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GTX JOHN · 10-09-2010, 01:11 AM

On Nov. 5, 1966, my Dad (Then he was 61 years young) bought the first 1967 Plymouth GTX to arrive in Los Angeles California. It was Gold with Black interior and sport stripes. It had 3.23 open rearend and factory tach. We put a Hemi Dual Point Distributor and 750 CFM non calif stick carb on it. It ran 13.83 @ 102.15 after a little tinkering and we won many class wins in B/Pure Stock at Irwindale Raceway. It remains to this day the prettiest car that I have ever seen! It cost $3412.08 out the door with tax and license. Sticker was about $3,600. but my Dad got Mopar employees discount. About May of 1967 I meet a guy in Long Beach who had just received a company car and told me I could have his 1967 GTX with only 2000 miles on it for his payoff of $1576. I broke out my life saving and had a friend drive me the 30 miles to buy it. I did not ask any questions for that was a heck of a price. When I got there it was a Rootbeer with Copper buckets car with a 426 Street Hemi with 4 speed and 3.54 Dana and Manual Steering. Well I ripped the pocket in my Jeans getting the money out of my pocket. Instead of taking it home to show Dad, I took it directly to OCIR and it ran 13.21 @ 108.85 nearly braking every finger on my right hand banging the Foot and Half Inland Shifter on the AM radio. Eventually with 4.10s / Hooker Headers/ 7" Slicks/Clay Smith Cam, I ran 11.56 @ 117.52. I drove it to college every day and paid my tuition by street racing it four nights a week with the Big Willie and the LA street racers winning over 600 straight races without a single ticket or trip to Jail!! I used up over 50 sets of N9Y plugs and 20 sets of points......Wish I had a MSD back then. Well both those cars and my Dad have long since gone to the Raceway in Heaven where I will probably (By our Lord's undeserved grace and kindness) join my Dad in near future. Hopefully I will still be able to catch him around the 1000 ft. cone! "GTX John" Irving......... Irving Family Racing AKA Nevada Missile Motorsports

10-09-2010, 01:11 AM	#44
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,732 Likes: 2,797 Liked 2,479 Times in 697 Posts	Re: Your new musclecar On Nov. 5, 1966, my Dad (Then he was 61 years young) bought the first 1967 Plymouth GTX to arrive in Los Angeles California. It was Gold with Black interior and sport stripes. It had 3.23 open rearend and factory tach. We put a Hemi Dual Point Distributor and 750 CFM non calif stick carb on it. It ran 13.83 @ 102.15 after a little tinkering and we won many class wins in B/Pure Stock at Irwindale Raceway. It remains to this day the prettiest car that I have ever seen! It cost $3412.08 out the door with tax and license. Sticker was about $3,600. but my Dad got Mopar employees discount. About May of 1967 I meet a guy in Long Beach who had just received a company car and told me I could have his 1967 GTX with only 2000 miles on it for his payoff of $1576. I broke out my life saving and had a friend drive me the 30 miles to buy it. I did not ask any questions for that was a heck of a price. When I got there it was a Rootbeer with Copper buckets car with a 426 Street Hemi with 4 speed and 3.54 Dana and Manual Steering. Well I ripped the pocket in my Jeans getting the money out of my pocket. Instead of taking it home to show Dad, I took it directly to OCIR and it ran 13.21 @ 108.85 nearly braking every finger on my right hand banging the Foot and Half Inland Shifter on the AM radio. Eventually with 4.10s / Hooker Headers/ 7" Slicks/Clay Smith Cam, I ran 11.56 @ 117.52. I drove it to college every day and paid my tuition by street racing it four nights a week with the Big Willie and the LA street racers winning over 600 straight races without a single ticket or trip to Jail!! I used up over 50 sets of N9Y plugs and 20 sets of points......Wish I had a MSD back then. Well both those cars and my Dad have long since gone to the Raceway in Heaven where I will probably (By our Lord's undeserved grace and kindness) join my Dad in near future. Hopefully I will still be able to catch him around the 1000 ft. cone! "GTX John" Irving......... Irving Family Racing AKA Nevada Missile Motorsports Last edited by GTX JOHN; 10-09-2010 at 01:39 AM.