New project. 66 Plymouth furyIII. Finally home!

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Picked this up today. Probably just clean it up , put some dog dish caps on it an drive as is. Runs and drives good, was a daily driver. Poly 318, nice dual exhaust with flowmasters and a descent interior. Has a little rust in the quarters from spending time in Minnesota.To bad they cut a huge hole in the hood for the scoop. I guess that 318 needed all the air they could give it!   Certi card still there and says Robert Blanche south 2nd st. Mankota MN.

[Fred]

Do you think maybe that they wanted it to look faster than it really is?

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Do you think maybe that they wanted it to look faster than it really is?

Yeah, she's a real sleeper with that 318!   

[Laxy]

Looks really cool! I love 'em in driver condition when they are a little rough.

[rt green]

had one in high school. red 383 bench seat four speed. beat a 72 gto with it two out of two. shifter sucked though. i liked driving it. i think you'll enjoy yours.

[Dans 68]

That is a nice daily, Wade! Good buy.    So, what did she cost you? 

Dan

[Brass]

Love it!

[Cooter]

Love to see fairly rust free C-bodies. My brother had a 1968 2dr sedan. 413/4-speed. Was a 318/ 3 on da tree. I loved that car, but he stripped it out and crushed it cause nobody would buy it.

I didn't have the coin at the time, but woulda loved to had that thing. Just a beast of a car and straight gear too boot. Had all the hard to find pieces on it too. Yeah, too bad these cars haven't caught on yet, as I see a 440 and 4-speed, with some Chrome reverse wheels.
Painted Jet black. Sleeper from hell and ride good too boot.

[68coronetGLwannabe]

That is a nice daily, Wade! Good buy.    So, what did she cost you? 

Dan

Picked it up for $1500. Drove it to the local Saturday night cruise and people enjoyed seeing it.

[jaak]

Cool ride, Wade! A buddy of mine drove one of those to school....his was red/white two-tone.
I saw where you had a wanted ad looking for some dog-dishes....did you ever find any? If not, PM me.

Jason

[Old Moparz]

Cool find. 

Many years ago I had a '66 Sport Fury with a 383-2V, buckets, console & fender skirts. It was a nice highway car in pretty good shape that I got for $150. Drove it for about 8 or 9 months, then sold it for $750 without doing anything but cleaning it up & removing the fog lights that were in the back window.    They were wired to the reverse lights in, what I guess, was an attempt to help with visibility. All they did was reflect a ton of light off the rear window & blind you making it worse.   

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Went and got an estimate today on painting it. Probably going to do the original green with a black hood and black roof. Not to many colors to choose from when it has a green interior.    I will post some pics of the progress.  Going to part with the Rosco police car and maybe the 68 Chevy van to fix this one up.

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Been doing a little work on the Fury. Borrowed some dog dish hub caps from a friend until the ones I bought show up. Got a set of RWL tires and tuned it up and it runs and drives great. Next week of to the body shop to get painted to its original green and a black vinyl top, black hood and scoop. 

[TruckDriver]

 

[Silver R/T]

good driver

[skip68]

That is sweet Wade.   Good score.   I like the way the rear looks.   

[Nacho-RT74]

just in case, here is a donor for the hood

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-1966-PLYMOUTH-FURY-III-HEADLIGHT-BULB-PROJECT-PARTS-66-65-/120801872618?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item1c205a4aea

this guy looks to be parting out one ( and closer to you )

http://www.ebay.com/sch/sblanquiz/m.html?_nkw=plymouth+fury&_sacat=0&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1311

Dr Mopar has a 65 2 doors hardtop ( which I think is the same hood ) for parts

http://www.drmopar.com/cbody.html

texas acress looks to be out of bussiness but if they have a Hood, maybe they will rid off for cheap

http://www.texasacres.com/

[68coronetGLwannabe]

After doing steel wheels and dog dish caps on the Fury, I was inspired to do this. 

[Budnicks]

After doing steel wheels and dog dish caps on the Fury, I was inspired to do this.  

That looks pretty damn good & I'm not usually a big fan of the dog dish & steely look either.... Always liked the Ralleys, 68 Road Wheels, Magnum 500's, Halibrands, Polished Slots or Crager S/S's on my Mopars

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Finally brought the Fury home today from the paint shop. Had a change of plans and went with something a little different and possibly a little Crazy  . The color is a kinda toned down Sublime green.
Now off to get a vinyl top and a new headliner.

[myk]

WOW love it, with the scoop especially.  How much work did the car need, body wise?  How much did all of the bodywork end up costing you?

[jaak]

  Looks great Wade!!!!! You can never go wrong with green.....any shade of green!!!!!!

Can't wait to see more pics!

Jason

[Finn]

Nice!

[Silver R/T]

nice project

[68coronetGLwannabe]

WOW love it, with the scoop especially.  How much work did the car need, body wise?  How much did all of the bodywork end up costing you?

He had to patch both rear lower quarters and front of the both quarters some rear quarter wheel lip and a few small dents. He also molded the hood scoop to the hood. Total cost $1200.00. He has never charged me more than $1800 for any of my cars, are they perfect show quality no but they are nice drivers. He gives me a pretty good deal but he has painted several cars for me and I send a lot of work his way.

[myk]

That's a GREAT deal.  Hey I hear you about the quality of work done-I'll take a solid driver over a garage queen any day...

[bsakal]

Nice looking Fury!!!

[FlatbackFanatic]

Looks great!!!

[BigBlockSam]

 

[charge69]

That is an awesome looking Fury and you are a lucky man to find it. Awesome price on the bodywork and paintjob too. I have spent more just on the paint on my Charger let alone having it painted as you have in the paintjob.
My Mom bought a new 1968 2-door Sport Fury while I was in Vietnam and it had a 383-2bbl motor with 2.76 rear gears and an automatic tranny in it. Great car and got decent mileage back then too. Well, when she got a new Gran Fury in 1972, my brother bought the 1968 Sport Fury from her and put a '69 440 HP with a 727b in it but left the long gears in it. With the 2.76 rear gears in it, it was not much off the line but it just got stronger and stronger as you got higher in the rev range and it would bury the 150mph speedometer in the old Sport Fury. Great fun at highway speeds as it would really scoot from a 55mph roll ! He said the only thing to ever beat him on a topend run was a 455 Grand Prix that must have had some work too.
Enjoy that old '66 Fury and I am envious. :-)

[68coronetGLwannabe]

That is an awesome looking Fury and you are a lucky man to find it. Awesome price on the bodywork and paintjob too. I have spent more just on the paint on my Charger let alone having it painted as you have in the paintjob.
My Mom bought a new 1968 2-door Sport Fury while I was in Vietnam and it had a 383-2bbl motor with 2.76 rear gears and an automatic tranny in it. Great car and got decent mileage back then too. Well, when she got a new Gran Fury in 1972, my brother bought the 1968 Sport Fury from her and put a '69 440 HP with a 727b in it but left the long gears in it. With the 2.76 rear gears in it, it was not much off the line but it just got stronger and stronger as you got higher in the rev range and it would bury the 150mph speedometer in the old Sport Fury. Great fun at highway speeds as it would really scoot from a 55mph roll ! He said the only thing to ever beat him on a topend run was a 455 Grand Prix that must have had some work too.
Enjoy that old '66 Fury and I am envious. :-)

Thanks for all the complements Guys. Have a few little issue to work on before I can take it out cruising. Hope to have them fixed and be cruising it soon! 

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Headliner and Vinyl top all done. Just have to get the Brakes working better and its ready to roll. Already have the rears brakes rebuilt with new lines, now onto the fronts. 

[aussiemuscle]

Is the big plymouth signage because people keep asking what it is?

[Budnicks]

Headliner and Vinyl top all done. Just have to get the Brakes working better and its ready to roll. Already have the rears brakes rebuilt with new lines, now onto the fronts. 

It looks pretty good...