Restoration Underway 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury GT Canadian Promotional Car - MCG Article

[FURYGT]

Last ones for today

 

[RGORHAM29]

Last ones for today

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Are you doing the work yourself Bill? Great pics - well documented- provides us all a lesson in car anatomy. Helps me anyway.

 

[Marv]

thank you for the detailed insights. I'm impressed how good the metal is. Usually if you take off the fender that piece of metal where rockers meet the a pillar (does don't know the English term) is rotten since this area gets infiltrated by spray water and mud.

 

[FURYGT]

Are you doing the work yourself Bill? Great pics - well documented- provides us all a lesson in car anatomy. Helps me anyway.

Rob, Fury Pursuit is restoring the car for me. It is beyond my skill set. If it’s not ready for Carlisle, hopefully my ‘68 Fury II 4 door sedan will be.

 

[Trailer Park]

I'm loving all the pictures and the progress. I can't wait to see the finished car.

 

[SportFury70]

I'm loving all the pictures and the progress. I can't wait to see the finished carS.

Fixed it for ya

 

[SportFury70]

Hey Bill, hope you're doing well. I like the progress on the car, I hope it's ready by Carlisle time. I know when I talked to you last, you said it most likely would be. I see from the pictures that you got the rare GT rims you were lookin for at Carlisle, are they NOS like I believe that you wanted?.

 

[FURYGT]

I have 2 NOS trim rings but the wheels on the car are what it came with.

 

[c-barge]

Trev must love the extra work room now that that rusty hulk is out of the way!

 

[Fury Pursuit]

Yeah,...having two 6BBL Sport Fury GT's in the shop was a chore!

 

[FURYGT]

The dash pad is back from ABC. I am disappointed that Bob didn’t cut out the vinyl where the 2 dash speakers go.

The upholstery shop has finally restored the seats and installed the SMS seat upholstery.

 

[FURYGT]

More photos.

 

[cuda hunter]

Are you able to cut the holes for the speakers? Do the cuts cover after the speaker cover goes on?

 

[FURYGT]

Are you able to cut the holes for the speakers? Do the cuts cover after the speaker cover goes on?

Yes, the speaker holes are stamped into the metal frame so there’s only vinyl covering the holes. My concern is cutting the vinyl and gluing it in place on the bottom and hoping that the vinyl cuts don’t grow and become visible if the dash pad shrinks.

 

[fury fan]

Can you cut it so that the speaker frame holds the vinyl down? Do you need to remove some under-foam also?
Also, if there are no sharp corners in your cut-out, less likely to tear?

I'm kinda surprised the way that ABC did that.
Did the factory vinyl over the speaker holes?
If not, seems like an error in communication on his part? Meaning, seems he should've asked how you wanted it?

 

[FURYGT]

Can you cut it so that the speaker frame holds the vinyl down? Do you need to remove some under-foam also?
Also, if there are no sharp corners in your cut-out, less likely to tear?

I'm kinda surprised the way that ABC did that.
Did the factory vinyl over the speaker holes?
If not, seems like an error in communication on his part? Meaning, seems he should've asked how you wanted it?

The vinyl & foam can be carefully cut. You can see in a photo that the metal speaker grilles wet sent to him and he painted them to match the dash pad. The factory did not cover the speaker holes below the grilles.

 

[fury fan]

If you sent him the grilles and he painted them, sounds like his error for sure.

 

[Trailer Park]

I'm really excited to watch this build. The seats look awesome!