Article: '71 Plymouth GTX (1/25/2021)

Never cared for the body style.

And the 1971 with its loop bumper and fuselage styling is my favorite. Ditch the vinyl top though.

The article talks about moving away from coke-bottle styling, but like it or not this fuselage body is a progression, and even an exaggeration of the coke-bottle look. I believe what most classicist are uncomfortable with is its morphic appearance, which is exactly what makes it look 'slippery' and new to younger eyes - then and now. 

This body style never appealed to me at all.  I think this is likely because I tend to prefer more squarish styling in general and LOVED the earlier Mopar look since 1966 (except for that 1970 Super Bee grille).

I'm glad to see this design coming into its own. To my eye, it flows much more smoothly than the previous design. The older cars were certainly brawny and wide-shouldered. But, they were a bit blocky as well. I think the new design was too much of a change for the time. That doesn't detract from its flowing lines and subtle surface development.

To me, it's one of the best designs of the early seventies, a step into the future that the other makers didn't take until it was too late and the big bumpers had to be incorporated. 

@jkuvakas: I love the "blockish" styling, of the '66 & '67 Coronet and don't care for the roundish styling after '70.  

'70 Coronet & Charger front bumpers were hideous to my taste. 

@brush  Hey Bruce.....what a coincidence.....all those Mopars are green.  Lol.

I'm a fan of all Charger "generations", but I owned a Gen 3 ('71 - '74) like this one:

This one (95% correct) was on eBay last year & I almost bought it.  The only differences between the one I owned & this one are (from the outside) the style of mag wheels (I had the 5-spoke Magnum 500); from the inside I had a bench seat & column shifter (this one has buckets & console/floor shift); & (under the hood) I had the 400 CI big block (this one has the 318 CI small block)...otherwise it's identical to the one I had.

@terryslekar, that's a good looking car. How did you like to 400?

the 400 was pretty good for its day, plenty of power even though it wasn't as stout as it could've been...but it'd break the tires loose from a dead stop...I had my hands on a '69 440 magnum that I wanted to drop in it, but I was in college & it wasn't wise to do so... 

@terryslekar

Big Charger fan too, until it became a facelifted Cordoba in 1975.  You had a real nice looking car.  My ultimate Charger would be a '69 R/T, but prices are now astronomical, so I'm content with my 1/24s.

@pete-rovero:  Had a '69 Charger SE back in 1970.

  The Charger I would like is a '68 body with the '70 SE  interior and the '70 440x6 drive train.

@brush

Gorgeous '69, and  I like your style!

@brush  The 68 is by far my favorite Charger.