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Post by Eric » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:32 pm

All the codes on the tag will deciper as legitimate...it's the codes that are missing (which are standard on all GTXs) that make it suspect...

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Post by 71440 gtx » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:36 pm

Okay, here we go.
It's supposed to be a light package car...where's the map light?
The Plymouth in the wood grain of the steering wheel is missing.
Wrong breather cap, it should be a two prong or a three prong.
It should have a 6-pac vibration damper... on a '71 440 hp 4bbl or 6bbl has that vibration damper.
Oil pan is all beat up.
What's with the gold shields on the brakes?
The rear springs are supposed to be natural not black.
The drive shaft isn't shiny black.
The mufflers are wrong
What's with the gold nuts and parts all over the car?
. Wrong battery tray hold down.
Wrong pos and neg cables

That's a lot of things wrong (especially if you include other things mentioned previously) and I'm still learning about '71 plymouth GTX's and roadrunners.
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Post by Eric » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:16 am

Clearly this car was restored the way a previous owner wanted it, not to the way it was originally built (example: black paint instead of the original GF3 green). That's fine. The thing that concerns me is the fender tag. I know it is missing two codes that all 71 Xs have. Makes me wonder why, when they reproduced the tag, did they omit those codes. Was the tag missing altogether and they just made up codes they thought came on the car?
This would make me walk away from the car if I was in a position to and interested in buying it...
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