September 2001: The GTX is back home in the garage. There's a lot of work left, but things are progressing. The door and window weather-stripping is all in, the side window, right side body moldings and all of the wheel moldings are back on. A bunch of the side molding clips were bent and twisted so I don't have enough to install all of the side trim. I should have planned ahead!  The new antenna from Metro Parts fit perfectly, now I can crank up the tunes on my AM/8-track . I got my brother in law Ron to help me hang the front bumper and somehow we managed to get it installed without scuffing the new paint. Getting some of the chrome back on the car sure makes it look better. Inside of the car is beginning to look good too. The carpet is in, so are the seats, kick panels, pedal pads and headliner. I think I need to get new door panels from Year One. The originals look kind of tacky with the new carpet and seats. The Mopar imitation woodgrain steering wheel isn't correct for this particular GTX but I'm using it anyway. It looks much better than the 'el cheapo aftermarket one that was in the car when I bought it. Besides, it's a sentimental favorite. It is out of my first Mopar, a '70 Charger SE.

December 2001: I've recovered from my transmission troubles. I had my rebuilt 727 re-rebuilt by a reputable shop and ordered the 9½" converter from Dynamic Converters. My brother in law gave me a hand putting it back in, it almost seemed too easy. 

While the transmission was out, I upgraded to a high torque mini-starter. The new Year One positive battery cable I have was too short to reach the terminals on the starter so I made a longer one using #1 copper cable. What a difference! It cranks much faster and hot start woes have been eliminated.