Finally got down to Frankfort to check this pair of Furies on Craigslist for $800. Unfortunately...or fortunately, the other guy furnished the deposit he’d promised.
1970 & 1971 Plymouth Fury
The ‘71 was really pretty amazing and mechanically solid. The seller explained he’d owned and daily driven it for twenty years or so. He impressed me with his mechanical upkeep and useful upgrades. The aesthetic, love it or leave it was genuine...seasoned to a shocking perfection. Not some TV, clear coated, rust job. The Buckaroo Bonzai theme carried over in the interior as well. Funny, when I saw the B5 paint on the naked floors, I recollected seeing this car around years ago with a missing bumper and with the funky roof rack. The seller was a fabricator and used the rack for transporting handrails to jobsites around the state.
In a way, this Fury is a really unique time capsule of when these cars were so cheap and so available in the ‘80s. Something like this could be done to your “heirloom”...if one had the imagination and follow through. Typically said creation would be wrecked or suffer some mechanical failure sending it to the junkyard or derby.
If the guy from Nashville who bought these is on the board, have a heart and preserve this one as is. Would be a hoot at The Dream Cruise or even just a Kroger parking lot.
1970 & 1971 Plymouth Fury
The ‘71 was really pretty amazing and mechanically solid. The seller explained he’d owned and daily driven it for twenty years or so. He impressed me with his mechanical upkeep and useful upgrades. The aesthetic, love it or leave it was genuine...seasoned to a shocking perfection. Not some TV, clear coated, rust job. The Buckaroo Bonzai theme carried over in the interior as well. Funny, when I saw the B5 paint on the naked floors, I recollected seeing this car around years ago with a missing bumper and with the funky roof rack. The seller was a fabricator and used the rack for transporting handrails to jobsites around the state.
In a way, this Fury is a really unique time capsule of when these cars were so cheap and so available in the ‘80s. Something like this could be done to your “heirloom”...if one had the imagination and follow through. Typically said creation would be wrecked or suffer some mechanical failure sending it to the junkyard or derby.
If the guy from Nashville who bought these is on the board, have a heart and preserve this one as is. Would be a hoot at The Dream Cruise or even just a Kroger parking lot.
