1969 Plymouth Fury "Pursuit" coupe

[Fury Pursuit]

Aidan, firstly congrats. You have a VERY, VERY rare and desirable car. From the last photo the rubber mat looks wonderful. Save it at all costs!

I understand why some on this board are afraid of a car with rust, which this car has. The talk of a "re-body" is a joke. There is absolutely no need for that. If you have to pay someone by the hour ($ 75-125) to do the metal work it can become costly. Learn how to weld, fab and replace. Easier said than done, but you can do it. The car looks very restoreable, and a worthy car to do so.

BTW the VON of the car , and it's SPD is "in line" with the other two known special order examples.

Good luck, keep posting.

BTW, I have some of the parts you may need.

Best regards,

FP

 

[1970FuryConv]

Thank you Sir. I have been meaning to postthe following for a little while now, and feel the time is right since thesuccessful acquisition of the Fury Pursuit: I have been a member of ForC-Bodies Only for a relatively short time now and I am so impressedwith the knowledge and conduct of the members. The organisation is sohelpful in every way. A recent example is my dealings with good friend inVirginia forum member 1970FuryConv. This car happened to be locatedin his neck of the woods and he assisted by inspecting the car andproviding honest and thorough feedback, and numerous photos (both before andsince the purchase of the car). Simply a pleasure to deal with.

I know all too well the car is a challenge, I guess I seem to be addicted torust (owning quite a few relics, the worst being a basket case '65 Malibu SSconvertible and '73 Fury Gran Sedan. Those are BAD). But the combination ofalways wanting a big-block 2-door Fuselage C-Body and being a huge American cop car fan,I knew it was right for me. No matter how big the challenge. We face challengeseveryday in our lives. This is just another for me, I hope I live a long time in order to resurrect this thing lol. Hey, if rusted out '69Charger R/T's etc. can be resurrected, then this unique car can too.

So thanks to all, and especially 1970FuryConv!

Sincerely, Aidan

I think the car is restorable, because the 2 sub frames look OK. Given the statistics from other members of 30 PK21K9 cars made and three known to exist, the car is certainly worth doing. Someone here with a body book can tell you whether 41 model c-pillars, under rear windshield area, and quarters can be used as patch panels. If so, there are plenty of cars out there that could be donors, even if your aussie cars don't have the right parts. I have dealt with a guy in Summerville Georgia named Frank Parks 706-857-2832. He is a commercial vendor and very knowledgeable on c-bodies. He can tell you what fits and he has lots of parts cars, if you're missing something.
My book shows 132,565 total PE41, PL41, and PM41 cars made in 1969 (Fury 1, 2, and 3 models). If they're donors, you certainly can find a car to donate parts. Even if 21 model cars are unique, my book still shows 4971 PE21 Fury 1 and 3268 PL21 Fury 2 cars made in 1969 (Fury 3 didn't come as a 21). It'll take a lot more digging, but somebody's got one of those cars for parts. In addition, if 1970 and 71 PE21 and PL21 cars can donate parts, you may find the needed parts from one of them in somebody's bone yard.
Overall, glad to have the car at my home in Virginia and glad to help you get it to Australia for restoration. Cheers, Ben

 

[commando1]

So what do you do?? Remove all the unique cop items only and transfer them over to an look alike donor car?

I think I wasn't clear.
What I meant was the only alternative to tackling the job was to rebody and I find that unacceptable myself. I'm against it.
GODSPEED in your efforts.

 

[1970FuryConv]

King William County Sheriff's Dept. Car



Colors look familiar?
Sorry to post a picture of a Ford, but it's for a good cause. The good news is that King William, my county, is now buying Dodge Charger Police Cars. The not so good news is that they are painting them champagne gold, instead of traditional county brown. A little too gaudy for me. But you can't have everything.

 

[1970FuryConv]

Aidan, firstly congrats. You have a VERY, VERY rare and desirable car. From the last photo the rubber mat looks wonderful. Save it at all costs!

I understand why some on this board are afraid of a car with rust, which this car has. The talk of a "re-body" is a joke. There is absolutely no need for that. If you have to pay someone by the hour ($ 75-125) to do the metal work it can become costly. Learn how to weld, fab and replace. Easier said than done, but you can do it. The car looks very restoreable, and a worthy car to do so.

BTW the VON of the car , and it's SPD is "in line" with the other two known special order examples.

Good luck, keep posting.

BTW, I have some of the parts you may need.

Best regards,

FP

The rubber mat is in two pieces, a front half and a back half. The overlap is under the front seat. From your input, preserving it is a serious concern. The front portion looks flawless. The back portion has one small split at the outside of each foot well. Would you advise that the seats, front seat belts, kick panels, and door sills be removed and the mats rolled up and placed on a seat or in the trunk prior to shipping? Is the insulation under the mat separate from the mat, so that it could be thrown away?
The seats, belts, kick panels, and door sills could be reinstalled and the car shipped with bare floors.

Also, among you stash of parts, do you have an AC dash shell for this car? Thanks, Ben

 

[monaco75]

That mat has to be VERY brittle. I'd leave it i. place and put a ton of conditioner on it, and let it soak up for a couple days before touching it. A buddy on the blumo boards actually bought an entire car just for the correct rubber floor mat. He went to extensive measures to remove, and preserve it. I can go into detail later when on the computer.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Congratulations on the purchase.
I am happy the car is in good hands and will survive even though it needs some metalwork

Carsten

 

[tallhair]

That mat has to be VERY brittle. I'd leave it i. place and put a ton of conditioner on it, and let it soak up for a couple days before touching it. A buddy on the blumo boards actually bought an entire car just for the correct rubber floor mat. He went to extensive measures to remove, and preserve it. I can go into detail later when on the computer.

I'm looking forward to that actually

 

[monaco75]

Alright after a couple hours searching, found a little tid bit of info. There was some drama over there earlier this year with this member, and he is no longer on the board. He removed all of his pictures, and it seems like some info is missing, but you get the idea...

From the board-

I show a lot of pics of the cop rubber flooring in the movie bluesmobile, like this one:



The blumo did have tan carpeting, too, such as outside the Church:


But I thought that rubber flooring fit my theme better. I originally planned on ACC Vinyl Flooring:
www.accmats.com/Products/Flooring/Vinyl.aspx



But after seeing the $50K Red Fire Chief Monaco with vinyl flooring:



I thought I could do better to match the unique grain of the cop rubber flooring:



Step 1: Find some flooring. To perfectly fit a 74, the donor car needed to be a 74 or 75 car, as the flooring for a 76/77 is slightly different (because the b-pillar seat belt bolt location is different).

And once Steam pointed out that the first draft of the script called for the bluesmobile being a 1974 Plymouth Fury, this car seemed like just the ticket:



That 74 ex-Montana Highway patrol Fury. So after an exciting adventure of bluesmobile-a-riffic proportions, I eventually came to acquire it, and then spent the next several months rehabilitating the rubber flooring.

To start:


Not in bad shape. Some cracks, but no pieces missing, and no pieces completely undetached from the main piece (other than small pieces around the edges that will be covered by interior trim).


I got some "Meguiar's Professional Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner #40" in both a spray bottle, and a 1 gallon refill.

www.amazon.com/Meguiars-PRO-VINYL-RUBBER-CLEANER/dp/B0057EA752/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1319586010&sr=8-4

And spent 1/2 hour a day just spraying down, and then wiping off with a paper towel. The rubber started as quite brittle, but eventually it started soaking in (as well as the dirt being wiped off the top).

Eventually, I used a soft bristle brush to clean off the dirt after spraying on the cleaner.



Here's my rendition of an Elwood foot angle shot:



I just kept spraying and wiping day by day until it wouldn't soak in anymore. Then the rubber was like rich Corinthian leather; quite flexible. So it became time to store the rubber flooring inside. But I didn't want to just lay it on the floor; as it would lose its shape and possibly crack. I wanted it to rest in its natural position. So I elected to make a mold, on which it could lay, face down. In addition to keeping the flooring in its original shape, it would allow me to clean the underside of the flooring.

I thought of various ways to make a mold, and the simplest and least expensive seemed to be to use:
- cardboard boxes (as aggregate to hold the shape)
- expanding foam (as glue hold the cardboard boxes together and form the perfect shape against the flooring).

I got
AeroMarine 2# density foam, consists of 2 gallons, yields 8 cubic feet

www.aeromarineproducts.com/boat-foam.htm


and then took the mold inside, turned it upside down:


took the flooring out, pulling off most of the stagnant stinkified puke-laden (or at least puke-causing) jute:



and then nicely store the rubber:



The nice black shiny spots you see are from where the rubber cleaner came through to the underside during my earlier cleanings (through cracks or around the edges).

The jute was glued to the underside, so I spent the next several weeks, slowly scratching away the junk and refurbishing the rubber on the underside. Not to make it pretty, but just to get it in a nice flexible fully refurbished form for use in Marin County.




Read more: http://bluesmobiles.proboards.com/t...nty-sheriff-town?page=24#page=3#ixzz39w02jRNs​

 

[monaco75]

He also told me, once he had the flooring on his mold, he kept cleaning, and conditioning it.

I wish the pictures were there

 

[tallhair]

If you can see the pictures you might be bale to right click and select copy url then post those ulrs here as pics

 

[monaco75]

No, he completely deleted the pics off of his photobucket. No pics what so ever.... Things got pretty heated over there.

 

[commando1]

Saving that mat got really intense, if not obsessed.

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[1970cat]

i have a dash frame somewhere if you need one. might be expensive to ship though

 

[commando1]

I think he's prepared on the entire task being expensive.

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[Aidan1976]

Hello, thanks very much for posting that information. VERY helpful.

My old '75 Fury had the rubber matt, but was in very bad condition when I got the car (not that the rest of it was very good either lol......).

 

[Aidan1976]

I think I wasn't clear.
What I meant was the only alternative to tackling the job was to rebody and I find that unacceptable myself. I'm against it.
GODSPEED in your efforts.

Thanks Stan, appreciate it

 

[1970FuryConv]

Meguiar's

He also told me, once he had the flooring on his mold, he kept cleaning, and conditioning it.

I wish the pictures were there

What wonderful information, especially about the Meguiar's and daily treatments. I have had excellent experience with Meguiar's. The floor mats have small splits at the rear. Did he specify what product he used for repairs?

 

[1970FuryConv]

Front Fenders and Rockers

Some encouraging pictures

 

[1970cat]

looks a lot more solid than i thought it would