[13], 1972 Fury Gran Sedan with hidden headlamps. The 1969 models included the Fury I, Fury II and Fury III, the sport-model Sport Fury and the top-line VIP. it was clean styling in black I had 23 64-65-66 Imperials them, and thinning the herd also disposed of the 75. var vsCFTagsEUFunctions = vsCFTagsEUFunctions || []; I would have gone for the trunk decal delete option(if it existed) the side stripe might have been the inspiration for Starsky and Hutch’s Ford. And I can hardly wait for your full write-up on the ’62. Now considered a mid-sized car, this generation Gran Fury was close to the exterior size of what was once the compact Valiant and Volaré but offered more interior room. When the downsized "R-body" cars were introduced for 1979, a Plymouth version was not included, as the low-end Chrysler Newport was intended to fill this gap. Lanny Knutson wrote in the Plymouth Bulletin (reprinted by permission): For 1977, the Fury line received minor styling alterations. Although they’re thirteen years apart, which was something of an automotive epoch (or two) back then, and there are of course significant stylistic differences, their similarities are undeniable, right down to the Chrysler B-Body platform they share. He refused. Under its long hood? As for the ’75, at least it looked more coherent than the sedans and wagons, pity there wasn’t money to do them as well, especially as Chrysler was more competitive in intermediates than full size cars. It wouldn’t be exactly inexpensive, either. I think the point about it being like a poor cousin of the Cordoba is a valid one. [citation needed], The Dodge Viscount was an automobile built by Chrysler Canada for the 1959 model year only. function vsCFReadCookie(name) { The Fury I was the basic model, while the Fury II and Fury III offered more trim and features. Full size Fury died with the ’74 flop. Virgil Sr.’s boyhood home, a Sears Catalogue Kit house built by his adoptive father, still stands in Buchannan, MI, about 20 min north of downtown South Bend! Also, my opinion on this still has not changed, although I now drive a 2005 Jaguar S-Type as daily driver and it’s far more refined than the older cars (to reference another recent CC entry.) Thanks to Andy Garland and Ken Soukup for their help, to Jim Jacobsen of Maine for rewriting (with substantial additions) the 1967 and 1968 sections, and to Thomas Frogh for 1970s corrections. That said, putting “Sport” in curlicue script has to be one of the ultimate acts of automotive irony. 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury Two-Door Hardtop. A dud, in other words. The 440 four-barrel V8 was only offered in four-door models as part of the police package. But these days there’s almost none left, not even wrecks. Bold and sleek as they were, they were barking up the wrong tree. I actually like the tail styling. So rather than try to re-position the Satellite, the restyled 1975 mid-sized coupes were now Fury. These kind of games became more common in the years to come in the industry, but Plymouth has the dubious distinction of being somewhat of a pioneer in this, unless I missed someone. This particular design was a minor annoyance rather than a major problem, but it sure says a lot about attitude. For 1979, the B-body chassis/unibody structure was recycled for the corporation's R-body full-sized car, which was a considerably downsized replacement of the 1974–78 C-body cars. I remember these as a big improvement over the 74 styling at the time. Well, one exception, mine had a huge crank open sunroof. Depends on who you ask….. I’m pretty sure that early 1960s GM cars – particularly full-size Chevrolets and Pontiacs – bring higher prices than comparable Mopars today. ‘Sport’ is so overused as a trim package, and these days some brands use it as base model. While Dodge offered the 1990 Monaco, and later the 1993 Intrepid, Chrysler never replaced the Gran Fury with any other large car in the remainder of Plymouth's lineup on through to its demise in the 2001 model year. This one was basically a Dodge Diplomat M-body, closely based on the Volare (which, in turn, was based on the Valiant; in earlier days the A, F, J, and M bodies would probably all have been called A bodies). If we exclude police fleet managers, I think I had a lot of company. This would be a whole different story if the pictured car were restored or better kept, I think. I heard it was going to be called the Grand Era. The ’70s were “peak malaise” except for certain special cars like the black ’78 Lincoln in XEQUAR’s entry. Nothing new. By the 70s Plymouth did not mean economical, it did not mean luxury, it did not mean style, it didn’t mean much of anything other than “better than AMC, but not by much.”, Perhaps this warrants it’s own QOTD: What car did you find bland when it came out, but appreciate more today? Exner’s pioneering “fuselage” design on the ’60 Valiant and ’62 Plymouth/Dodge (and that is when that term was first used by him) radically redefined the relationship of the side windows and doors to each other and the rest of the car. Imperials were the first to go after 1975. I think they’ve aged wonderfully in everything except the grille, and the Plymouth grille was fairly attractive. In fact, I like the trunk and talights better than the Cordoba. The 1968 Furys received only minor grille updates up front, along with side marker lights and shoulder belts for front outboard occupants (except the convertibles). Single headlights returned to the B-body Plymouths for the first time since 1966. Definitely a neat car. The unintended consequence of this association, and my staring at the ’62 Fury pictures for too long, is that it reaffirms what an exceptional and even radical design the ’62 is, and how much more compelling and dynamic it is than the dull, predictable and derivative ’75. (New York also held onto the Caprice as long as it could, finally giving in to the Crown Victoria before trying to go back to the Chevy Impala; we're waiting to see if New York returns to Chrysler with the Dodge Charger.). What is more collectable? All models with the exception of the wagons rode on the 121.5 in (3,086 mm) wheelbase shared with the Dodge Monaco. "Top-of-the-line Gran Fury Brougham models were treated to a new grille and new single-unit headlight design; all Gran Furys would receive this for 1976." It offered a sportier interior and exterior trim package. Stainless dual exhaust and new gas tank. Chrysler Corporation began to restyle and enlarge the Plymouths and Dodges, which improved sales in 1963 and 1964. I know the 75 was in no way thought of as anything other than midsize so to have the 62 be marketed in the same breath as Impalas and galaxies of the era makes me amazed Chrysler survived! In 2013, GM announced the end of Zeta platform manufacturing in Australia[1] by 2017. It was sold only as a sandstone white two-door hardtop with gold anodized aluminum trim, in 1956 and 1957. Between father and son, they worked at every member of the “Big Three.”. Those sedans were real bastards, mating the new-for-’75 square front end styling to the hippy, circa-1971 Dodge Coronet sedan body. They may be more conservative, but the GM cars are simply better looking – better proportioned, with more deft detailing and an overall more cohesive look. Then they were nothing but a pain. During the entire 1979 model year, there were no Fury offerings from Plymouth at all. No, not you, Paul, my apologies if you took it that way, more the …other posters…on this thread and past replies. else var expires = ""; } Optional V8 engines included the 318 two-barrel, 360 two- or four-barrel and 400 two- or four-barrel. The full-sized Gran Fury entered its second year with that name, and the third year with the body. It looks better to me today. The new 1965 Plymouth line included three special Furys: the Fury I, Fury II, and Fury III. The Plymouth somehow has this excitement. Ford and GM products of the same time period, while better sellers, are more Perry Como and Pat Boone versus Chick Corea. 3 names for the same coupe in just 3 years! The 4 doors were every bit as ugly as Matador sedans then. All rode on new 119 in (3,000 mm) wheelbases (121 in (3,100 mm) for the wagons)—1 in (25 mm) longer than before. The Fury was again available as a 2-door hardtop, 2-door convertible, 4-door hardtop, 4-door sedan, and 4-door station wagon. The ’75? xhttp.setRequestHeader("X-Requested-With", "xmlhttprequest"); Especially the front end, with its big circles and fine mesh concave grille. With all Chryslers problems in the 70s, I don’t think styling was one them. In the nose, I see Monte styling. None of them really went mainstream, and never had the financial success that others who followed a more conservative bent did. Unrelated, we learned the SR71 used twin Buick 425’s to start them. if (xhttp.status == 200) { This last car to carry the Gran Fury nameplate remained largely unchanged for its 7-year run. As to one looking better, that is your subjective opinion. Plymouth's redesigned intermediate Fury for 1975 didn't get nearly the respect that its personal luxury cousins received, despite its many charms. Feel it dip to the right front as you steer it away from the curb. The department is divided into two separate groups: a neighborhood patrol and a highway patrol, whose vehicles are all equipped with the pursuit packages. For the 1975 model year, Chrysler moved the Fury name, which had been part of the full-size C-body Plymouth model line up during the previous ten model years, over to the restyled mid-size B-body line, which had been marketed as the Satellite previously.
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