Paul Amato
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Check it out,not Bad.......................................1972 Plymouth Fury Station Wagon with 440 Engine
For Sale 1972 Plyouth Fury Wagon 440 V8..........$4400
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GJS
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God, I like that. Too bad I couldn't possibly afford it.
Wile E Coyote
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Is that a fuel cell....?!!
cm23uoc
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Seller calls it a Long range gas tank, but he also says Positraction.
Still this ad is worth saving as it's an interesting car.
"1972 Plymouth Fury Station Wagon (Stationwagon) with 440 Engine, for sale by original owner, rebuilt 440 with about 400 HP, 727 Transmission, Trailer pulling package with Posi-traction rear axle, adjustable shocks, HD radiator, long range gas tank, etc. Excellent no rust body in Colorado since new. Original paint is good condition. Has non-working Air Conditioning (needs charge) but otherwise excellent running and driving condition, ready to haul ANYTHING with this drivetrain. Currently stored in warehouse in North Denver area (80216) Telephone Dick at
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for more information and to arrange showing. No texts. No e-mails. $4,400 firm price "
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JPMODL
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The owner said the fuel cell/extra tank was very welcome when towing long distances across states where gas stations were further apart. He towed many of his Packards across the country with the Fury. I will fill our C Body Family in further when I get the beauty home.
300rag
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Nice buy!!
T.ogle
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A beauty like that deserves a hideaway headlight setup..I think I might know where one is
Georg/BBTR
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Congratulations! Can't wait to see more of this car!
bigmoparjeff
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Excellent purchase!
I had spotted these pics about a month ago. I wonder if it's the same car. If so, looks like you got a real nice one. I think these were taken around 2013.
Jeff
I had spotted these pics about a month ago. I wonder if it's the same car. If so, looks like you got a real nice one. I think these were taken around 2013.
Jeff
Whiskey9
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That's a beautiful beast! Congrats!
goldfish65
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Congrats and another C-body saved through the channels of FCBO!
commando1
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and Paul Amato.
oliver
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Exposed headlights look great too
Chryslerdude
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Consealed / Exposed.. ~ both works fine for me too.. and what a great buy...! Congratulations..
trickyricky69
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Not the same car, if you reverse image search those photos you'll find the article on that one - it has a nice tan interior and is in Oregon IIRC
I looked at this Fury wagon yesterday - the gentleman said the most recent would-be buyer had backed out
I can see why - the car is kind of a rust bucket and the interior is trashed, dash and seats are destroyed. The motor was reportedly professionally rebuilt 6k miles ago and it does run very nicely, though I would replace the leaky 727 with a viper T56 ;)
There is major rust-through along the rockers in places and the entire lower rear right flank seems to be bondo, as well as one of the left side doors - which the seller admitted. There's a decent amount of questionable wiring and the heater is blocked off - he couldn't get it to work. A/C expectedly inop, would need conversion to modern system ideally. P/S leak. In my opinion it would need a full restoration to really be a presentable car. I wouldn't change the headlamps
Despite that, it's definitely worthwhile if you can sink a few grand into it, I'm still trying to justify it to myself. The rebuilt 440 certainly sweetens the deal, and the car seems to have "good bones". The seller seems to be an upstanding guy, a self proclaimed "Packard man" he's got some incredible restored ones in the garage, oldest I saw was a 1907. It's neat of course that he's the original owner, but he said "life-long colorado car" like it was a good thing in this case haha. Still -it's a f**khuge 440-powered clipper ship, true Americana
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GJS
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Nice buy! Glad she got a good home!
bigmoparjeff
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" Major rust-through along the rockers" sounds like "bad bones" to me. They're pretty important on a unibody car. When fusey wagons get rusty, things start getting real ugly up in the rear-most corners of the quarters, right under the tail lights. If you lay under the car and look straight up behind the bumper you can see these areas. The factory got no undercoating or paint up there for protection, and access to make repairs is really difficult. If you go back again for a second look, be sure to check and make sure it's not all rotted away. There's important structure in that area to support the incredibly heavy tailgate.
I did find the interior pics of the Oregon car, and it does have a real nice tan interior, with the factory cassette player. That makes three, as there was another white '72 with a small block for sale in California about a month ago.
Jeff
I did find the interior pics of the Oregon car, and it does have a real nice tan interior, with the factory cassette player. That makes three, as there was another white '72 with a small block for sale in California about a month ago.
Jeff
trickyricky69
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LOL fair enough, i guess I meant good bones as in the frame rails don't have holes through them...
Honestly didn't know it was a unibody car, just figured body-on-frame for a massive wagon of the era.
I'm mostly an import guy but for some reason I've been obsessed with acquiring a
big block-powered C-body wagon, preferably in 1972 T&C flavor. Now i know a bit better what to look for, I think I'll have to pass on this one regrettably
The major rust was right where you said, the rear quarters were repaired to a mediocre finish standard and heavily bondoed (probably in the last 10 years or so), the "new" rust had eaten the rocker in front of the rear wheels so that was the most obvious.
Do clean wagons come up for sale fairly frequently or not at all? Wouldn't want to miss a chance if it's a real rarity. I'd jump on it for $3k but he won't budge
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