1970 Fury I stripper!

[Triple Pickle]

It's been about fifty years, but I recall in the mid 1970s when a neighbor was lamenting that he would be better off with a six instead of a 318 in his late sixties B-body, because of escalating gas prices. I think this is when some people blocked off the secondaries in their four-barrel carburetors for the same reason.

I’d say around ‘73 whoever had this car was pretty glad it wasn’t a big block car.

 

[Triple Pickle]

Reading material came in today. Where’s my reading glasses?

 

[Snotty]

So, you would have us believe that a human being would buy a car that, in order to operate, is the equivalent to riding an elliptical in a sauna?

It's clear that you never met my Dad!

 

[rags]

Much flailing of your arms to maneuver around tight spot.

 

[73Coupe]

Much flailing of your arms .....

 

[Triple Pickle]

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Why not just call this by it’s name?

 

[Triple Pickle]

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[Triple Pickle]

If I were a budget minded new car buyer back in 1970 I think I would have chosen an A body slant 6 equipped with auto transmission and power steering. Probably would have been a cheaper initial cost and comparable mpg. That’s just me though. I guess American car buyers hadn’t quite warmed up to smaller cars by 1970. A few embargo’s and a crisis or two later changed our priorities years later.
Also, in 1970 it hadn’t been so long ago that a 230 flat head 6 was in cars almost as big as this. So, to many this was more normal than a 440 which might have been considered excessive by some. Just rambling….

 

[rags]

Why not just call this by it’s name?

A brodie knob (alternative spelling: brody knob) is a doorknob-shaped handle that attaches to the steering wheel of an automobile or other vehicle or equipment with a steering wheel. Brodie knob - Wikipedia

 

[Justin Plant]

If you can find a Toyota dealer today with both on their lot, look at the prices of a Corolla and Camry. A loaded Corolla is as much or more than a base Camry. The mileage isn't far enough apart to justify the purchase of the Corolla. I've owned a half dozen of both I'd rather have and still do drive a Camry today. I guess not much has changed.....

 

[Triple Pickle]

If you can find a Toyota dealer today with both on their lot, look at the prices of a Corolla and Camry. A loaded Corolla is as much or more than a base Camry. The mileage isn't far enough apart to justify the purchase of the Corolla. I've owned a half dozen of both I'd rather have and still do drive a Camry today. I guess not much has changed.....

I wouldn’t consider a Valiant with a slant 6, auto and PS as it’s only options “loaded”.

 

[Triple Pickle]

A brodie knob (alternative spelling: brody knob) is a doorknob-shaped handle that attaches to the steering wheel of an automobile or other vehicle or equipment with a steering wheel. Brodie knob - Wikipedia

The people selling those call them that , but you know what they are commonly known as!
I’m going to go ahead and give you second dibs on this car if I decide to sell it some day since you like it so much.
I intend to make a video driving the car around and giving my honest take on what it’s like. Where I usually drive it’ll be a joy. The only thing will be keeping up with traffic or summer city driving. No way around it, that will suck!

 

[Triple Pickle]

Just to show I’m not a stranger to a slant 6 rescue. This was the best running little car! Does anyone know what the license plate references?? Hint:I named the car “Patty” because I found her in the woods,

 

[rags]

I’m going to go ahead and give you second dibs on this car if I decide to sell it some day since you like it so much.

thank you, sir. i do appreciate it. i think that once you get that car sorted out you might be pleasantly surprised at how well it operates. myself, if i should live long enough, the only other vehicles that i might like to own would be a model T or a double B truck.

 

[Triple Pickle]

thank you, sir. i do appreciate it. i think that once you get that car sorted out you might be pleasantly surprised at how well it operates. myself, if i should live long enough, the only other vehicles that i might like to own would be a model T or a double B truck.

I’m sure I’ll like driving it. I just like to gripe about things. I’m a curmudgeonly in my old age.
I’d like to have a Model A though I’m too big to drive one probably.
I have a’ 52 Ford 8n tractor that I use to bush hog, grade roads,and split wood. It’s never let me down. I love the old equipment and ways of doing things.

 

[rags]

I love the old equipment and ways of doing things.

same here. that's the thing about your fury. i think that it'll have a good "machine" feel to it. good feedback from the mechanicals of it. like an old harley but dependable.

 

[Triple Pickle]

I went ahead and put some new tires on sooner than I was going to. They made the car take on a more “no frills-business only” look, and I like it. 215/75-15, nuthin’ fancy.

 

[Snotty]

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Illegal in California, unless you can medically prove having a disability. But then, once you do, you cannot carry any passengers.

 

[Justin Plant]

Illegal in California, unless you can medically prove having a disability. But then, once you do, you cannot carry any passengers.

of coarse it's illegal....

 

[rags]

Illegal in California

gotten to the point of where it may be easier to name the things that are legal in CA. would be great if started enforcing the law against selling fentanyl.