Welcome, geocup 71 Sport Fury

[FCBO Administrator]

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[geocup 71 Sport Fury]

Thanks for the welcome. My 17yr old son just bought his first car 3 weeks ago; 1971 Sport Fury

We are new to restoration and look forward to reading, learning, and making friends here on your site. Already finding difficulty in locating seats and doors for this model but we will get there. Owner we purchased from didn't have much information on it's history as he had inherited from his dad.

Front door panels were homemade at some point and repainted to the current blue as well.

Here are a few pics:

 

[GOLDMYN]

Hi, GA8, dark gunmetal metallic, sport fury fastback, 3957 made

 

[geocup 71 Sport Fury]

Thanks GOLDMYN, owner had said he thought it was gunmetal metallic and had done a little research and found a salesman's 1971 color & trim selector to see it as GA8 Slate Gray Metallic (Avail. Fury only).

Had been looking for production numbers for the Sport Fury with no avail; had heard it was around 4000 made. Thanks for confirming

 

[GOLDMYN]

ah, nice car, you'll have fun. here's GA4 gunmetal or winchester grey metallic

 

[66sptfry]

Welcome

 

[FURYGT]

Hi, GA8, dark gunmetal metallic, sport fury fastback, 3957 made

It's a formal roof so it isn't a fastback.

 

[300L]

Welcome!

Congratulations on your son's first car. It's great that he can learn to drive without any modern assistance systems!
When new, his Sport Fury had a very unusual color combination. GA8 with white interior, white vinyl roof and white side molding.
It's a shame the side molding is now missing.

 

[kowalski1970]

Welcome from Virginia!! Great to see dad & son project!! Great that the younger generation is involved!! Funny how grey colored cars are ubiquitous now! Rare back in the day!!

 

[geocup 71 Sport Fury]

Welcome!

Congratulations on your son's first car. It's great that he can learn to drive without any modern assistance systems!
When new, his Sport Fury had a very unusual color combination. GA8 with white interior, white vinyl roof and white side molding.
It's a shame the side molding is now missing.

When we first saw the car, noticed the interior trunk color then took a second look at the interior. I thought the interior had been redone at the time of the blue paint job. We'll see what he decides going forward, but think he is leaning towards original.

 

[geocup 71 Sport Fury]

Welcome from Virginia!! Great to see dad & son project!! Great that the younger generation is involved!! Funny how grey colored cars are ubiquitous now! Rare back in the day!!

Thanks. It is a fun project so far. It's also nice to have a mechanic neighbor who has been working with Chrysler vehicles for most of his life, and wants to teach my son as much as he is able to retain. I'm a generalist when it comes to most things, can figure them out but by far not an expert on much of anything. Having mechanic and body work neighbors who are willing to teach is a great blessing.