1961 Fury hrtp

[tbm3fan]

Personally I still think it is an ugly car from any direction but the steering wheel really caught my attention. How do you make a turn and let the steering wheel return while holding it?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/4366870416.html

61 project 2door...factory black,orig 318,torqueflite
has rare square 'aero' steer wheel option $7500
has all stainless,nice chrom,nice optioal dash pad
very solid car,not running
easy restoration

Another one playing fast and loose with the word "easy"

 

[Patrick]

easy restoration... Yeah, right

 

[bluefury361]

Usually anyone who makes the statement, "easy restoration" has never done a restoration .... They read magazines.
This Plymouth will make a great car but it will not be easy ...... or cheap.

 

[Wildaugust]

I like the roofline and the rear styling, but the front...not so much.

No old full-size Mopar could be an "easy" restoration. At least the guys doing Bel-Air's, Biscayne's and Impalas have catalogs to order from. We don't.

 

[bluefury361]

No old full-size Mopar could be an "easy" restoration. At least the guys doing Bel-Air's, Biscayne's and Impalas have catalogs to order from. We don't.

Most of the restored B & E bodys these days are half Chinese.

 

[polara71]

That hurts Will, that hurts

 

[bluefury361]

That hurts Will, that hurts

Sorry Dave ..... just stating facts.
It's kind of a double edged sword. The demand for parts for the cars outweighed the supply, just like Mustangs and Camaros. The Chinese repops fill the need with cheap, (compaired to American made), product.
The plus is that many cars are brought back to life due to this supply. The negative is the obvious lack of quality.

It used to be that one had to "restore" parts to complete a "restoration" on a B or E body. With the avaliblity of the aftermarket we have now a lot of nice original parts are tossed asside in favor of a shiney new item in a plane white box. Remove from box ..... place on car .... win trophy. I see these cars more as an assembled car then a restored car. Take a close look sometime. The reproduction stuff, on average, just dosen't stand up to the original. And it shows in the finished product.

I guess it's why I gravatate toward the more unusual vehicles. I still enjoy the challange of locating and restoring/repairing what is needed.

 

[cm23uoc]

It used to be that one had to "restore" parts to complete a "restoration" on a B or E body. With the avaliblity of the aftermarket we have now a lot of nice original parts are tossed asside in favor of a shiney new item in a plane white box.

Just what I thought and said regarding VDK's Imperial resto in Germany, not even parts cars at hand to pull anything. But that's what a restoration is all about IMHO, take every part that's usable that was originally put on the car and refinish it. I literally reuse every nut and bolt. One benefit I see from repops myself is that supply of NOS is dwindling slower as the majority seems to be the lazy catalog order restorers.

 

[sb61fury]

That car can be restored with time and patience. It will also take funds too but if you do the restoration yourself you save the money on labor.

 

[78Brougham]

Looks like another dreamer with the decimal point in the wrong place to me. Should be $750.00 LOL

 

[bluefury361]

Looks like another dreamer with the decimal point in the wrong place to me. Should be $750.00 LOL

Forward look taste on a C body budget ......?

 

[cm23uoc]

If I'd be in the market to buy a Forward Look model I'd settle with a clean 2dr or 4dr sedan., they look pretty sleek themselves with the low rooflines and seem to be available at a way lower price from what I see occasionally.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

TBM3fan. the short answer to your question last month when you started this thread iz: let go of the wheel plain and simple rite away and I'm gonna tell one of my short storiez to explain why. Ustah be an mangy ole dawg on one of my main two lane travel routez while on one of my early two wheel scooterz that would nap at my right leg EVERY time I'd cruise down that street and dam if he didn't draw blood on me one time. After think about that beast for a very short time I made a trip the a grainery not too far away and bought what used to be called ah "gunny sack". You know how tough it iz to find ah granery in SoCal even 60 yearz ago? Anyway after the bag acquisition I Went home parked the bike, jumped into one of the '40 phordz we'd buy for $50 or less back then and took ah drive to that street. Popped the right rear baby moon those phordz left the factory with and dropped the moon into the gunny sack and beat the moon back on the wheel and drove down the street where I knew the %%$$## dawg would be waiting for the next anything to come down the street for him to chase and snap at. I wish to this day there would have been someone there with a 8mm camera to record how high and far that dawg flew when he grabbed that gunny sack and didn't let go when he should have. I have often wondered if they buried him where we landed or let him cook in the sun fer the bugz to removed most of him! Bottom line iz: LET GO NOW 'CUZ THE WHEEL KNOWZ HOW FAR TO RETURN WITHOUT YOUR HELP, Jer

 

[mcmlvii]

I'm gonna tell one of my short storiez...

I was wondering where this "short" story was going, but finally came to the punch line... Good one.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

It'd been interesting to have hiz neck x rayed after that flight too, 'cuz I could just tell by the way and distance he flipped that there were no connected jointz 'tween hiz head and hiz shoulderz anymore and that image still makez me laugh and I like all critterz 'til they bite me. Scarez the crap out of me when I see me bleed, Jer

 

[bluefury361]

I was wondering where this "short" story was going, but finally came to the punch line... Good one.

Wait till Jer tells one of his ..... long ....... stories. Some times helps to have an interperter there ..... and plenty of beer.
But always worth it.

 

[1978 NYB]

I would like to get a late 50's /early 60's DeSoto coupe for my final major project car.

 

[commando1]

Wait till Jer tells one of his ..... long ....... stories. Some times helps to have an interperter there ..... and plenty of beer.
But always worth it.

If Jer rewrote The Bible, I would read it cover to cover in one day.

 

[cm23uoc]

Three wise men would arrive in a Batwagon.

 

[bluefury361]

Three wise men would arrive in a Batwagon.

He would amend that to read " Three wize guyz" .......... I'm guessing.