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Hello all. I do not have a C body yet but will be looking soon. I am going to be looking for a 1969 fury coupe . Don't care about what engine as it will end up with a 440. This will not be my first mopar however. As a kid in high school I owned a 66 coronet with a 273. I have also owned a 72 fury 4 door. I have very good memories of those cars. I do own presently a 1986 Dodge Omni GLHS and have owned it for some time as I restored it. I am so happy I found this forum and I plan on learning a lot here in preparation of getting my 69 fury!
 
Turboomni said:
Hello all. I do not have a C body yet but will be looking soon. I am going to be looking for a 1969 fury coupe . Don't care about what engine as it will end up with a 440. This will not be my first mopar however. As a kid in high school I owned a 66 coronet with a 273. I have also owned a 72 fury 4 door. I have very good memories of those cars. I do own presently a 1986 Dodge Omni GLHS and have owned it for some time as I restored it. I am so happy I found this forum and I plan on learning a lot here in preparation of getting my 69 fury!
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Welcome..... I had to read your post to pronounce your handle correctly:eek:ops:
 
Welcome to the site from the Motor City!
 
commando1 said:
I had a GLHS Stick.

Insane little cheaply engineered shitbox that was overpowered.
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Thanks for the welcome guys!! As for the statement above ,,,,,,I Agree!! It was a project that I started when my first kid was born and I would run down to the basement and work on it till Mom needed help! It was also the only car I could fit in my little garage and still work on it. I have souped it up in my resto. I had all the spot welds on the body seam welded and reinforced the K frame with 1/4 plate steel to keep it from pulling apart! I installed a Getrag geared tranny with custom axles and posi. The motor is the Mopar Super 60 package with a different wiring harness for a later computer. O ringed block ,,forged crank ,,ported,,big turbo,, bla bla bla... even a Viper fuel pump! A fun car for sure,,but not for everyone. I will say with my adjustable perch Koni shocks and super sticky max performance summer tires I would love to entice a Porsche owner or other make on the highway and have them try to follow me on an exit ramp,,,,,lol,,,what fun!!! But I want to get back to my roots when I was a kid. Enough computer crap. I want a carb or carbs,,I want a slightly lopey idle with 440+ cubes,,I want headers and exhaust with a deep rumble ,,I want massive torque. I remember growing up in Dearborn Michigan in the early 1960's just off Woodward Ave. I saw all kinds of modified cars but I was very young.. Anyways thankyou for your welcome and I am sure I will learn a lot here with your help.
 
I would love to see pictures of the GLHS, please.
 
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Here she is this summer out of storage. Dusty and dirty but she started right up. I have some work to do . Mainly get rid of the racing clutch so it is more drivable. I have detuned it abit already with a milder cam. It is lowered alittle as you can see. It is a hoot to drive! In the past on the dyno she pulled 290 hp and 320 ft lbs at the wheels at 19 psi boost. Not bad for 135 cubic inches . She weights at just around 2000 pounds as Idid all I could do to lighten her up. I haven't had it on the road for any length of time in years. I think a fury would look nice in the garage next to her.

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Very cool little hot rod. When you buy your fury, look for rust free unless it's far too cool to pass up. Rust free body panels for C-Bodies are tough to come by. Based on what you listed for your GLHS, you wont have many issues with the mechanical, electric side.
 
Thanks!! I agree completely about a rust free example and I am willing to pay good money for one. I don't care if the engine ,tranny is blown as long as it is rust free. I am very glad that fury prices are still within reason compared to it's siblings. But are prices going up lately on fury's? The 2 years that appeal to me are the 69 2 door or the 66 2 door.
 
I like the bigger cars but you may be able to find more parts for the 66. That's what it seems like to me but I'm trying to restore a 69 so I'm sure the grass is always greener. It seems that asking prices are rising but selling price is all that matters and that's a lot more difficult to track.
 
polara71 said:
Welcome..... I had to read your post to pronounce your handle correctly:eek:ops:
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I bet that before he O-ringed the block and all the other work, "tur-BOOM-nee" was a pretty accurate description of the car. :)

Welcome aboard, Turboomi. I've only been posting here a couple weeks, but I've been Moparin' since I was a teenager in the 70s.
 
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