Aidan1976
Well-Known Member
Trev, update with this beauty mate?
C-Body Holy Grail Restoration Starts Here; 1970 6BBL GT
- Thread starter Fury Pursuit
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I'll be following
Not much in this world better than a really good Fury restoration, but a 6-pac has to lead the pack! I will be watching with great interest!
Agreed ... We are definitely lucky to have so many high quality restos happening plus your resto page ... Still going through that one myself.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You come up with a future game plan yet yourself, Bryan?
Ha! mine took a long time and traveled in a lot of circles before completion. I was very, very fortunate to discover Paul when I did, otherwise I'm afraid my wife would have forced me to get rid of it. Now its safe, her Scotch heart could never justify dumping it and losing all that money!
Ha! mine took a long time and traveled in a lot of circles before completion. I was very, very fortunate to discover Paul when I did, otherwise I'm afraid my wife would have forced me to get rid of it. Now its safe, her Scotch heart could never justify dumping it and losing all that money!
After reading your story I think if I look up perseverance I'll see a pic of you guys and that car
I'm thinking and dreaming ... But still have same priorities of clearing stuff and a property or two before I can get involved with a car. Made a lot of progress but a long way to go
Fury Pursuit
Senior Member
Hey Aidan/the group,.et.al.,
I've been busy with other projects and customer cars of the last 6 weeks.
The Black Car is doing well,...I've just been slowly taking apart trim, moldings, etc, and taking hundreds of photos of fasteners, seam sealer, body welds, etc.
The body should be ready for dipping in June. I'm just gathering all the parts the car needs, many NOS and very good original parts. I just scored an NOS front bumper and lots of other good stuff......expensive,...but it's a labor of love.
Here are some photos of where the rubber meets the road........NOS H70 RWL tires and new set of wheels to be restored,....you could call it a horde!
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
sonnovabitch....
Couldn't have said it better. I never thought I'd have tire envy.
Wollfen
Old Man with a Hat
Love those tires, mmm. I do have a question that I am sure for some of us, would be good technical information. I am assuming those rims are period correct and as such, could we get a pic of the date stampings, etc on a rim? Also, could you take a pic of the bare rim without the accessories on it for proper paint line positioning and lastly a measurement of the width of these factory wheels. Lol, that was a mouthful, there is no rush if you can manage it, cheers!
Fury Pursuit
Senior Member
One could say that,...........but then again remember ONE tire is $400 x 5. They are not cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!
In my opinion the car HAS to have them, it has to be correct.....so I cashed in my tiny 401K to do all of this,........seriously.
Here is the factory spare and rim for my Fury. They were crappy tires and were very quickly replaced with radials.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Reall
So when the car came shod with Road Wheels and RWL, they put in a pinstripe WW on a black steely as a spare?
Really...
So when the car came shod with Road Wheels and RWL, they put in a pinstripe WW on a black steely as a spare?
Fury Pursuit
Senior Member
Sure,....when I get to restoring the wheels I post photos of the dates, etc..JJ 15x6
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Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
This is an original unused spare out of a '70 300 vert. Never had a trim ring or center cap. Maybe a road wheel spare was something you ordered?
Interesting...This is an original unused spare out of a '70 300 vert. Never had a trim ring or center cap. Maybe a road wheel spare was something you ordered?
This is the original spare from my road wheel optioned 70 300 vert.
Fury Pursuit
Senior Member
"Billyfury" would be a good resource to ask. He has an original unrestored GT.Interesting...
This is the original spare from my road wheel optioned 70 300 vert.
I think Dick Chrysler is quoted as saying the spare was a 15x6 steel wheel with a Polyglas H70 RWL, but it likely depended on the plant and stock on hand.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
The original tire on mine could also have been re-mounted onto a road wheel shortly after purchase and never used.
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