No problem with '59 Fury 4 doors! What was being referenced were the Golden
Fury's of 1956-1958
which only came as white two door hardtops with gold anodized spears and Fury
scripts on them. After the
recession of '58, Chrysler Corp abandoned the "specialty" Fury. In 1959 the
Fury name actually replaced
the old Belvedere line( & Belvedere replaced Savoy, Savoy replaced Plaza & there
were no more Plaza's!),
and the "speciality" Fury line was expanded into a less specialty configuration
known as the "Sport" Fury.
Now '59 Sport Fury's were only available as two door hardtops or convertibles,
but could be ordered in any
color, and could be had with a 260HP, 1-4BBL 318, or a 305HP, Golden Commando
361 (also 1-4BBL).
Jack Lewis
Golden Fin Society & '56 Fury owner
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>From: Imapig58@xxxxxxx
>To: William.Lewis6@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Christine
>Date: September 17, 1998
>
>If the car was special ordered in red, it also make sense that the original
>owner ordered all the gold trim in chrome. Lord knows I wouldn't put gold trim
>on red and white car.
>While we are on the subject (kind of) of Furys:
>I thought I remembered that a little while ago there was some debate going on
>about whether there were 4-door sedan Furys. I just got an issue of
>Collectible Automobile (June 94) from the headmaster of my school (also a
>mopar guy). It has an article on '57-'59 Plymouths and has Weight, Price, and
>Production for them. It has the '59 Fury V-8 4-door sedan listed at 3,455
>lbs., $2691, and there were 28,579 of them made. There were also 1,370 6-cyl
>models, but they weren't sold in the U.S., Canada and export only. One of the
>4-doors was made into the experimental Chrysler Turbine Special. I just wanted
>to relay the info, in case it helps. --- Tim
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