71 GTX trunklid

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'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
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71 GTX trunklid

Post by TX9GTXN96 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:56 pm

My '71 GTX project happens to be a pretty straight and clean original metal car, however, it had it's share of rodents living it during it 27 years of storage in Northern Virginia :shock: The rodents decided to make nests in the corners of the trunklid and their acidic urine sure made a mess of the lid, check out the rot!
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'70 Super Bee 440 6 pack 4-spd 4.10 Dana EB5 N96

Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
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My Cars: Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
Location: NY

Re: 71 GTX trunklid

Post by TX9GTXN96 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:57 pm

another...
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My Mopars:
Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
'70 Super Bee 440 6 pack 4-spd 4.10 Dana EB5 N96

Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
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TX9GTXN96
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Posts: 152
Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:43 pm
My Cars: Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
Location: NY

Re: 71 GTX trunklid

Post by TX9GTXN96 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:00 pm

I figured it would be easy enought to find a nice replacement, but not so... After attending the two biggest Mopar shows this season at Carlisle and the Nats and after looking at maybe 20 lids, most were '72-up and only three were for the '71 model year! I ended up scoring two of them at the Mopar Nats and kept the best one for my car which was still in its original coat of GF7 green :D Since the X is an original A45 spoiler package car, I really wanted to have the right lid. The scariest part was when I had to measure and drill the four holes in the new lid :shock:

Measure twice, drill once 8)
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Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
'70 Super Bee 440 6 pack 4-spd 4.10 Dana EB5 N96

Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
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Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:43 pm
My Cars: Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
Location: NY

Re: 71 GTX trunklid

Post by TX9GTXN96 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:02 pm

And here is how it turned out, not too bad. I can't wait to get this car in paint now :D
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Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
'70 Super Bee 440 6 pack 4-spd 4.10 Dana EB5 N96

Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
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Re: 71 GTX trunklid

Post by Smellslike1974 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:36 pm

TX9GTXN96 wrote: Measure twice, drill once 8)
Wouldnt that be measure 8 times drill 4?

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TX9GTXN96
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Posts: 152
Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:43 pm
My Cars: Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
Location: NY

Re: 71 GTX trunklid

Post by TX9GTXN96 » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:57 am

So true :D
My Mopars:
Present: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4-spd 4.10 Dana GW3 GW3 J68 louver
'70 Super Bee 440 6 pack 4-spd 4.10 Dana EB5 N96

Past: '71 GTX 440+4bbl 4spd 3.54 Dana TX9 TX9 N96 spoiler pkg
'71 RR 383 4bbl 4-spd 3.23 GY8 V1X
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