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Some info and photos of Plymouth Fury.
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1956
Plymouth Fury was presented in
1956
It looked almost like Plymouth Belvedere of that
year but had the engine 303 V-8. The only color
version offered for the Fury was Sand Dune White.
4,485 cars were produced. Shipping Weight is
3650. Factory price $2807. |
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1957
In 1957 Fury as Belvedere has
got absolutely new exterior.
New engine 318 V-8 with two four barrel
carburetors developing 290HP. Push button
Torque-Flite automatic transmission. Factory base
price $2900 plus options. There were 7,438 cars
produced. Shipping Weight is 3595. |
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1958
| In 1958 Fury was called the
Car of the year. The '58 Fury (and the Desoto Adventurer) had the first of the Golden Comando engines displacing 350 cu in and developing 305 HP at 5,000 rpm with twin fours and 315 HP with fuel injection. The '58 would do 0-60 in 7.6 secs. There
were several color versions. |
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Factory price $3032.
Shipping Weight is 3510. There were 5,303 cars
produced. Many years later Stephen King
have written a book called "Christine"
where `58 Plymouth Fury played the leading part. |
1959
There was a new model Plymouth
Sport Fury with more powerful engine 361 V-8
Golden Commando.
Fury is available as 2dr and 4dr hardtop, 4dr
sedan. SportFury is available as 2dr hardtop and
convertible. |
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Fury production
65,257.
SportFury production 23,857. |
1960
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Owing to the restyling the car
was subjected to in 1960 the Fury gained more
futuristic exterior. Production total 54,215. |
In 1960, the original 318 and
383 were available, along with a new
261 slant six, producing 145 hp at 4000 rpm. The
383 produced 330 hp. |
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1961
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More visibly, the grille
turned into a "frowning face", with
rather unusual styling.
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| New engine 413 V-8 Wedge
developing 375HP. In `61 Chrysler introduced the
first alternator. Plymouth Suburban based on Fury
as Station Wagon. |
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1962
In 1962, the Fury gained yet
another body style. The limited version TURBO
with optional
Golden Commando 305HP got up speed of 60MPH in
8.5 secs.
Fury production 41,427.
SportFury production 5,555. |
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1963
A new exterior demonstrated a
purity of line what made the car too ordinary.
The engines were the 318, 365, 383 and 426 Wedge.
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to see more Great thanks to
Jason
for photos.
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1964
| 1964 was basically a
carry-over year. `64 Fury resembled similar
models of Chevrolett and Ford very much but in
spite of that Fury looked very lovely. |
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1965
| 1965 brought more new names:
Fury I, Fury II, and Fury III. Fury gained
character and vertically stacked, round
headlamps. All new Furys got a new 119"
wheelbase (121" for the wagons) - one inch
more than before. |
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The 426 "Street
Wedge" was introduced, rated at 385 hp but
finally street-legal. The 1965 Fury had five
engine setups: the 225 slant six, the V-8 318,
383, and the 426 Wedge.
click to see more Great thanks to Paul
Cohen
for photo.
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'65 Plymouth Sport Fury
named Indy 500 pace car.
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1966
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Like last year:
Fuy I - 2dr and 4dr sedan, S/Wagon.
Fury II - 2dr, 4dr sedan and Suburban.
Fury III - 2dr, 4dr hardtop, 4dr sedan,
Convertible, Custom Suburban.
Sport Fury - 2dr, 4dr hardtop, 4dr sedan,
Convertible, Sport Suburban, VIP. |
| Available engines were : 225,
318, 383, 383 Clean Air Pkg., 440. |
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VIP was a luxourious car
with many electrical options.
The production figures of 1966:
Fury I
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50,701 Fury II
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69,855 Fury III
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139,527 SportFury
.......................................... 33,410
VIP
...............................................17,216
Special thanx to Jeroen Dondorp
for this addition.
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1967
Available engines were the 225 slant six,
non-poly 318 (first year for this engine), 2
barrel 383 Commando, 4 barrel Super Commando 383,
or the 4 barrel Super Commando 440. |
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New Sport Fury
FastBack is now available.
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The 426 Wedge was replaced
by the 440 Super Commando.
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1968
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In 1968 Fury was renewed
again. I think the style of `68 was the best for
Fury with vertically stacked headlamps. The car
looks very aggressively and sporty. |
| Transmissions were 3 speed
manual, four speed manual, and 3 speed
Torqueflite automatic. The 383 Magnum with 4
speed transmission was available. |
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Available engines were the 225
slant six, 318, 383 Commando (2 barrel), 383
Super Commando (4 barrel and "special
cam" per the dealer brochure), or the
4-barrel Super Commando 440. |
1969
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Completely new Plymouth
Fury!!!
New fuselage style. The car looks much bigger
than it is in fact. The wheelbase was 120 inches,
1.5 inches longer than in 1968. 15 inch wheels
where standard. |
Standard engines:
225 slant-six 145HP at 4000rpm (Fury I,II,III)
318 V-8 230HP at 4400rpm (all Furys) Commando 440
V-8 350HP at 4400rpm (Sport Fury GT)
Optional engines:
Commando 383 V-8 290HP at 4400rpm
(all Furys) |
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Super Commando 383 V-8 330HP
at 5000rpm (all Furys)
Commando 440 V-8 350hp at 4400rpm
(all Furys)
Super Commando 440 Six-Barrel 390hp at 4700rpm
(Sport Fury GT)
`69 Plymouth Fury is my favorite car somewhere or
ever built. |
'69 Plymouth Fury II 2dr.
Sedan the production numbers for this car is
1742.
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Great thanks to
Joe
for photos.
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1970
1970 was the
last year for Fury convertibles. Fury III
Convertible production was only 1,952.
click to see more
Great thanks to
Paul
for photos.
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The family of
Sport Fury has got a new baby -
the model Sport Fury S/23. Concealed headlamps
and full-loop bumpers were introduced. Anti-theft
ignition switch. |
The 70's
Sport Fury GT Engine was offered with two
engiens: optional were the 440 sixpack, 390HP
with air, or 350HP 440. Only 666 GT's were
produced. The sticker price was $5776.
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Great thanks to
Jake
for photos.
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1971
| In 1971 just another restyling
was made which practically didn't change the
car's view. |
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Sport Fury GT was the rarest
Fury of them all. 375 were built in 1971.
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to see more Great thanks to Russ
for photo.
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However now the Fury III
looked more elegant then year before.
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more
Great thanks to
Reinhold
for photo.
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1972
| New grill gave Fury an view of
alien from another world. Introduction of a 400
cid V-8 (bored 383), the 360 (enlarged 318) was
brought in, replacing earlier performance
engines. Appeared such upper level models the
Fury Gran Sedan and Fury Gran Coupe. |
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1973
| The restyling of `73 turned
Fury into the very neat and right car - the way
real American full-size should look. |
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1974
1974 brought completely new body style.
1974 became last year, when the name Fury
belonged to full-sized car.
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1975
| In 1975 , Chrysler face lifted
the slow selling B-body Satellite line and
renamed in "Fury" in hope of enhancing
it's image. |
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The previous large Fury was
renamed "Gran Fury".
The station wagon models was still available for
1975. |
The 2-door middle-sized car looked rather like an
expensive car than like Plymouth Fury. Never less
the car looks quite not bad. |
1976
| GranFury `76 differed not much
from the last year model. The GranFury's demand
slumped, and only the police continues to use
this car. |
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1977
1977 was the last year for the
full-size Gran Fury line until the
four-door sedan of 1980.
This was the last year the big 440 V8 engine was
available. |
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The Fury's form, especially
side view, was very elegant. But the front part
of the car looks a little simple. Unfortunately
this car appeared not at the best time it could. |
1978
| `78 Fury was almost the same.
The model weren't put into a series next year. |
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1980
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GranFury was relaunched in
1980 on the year old
"R" body platform of the full-sized
Chrysler. Under the skin, it was just the old
Fury/Satellite B-body,
and employed little new engineering.
It was larger than either the new downsized Chevy
Caprice or Ford LTD. |
1981
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Only 4dr sedan offered. But
sales were very bad, and the next year the car
was rejected. |
1982
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In 82, the M-body Gran
Fury was born to a changing market. It
itself was a restyled derivative of the F-body
Volare-Aspen. |
1983
1984
1985
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In eightieth GranFury was even
more smaller than earlier. GranFury was widely
used by police. These cars wasn't popular among
common people. |
1986
1987
1988
1989
Some data on Plymouth GranFury
Dimensions:
Length 204.6"
Width 72.4"
Height 55.1"
Wheelbase 112.6"
Curb Weight 3,586 lbs
Cargo Capacity 16 cuft
Seating Capacity 6 passenger |
Technical
Features:
Horsepower 140
Number of Cylinders 8
Displacement 318 cu.in.
Engine Type Gasoline
Engine Location Front
Drive Train Rear-Wheel Drive
Transmission Automatic
Brakes Disc/Drum |
Fuel
Economy:
City Mileage 16 mpg
Highway Mileage 22 mpg
Fuel Tank Capacity 18.0 gallons |
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One day They will be back...
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Special thenks
to: Roger Currie
Paul Magee
Jeroen Dondorp
Russell Spreeman
Jason Feldman
Donald Dwinell |
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