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Location: NC | Announced as having a 318 engine. Showed underhood shot and it had dual 4 bbls but I was looking for the dist up front. I thought 58 Fury came with 350 GC only.
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| No the 1958 fury had the 318 two four barrei engine standard ,The 350 GC two four barrel engine was a option . |
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| Did that Fury sell ? If it did how much did it go for ? |
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | 38K
https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/AN1115-226308/0/1958-Plymouth-Fury/... |
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Location: Williams California | It went cheap. I wonder if that was due to the economy, or the quality of the restoration?
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Location: northern germany | i generally like fender skirts but the 57/58 plymouth skirts are a terrible design. |
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Location: NorCal | big m - 2015-11-15 9:22 AM
It went cheap. I wonder if that was due to the economy, or the quality of the restoration?
Probably didn't appeal to the "it's gotta be original" crowd. |
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Location: Branson, MO | Nice car regardless of the color and the interior being non-factory production. I don't mind the skirts and the wire wheels but would not opt for them given a choice. I'm more into originality I guess.
"It's delightful, it's delovely, it's DeSoto" |
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Location: Layton, Utah | I like it but just don't like the color. Oh and throw away the skirts. DeSoto lives !!! |
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| It was an older restoration. I dropped by on Saturday and looked over a few cars. I think 38k, meaning 42-43 by the time it was shipped to them, was a very strong price. It wasn't a top notch restoration and not a beater. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I am sticking with my Plaza. It has the right amount of trim (none) and doors (four)
AND it is a factory original Buzzard Puke Green car !!! 
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| Doctor DeSoto - 2015-11-15 11:43 PM
I am sticking with my Plaza. It has the right amount of trim (none ) and doors (four )
AND it is a factory original Buzzard Puke Green car !!!
I believe that was coded BPG on the tag. Rare and desirable color  |
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Location: Parts Unknown | You got that right ! It took me 30 years to find that model, that body type,
in that color, with no second color ! 
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| I like four door cars of any practically any breed, but especially Plazas. My Dad's 57 was the first car I ever rode in and the love is real. His had full wheel covers instead of dog dishes, which is kind of strange given it was a Plaza and a cop car. Maybe he put them on after he got it. |
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Living up to my reputation as a maverick, though one whose "salad days" were actually spent in the years of The Forward Look, I must state my dlslike of any 4-dr, especially SEE-dans! Back in the day, they were the obvious ride of a married man and no high school boy or college man (the difference between the two is really a matter of semantics, not of maturity) absolutely hated being seen in such an old man's car. Even 2-dr posts (unless a rodded-up "shoebox" Ford or such) were the sign of a maiden aunt and perish the thought of having to drive a stationwagon! We "cool" guys (and you have no idea how hard we worked at being "cool"!) went for the nothing less than a 2-dr H/T or, preferably, a drop top. When asked about a car's "pick-up" back then, the question not only addressed the vehicle's power, but its ability to attract the fairer sex. Only recently, with the dearth of 2-dr H/Ts, verts, and 2-dr posts (but only those with the potential of being souped up or customized) have the flat tops and plain vanilla sedans become popular. Even now, I abhor the thought of a 4-dr with the rational that if someone other than me wants a rear door to get into the back, they should pay for that door, not me. That's why my wife's car is a 4-dr SUV, but my transportation is a 2-dr pickup. I'm really am just a product of age of The Forward Look.
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'57 Chrysler 300C (2-dr H/T, of course), '60 Fury SonoRamic (2-dr H/T -- what else?!), '65 Vette Fuelie (definitely a red convertible)
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Location: Ponder, TX | Joe, I guess we are among the few, but I'll never own another 4-door anything...with one exception. We have a Town & Country van for chores, but since the kids were small, everything else has been a 2-door. having four doors on a fun vehicle is like putting two saddles on a horse. It might be easier for friends to ride, but it just doesn't seem right! |
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Location: Branson, MO | Opinions are like an a$$ hole, everyone has one.
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| I love a 4 door hardtop. Especially on these bigger cars. Lebarons are awesome. I have a lot of 2 doors, a few 4 doors, a few wagons and a few convertibles. I love being able to pole people into a car. Different strokes for different folks. |
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Location: York County, PA | Joe & Gary; I to am from that time period and I had a 1960 Dodge Dart 4dr. HT with the 318 High performance engine that would blow the doors off stock Cheby 350's.
I didn't have to get out of the car to let people into the back seat.
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Location: CA | Viper Guy - 2015-11-22 12:29 PM
Opinions are like an a$$ hole, everyone has one.
"It's delightful, it's delovely, it's DeSoto"
This. Looking at photos and post cards from the time period the 2-dr HT's and converts might have been "cool" but not prominent nor representative of the era or THE American family car. "kids" always lust after the performance versions and converts but when they acquired them they drove them straight into the junkyards in short order. I love to see all types of these cars but the originals in any body configuration is what I love best. |
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Location: Branson, MO | Ok, ok.......the last 10 or 11 posts have nothing to do with the '58 Fury that started this thread. So back to the '58 Fury and my opinion - I think the '58 is hands down the best looking FL Fury ever and I like 'em factory original the best as well. |
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Location: Seville, OH | Just curious, but how much does the 350 GC option increase the value of a 58 Fury. 10%, 20%? |
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Location: Williams California | Swept57 - 2015-11-23 6:11 AM
Just curious, but how much does the 350 GC option increase the value of a 58 Fury. 10%, 20%?
Most of the pricing guides I've read stated a 10% increase in value.
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| I would be curious as to how many 318 58 Furys they built compared to the 350 version.Does anybody have any thoughts on this . |
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58 Fury on Mecum auction last night
