The Sport Fury S/23: how many survived?

[70GTbasketcase]

Looking for a "body" to rebuild my GT basket case, I started compiling any pictures and ads I could find on GT's and S/23's as a means of determining just how many may be left in the "public" forum.
I discovered that S/23's may not have survived as well as GT's even though the production numbers were nearly the same.
The membership will no doubt recognize the pictures I pulled from the "registry", and from the other commonly known sites. But, there are a few gems I found in little corners of the internet here and there that might not have been spotted by the keen eyes of the membership.
In all i found fewer than 30 cars as opposed to the 50+ GT's I found on line in the same searches.

 

[70GTbasketcase]

Found on kijiji, for sale in Canada. Was sold and ended up in the registry

 

[Wollfen]

That sounds about right, the S23 was a cheaper alternative to the GT and was sold with smaller engine options making it less desirable in later years. The S23 package really was only a dress up for the standard Sport Fury coupe. But who knows, maybe because less S23's have survived they may end up having a higher value? Probably not, but then again, predicting future values is more crystal ball stuff than anything guaranteed.

 

[Rwc]

Can you more specific about what you are looking for? Literally the whole car or many pieces?

 

[70GTbasketcase]

2BBl 383 for sale in Georgia. Was Sold and ended up in NY

 

[70GTbasketcase]

Another S/23 found on kijiji in canada, apr 2012. fate unknown

 

[70GTbasketcase]

An S/23 that belonged to an ebay member I was buying parts from in 2012-13. I spotted it in a picture of something else he had sent me. He said it needed full roof replace. Fate unknown

 

[70GTbasketcase]

A 4bbl 383 S/23 I found on CL in 2011. Fate unknown.

 

[Beep Beep Dave]

Hopefully as time goes on more come out of the woodwork but C-bodies in general don't have a great survival rate and you add in the low production numbers for the 1970 GT and S/23's there just aren't a lot of cars out there.

Think of the last time you seen a Sport Fury wagon....

Dave

 

[tallhair]

Another factor I'd toss in is most people have never heard of a SF GT and way way less have heard of an S/23. That's meant as no insult to either car or anyone on the forum just that probably many eventual S/23 owners didn't recognize they had something and didn't treat them well and others didn't come along and save them as much as the C body devoted may have done for the GT.

Maybe I didn't say that very well but probably a lesser percentage of S/23 survived than the more known GTs AND less remembered them from their youth so also less interest in them being saved among the masses. As a result of all that even if their are way fewer the market price is probably always going to be lower.

 

[70GTbasketcase]

An S/23 picture on the "440 Magnum" site which I also identified as the same scar captured in a picture taken at Carlisle 2003

 

[tallhair]

An S/23 picture on the "440 Magnum" site which I also identified as the same scar captured in a picture taken at Carlisle 2003
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Nice car.

Question: Were S/23's available with the 440 Super Commando?

 

[CanCritter]

feel free to throw up more pics...welcome to the site enjoy

 

[CanCritter]

Nice car.

Question: Were S/23's available with the 440 Super Commando?

....no.

 

[70GTbasketcase]

An S/23 pulled from a picture on the Mopar Muscle Magazine site.

 

[tallhair]

....no.

Thanks Critter. Didn't think so but didn't know

 

[70GTbasketcase]

Pulled from the now defunct "usedcarsfsbo" website, a very nice B5 blue S/23
looks like the same one that sold on Ebay for 12 grand in 2011

 

[70GTbasketcase]

For sale in "fern creek" (wherever that is) on CL in 2011. It appeared several times, never sold. Fate unknown. It was advertised by the seller as a sport fury but pictures he had up at the time revealed the black strobe stripe and S/23 decal when I studied them more closely. at least I think it was S23 and not GT?

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

A 4bbl 383 S/23 I found on CL in 2011. Fate unknown.
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went to a dealership in MO.
From there to northern germany
383-4 car with console

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

An S/23 pulled from a picture on the Mopar Muscle Magazine site.
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FY6 S23 belonged to a friend in Norway. His name was Kjell. Unfortunalty he died of cancer with only 42 years. AFAIK it is still in Norway