Definitely a 1969 Plymouth Satellite GTX, made by Chrysler Corp. to compete with the Pontiac GTO and Chevy Malibu SS.
JO
Johnny
Well, the GTX was Plymouth’s competition in the Mid-Size Market and The Dodge Charger R/T was Dodge’s answer in the same Segment.
DL
Don John Long
This car has the optional 440 Magnum engine, according to the hood moldings. It’s a really bad-ass looking car, built for high performance driving and racing.
JO
Johnny
Mr. Don John Long, in 1969, the base engine on the GTX was the 440 Magnum (4 bbls) and the option engine was the 426 Hemi, however the 1969 Road Runner had a base engine 383 Magnum (4bbls), and an optional 426 Hemi and halfway through the production year Mopar introduced their A-12 Option which was a 440 6 Pack (3 deuces).
TN
Tom Ness
maybe your thinking vega. hahahaha.
AG
Ann Gangloff
1969 Plymouth 440 GTX. I used to own one back in1976. I got it in the divorce settlement. I was 22 yrs old. And yes they were heavy and one bad ass racing car. Mine had a black vinyl top. I lived in Portland Oregon at the time and there was only one other person that I know who had one. Hers was black on red (black top, red body). Hers was jacked up. Mine wasn’t. We raced once out on I84 before it was completed. I won of course. I loved that car. I had more fun in that car than at any time in my 20’s. I made the big mistake of selling it to a friend of my cousins. I got $200.00 down and he was supposed to make payments. 2 weeks after he bought it, he got drunk and hit a concrete rail in the middle of the freeway and killed the passenger that was with him. He spent the next 25 yrs in prison. And I never saw another dime for that car. Selling that car was THEE biggest mistake I ever made in my life. It would be worth about $20,000.00 today and it would still be one heavy bad ass racing car. So to all those out there who don’t know what kind of car it is. I can assure you. It’s a 1969 Plymouth 440 GTX. If you don’t believe me, find Jack Alvin Phillips. He will tell you the same thing. He’s the one I divorced and got the car from. LMAO. He probably still hates me.Thank God…..
FO
fool4jesus
I was 14 and my neighbor was a cool Mexican about 20. I had pix of the ’69 Charger all over my room. Then….then! I heard that 440 idling down the street. I looked out and it was tuning into MY buddy Wallys house. Before he could get out, I was looking for the seatbelt. He know this would happen. He backed out, drove about 3 houses to a street that had no stop signs, I never had a ride like that. I couldn’t move and he hit 3rd and at the same time the brakes…smoke EVERYWHERE!
I asked him why he didn’t get the HEMI, The 440 had a 100,000mile/one year waranty. For the Hemi? The sales guy idled it to the street and handed you the key.
DL
Don John Long
I much prefer the classic MoPar Chrysler cars of 1955-1965 over this one, which is as ordinary-looking as a taxicab. Those big-finned beauties were all designed by one of the greatest industrial designers who ever lived, Mr. Virgil M. Exner, or “Mr. Big Fins”, as he was known by this nickname in that era.
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Don John Long
Definitely a 1969 Plymouth Satellite GTX, made by Chrysler Corp. to compete with the Pontiac GTO and Chevy Malibu SS.
Johnny
Well, the GTX was Plymouth’s competition in the Mid-Size Market and The Dodge Charger R/T was Dodge’s answer in the same Segment.
Don John Long
This car has the optional 440 Magnum engine, according to the hood moldings. It’s a really bad-ass looking car, built for high performance driving and racing.
Johnny
Mr. Don John Long, in 1969, the base engine on the GTX was the 440 Magnum (4 bbls) and the option engine was the 426 Hemi, however the 1969 Road Runner had a base engine 383 Magnum (4bbls), and an optional 426 Hemi and halfway through the production year Mopar introduced their A-12 Option which was a 440 6 Pack (3 deuces).
Tom Ness
maybe your thinking vega. hahahaha.
Ann Gangloff
1969 Plymouth 440 GTX. I used to own one back in1976. I got it in the divorce settlement. I was 22 yrs old. And yes they were heavy and one bad ass racing car. Mine had a black vinyl top. I lived in Portland Oregon at the time and there was only one other person that I know who had one. Hers was black on red (black top, red body). Hers was jacked up. Mine wasn’t. We raced once out on I84 before it was completed. I won of course. I loved that car. I had more fun in that car than at any time in my 20’s. I made the big mistake of selling it to a friend of my cousins. I got $200.00 down and he was supposed to make payments. 2 weeks after he bought it, he got drunk and hit a concrete rail in the middle of the freeway and killed the passenger that was with him. He spent the next 25 yrs in prison. And I never saw another dime for that car. Selling that car was THEE biggest mistake I ever made in my life. It would be worth about $20,000.00 today and it would still be one heavy bad ass racing car. So to all those out there who don’t know what kind of car it is. I can assure you. It’s a 1969 Plymouth 440 GTX. If you don’t believe me, find Jack Alvin Phillips. He will tell you the same thing. He’s the one I divorced and got the car from. LMAO. He probably still hates me.Thank God…..
fool4jesus
I was 14 and my neighbor was a cool Mexican about 20. I had pix of the ’69 Charger all over my room. Then….then! I heard that 440 idling down the street. I looked out and it was tuning into MY buddy Wallys house. Before he could get out, I was looking for the seatbelt. He know this would happen. He backed out, drove about 3 houses to a street that had no stop signs, I never had a ride like that. I couldn’t move and he hit 3rd and at the same time the brakes…smoke EVERYWHERE!
I asked him why he didn’t get the HEMI, The 440 had a 100,000mile/one year waranty. For the Hemi? The sales guy idled it to the street and handed you the key.
Don John Long
I much prefer the classic MoPar Chrysler cars of 1955-1965 over this one, which is as ordinary-looking as a taxicab. Those big-finned beauties were all designed by one of the greatest industrial designers who ever lived, Mr. Virgil M. Exner, or “Mr. Big Fins”, as he was known by this nickname in that era.