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1969 GTX Featured Hot

“No matter how you try to camouflage it by loading a car with power and comfort options… when you get down to the nitty-gritty, a basic fact always remains; one primary purpose of a supercar is to get from here to there in the shortest elapsed time. To this end the GTX was the flat out best qualified of all (the article compared the Dodge 440 Charger R/T, the Ford 428 CJ Fairlane Cobra, the Pontiac 400 GTO, The Chevelle SS 396 and the Buick Gran Sport 400). A 13.7 second 102.8mph quarter mile, and 0-60 in 5.8 seconds testifies to the (car’s) super performance.” Motor Trend Magazine
  • This was the last year for the GTX convertible.
  • The GTX was offered with two engines: the 426 Hemi with 425 Horse Power and the 440 Super Commando with 375 Horse Power.
  • Although the GTX came first, it was the Road Runner that stole the show. The GTX went from being an up market muscle car to the Road Runners more expensive brother.

Changes to the GTX were relatively minor in 1969. The grill and the taillights were updated. A flat black treatment was added to the rocker panels and was accentuated with a thin red pinstripe. Above the black paint was a chrome strip that separated it from the main body color. The hood also had dual scoops. The Air Grabber option would make the hood scoops functional and allow the delivery of fresh air to the engine. The interior remained basically unchanged with bucket seats, a 150mph speedometer, a rather smallish tachometer and an optional console.


Engine choices remained the same with the standard 440 cubic inch; 375 hours power big block and the 425 horse power, 426 cubic inch Hemi. Plymouth did offer a variety of axle ratio rear ends this year. These allowed the GTX buyer the ability to dictate either very quick launches or higher top end speeds.


As usual, the GTX received an upgraded performance suspension and larger brakes.


Sales were down slightly for 1969 GTX. However, this was more the result of spectacular sales of its budget brother. Plymouth sold more than five Road Runners for every GTX in 1969.

 

1969 GTX Statistics

  GTX 440
Base Price $3,416
0-60 Time 5.8 sec
1/4 Mile Time 13.7 sec @ 102.8 mph 
Engine Used 426ci/425hp
Source Motor Trend Jan/69

 

Production Numbers

  Hardtop Convertibles Total
440 Super Commando 13,866 196 14,062
426 Hemi 196 11 207
       

 

Available Engines

Code Size Cubic Inch Fuel System Horsepower @ rpm Torque @ rpm
440 440 1x4bbl 375 @ 4600 480 @ 3200
426 Hemi 426 2x4bbl 425 @ 5000 490 @ 4000
         
 

 

1969 GTX's For Sale

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