1970FuryConv
Old Man with a Hat
SOLD - 71 SPORT FURY GT FACTORY SHOWCAR PROMO PROJECT
See updated info on post #307
You may have wondered what happened to this car. I bought it on April 15, 2019. It was 15 days away from being parted and having its roof cut off, per the previous owner deadline. See end of thread above. There are less than 10 1971 Fury GT cars known on this website out of a total production of 375 cars. I couldn't bear the thought of this one being destroyed, so I paid $4000 for the car and another $2000 to have it shipped from Washington state to Virginia. Basically, I bought it because I love fuselage Fury's and to save the car.
· History from Dan @ph23vo the previous owner: He contacted the dealer that originally sold the Canadian Promo car, (green, produced before mine) who informed him that the 2 1971 Fury GT promo cars were sold by Chrysler at auction as dealer demonstrator cars at the end of the 1971 model year. The dealer said my car, the USA promo car, was purchased and sold by a dealer in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In Colorado Springs, My Fury's engine froze and cracked and was thrown away, (supposedly, but who can prove that? Hope it's still out there somewhere). From there, the 1971 Gold Fury GT made its way to New Mexico. It appeared on a gas station lot in New Mexico sometime in the area of 1977 - 1978. By that time, it had a 383 in it. The farmer, who owned it and wrecked the passenger side, died and left it sitting on the gas station lot. The first previous owner that Dan was able to contact, said that the gas station closed in 1981 and he bought the car off the lot. The 1981 owner was able to get title to it and had it for several years before trading it to a friend also in New Mexico. This friend ran into some health troubles and sold the car as part of a lot of 10 cars to a dealer in Missouri in 2007. Dan went to Missouri and bought the car in 2007. He had been collecting NOS parts for it since, but something changed, and he had to sell. The price dropped from $8900 to $4000. I bought it. Car has been off the road since at least 1978, 43 years or more. Essentially, it needs everything.
Some pictures
Leaving Dan's house on a 2000+ mile trip via Acertus car carrier.
Pictures after delivery
Driver side is not bad except lower quarter panel rust
Vinyl top did not do damage up front. No perforations on top.
Lower rear window area was not so fortunate, but is repairable
Trunk, amazing, went unscathed except for surface rust
See updated info on post #307
You may have wondered what happened to this car. I bought it on April 15, 2019. It was 15 days away from being parted and having its roof cut off, per the previous owner deadline. See end of thread above. There are less than 10 1971 Fury GT cars known on this website out of a total production of 375 cars. I couldn't bear the thought of this one being destroyed, so I paid $4000 for the car and another $2000 to have it shipped from Washington state to Virginia. Basically, I bought it because I love fuselage Fury's and to save the car.
· History from Dan @ph23vo the previous owner: He contacted the dealer that originally sold the Canadian Promo car, (green, produced before mine) who informed him that the 2 1971 Fury GT promo cars were sold by Chrysler at auction as dealer demonstrator cars at the end of the 1971 model year. The dealer said my car, the USA promo car, was purchased and sold by a dealer in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In Colorado Springs, My Fury's engine froze and cracked and was thrown away, (supposedly, but who can prove that? Hope it's still out there somewhere). From there, the 1971 Gold Fury GT made its way to New Mexico. It appeared on a gas station lot in New Mexico sometime in the area of 1977 - 1978. By that time, it had a 383 in it. The farmer, who owned it and wrecked the passenger side, died and left it sitting on the gas station lot. The first previous owner that Dan was able to contact, said that the gas station closed in 1981 and he bought the car off the lot. The 1981 owner was able to get title to it and had it for several years before trading it to a friend also in New Mexico. This friend ran into some health troubles and sold the car as part of a lot of 10 cars to a dealer in Missouri in 2007. Dan went to Missouri and bought the car in 2007. He had been collecting NOS parts for it since, but something changed, and he had to sell. The price dropped from $8900 to $4000. I bought it. Car has been off the road since at least 1978, 43 years or more. Essentially, it needs everything.
Some pictures
Leaving Dan's house on a 2000+ mile trip via Acertus car carrier.
Pictures after delivery
Driver side is not bad except lower quarter panel rust
Vinyl top did not do damage up front. No perforations on top.
Lower rear window area was not so fortunate, but is repairable
Trunk, amazing, went unscathed except for surface rust
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