CanCritter
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http://www.hemmings.com/magazine/mu...ar---1971-Plymouth-Sport-Fury-GT/3749410.html
Hemmings Muscle Machines
Hemmings Muscle Machines
seen....Hemmings Muscle Machines Fury GT
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Kept the SB? Well, it's his car. A beauty, regardless. Thanx for passing it on.
CanCritter
Senior Member
were some good interior reference pics
The entire article was written by someone in the wrong business. What a mess.
Wrong everything to even suggest a GT!? "Standard Fury roof"? - thank God it wasn't.
Remind me not to subscribe to Hemmings Muscle Machines. They must be really hard up for material and writers these days. The guy puts extra insulation in the car and uses headers and performance mufflers, and then complains that it turned out too loud and drones???
What is Tesla hiring for engineers if this guy is one of their materials engineers?
I'm sorry I even read the article. Blue stripe tires???
Wrong everything to even suggest a GT!? "Standard Fury roof"? - thank God it wasn't.
Remind me not to subscribe to Hemmings Muscle Machines. They must be really hard up for material and writers these days. The guy puts extra insulation in the car and uses headers and performance mufflers, and then complains that it turned out too loud and drones???
What is Tesla hiring for engineers if this guy is one of their materials engineers?
I'm sorry I even read the article. Blue stripe tires???
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Took the pictures with the parking lights on???
Wollfen
Old Man with a Hat
That was never a GT, wrong roof, and on another note, a 360 stroked to 408cu in. to boot.
I think he knows it,s not a orig GT............
Owner's View
The first owner ordered it in Longview, Washington; the paperwork said "A Lease" on it. The dealership where this car sold new was closing in 1990, around the time I bought it, but I managed to find someone there who remembered it when it was new. The owner special-ordered it: The GT only came as a sport hardtop, and this one has the standard Fury roofline. He also ordered the GT suspension, road wheels and striping, plus heavy-duty cooling and power seat. That's the story I got, anyway. Oh, and the owner's name? Al Alease. This was Al Alease's car, not a leased car.--Tom Flessner
Owner's View
The first owner ordered it in Longview, Washington; the paperwork said "A Lease" on it. The dealership where this car sold new was closing in 1990, around the time I bought it, but I managed to find someone there who remembered it when it was new. The owner special-ordered it: The GT only came as a sport hardtop, and this one has the standard Fury roofline. He also ordered the GT suspension, road wheels and striping, plus heavy-duty cooling and power seat. That's the story I got, anyway. Oh, and the owner's name? Al Alease. This was Al Alease's car, not a leased car.--Tom Flessner
i knew i've seen this car before from a while back
from 2000
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/96998-1971-plymouth-fury/
1971 Plymouth Fury - Featured Vehicles - Hot Rod Magazine
from 2000
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/96998-1971-plymouth-fury/
1971 Plymouth Fury - Featured Vehicles - Hot Rod Magazine
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
HMM is the best magazine out there.... how / why does this car qualify to be in those pages?
Small writing staff... I think those guys live outside of their element a lot of the time. I still like much of what they say/do... but I bet it was the only one they found in good enough condition and with a cooperative owner... They should have waited and gone to Canada... or even NC...
BTW... with all of Hemmings publications to feed, some stuff does get used in more than one to fill pages and much of their staff feeds more than one publication... not so much a complaint as an observation.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
There are plenty of GTS around. You simply have to look for them, then choose your color
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
You should have.
I also wish people with slow cars would stop giving their 1/4 mile times. In 1990 (when this guy was building his 340 powered Fake GT) I was 17 and built my first car, a '69 300 4drhtp with a pretty good option load.
I think the 440 had 80k on it. I installed new rings, bearings but did no block work. Purple shaft .484" cam. Heads that I port-matched myself. Headers and a 3.23 SG. I ran a 15.2 @ 92. Undeniably, I was faster than stock. But by a full second over a lighter car? Doubtful.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Very similar numbers to my stock 71 Polara Carmine.
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Which numbers? I don't know your Polara's drivetrain...
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
440, 76000 miles, 323 sure grip, 92 MPH 15.2 ...
Which is why I said similar numbers
Which is why I said similar numbers
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Very confusing article. How many rooflines did the. Fury 2dr come with? I realize it's a clone, but the rear window looks correct, isn't that the same as the GT?
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
OK good. I was afraid it would be Moparts-math... the formula that says:
B-body: 3900lbs, 383/auto, 3.23 = 14.2 @ 96
C-body: 4200lbs, 440/auto, 3.23 = 16.2 @ 84
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
No sir...I'd post the time slip but embarrassed of the RT
Nothing embarrassing...At least you had it on the track.
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