1966 Plymouth Fury III 318

Summary:

Excellent car

Faults:

There is some rust behind back wheels and lower body.

Motor was completely redone this month.

Cylinder Heads were rebuilt and gasket kit installed.

Timing Chain, gear set and gasket set replaced.

Battery cables, heater hoses and radiator hoses replaced in September 2005.

Upper and Lower ball joints, idler arm and tie rod end replaced in August 2005.

Rebuilt automatic transmission in June 2005.

Brake shoes, wheel cylinders brake hose replaced in 2003.

General Comments:

Seats have to be recovered and body repairs are required.

This car runs very well because all the power train work has been completed including new tires, wheel balance and alignment.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know

Review Date: 11th February, 2008

14th Feb 2008, 22:37

These were pretty cool old cars. My family had a '67 in the mid 1970's that my dad used as a work car. He got it for $50 from some rednecks that had trashed it, and for being only a 10 year old car, it seemed old before its time. The dash lights didn't work, and the quarters were already rusted out behind the rear wheels. It was a good car, though, and my dad drove it to work every morning to Wyoming, Minnesota. Because of the light rear end, it seemed to like to go into the ditch around corners on snowy roads a lot. But then, my dad was too cheap to put good tires on it, so it wasn't totally the car's fault.

1969 Plymouth Fury Sport 350 8 cylinder

Summary:

Not bad for a 60s car, guzzles gas, is very sporty-looking

Faults:

Seats are a bit worn, especially the drivers.

Blew a rod at 450000.

Total engine rebuild at 500000.

All the regular -- oil, spark plugs, etc etc.

General Comments:

I like this car. It's very comfortable for a 60s car and it sounds cool.

The only problem is here in Manitoba, it gets to be around -50 degrees c and sometimes she just wouldn't start (these were in the days when I was still in high school, and the school was open way across town).

No real big problems, although I blew a rod and got a new rebuilt engine, then that one blew something - I can't remember. After that I sold it for a 1990 Jeep.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know

Review Date: 28th July, 2006

29th Jul 2006, 17:51

Well, I sure as heck doubt that your '69 Plymouth Sport Fury had a 350 engine, seeing as how that is a standard Chevrolet size. If the distributor was in back of the block, it was a 318 small block, and if the distributor was on the front passenger side, it was more than likely a 383 big block, although sometimes you find a Sport Fury that had a 440 or even more rarely the 426 hemi. It's too bad you dumped it for a used Jeep, because the Sport Fury is starting to pick up some real value now with the retro interest in '60s and '70 muscle cars, and these look exactly like the very high-dollar Roadrunner and GTX.

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1973 Plymouth Fury III 360 V8

Summary:

Worth it? Hell yeah it's worth it

Faults:

Small side scratch on the front right passenger door.

Window motors, 2 of 3 seat motors, domelight don't work.

Few tears in the cloth seating, but not too bad.

Few cracks and some brittleness in some spots on the vinyl interior.

Vinyl top has a little bit of cancer.

Sucks gas like tomorrow does not exist.

General Comments:

My first car, paid $500 for it.

Has $5,500 collectors car insurance policy on it.

Only 61,500 (roughly) miles when I got it.

So comfortable.

Handles pretty well.

Compared to my girlfriend's '91 Olds Cutlass (perfect condition), her car feels like it has a lack of power steering; plus her car has ABS.. I hate ABS.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 4th December, 2004

1968 Plymouth Fury Sport 383 HP

Summary:

Great fun, reliable, fast and a good looking car!

Faults:

Nothing major happened to the car until the very end... it had been in numerous small accidents before I acquired it, and about a year after I got it, something with the left front wheel went bad and it was nearly falling off. The motor and transmission were pulled and put in an old Dodge truck and are still running strong to this day. The old Plymouth was a great car which I drove very hard and it never once left me stranded.

General Comments:

Excellent car, very fast, lots of power and extremely comfortable for taller folks like myself. Handling was not the greatest, but it was a nineteen foot long behemoth that weighed more than most new cCdillacs.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No

Review Date: 7th September, 2004