The story of my car (with poetic license)
In 1968, Dr. Herbert Fritz in Decatur, IL purchased a Fury III convertible in white with black interior, and special order GREEN top. 383 2bbl Commando. His wife drove it for many years, the family enjoyed it. As they got older, and their sons grew and went to start their own lives, it was decided that the fury should be sold.
One of the sons took it instead of it being sold and moved it to the Atlanta, GA area where he decided to store it indoors with a "friend". The "Friend" didn't store it indoors, and when the son went back to retrieve the car it hadn't been stored indoors at all, and the condition was decidedly worse than when he'd stored it in the first place. So he sold the car.
The car passed through two or three more hands, someone broke the idle screws off in the carb, and the car probably wouldn't start or run very well (ask how I know...but that's jumping ahead). One of those hands the car was passed to owned a restoration shop that has since closed. At that same restoration shop was a 1971 GTX...mine. The GTX was due to be painted, and with substantial deposit in hand, the shop owner did pretty much everything BUT paint my GTX, yet was happy to spend/lose my money. His divorce and a bankruptcy later, my money was pretty much gone, except for the fact that I had a receipt from the original transaction with both our signatures, deposit amount, and a stated "I will paint the car". Okay....see you in court...
But....I'm a good guy. The threat of court didn't sit well with the shop owner, so he says "Remember that fury convertible I had?"
Me: "yeah..."
Him: "Would you take it instead of cash?"
Me: "I prefer cash..."
Him: "But i'm bankrupt..."
Me: "Something is better than nothing..."
So we go and see the fury....
and it's really not all that bad....dirty, needs a top, neglected...I've bought worse....so we deal, and it comes to me....and I clean it up........MORE TO COME....
In 1968, Dr. Herbert Fritz in Decatur, IL purchased a Fury III convertible in white with black interior, and special order GREEN top. 383 2bbl Commando. His wife drove it for many years, the family enjoyed it. As they got older, and their sons grew and went to start their own lives, it was decided that the fury should be sold.
One of the sons took it instead of it being sold and moved it to the Atlanta, GA area where he decided to store it indoors with a "friend". The "Friend" didn't store it indoors, and when the son went back to retrieve the car it hadn't been stored indoors at all, and the condition was decidedly worse than when he'd stored it in the first place. So he sold the car.
The car passed through two or three more hands, someone broke the idle screws off in the carb, and the car probably wouldn't start or run very well (ask how I know...but that's jumping ahead). One of those hands the car was passed to owned a restoration shop that has since closed. At that same restoration shop was a 1971 GTX...mine. The GTX was due to be painted, and with substantial deposit in hand, the shop owner did pretty much everything BUT paint my GTX, yet was happy to spend/lose my money. His divorce and a bankruptcy later, my money was pretty much gone, except for the fact that I had a receipt from the original transaction with both our signatures, deposit amount, and a stated "I will paint the car". Okay....see you in court...
But....I'm a good guy. The threat of court didn't sit well with the shop owner, so he says "Remember that fury convertible I had?"
Me: "yeah..."
Him: "Would you take it instead of cash?"
Me: "I prefer cash..."
Him: "But i'm bankrupt..."
Me: "Something is better than nothing..."
So we go and see the fury....
and it's really not all that bad....dirty, needs a top, neglected...I've bought worse....so we deal, and it comes to me....and I clean it up........MORE TO COME....
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