX and not a clone? The car I'm looking at does not have a fender tag. Can you determine that just from the VIN?

 

[YY1]

GTX VIN will start with RS23L until 1970, then will be RS23U

In 70 and 71 the fifth digit could also be V for a six pack car.

 

[terzmo]

How can you tell if you are looking at a true GTX and not a clone? The car I'm looking at does not have a fender tag. Can you determine that just from the VIN?

rs23 for coup
rs27 for convertible

 

[d fark]

Thanks fellas, looking at a 68 coupe

 

[YY1]

Actually, it's a hardtop (23), I don't believe they made any 68 coupes (21)

 

[MarPar]

ALL GTX's are hardtops or convertibles.

no GTX's made (well, 70 and back anyways) are sedans. that is, none if them have the b pillar. and yes, they all start with RS23 or RS27

 

[tallhair]

All correct and no RS27's / Converts in 70

 

[69Coronetrt]

ALL GTX's are hardtops or convertibles.

Ok, I'll open the can of worms.....

RM21U3...73 Road Runner coupe with a 440.....A "GTX" or not?

 

[MarPar]

Ok, I'll open the can of worms.....

RM21U3...73 Road Runner coupe with a 440.....A "GTX" or not?

IMHO no. for me, in order for it to be a GTX, it should start with RS23 (or 27)

what are your thoughts, 69?

 

[69Coronetrt]

IMHO no. for me, in order for it to be a GTX, it should start with RS23 (or 27)

what are your thoughts, 69?

The purist in me wants the RM21U cars to come with and RS VIN...but if Chrysler saw fit to badge them a GTX, I'll have to go along with it.
Just like Fury or Volare based Road Runners. Are they Road Runners in the traditional and purest sense? Nope....but Chrysler called them Road Runners anyway so I'll have to go with that.

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IMHO no. for me, in order for it to be a GTX, it should start with RS23 (or 27)

Are 71-74 Chargers not "Chargers" because they do not have an X VIN?

 

[YY1]

IIRC in 72 GTX became an option for the Roadrunner versus a separate model, and then the RR became an option on the Volare platform.

 

[69Coronetrt]

IIRC in 72 GTX became an option for the Roadrunner versus a separate model, and then the RR became an option on the Volare platform.

This is always a topic of discussion....

There really was no 'GTX package option' per se. You couldn't check, say, the A15 package box on the order form and receive the items in a package. If you ordered a RR with a 440 it came badged as a GTX, not a RR as in previous years (69-71). In fact it wasn't really an option at all. If you wanted a 440 in a RR it came with GTX badging standard. It's the blending of the badging with the engine in a separate model that causes the discussion. Was it a RR (per the VIN) or a GTX (per the badging)?

 

[tallhair]

This is always a topic of discussion....

There really was no 'GTX package option' per se. You couldn't check, say, the A15 package box on the order form and receive the items in a package. If you ordered a RR with a 440 it came badged as a GTX, not a RR as in previous years (69-71). In fact it wasn't really an option at all. If you wanted a 440 in a RR it came with GTX badging standard. It's the blending of the badging with the engine in a separate model that causes the discussion. Was it a RR (per the VIN) or a GTX (per the badging)?

I sez RR with a GTX option. GTX option being the 440 not a model designation as in years prior.