Eye_on_Fury
New Member
Apparently it's recommended to say hello to the community and introduce myself. So here is me in a nutshell:
I was introduced to MOPAR in 1996ish, when my dad bought a 1985 Plymouth Reliant K-car with a blown head gasket. I told him it looked like a shoe box, to which he replied you better get to loving shoes because once you fix it it's yours and it's the only car I'm ever buying you. Well blown head gasket turned into warped head and I had never worked on a car in my life. That car took me with loads of help from my dad two years to get running. The day I first turned the key over and it fired up I fell head over heals in love with everything MOPAR. Best thing he ever did for me was to make sure I knew every aspect of my car's engine before I ever moved it an inch.
That began a life long love affair with all vintage Fratzog cars. Come the mid 2000's everyone else on the planet seemed to finally appreciate them and drove the prices so high that I could never afford one until now.
I am now beginning the process of a resto-mod on a 1969 Plymouth Fury Sport. This is going to be a LONGGGG process. I have very little disposable income and I know exactly what I like, caviar tastes on a hot dog budget. My plans are as follows:
STAGE 1: Engine
383 aligned honed and decked to .008 deck height
Molnar Stroker Crank 4.15"
Molnar Rods 6.760"
Icon Flat Top Pistons w/ Valve Reliefs
Hughes EDM Mechanical Flap Tappet Lifters
Hughes 238/242 Solid Cam
TrickFlow 240 Heads w/ .680" lift
Edelbrock Performer RPM Intake
Hughes Girdle (overkill, I Know)
Hughes 1.7:1 Rocker Assembly
Holley Street Avenger 870cfm
End result is a 484 c.i. stroker with 11.99:1 static, 9.9:1 dynamic, streetable torque monster.
Stage 2: Body
Strip paint as work is done to that section
Typical wheel well issues, surprisingly not terible given it's Yankee lineage.
Rust at the vinyl roof transition, which will go back to vinyl, I don't get the hatred for vinyl. I live in the DEEP A$$ south and yeah it cracks, but vinyl is cheap.... Lost my flow on that one....
Minor dents and dings
Passenger front floor pan
Modification of certain body panels to tighten things up and suck in the bumpers
FINE skim coat
Phase 3: Interior
Good Lord, where to start....
Everything!!!! 
Modify seat frame to accept console shift
Console
Re-pad the dash
Swap steering column for console model
Redo every single stitch of interior and carpet
Restore door panels
Phase 4: Paint
Going back to original Fire Metallic Bronze
Off-white '70 Fury GT hood decal in paint (almost like a very thin boxy scallop
Painted line down the bottom of the panels with relief of "SPORT" centered on doors in script
Phase 5: Drive it????
So yeah there is the plan. 5-6 years worth of work. I hope!
I was introduced to MOPAR in 1996ish, when my dad bought a 1985 Plymouth Reliant K-car with a blown head gasket. I told him it looked like a shoe box, to which he replied you better get to loving shoes because once you fix it it's yours and it's the only car I'm ever buying you. Well blown head gasket turned into warped head and I had never worked on a car in my life. That car took me with loads of help from my dad two years to get running. The day I first turned the key over and it fired up I fell head over heals in love with everything MOPAR. Best thing he ever did for me was to make sure I knew every aspect of my car's engine before I ever moved it an inch.
That began a life long love affair with all vintage Fratzog cars. Come the mid 2000's everyone else on the planet seemed to finally appreciate them and drove the prices so high that I could never afford one until now.
I am now beginning the process of a resto-mod on a 1969 Plymouth Fury Sport. This is going to be a LONGGGG process. I have very little disposable income and I know exactly what I like, caviar tastes on a hot dog budget. My plans are as follows:
STAGE 1: Engine
383 aligned honed and decked to .008 deck height
Molnar Stroker Crank 4.15"
Molnar Rods 6.760"
Icon Flat Top Pistons w/ Valve Reliefs
Hughes EDM Mechanical Flap Tappet Lifters
Hughes 238/242 Solid Cam
TrickFlow 240 Heads w/ .680" lift
Edelbrock Performer RPM Intake
Hughes Girdle (overkill, I Know)
Hughes 1.7:1 Rocker Assembly
Holley Street Avenger 870cfm
End result is a 484 c.i. stroker with 11.99:1 static, 9.9:1 dynamic, streetable torque monster.
Stage 2: Body
Strip paint as work is done to that section
Typical wheel well issues, surprisingly not terible given it's Yankee lineage.
Rust at the vinyl roof transition, which will go back to vinyl, I don't get the hatred for vinyl. I live in the DEEP A$$ south and yeah it cracks, but vinyl is cheap.... Lost my flow on that one....
Minor dents and dings
Passenger front floor pan
Modification of certain body panels to tighten things up and suck in the bumpers
FINE skim coat
Phase 3: Interior
Good Lord, where to start....
Everything!!!!
Modify seat frame to accept console shift
Console
Re-pad the dash
Swap steering column for console model
Redo every single stitch of interior and carpet
Restore door panels
Phase 4: Paint
Going back to original Fire Metallic Bronze
Off-white '70 Fury GT hood decal in paint (almost like a very thin boxy scallop
Painted line down the bottom of the panels with relief of "SPORT" centered on doors in script
Phase 5: Drive it????
So yeah there is the plan. 5-6 years worth of work. I hope!
