1Fury1
Slab Side Slacker
I did a lousy job of documenting my Fury I restoration so in an attempt to redeem myself I will be posting this one as it goes along. The Fury was no expense spared whereas now having retired this year I'm being held to a stricter budget this time, so only going as deep as necessary to make it a reliable fun driver.
Overall the wagon is in nice condition. Having been a west coast car the underside is clean with the only rust spot being under the pass rear qtr where the spare tire bulge is. Then of course a crappy re-paint with some amateur body work to be fixed on the rear panel and tail gate. The gas tank has a leak right at the bottom and as I was removing the fuel line I noticed it was leaking as well.
Based on the assessed condition here is the plan:
1. Repair leaking fuel tank and fuel line.
2. Service rear diff (2.76 open), blast and paint housing, backing plates, leaf springs, rear brakes, etc.
3. Once the rear end is back in I will pull the 383/727 and clean everything up. At minimum replace leaking gaskets and paint the engine and engine bay leaving it stock as a 2bbl single exhaust, or depending on the budget maybe a full overhaul, cam it up a bit with a 4bbl and duals.
4. Strip the bright work and send it to the body shop.
I've pretty much decided to take it back to original JJ1 gold with a black flake in it. Wheels will be either 15" magnums, or maybe even step out a little and go with 17" Tq thrusts.
I did post some of these already, but for the sake of this thread I'll go back to the beginning on the way home.
Overall the wagon is in nice condition. Having been a west coast car the underside is clean with the only rust spot being under the pass rear qtr where the spare tire bulge is. Then of course a crappy re-paint with some amateur body work to be fixed on the rear panel and tail gate. The gas tank has a leak right at the bottom and as I was removing the fuel line I noticed it was leaking as well.
Based on the assessed condition here is the plan:
1. Repair leaking fuel tank and fuel line.
2. Service rear diff (2.76 open), blast and paint housing, backing plates, leaf springs, rear brakes, etc.
3. Once the rear end is back in I will pull the 383/727 and clean everything up. At minimum replace leaking gaskets and paint the engine and engine bay leaving it stock as a 2bbl single exhaust, or depending on the budget maybe a full overhaul, cam it up a bit with a 4bbl and duals.
4. Strip the bright work and send it to the body shop.
I've pretty much decided to take it back to original JJ1 gold with a black flake in it. Wheels will be either 15" magnums, or maybe even step out a little and go with 17" Tq thrusts.
I did post some of these already, but for the sake of this thread I'll go back to the beginning on the way home.
