1967 Plymouth Fury III Two-Door Hardtop Hemmings Auction
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mrfury68
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Pretty car, nice color combo.
Furyus67
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I have a question. I see this car has the hood ornament that stands up. My 67 fury III has the flat hood ornament that reads 318 on the back. Is there any rhyme or reason as to which cars got which kind of hood ornament?
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Old Man with a Hat
Furyus67
Active Member
So my 67 doesn’t have the correct one?
Furyus67
Active Member
Wow I just started comparing. It looks like 67’s have the lettering all the way across the hood and the 68’s have it on the driver side only. I never knew!
Your car has a '68 Fury Hood.
Furyus67
Active Member
Thanks for educating me fellas!
67 sport fury
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Thats a nice ride i would love to have those door cards.
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Just one more thing to add to your 'want list'.
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Alrighty then, just had time to go through all the nice hi-res Hemmings pictures and save them for future reference (over 50).
Don't all get too excited as looking at the 'BIG' pictures we can see all the flaws.
First off, the vinyl roof has been painted, aaayep that's a old trick. Not conditioned but painted with who knows what kind of paint.
All the little nicks and chips that are rusting on the side panels are from a lawn mower without the safety chute or bag blowing grass and small sand/stones up against the side of the car chipping the paint small enough so that you won't notice it with your eyes standing back. Then the rust get going. Believe me I had a Chevy Nova that was afflicted with this only on one side, the side that was always parked towards the grass with another car parked on the opposite side.
"The seller reports that the power-steering system works well and is leak-free" Yea? I see the pressure hose weeping fluid, and take a close look at the belt, I'll bet'cha you can make it squeal.
Upper passenger side windshield gasket/seal would not be considered 'fine' in my world, looks to be some kind of glue/sealant on driver side rear window (inside) by the lower chrome trim too. Not a very good hi-res picture of the trunk area (only one) Maybe there is something they don't want us to see.
Polyester/Fiberglass Atlas Cushionaire Belted Tires? I think the tires are a little bit older than 34 years. I got rid of the polyester tires on my 1st 1968 PK21 right off the bat in 1971 replaced by steel belted radials. Could you even still buy polyester tires in the mid 80's?
Brake work was done but the passenger front brake line by the frame in the engine view looks very rotted and I would recommend all brake lines to be replaced.
Engine and what little we can see of the undercarriage shows way too much road grime for a 70k car. But hey it's a Illinois car, most likely a farmers pride and joy when bought and has seen a lot of dirt roads, but remember most of these farms are in the boondocks and just getting into town and back can be a 50+ mile trip.
Also farm dirt road dust carries a lot of fertilizer spillage/run off and can be corrosive.
I remember talking to a old fell'a down here from Georgia complaining about the high property taxes and saying he has 9 acres up there and only paid $800 a year in property taxes. I said nice place eh? Then I asked him how long did it take him to get to WalMart, he answered 45 minutes each way. So you be the judge on mileage on these farmers cars, they can rack up miles pretty easy.
Now the good, door panels to die for, windlace is not beat, 2dr rear arm rests to die for, dash is very mint, gauge panel lettering black not worn off, but this can be very easily detailed with a magic marker. Who ever cleaned the speedometer plastic... 2 words, microfiber towel. A little pitting corrosion on the horn ring and gear selector, probably from years of barn storage condensation.
Engine appears to have the original PVC valves but no one has done the spark plug wires in quite awhile but they still have the original plastic wire separators back by the cap. Usually those get pitched by most mechanics.
Over all it's a nice original complete car that hasn't been mickeyed with and at least it ain't a 4 door.
Don't all get too excited as looking at the 'BIG' pictures we can see all the flaws.
First off, the vinyl roof has been painted, aaayep that's a old trick. Not conditioned but painted with who knows what kind of paint.
All the little nicks and chips that are rusting on the side panels are from a lawn mower without the safety chute or bag blowing grass and small sand/stones up against the side of the car chipping the paint small enough so that you won't notice it with your eyes standing back. Then the rust get going. Believe me I had a Chevy Nova that was afflicted with this only on one side, the side that was always parked towards the grass with another car parked on the opposite side.
"The seller reports that the power-steering system works well and is leak-free" Yea? I see the pressure hose weeping fluid, and take a close look at the belt, I'll bet'cha you can make it squeal.
Upper passenger side windshield gasket/seal would not be considered 'fine' in my world, looks to be some kind of glue/sealant on driver side rear window (inside) by the lower chrome trim too. Not a very good hi-res picture of the trunk area (only one) Maybe there is something they don't want us to see.
Polyester/Fiberglass Atlas Cushionaire Belted Tires? I think the tires are a little bit older than 34 years. I got rid of the polyester tires on my 1st 1968 PK21 right off the bat in 1971 replaced by steel belted radials. Could you even still buy polyester tires in the mid 80's?
Brake work was done but the passenger front brake line by the frame in the engine view looks very rotted and I would recommend all brake lines to be replaced.
Engine and what little we can see of the undercarriage shows way too much road grime for a 70k car. But hey it's a Illinois car, most likely a farmers pride and joy when bought and has seen a lot of dirt roads, but remember most of these farms are in the boondocks and just getting into town and back can be a 50+ mile trip.
Also farm dirt road dust carries a lot of fertilizer spillage/run off and can be corrosive.
I remember talking to a old fell'a down here from Georgia complaining about the high property taxes and saying he has 9 acres up there and only paid $800 a year in property taxes. I said nice place eh? Then I asked him how long did it take him to get to WalMart, he answered 45 minutes each way. So you be the judge on mileage on these farmers cars, they can rack up miles pretty easy.
Now the good, door panels to die for, windlace is not beat, 2dr rear arm rests to die for, dash is very mint, gauge panel lettering black not worn off, but this can be very easily detailed with a magic marker. Who ever cleaned the speedometer plastic... 2 words, microfiber towel. A little pitting corrosion on the horn ring and gear selector, probably from years of barn storage condensation.
Engine appears to have the original PVC valves but no one has done the spark plug wires in quite awhile but they still have the original plastic wire separators back by the cap. Usually those get pitched by most mechanics.
Over all it's a nice original complete car that hasn't been mickeyed with and at least it ain't a 4 door.
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Ironic, I was going through my Fury pictures and it seems I found this ones twin with Rhode Island tags from a 2018 car show (although with a black vinyl roof).
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