Plymouth Belmont Could Have Taken On the Corvette

JedRhule Posted 2021-09-25 9:54 AM (#615340) Subject: Plymouth Belmont Could Have Taken On the Corvette Veteran Posts: 101 Location: Palm Beach County Florida I read this article this morning. As a kid growing up in the 'Forward Look' era, I never heard of this car. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/plymouth-could-have... 1960fury Posted 2021-09-25 10:22 AM (#615341 - in reply to #615340) Subject: Re: Plymouth Belmont Could Have Taken On the Corvette Expert 5K+ Posts: 7407 Location: northern germany Heck, they should have used a light weight Plymouth Fury, with an all alumunim front end, a Dion rear axle with disks all around and a big high performance Hemi or Wedge to run circles around "Americas only sports car". Even if they had sold it at a loss, the prestige and image gain would have been the best advertising and it would have paid off in the end.