1969 Plymouth GTX

The engine bay is complete.  I even added the extra horn on the other side of the radiator core support.  After looking at several other builds of the '69 GTX, I noticed a squat in the rear suspension.  I decided to add a couple of risers to the rear leaf springs to raise the suspension a little.

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BrandonK

Crysler spent $10K back in the day to develope that sound. It is not borrowed from a VW. The inner workings of the horn are aluminum rather than copper and do not have the trumpet like most horns giving the Roadrunner horn the unique meep-meep sound. They also paid for the right to use the Roadrunner name and the sound to the toon of $82K. Those horns were all painted purple and only a few thousand were made. Finding original pieces is quite rare now, but they are readily available in the aftermarket. Love what you got going here.

BK

 

Thanks Brandon!  The story I had heard came from an unreliable source many years ago and I was a little skeptical about it.  Yours has a ring of truth to it.  Thanks! 

Crysler spent $10K back in the day to develope that sound. It is not borrowed from a VW. The inner workings of the horn are aluminum rather than copper and do not have the trumpet like most horns giving the Roadrunner horn the unique meep-meep sound. They also paid for the right to use the Roadrunner name and the sound to the toon of $82K. Those horns were all painted purple and only a few thousand were made. Finding original pieces is quite rare now, but they are readily available in the aftermarket. Love what you got going here.

BK

BrandonK

Wow, for us Mopar guys, that is a glaring problem. Nice fix Mike. The wiper you created looks spot on. The "wiper motor" the kits calls for is clearly the "Roadrunner" horn included in the GTX kit. So the black horns you have painted would be correct for your build, but keep that other one for the Roadrunners of the future you will build. Most people don't know that the Roadrunner horn is unique and only used on the Roadrunners. The guys writing up the instructions clearly had no idea what he was looking at. 

Nice work, Mike. She really is looking sharp. As a Mopar guy, I approve!!

BK

 

Thanks Brandon!  I had heard that the "Roadrunner" horn was actually a Volkswagen Beetle horn and it was painted purple to differentiate it from its Beetle counterpart and to avoid a lawsuit from VW.  Not sure if that is true or not, but that is what I heard.

Wow, for us Mopar guys, that is a glaring problem. Nice fix Mike. The wiper you created looks spot on. The "wiper motor" the kits calls for is clearly the "Roadrunner" horn included in the GTX kit. So the black horns you have painted would be correct for your build, but keep that other one for the Roadrunners of the future you will build. Most people don't know that the Roadrunner horn is unique and only used on the Roadrunners. The guys writing up the instructions clearly had no idea what he was looking at. 

Nice work, Mike. She really is looking sharp. As a Mopar guy, I approve!!

BK

Thanks Eugene!

Looking good!Master cylinder looks good!

John, maybe but there is the space of the bracket to the mounting nub that makes the part questionable, plus the missing cylinder.  Sorry, but that is the Roadrunner horn.  

I found the wiper motor on an old AMT Dodge Challenger firewall and I added a power brake booster.

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Seems like the wiper mechanism but missing the motor.  Almost looks like they intended to have a cylender glued onto the nub/pin on the right.  A bit of sprue would fix it I bet.

The two black painted 'cinnamon rolls' are horns.  

It is a horn!  This has been subject of much criticism for many, many years.  Even my earlist Roadrunner had used the horn as a wiper motor.  I realized my and AMT's error and corrected it later by manufacturing a wiper motor.  I'm sure that the newest release of the Roadrunner and the GTX has the horn in place of a proper wiper motor.    

Mr Mike

I started working on the engine compartment of the GTX and installed the battery and the master cylinder and I stopped at the wiper motor.  The wiper motor is shaped like the Roadrunner horn according to the instructions and not like a wiper motor.  I guess I'll have to make one since I don't have one available. 

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That does look like a horn

I started working on the engine compartment of the GTX and installed the battery and the master cylinder and I stopped at the wiper motor.  The wiper motor is shaped like the Roadrunner horn according to the instructions and not like a wiper motor.  I guess I'll have to make one since I don't have one available. 

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Thank you Jim!  

That paint job is georgeous Mike. Love that engine too. My old hands and eyes won't let me do work any where near that one any more. Keep up the great work.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Thanks lurch and Brandon!

I always liked the GTX over the Charger in the B bodies. Great color choice, she looks awesome.

BK

Thats looking realy good Mike. I like the color.

keavdog

Rockers and hood?  Hard to tell from the pic

 

I have a limit of 3 pictures per posting.  Must be from when SA had a three picture limit and I have stuck with that over the years.  Yes, the hood and the rocker panels where painted with Tamiya Matt Black.  I tried to position the picture to include both the hood and the rocker panels.  

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Hey Mike!

     Love the way you did the tailights! The lens area looks so real!

Rockers and hood?  Hard to tell from the pic

I finally painted the '69 GTX with Tamiya TS-6 Matt Black.  Next will be Gloss Clear over the Matt Black to bring out a glossiness to the paint.  

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mustang1989

Progress is sure looking good on this one Mike. Good on you for the way you tackled that molded in exhaust system. Those are always tricky. 

Molded in exhaust?  I think you had some other model in mind when you had posted that.

I did some detailing on the front grille, rear trunk lid and the taillights.  Then I started taping the hood for the Performance Hood Treatment.

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Thanks diastermaster and Joe!

disastermaster

 

 

Mr Mike

Good luck on your build!

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Sometime in the near future I hope..... and it sure will NOT be weathered.

 

Progress is sure looking good on this one Mike. Good on you for the way you tackled that molded in exhaust system. Those are always tricky.

Mr Mike

Good luck on your build!