1965 Plymouth Fury Destroyed in Collision

[tan top]

Looked like it "WAS" a nice car!!

 was  mean looking  

[myk]

I never can get over people who focus only on HP and fail to look at the brake and suspension running stock 4 wheel drums? Really? 

That's what car makers did in the 60's...

[GOTWING]

There was a older fellow here in northern Delaware a few months ago slid his 70 Cuda into a pole and cut the car clean in half, the engine seperated and was lying in the field. It was a blue Cuda with Viper wheels and a full cage, di not help, he died. I think he was 62 years old, shame.

[Indygenerallee]

Gotwing, I think I remember seeing those pics of the Cuda, that one was a mess!

[TUFCAT]

 Agreed. Front disc brakes should've been a mandatory upgrade on a performance build like this. But without details who knows if it was a factor.

The factory drum brake system will stop as good as discs - for the first couple of hard stops until they get hot.   Then watch out!

[440]

Hell, just trying to stop in a straight line is hard enough regardless.

[Wheels of Terror]

I shouldn't have read this post before bed.  What a sad situation all around. That poor Belvedere!! Thank God the driver survived! May he have a quick and healthy recovery!

[Fred]

I shouldn't have read this post before bed.  What a sad situation all around. That poor Belvedere!! Thank God the driver survived! May he have a quick and healthy recovery!

[Fred]

I never can get over people who focus only on HP and fail to look at the brake and suspension running stock 4 wheel drums? Really? I understand way back when this is what they had but with today's upgrades why neglect this??? Im not saying this caused the wreck (IDK what did) but I just always shake my head when I see 4 wheel drums on a built car, my Dart has 4 wheel drums and I could never imagine having a built 426 and trying to stop quick!!! My buddy had a 67 Dart with 4 wheel drums and it had a built 440 that was a strict track car only (narrowed Dana and slicks) and that thing would swere like no end at the track when the brakes were applied!!! made my eyes bug out of my head and I was not driving!!

first thing I did............upgrade the brakes.

[bull]

That doesn't look like a wreck to me. Looks like something fell on it.

[Cooter]

I wouldn't think if something fell on it that the rear wheel would be bent, but that's just me.

[TUFCAT]

No factual information has been posted at this point so we can't determine if the driver survived or the circumstances of the accident. 

If you have any source of credible information, please post. 

[BananaDan]

Wow, what a terrible situation.  It looks like the car was dropped from a 747.  I hope the driver survived. 

[bull]

I wouldn't think if something fell on it that the rear wheel would be bent, but that's just me.

Well, the majority of the damage is in the front, right? No matter what it hit, or what hit it, rear rims aren't commonly bent during a front-end collision. It either slid across something on that side or something slid across it and the rim got hooked.

[TUFCAT]

The blood on the steering collumn indicates something bad happened.

[adauto]

Unfortunatley I see this stuff all the time, I could tell some really graphic stories. Be carefull out there guys!

[bull]

The blood on the steering collumn indicates something bad happened.

This is true. The speculation is all moot until we get some facts (which don't seem to be readily availiable). What's odd is all the greenery and what looks like concrete particles all over the car. It almost looks like he rear-ended a truck hauling shrubs and cinder blocks that fell off and landed on it.

[Rolling_Thunder]

or plowed through some shrubs and then into a block wall

[69hemidaytona]

I had one of these Bob Mosher built cars. It was a 64 savoy 2 door sedan with a 650 HP 472 ci crossram hemi and 4 speed. The car was very fast but had the factory 10 inch drum brakes that it came with as a 6 cylinder car. On the freeway I hammered it and was above 100 mph in no time. As I was approching slower moving traffic I had to slam on the brakes and nearly rearended someone. Right away I converted it to disc brakes and it made a world of difference. It was really a death trap the way it was set up. I ended up selling it at Barrett-Jackson a few years ago.

[69hemidaytona]

more pics

[bill440rt]

or plowed through some shrubs and then into a block wall

My thoughts as well. Might have went off the road (possibly over a curb hence the damage to the rear wheels), & into a building or structure of some sort due to the debris. Hitting a stationary object such as a building seems plausable, the amount of damage is just massive.

Definitely gives second thoughts on driving habits on the streets. One can only hope the driver survived.

[Stretch]

Wow! What a shame!

I really could have done without seeing the bloody steering column though!

It's pretty hard to imagine that anyone could have survived that!

[adauto]

No factual information has been posted at this point so we can't determine if the driver survived or the circumstances of the accident. 

If you have any source of credible information, please post. 

This is an insurance claim, they never devulge to the auction house (Copart, IAA,Ect) the accident report.

[oldcarnut]

Reminds me of this one.  Don't look too hard cause there's pieces in there  .   Disc brakes didn't help this one.  This was posted around other sites before but like the other,  only guesses why it happened.

[nvrbdn]

looks like blood on the back of the truck. that bumper is so low on there that it had to rake right through the middle of that car.