The 1957-58 Fury 2-door hardtop roofline is the same as the 1957-58
Belvedere and Savoy 2-door hardtops. Only trim variations exist between
Fury, Belvedere and Savoy. This guy does not know what he is taking about.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 9:23 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] 57-8 Fury roofline
> Here's a good one for you.
>
> Made mention of a rough maybe-Fury I know of in the eBay auction trying to
> unload my Belvedere. Guy writes, asking "do you know what shape the top
is
> on on this Fury?" ... I write back that I don't really know - I did
> confirm the car exists still last summer, but I haven't had a chance to go
> see it since college in like 1997, and at the time I was clueless what I
was
> looking at as far as being that rare or special to pay attention to.
>
>
> Anyhow, he tells me he's interested in case he wants to change the
Belvedere
> over to the Fury roofline. I say to myself, what???
>
>
> Anyone have any idea what he could mean? I thought that a Fury, at the
most
> basic level, amounts to a trim, interior and engine upgrade on a
Belvedere -
> the roof shape, rear glass and even the stainless roof side rib trim are
the
> same, a 57-58 Plymouth 2-door hardtop is a 57-58 Plymouth 2-door hardtop
in
> other words.
>
> The 4dr hardtop roof I can see is a touch different, as of course the
sedan
> top is... but I never heard of any Fury-specific sheetmetal changes
before.
> And after seeing a pair of pretty sharp real Furys (one of each year) at
> Rhinebeck today, I don't see anything obviously different either -
>
>
> One thing about eBay, it brings out the nuts, the strange questions, the
car
> guys and everything inbetween. At least so far I haven't gotten any nasty
> notes telling me to scrap it yet - this one, I probably would write back
and
> agree with them on for a change.
>
>
>
> Thanks -
>
>
> Bill K.
>
>
>
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