When I was growing up I was treated to not just one, but two unbelievable GTX's.  It is no surprise that my love for 1968's is as deep as it is, my father had one while I was growing up and my neighbor had an original Hemi '68 GTX with low mileage.  Ironically both of these cars were RR1 Maroon, my fathers had a white top, which I chose to add to my car.  My fascination  with GTX's has been in my blood since I was old enough to ride a bike.  I would love to tell you it was in earlier, but I have no proof or memory earlier than about my 5th birthday.

When I was growing up, I kind of got away from the Mopar scene.  It seemed like the older cars were "old school" and I was of new school mentality.  I fell in love with the Mustangs of the mid 80's.  However, after I had my run of Mustangs and believe me I had a lot of them, I finally got back to my roots and sought out to find my new project. 

I knew that I was not interested in a numbers matching car because I knew that I wanted to make the car the way I wanted it.  I have never been interested in taking someone else's handiwork and making it my own.  I have always been of the opinion that the journey is worth as much as the finished product.

So In 2004 I found my GTX, tucked away in a garage in a quiet little town in a garage that was owned by a real car guy.  He told the story of the cars travels and how it came to him, he also took me to his barn to see the rest of his stable of beautiful cars, so this person had credibility with me.  We haggled on price and finally set on a price and I was on my way.

It is worth noting that this car was a shell that was in great shape, it needed attention in every direction.  The car was in primer and cut in Plum Crazy purple.  Well again I knew that was not going to be the final color.  Heck this car was supposed to be GG1 green with gold interior with black accents.  Holy Crap what a combo!  While I do agree that it's a wild combo and has some serious rarity to it.  I wanted RR1 with a white top, but I did not end up with just RR1.

So with this car, I ended up painting it 68 RR1 Maroon, but I added 6 ounces of crushed mica (pearl) to the mix to give it some real pop.  I also decided on painting the primer base in black so it would make the paint a shade or two darker.  The result was perfect.  In the dark it looks just like RR1, but when the sun hits it, the pearl jumps off the car and really looks great!

After all was said and done, I have literally restored the entire car.  I have rebuilt the front and rear suspension, the 4 speed transmission, completely restored the interior including the 150mph speedo cluster, the rear tail panel, vinyl top, engine fuel system and entire front grille assembly.

In the end, I smile when I get the chance to work on this car, and am very proud of the compliments I receive.  I still have a lot of stuff to do, and will probably always be a work in progress.  But  I built this car to match the car my dad had when I was growing up and am sure that I will enjoy it as he did when he was younger.