Barn Find: Can Attitude Sell A Rare Hemi GTX 'Vert For $100k?

In the mid-1960s, Mopar was all about that quarter-mile, and putting a big engine in a reduced-weight shell meant better et’s and higher speeds through the traps. In 1967, the Belvedere GTX was considered a gentleman’s musclecar – and was the only version of the Belvedere that offered the 426 Hemi.

Come 1968 the B-body Mopars had a new coke-bottle shape and a new attitude, Mopar wanted to sell cars. The 1968 Road Runner was available with the Hemi, and over 1,000 of them were ordered that year, making it one of the highest production models with the Elephant mill.

The 426 Hemi was only available with the dual quad Carter setup, one appears to be missing. Is that part of the 10 percent that would complete the car? The seller doesn’t specify, and with the rest of the car being numbers-matching, the possibility of finding that other matching carb is likely gone.

The Road Runner was a stripped down version of the Belvedere, taking away some of the creature comforts like the extra padding and trim that the Belvedere wore. The GTX model was back, however, it was no longer a Belvedere. It was its own model and it was considered a luxury musclecar, with extra sound deadening and other options that truly made it a gentleman’s car. About 450 of those GTX models were ordered with the famed Elephant mill.

While the Road Runner was only available in hardtop or coupe form, the GTX was available as a convertible. For 1968 only 36 of those convertibles were ordered with the Hemi engine, which sported a pair of Carter 4-barrels. According to the seller in the Syracuse, New York, Craigslist ad, this tired old 1968 Hemi GTX convertible is one of 12 with the 4-speed option.

The top and interior are there, but like the rest of the car it is in rough shape. Is this rare, 1-of-12 convertibles worth the asking price? Don't question him, unless you want some attitude.

The car is definitely in sad shape, and a few searches on finished, 440-equipped cars brings back mid-$80,000 prices. The Hemi was a $564 option back in 1968, but today it’s considered the one mill to have in your classic Mopar. But that new attitude that the 1968 Plymouth GTX had seems to have carried over to the seller of this weathered convertible, and he won’t take “a penny less” than his asking price of “$100,000 firm.”

The car is listed as 90-percent complete and numbers matching, but is it really worth 100-large in the current condition? Apparently, an interested buyer questioned the price of the car, because the seller added the line: “To dumbass emailing. You do realize this is [1] of 12 usa Hemi 4 speed convertibles produced. Of the other 12. Only 2 ever sold.”

Yeah, this car has attitude and seems to have worn off on the seller.