Sorted Out Fuselage: 1970 Plymouth Fury III
It’s sweet American Iron time here in Scotty G’s corner of Barn Finds. There’s actually a lot of it here every day but I’m particularly fond of these fuselage Furys. This 1970 Plymouth Fury III can be found here on Craigslist with an asking price of $4,500. It’s located in Terre Haute, Indiana, home of Buffy, Jody, and Cissy Davis from Family Affair (ok, enough with the tv references). Thanks to Pat L. for submitting this Fury III!
The seller has done a lot of work on this two-door hardtop Fury III. They say that it’s a “Survivor car. Has rust and bondo but is a driver quality car inside and out as well as mechanically. The color is a copper of some sort and gleams nicely.” I absolutely love these fifth-generation fuselage Furys. They say that this “Car is complete and very original. Total blast to drive and gets lots of looks! Recent full exhaust out the back with pleasant sounding rumbly mufflers.”
Here it is during a boatload of work that has been done on it, and I mean a lot of work. “Brakes and fuel system have been gone through/nearly all components are new. Transmission was just overhauled by myself and shifts like glass/kicks down on command when you put the hammer down-all linkages have been adjusted meticulously. All fluids & filters replaced and cooling system gone through”. It also has “New tires and wheels.”
Unfortunately, there are no interior photos or engine photos but they say that it has an “Orange interior” and the engine is a 383 cubic-inch V8 with a 2-barrel carb and it should have 290 hp. “All fluids & filters replaced and cooling system gone through. Strong running big block starts and idles good in any weather/all thermostatic choke linkages are functional.” They say that this “Car is far from perfect but is cool as is. Not too many of these 2 door C body Mopars were produced. This big ol’ land barge just floats down the road. Rides better than any modern car. And of course looks better than any modern car.” I would have to strongly agree with that statement. Is there enough to go on, photo-wise, to make a decision on this Fury III? If not, send the seller an email and snag this Fury III before it’s gone.
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Comments
Hey Scotty, nice write-up! You had me at “hidden headlights.” The shiny drum brake parts are hard to resist too. I love these things. My Dream Garage has a two-door Sport Fury or 300 and a four-door Imperial, both with a warmed-up 440 and hidden headlights.The latter would just be for road-trips, of course. What’s more American than gobbling up miles of Interstate in a car the size of an efficiency apartment? Since that this fantasy occurs after my big lottery win, filling it up would be no bother, simply my personal contribution to the profit margins of Big Oil.
This car I want. Badly.
Something about those big lands yachts, the Mopar fuselage cards that are just irresistible to me. Furys, almost any year are just underrated cool in my opinion.
Love those fuselage Mopars.
It’s great to see a guy wrenching on his own car in his own driveway. And a nice vintage American land yacht at a fair price.
I LIKE IT!
I agree John, I can’t remember the last time I saw an auto tore down on a garage bench!
At $4500 someone is going to get a very good deal on this one!. Good to see a seller offering something like this at a very fair price.
This was the State Patrol car in NC when I was growing up. Those black over silver cars in your rear view mirror were not something you wanted to see. Nice ride, brings back some memories; a couple I would just as soon not have.
Correct me if I am wrong, but aren’t those later hub caps?
I seem to remember the 1970 caps as being flatter.
Think they’re ‘69 Sport or VIP wheelcovers. The ‘70 did have the discs with the blacked out center.
Had a ’68 in ’76. These things cruise effortlessly at idle or 80. Not so bad on fuel if you drive with the dignity it deserves. And, a new car payment these days will buy a whole lot of gas.
Simply love the fury model. Such a great highway car. Drop a big block in . Way to go.
383 is a big block.
Good deal on a yacht. These were huge cars…that rear quarter seemed to go on forever. When I was a kid, we would drive out to the car guy A & W hangout. One night we were piled into my friend’s Galaxy XL convertible, backed into a stall (of course ’cause you weren’t cool unless you backed in).
One of these came in, triple black, built 383, Thrush glass paks…looked like Darth Vader before there was a Darth Vader…and backed into the stall beside us making that loud blop blop blop sound of a lopey cam. It was so big and so intimidating…looked like it was 3 feet longer than the XL (it wasn’t) We probably looked stupid as we all stopped talking mid sentence and just stared wide-eyed at this beast. haha
were there any rabbits in the trunk ?
Great reference. I was thinking the same thing.
Tell me where does a fool go when there’s no one left to listen?
Those were the days. My high school in South Gate, CA used Fury III, 4 doors in drivers ed class, 1971. Back then you could get 6 adults in these beasts with room to spare. A poor mans Cadillac with plenty of power. Now I know why they call them the good old days.
You could NEVER elude the Wisconsin State Patrol when you had one of
these in your rear view mirror…
Utes, I remember seeing a ’71 WSP in the back row in Beaver Dam WI. in 1977 for $200 and I was hooked ever since. It took me many years to get one but here is my ’70 Fury III ex-Washington Patrol Car.
These were always my first choice when looking for Demolition Derby cars. One Fury placed in 3 derby’s. Sorry I didn’t know they would be collectable.
Nice old Plymouth.
Grab it and put 4 bbl on it..
You wil beat most stuff on the road from a STOP light
Back when I was young and dumb! Let’s see here young no more! Dumb is debatable! LMAO, anyways I had one of these! One evening tho while driving a switch back road I was switching too the right around a curve and the steering wheel felt odd! Next switchback too the left I found out why as my right front wheel came shooting out to the front of me! Yahoo, down the side of the hill I went! Landed down on the road ahead of my friends who were ahead of us when I lost it! Very unusual and I was very high! That’s right kids pop’s was a stoner! What a ride it was tho! I have actually had dreams of that day! Did pop’s stop getting high? Nope, not until I went back to Vietnam did I stop! God showed me how serious, and precious life is! Life becomes very real when you step out of a perfectly good airplane at 16,000 feet and lose all security really fast as those darn orange tracers shoot past your head! Thanks for allowing me to remanence the past! Have a great day, ladies and gentlemen!
Wowza! Great comment.
Curious of the dealer tag on the back. Must be a flipper. May be going home to Terre Haute for Christmas, and looking this guy up.
I have a soft spot for ’70s Furys.
I owned a ’72 Fury 360 in ’77 – ’78 that was a one owner trade-in (for a Volare – shudder) at the local Plymouth dealer. I paid $750 for it, which sounds like not a lot of money but that kind of cash was much harder to come by in 1977, especially for an 18 year old kid. It got me around for a year or so and was a reliable, strong running car.
I also had an ex NJSP ’76 Fury 440 pursuit/interceptor that I bought from the NJ state police auction in 1980 for $1200, and kept until ’83. It was “plain Jane” dark blue and inevitably picked up the nickname “the Blues Mobile” from my friends, As a supervisor’s or detective’s unmarked car it was very clean and low miles with a split-bench folding armrest with the nicer brocade cloth interior instead of puke-resistant vinyl, and although it had a corner spotlight it had never had a light bar, cage, or many of the other things that required holes to be drilled. Being only four years old there were still a lot of them in LE use and the freeways would part like the Red Sea any time I came down an entrance ramp. Drivers in the ’70s were paranoid about seeing a Fury grill coming up behind them in their rear view mirror especially an obvious police package. It loved eating up the freeway miles but got horrible gas mileage even if you managed to keep your foot out of that four barrel (it made such great music when you kicked it down).
Great car,I can tell you from experience because I’m the one who bought it and drove it 700 miles one way without a single problem. I love this car and hope to have it a long time
That’s great James.
I am glad to see the car went to somebody who will love it.