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Formal Land Yacht: Rare 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT Packs Numbers-Matching 440
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Formal Land Yacht: Rare 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT Packs Numbers-Matching 440
Published: 3 Dec 2024, 15:39 UTC• By:Ciprian Florea
Produced almost continuously from 1956 to 1989, the Plymouth Fury is one of the company's most iconic nameplates. It's primarily famous due to its association with the 1983 movie "Christine," but it was also part of the horsepower wars in the 1960s and early 1970s.
The Fury was quite the peppy rig since the early days when it was a sub-series of the Belvedere. In 1957, the full-size was available with a 290-horsepower engine. The following year, a 305-horsepower Golden Commando V8 became available, while Plymouth also offered a fuel-injected version good for 315 horses.
The Fury broke the 400-horsepower mark in 1962. Re-assigned to midsize duty, it became available with the company's then-new Max Wedge V8. The beefed-up unit delivered up to 425 horsepower, turning the Fury into one of America's first true muscle cars.
However, unlike other iconic nameplates, the Fury never got the iconic 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) Hemi v8. How come? Well, Plymouth moved the Fury back into the full-size fold for the 1965 model year and kept it there until 1974. The Hemi was mostly a B-body and E-body affair. The full-size rigs built on the C-body platform, including the Fury, didn't get access to it.
But that's not to say that the full-size version of the Fury was a slouch. Although it wasn't sold with the Hemi, its engine lineup included potent big-block V8 powerplants. I'm talking about the 383-cubic-inch (6.3-liter) and 440-cubic-inch (7.2-liter) mills.
The latter became an option for the 1966 model year and delivered between 350 and 390 horsepower through the early 1970s. Yes, that's significantly below the Hemi, but it was enough for the Fury to become known as one of the greatest high-performance land yachts of the golden era. The 1970 Sport Fury GT you see here is part of that heritage.
Showcased at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (MCACN), the Sport Fury sat in the "Formal Look" display, a Mopar-only section with black-over-white rigs. And needless to say, the two-door full-size looks stunning in this type of suit.
But it's more than just a good-looking classic. Restored inside and out, this Sport Fury is highly original under the hood. The numbers-matching 440 is also a 360 horsepower unit, which enabled this land yacht to cover the quarter-mile in fewer than 17 seconds.
Moreover, it's a rare classic. Built at a time when buyers were steering away from powerful vehicles, the Sport Fury GT found only 669 customers in 1970. Of these, 605 were ordered with the four-barrel 440 V8. Enthusiasts estimate that fewer than 100 highly original examples are still around. Reportedly born as a dealer demonstrator, this black hardtop could very well be a unique gem. Check it out in the video below. If you want to see the entire "Formal Look" display, I posted a complete walkaround after the show.
PH23T0D109821 - thank you @marty mopar and @cuda hunter
Autoevolution just steals content off the Internet (in this case my YouTube video) and writes AI generated articles on them. I do get some traffic from it but it’s my video they used without consent.
That is kind of bull crap.
Thanks for the video.
Beautiful work! That car just shines like a diamond!
Thanks for the video.
Beautiful work! That car just shines like a diamond!
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They steal content from Lou Costabile's YT videos to.
I'm thinking that 669 number is cars SOLD in the US and not the number built.
fury fan
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Isn't the 360hp rating for the police cars, while the GT was still rated only at 350 in spite of the dual exh?
fury fan
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Does it also have the different valve springs or whatever it was that the copcar 360hp had?
Mr C
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Not as up on the Sport Fury, but for Imperial, the K code 440 with the Carter AFB vice the Holley, log manifolds and normal cam but with dual snorkels and exhaust was rated at 360 HP. Single exhaust was 350HP.
Chrysler Corp used this recipe for the "440 Dual" option on the 68 Imperial...the only year the Imperial had a "muscle" option over the Std 440.
Factory literature for the Fury says the Std 440 with duals was 350 HP in 70 and 335HP in 71.
Not sure if the T code got a different carb than the U code in the early 70s...I know that it did not once the TQ arrived...in 68 The K Code (minus the 440 Dual) got a Holley, and the L Codes and 440 Duals got a Carter AFB...the Carter must've made a difference.
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