1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT

[fc7_plumcrazy]

I hope to someday be able to afford to buy a fully restored SFGT from Europe or Canada. God knows you can't get them here! Great score as usual. Stop for a visit if you ever vacation on the east cost of the US!

they are out there.
In the worst case: Just buy one which needs to be done.
Enough of those out there that need saving.
Mine was for sale in Sacramento for at least 6 months

Carsten

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

There is one in my future, I can feel it. I just gotta get to that B7 car Before Carsten does

Our Mopar DNA is similar for sure Dave.

I currently know of 7 SFGTs in EB7 around.
There is a very rough one which might be available but when I say very rough I mean very rough.

Carsten

 

[Samplingman]

LOL, I don't want to do one, just want it done!

 

[polara71]

Our Mopar DNA is similar for sure Dave.

I currently know of 7 SFGTs in EB7 around.
There is a very rough one which might be available but when I say very rough I mean very rough.

Carsten

It is similar Carsten that I want an original car. The one I'm thinking about is an undiscovered gem. Very similar to my 71 Polara..
In case you haven't noticed, they find me....

 

[polara71]

LOL, I don't want to do one, just want it done!

Original is the best way.... but done would do

 

[Samplingman]

Original is the best way.... but done would do

Right, but my "done" is running, driving, and enjoying, not necessarily a Critter type restoration, which I think you agree. That's the beauty of what Carsten is doing, it's preserving what was. I've spent nearly 7 years getting my vert to that point and I'm not even close. Re-importing from Europe might be worth the expense.

 

[polara71]

Absolutely would be..... but you'll find one here...just gotta have your coins ready

 

[tallhair]

It is similar Carsten that I want an original car. The one I'm thinking about is an undiscovered gem. Very similar to my 71 Polara..
In case you haven't noticed, they find me....

Will you be driving my way to pick it up Dave?

Make sure you allow time to stop this time

 

[polara71]

No, this one will be fairly local

 

[tallhair]

No, this one will be fairly local

Sounds exciting ... I hope you get it.

 

[413Reasons]

This is one of the deals where condition isn't important, 'cause this car didn't follow, but obviously hunted you.
Next time it may have blocked your garage or had followed you to work or something like that......! Good deal, congratulations!

 

[tallhair]

Should call it Christine ... Right color wrong decade lol

 

[Wollfen]

Should call it Christine ... Right color wrong decade lol

Lol, Christine reborn. I wanna see this pic done with a 70 GT!

 

[70GTbasketcase]

ok, here is the full story.

The SFGT was for sale near Sacramento in 2014.
It was sideswipped and not running because the ignition lock was messed up.
So the engine condition was unkown.

It came with a huge amount of parts:
two full quarter panels (one original, one old repro)
complete trunkfloor cut out of another car
a half roof cut of another car
spare hood, floor panels, x-tra bumpers, valances
lots of other smaller and bigger parts

To me it was a bad package to handle. The unkown engine condition held me back and the extreme expensive cost to ship all the other parts across the ocean and "how" to transport the stuff. It would have cost a fortune.

In fall 2014 I was at vacation in California and even have been in San Francisco so I was less than 100 miles away from the car. I was tempted to see it but knew I would buy it being there so I stayed away trying to be smart.

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(original pic from the ad)


In january a dutch friend informed me that a 70 SFGT is coming to the netherlands.
I asked for a pic and got it.
There it was again.
It has followed me home to europe somehow.

It was owned by a dealer who ships complete containers out of the US so he threw the parts into several pick ups and delivery vans to get them over.

Being north of Amsterdam it was in the neck of my woods (150miles away).
After it has followed me to europe I had to go and see it.
So I drove up with a friend of mine.

As expected I fell in love when I saw it in reality.

It was owned by a dealer (Gerard, nice guy) who ships complete containers out of the US so he threw the parts into several pick ups and delivery vans to get them over.

So the last big question was the engine.
We worked on it for hours but couldn't get it to run.
But we came to an agreement: I buy it as soon as it runs (and doesn't knock bad).
So during the week the seller got it to run with the help of some local dutch Mopar friends, I drove up again, we started it and the deal was done.

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It stayed at the sellers place till all parts arrived and was picked up in autumn last year.

There hasn't been done much yet. We will have to start soon

Carsten

WOWWW! Great catch! So Another one goes to Europe! Great turn of luck that you just happened to know a guy who was bringing THAT particular car over. What are the chances, right? I remember the ad for it on the Craigs List back in 2014! It was too rich for my blood, and I was on the east coast so the shipping of the car and all the parts would have been over the top. Hope you have great fun with it.

 

[69monaco]

It looks better than i thought at the time it was for sale ....
Anyone knows if the 2 red cars ( SFGT $ SF-S23 for 25K )are sold ? (NY area.)

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

It looks better than i thought at the time it was for sale ....
Anyone knows if the 2 red cars ( SFGT $ SF-S23 for 25K )are sold ? (NY area.)

I have no clue Martin but the guy was very difficult

Carsten

 

[70GTbasketcase]

It looks better than i thought at the time it was for sale ....
Anyone knows if the 2 red cars ( SFGT $ SF-S23 for 25K )are sold ? (NY area.)

SFGT and S23 here in NY?? Where?? what ad??

 

[69monaco]

SFGT and S23 here in NY?? Where?? what ad??

Few months ago , for sale at Hemmings or Autabuy.
Steve ( saforwardlook ) whrote something about the conversation he hat with the seller...

 

[65sporty]

Great find, some would say you were meant to own that car. It did follow you back to Europe. I love the Christine references that were made also

 

[saforwardlook]

Few months ago , for sale at Hemmings or Autabuy.
Steve ( saforwardlook ) whrote something about the conversation he hat with the seller...

Yes, the old seller was delusional. He would only sell the GT along with the S23 because the S23 was the only other 1970 Plymouth model that had the correct parts to fix the GT, which had rust and other issues such that a quarter needed to be replaced among other things. I told the guy that I was only interested in the red GT and that I had a parts 70 Plymouth Fury that had the correct quarter panels and that buying and shipping 2 cars from New York was not reasonable for me. He then went off on me telling me how I didn't know anything about GTs. I had a very hard time getting off the phone with him and by the end of the conversation, he said he wanted to be my friend and that I should come back and visit him. It was just a weird and strange conversation. Creepy. And his prices were ridiculous anyway. Good luck.