Darn, I was just thinking the same
thing! I have a 392 and a
350 under the rack out in the shop- I had a ’57 Fury in my senior year of
HS in ‘67, decided I wanted to bore the 318 .060” for some reason
with a new set of Sears pistons etc, so in the meantime I put a good running different
‘auto shop rebuilt’ 301 bought for $50 or less in it for a couple
months while I rebuilt the 318 in auto shop. The nice running 301 ended
up on an engine pile shortly after . . .
After a few months with the rebuilt 318, I
got tired of a lot of noise from the dual carbs and wanted to go after the ’55
& ’57 Chebbies, so I put a 413 in it. The one I guy I actually
challenged wasn’t up for it! Tried to put a set of long rams on it,
but the day we had the rams off the ‘61(?) Dodge from which I was going
to do the guy a cash swap deal on, we found out the ‘exchange’ 4-BBl
manifold of my 413 I had to offer was ‘different’ (Hi block vs. low
block) and so off the rams went down the road with a weak second gear scratch w/o
me ;-(. Shortly after, I realized the cracking bondo & ‘Bob
damaged’ fiberglass patches (and crooked eyebrows) that I had naively
been unaware of day of purchase on my first ‘dream car’ was more
than the local shops could handle, and darn- I creased a front fender late one
Friday night, so I sold it to my buddies so they could get the 413 for their
Willy’s coupe. Last saw the Fury in front of a Mt. View
wrecker circa ’68.
Sigh, Can I start over at the
beginning of my senior year?
-Bob
From: Forward Look
Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brent Burger
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:48 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] eBay Fury
This car is "junk either way" ???
Who says the engine "has to" come out
? Why NOT put (or leave) a 354 or some other engine in a 57-8 Plymouth ? I just
don't "get" this attitude that is has to be "just
so". The 318 poly was not that great of an engine. It was OK,
but it hardly stands as some pinnacle of automotive engine design. Is it
because that is what is "correct". All good and fine for the
guy who finds a fairly correct car and wants to restore it to original.
But you know, a lot of history with Furys involved hopping them up and changing
engines. I have seen more than a few running around on 392's. So
what if it isn't bone stock ? This car hasn't been bone stock for
probably 90% of its life. Restore a car to perfection, or just enjoy it
as is. What is all the condescending attitude for ? There is a
major difference between advising someone on what would be OEM correct and
cutting them down for having so! mething that isn't. One is a helpful offering,
the other is an arrogant butthead trying to tell others how to live their life,
dictate taste, whatever. I'd like to think anyone with the interest in
these out of the ordinary cars would be above the latter.
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> > I'm sorry, but that has to be one of the
most ignorant things I've ever
> > read on this email list. But I've come to learn in dealing with old
cars
> > that some people just can't comprehend actually fixing one, if it's
not
> > shiny and pretty and ready to go when they see it, then it's junk.
I've
> > seen plenty of worse cars than that saved by people, all it takes is
a
> > little talent and a little common sense. Which the over $10,000
current
> > bid on the auction car proves.
> >
> >
> > So if you guys have junk like that around I'll be more than happy to
come
> > collect it for you. I won't even charge you for taking it away.
> >
> > What's that? You don't have any and don't know where to find any?
Thats
> > what I thought.
&! gt; > ;
> > Bill K.
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-----Original Message-----
A car in this shape no engine or the wrong engine makes no difference. Still
junk.
David Wallace
58 Fury
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