Paul McGhee is married with 4 children and operates his own business, Professional Wiring Services.   He is a sole employee doing in-ground swimming pools, new home wiring, and remodeling.  

For the past 35 years Paul has also been a Mopar fanatic. During that time he's owned several cool 70 GTX's and Road Runners, including a Lime Light 70 GTX at the tender age of 16. Last Winter Paul discovered an ad for a Lime Light '70 GTX  on Moparts.com, and knew he had to have it. 

Paul purchased the GTX sight unseen from the seller who lived in far away New York. On the evening that the shipper was scheduled to pick the GTX up, Mother Nature came to help and dumped 3 feet of snow!  After a month long delay due to bad weather, the GTX finally arrived at it's new home in Wisconsin. 

Since Paul had purchased the GTX sight unseen, he expected that a few things would need immediate attention.  The hood paint and tail light area were glossy black instead of the correct finish and both the hood pins and a reproduction "Go-Wing" were installed in the wrong locations.  The trunk floor needed to be cleaned up and refinished as well. A good friend who happens to own a body shop assisted Paul in welding the unwanted holes closed, refinishing the hood, trunk lid, and trunk floor. They also cleaned up the rear 1/4 extensions and buffed out the paint to reveal what Paul had been anxiously waiting to see. 

The next thing on Paul's agenda was to improve the performance of an already healthy 440.  To preserve the GTX's collector value, Paul wisely pulled the numbers matching engine and tucked it away in the corner of the garage. To replace the original engine, KILPATRICK Racing Engines and Transmissions built Paul a fresh 511 stroker.  One thing lead to another and before he knew it the entire drive train, suspension, gas tank, and everything else was removed from the underneath of the car.  New Super Stock springs, rear axle bearings and 3:73 gears, helped freshen suspension and drive train.  While the new gas tank, straps, sending unit, fuel lines, all new brakes, lines and front end components finished out the detailing and ensured that the GTX would be a safe, reliable driver.  Then came a completely rebuilt and detailed transmission with a 3000 rpm stall converter and Gear Vendors under/overdrive.  The stroker pumps massive amounts of fuel and air through the Indy CNC heads with a custom made six-pack with matching ports.  MSD ignition take care of spark, while a Mopar mini starter, TTI Step headers, Flowmasters, 3'' pipes out the back finish out the exhaust.  As expected, the dyno readout indicates much higher than stock with 476 HP and 561 TQ at the rear wheels. With the correction factors added in, it produces 580 HP and 685 torque at the flywheel. 

Even though Paul has only owned this particular car for a year, he has clearly added his touches to make it his own. From the details and pictures he's provided, we think he has one hell of a mean GTX.  What you may find surprising about Paul is that he is still searching for the right 1970 Road Runner convertible to replace the one that got away year ago.  Good Luck Paul!

Congrats to Paul for making our first GTX of the month.