Freshly Built 440 V8: 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury
The Sport Fury was Plymouth’s version of the Chevy Impala SS and the Ford Galaxie 500/XL. It would arrive in 1959 and stick it out through 1971. Generally available as either a 2-door hardtop or convertible, things like bucket seats would help set them apart. This 1967 edition has been treated to a larger V8 engine and runs and drives but needs some further work. Located in Heavener, Oklahoma, this full-size muscle car is available here on craigslist for $8,850. Another tip is brought our way by Barn Finder Tony Primo!
After a strategic miscue led Chrysler to downsize its full-size cars in 1962, the Fury was back to prime dimensions by 1965. With a restyle of the same platform in 1967, five choices could be made at the top level: Fury I, Fury II, Fury III, Sport Fury, and VIP (with the trim level moving up a notch each time). The basic engine in the Sport Fury was the 318 cubic inch V8, but we’re told this example was built with a 383. We’re told this Mopar lived in the Nevada desert from around 1978 to 2014 when the seller (we think) gave it a new lease on life.
We assume the seller gets credit for pulling the 383 and putting in a “fresh” 440. The automatic transmission and rear-end have been “gone through” and the suspension rebuilt. The front drum brakes have been converted to disc and there is a new power assist. Dual exhaust takes care of business out back, and we’d expect the Plymouth to have a nice, throaty sound at 74,000 miles (on the car, not the engine).
The seller admits there is a bit of surface rust brewing in one quarter panel, but that’s it for corrosion. The car has two-tone paint and the paint on the roof has given up the ghost. Much of the interior has been redone with a sound deadener added in the process. The dash gauges are shot, but the seller spent $1,200 on a new set that the buyer can install. Tires will have to be an early checklist item as they’re dry-rotted from age. We’re told the seller has about $12,000 tied up in the automobile but doesn’t have the desire to finish it. So, his/her loss is your gain?
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Comments
`59 was indeed the first year, but there was no Sport Fury in `60 or `61.
It returned in `62.
$8,800 seems like a really fair price. This Plymouth isn’t that far from being finished. Seems strange that the owner is giving up on it with the finish line in sight. Hope there isn’t some hidden disaster.
“The car has two-tone paint and the paint on the roof has given up the ghost.”
Perhaps no paint on the roof, because it might have had a vinyl top?
The trim suggests that might be the case, so, Swiss cheese roof?
When I first saw this car, it looked like it had one of those “Mod-Tops” that were on some Mopars in the late 60s. Then I saw that it was surface rust exposed after removing the original vinyl roof, and on closer inspection it could be worse than it appears. Could that be why the seller is giving up on a nearly finished car?
440 car for 88 hundred bucks, HP manifolds A/C , power brakes. Nice solid car.
Sale Pending.
Not too surprised, based on what BB Mopars are going for these days.
No Mod Top Plymouths in ’67. That option
wasn’t available until 1969. A one year only option at that, and only on certain models.