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Sounds like they're sucking in the
world.....
Bill The Magnumguy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:02
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] eBay '58 Fury (was
Digest etc etc)
That guy with the sleeved FP block would be me and it sure was
driven to
shows, including "Tulsarama", Carlisle, etc. Some 5,000 miles
this past
season.Anyone in need of another FP boat anchor, I know where
there is one
although it will be tough to haul out to the road. Most any
early 318 is
rebuildable, racers used to bore them .120 over with no
problems and regards
to performance, The 58 Fury I had in the early 60's
never was beat by a
55-57 Chevy and all my friends sure tried! They always
got me off the line
but after 40 MPH all they saw was my taillights! Only
thing that ever beat
me was a 60 Plymouth Sonoramic Commando ex NYS Police
car that really
flew!
And who said that they got tired of the sound of the dual
four barrels? I
think that is about the greatest sound in the automotive
universe. It was
36 years between Dual Furys for me and I never forgot that
sound! Dick
W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
<L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:
Friday, January 04, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] eBay '58 Fury (was
Digest etc etc)
> It's complete, relatively solid (particularly
for a midwestern example of
> a car that suffered greatly from rust
issues), and would be a relatively
> easy restoration. It needs a
few panels, but nothing major, and it has
> the wrong engine, which can
be found, or cloned. The only thing in really
> bad shape is the
interior, and these cars are so popular I have to think a
> guy can
redo it and get it right without too much trouble.
>
> Plus it's
the real deal. You could hardly ask for a better starting
>
point, especially now that the car is 50 years old, for a car that didn't
> exactly grow on trees even when it was new.
>
>
>
The over $10,000 bid price it had the last I looked proves that if you
> have some idea how to actually repair the car, then you know it's
well
> worth it. There's nothing wrong with paying someone else to do
all your
> maintenance and not even knowing where the valve stems are
to put air in
> the tires, but having loads of money doesn't make
someone an automatic car
> expert.
>
> Selling actual junk
the last few years, if there's one thing I've found,
> guys who
actually build them usually want the best they can find to start
>
with, and they're willing to pay for it. Junk is the Fury I found
years
> ago - mangled in the back where the frames always rot, trim
falling off,
> glass gone, interior gone, hood gone, intake gone, motor
probably full of
> water and rust. But I know a guy who
started with an FP block just as
> bad and drives that car to shows all
summer. Had to sleeve two of the
> bores to make it
useable. I guess junk is also in the eye of the
> beholder.
If the mangled mess I just described was a convertible, I could
> find
someone who'd buy it and build it - I've sold lots of them that
>
rough.
>
>
> Bill K.
>
>
> ----- Original
Message -----
> From: "David & Susan Wallace" <dswallace@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
To: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK]
L-FORWARDLOOK Digest - 2 Jan 2008 to 3 Jan 2008
>
(#2008-4)
>
>
>>I assume you are talking about me.
What is there about this car that
>>makes it worth so
much.
>> David Wallace 58 Fury
>>
>>
--------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Bill K."
<pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 3:59 AM
>> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] L-FORWARDLOOK Digest - 2 Jan 2008 to 3 Jan 2008
>> (#2008-4)
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
Bill K.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message
-----
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>
From: Michael Sutherland <msutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 6:06 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: [FWDLK]
L-FORWARDLOOK Digest - 1 Jan 2008 to 2 Jan 2008
>>>> (#2008-3)
was 58 Plymouth
Fury?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
Well said - I agree.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original
Message-----
>>>> From: David & Susan Wallace
[mailto:dswallace@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January
03, 2008 3:54 PM
>>>>
>>>> A car in this shape
no engine or the wrong engine makes no difference.
>>>>
Still
>>>> junk.
>>>> David
Wallace
>>>> 58 Fury
>>>>
>>>>
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