1957-1959 Plymouth Fury - Best Plymouth Ever?
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- The 1957-1959 Plymouth Fury was one of the most legendary cars that Plymouth produced. The 1957-1959 Fury introduced America to low, wide, and long automobile styling which would become the cornerstone of American cars during the 1960s decade.
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I was 11 when the 1957 came out. What a car ! Back then all cars had amazing style. Now they all look alike. So glad I was a kid in the late 50's and early 60's. It was GREAT !
Cars now have no character or appeal. Cadilac looks the same as a honda
Cars were beautiful back then. The designers would take a big glob of clay, throw it on the table, style it and make a handsome model of the car they want to build. Today they just take a big glob of clay, throw it on the table and say, here it is!
@@mustangmooney21 LOL...! yes!
I too was 11 in 1957, 10 years later I went to work for Ray Vines Chrysler Plymouth in Long Beach, CA. The fury were still very stylish in the late 60s. 12 years later after working my way up the ladder I became a Chrysler Plymouth dealer in Woodland California
Awesome story, you are part of Classic Car History !
Professional-quality narration. No juvenile music. Informative. Well-edited. THANKS.
Well said I totally agree. It just stands out nowadays.
That's why I'm a Subscriber.
Very professional, indeed!
I’ll take an old school like this over a new car any day of the week. Absolutely love these styles
No mention of how Christine brought the car out of obscurity in the 80s? Still a great video!
Let's motorvate. Lol
Those of us old enough can remember when these cars were everywhere.. they were very common for a good 15 years or so at least, which gets you to the early and mid 1970s.. By the time the Steven King movie came around, they were pretty much long gone. I never thought they were obscure, they were too radical looking to ever fade into the woodwork. Those stood out, along with the other jet age cars of that era.. Cars with swoopy styling and tail fins. Even if they were old with faded paint and a few dings, they had presence.
yep that film is what makes anyone want these cars and they want them in red - however he said in the video that they could only be gotten in white with gold and my stepdad actually had a red 58 fury so idk. I do know that it's very hard to find a good example of a '58 and that can't just be coincidence. The car is iconic because of the 1983 book and film.
+ pacovato Two possibilities for your stepdad's car. 1: it wasn't actually a Fury but maybe a Belvedere (if it had the gold grille and stuff, then it likely was a Fury). 2: it had been re-painted at some point as you do see an occasional resprayed Fury. But yes, between 1956 and 1958 the model was only offered by the factory in a single colour. Incidentally, the movie doesn't feature a single actual Fury, only cheaper (and more numerous) Plazas, Savoys, and Belvederes - see how none actually have Fury badges, correct interiors, or gold accents anywhere.
awesome thanks for the reply! I'll ask him the next time I talk to him.
My favorite Plymouth Furys are the 1957 thru 1960 model years, love the big tail fins.
same.
fins are great.
@@pioneer1131 Fins are useless!
These are some of the most beautiful cars ever. I wish manufacturers would go back to making cars with such immense attention to detail.
same here. looking for the right car for me so i can get it.
i don't want to get one of those silver jellybeans that people call cars
@@pioneer1131
Thank you, as silver was, to me, a very appealling color for a car. Alas, there are too many silver and white cars, and no longer are these modern paints aesthetically pleasing. 😣😖😔💔👎🤦🤷
Truly, automobile *ART* at its finest....an era and the likes we'll never see again!
I love the 1958 Plymouth no matter what trim model these are my biggest dream cars I want one so bad
I had a '59 Sport Fury. Strangely it had a 318 with a single 4 bbl carb. I really liked that car a lot. I was so disappointed when while sitting at a corner and waiting to make a left turn a guy towing a bulldozer cut the corner short and took out my left front fender with the track of the 'dozer. He received not a dime's worth of damage. The worst thing was that he claimed I ran into him and his insurance company bought it. Luckily, I found someone who saw the whole thing.
One thing I especially liked about my Plymouth was the swivel front seat. That made it so easy to get in and out of the car. I don't understand why the seat was discontinued. It was very convenient.
My uncle was a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer so I got to ride in a 57 Plymouth Fury when it was brand new. I was 9 years old, but I still remember it.
oh she'll start...
You need these
Her name's Christine! Arnie.... I like that
Forever my darling .....
G Spyder shitter 😂
Okay.......Show Me.
You hit the nail on the head with this video. I've been in love with Virgils designs for a long time. Perfection!
This was fascinating and VERY informative....I knew almost none of this. And I had no idea whatsoever that Plymouth was such a strong seller, for such a long time.
Thank you for this video.
McRocket Was the Neon that killed the brand.
Chrysler's goal was to get Plymouth sales to third place in 1957. They almost pulled it off. The "Suddenly, it's 1960" ad campaign was brilliant, and it wasn't an exaggeration, look at the beautiful Chrysler cars at 0:54. When you compare them to the dowdy '56 product line, it's like they jumped forward five years.
I like the White/Gold color combo. Locally someone owns a pair of Studebakers with the white with gold highlight paint. It just looks right on them.
Those are Studebaker Golden Hawks.
My great grandmother drove the Fury, and my grandmother (her daughter) drove Chevy II’s and eventually NOVA. They knew what to drive back then. They only drove the best! I still remember sitting in that huge Fury. Great Old Car Memories!
Fury in 1965 When I graduated high school. It had a camshaft failure but with the help of some great friends and Mr. Norm's Grand Spalding Dodge parts department it was Back on the road at midsummer. Loud Fast and fun.
After watching this video, I have a new found respect for the Plymouth Fury! 👍🏿
I was 16 when a 57 two dr Savoy 'hardtop' was purch. by my dad. It was all 'black' which was very, very rare in the 50's when the roads were filled with two (& 3 tone) color combinations. The Savoy had that thin pointed tapered 'spear' running from the rear quarter panel to the middle of the door & was extremely low in height. The car turned heads everywhere - whether on the road or parked. It was drop-dead stunning. Too much so...
He was a private detective & used the car for "shadowing" (following) subjects. Previously, everyone in the trade drove 'black' cars because they were considered the least unobtrusive / noticeable . Not this beauty in those days. On four different occasional, the 'subjects', after parking & walking back past him, stopped to admire the car. Two actually asked questions about it. At that point he was "burned" - & had to call in for another operative to take over..
Of all my cars since - memories always draw me back to the 'black beauty'
Underrated comment. One of the coolest car stories ever!
When this car first came out, Chrysler Corporation offered a large wall poster of the '57 Plymouth Fury, and I thought it was the most beautiful car I'd ever seen and sent away for the poster which hung on my bedroom wall for years. My dad later bought a '57 Chrysler New Yorker four door pillarless sedan as our family car. It was beautiful too.
Dang...I wonder if one of those posters ever pops up on ebay.
My father had a 1959 powder blue Sport Fury Convertible with the swiveling front bucket seats and the dummy spare tire trunk lid. It was the first car I got to drive after getting my driver's license. A really pretty car with a bullet proof transmission.
Great retro-view of a car that was jaw-dropping for its day and still turns heads in the present.
I had a 59 for my first car. Spent a lot of time working on. Learned a lot. One of the best handling cars that I have ever owned.
The movie " The California Kid " with Martin Sheen, the sheriff drove one, and I believe it was a 1958. Could you just imagine one of these cars with just a few modern updates, and it wouldnt take much because they were so good? Id put on some big brakes, poly bush everything, and get some upgraded torsion bars and sway bars. The 318 Polysphere is an excellent engine that just needs some forced induction and EFI. Talk about a rocket ship. Great video!
My best friend’s Dad bought a ‘58 Belvedere 4 door sedan special ordered with the Golden Commando option. Two 4-barrel carbs, dual exhaust, dual point ignition, 3.23 limited slip rear end and heavy duty Torqueflight trans. The color inside and exterior was typical Golden Commando just light the 2-door hardtops and convertibles. A trophy winner in stock class many times and a very good highway cruiser. We had a great time in this car.
Not much of a fan when I was younger but now I can see the amazing style and class this car had. Strange how management can kill off companies or have real class leading winners based on a few key decisions.
This is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for the memories. I am 63 and owned or drove many of these in your videos.
In 1957 I was 5 years old playing in our backyard late one fall afternoon in southwest Louisiana. As the sun was beginning to set, the most beautiful car I had ever seen pulled up our driveway. It was a sleek and low car with huge rear fins, white or off-white with a a gold stripe the length of the car. It was a 1958 Golden Commando Plymouth Fury. Then to my astonishment, my parents stepped out of the car. It had the 350 cubic inch engine with two four barrel carburetors all trimmed in gold. The inside was as beautiful as the out side with the same white and gold trim. Left of the steering wheel was the legendary "push button" automatic. My dad, who later owned a 1969 Charger R/T often spoke of the 1958 Fury as his favorite car, although he also loved the Charger too. The Fury owned the local drag strips in the "stock automatic class." This huge car managed to clock almost 14 second flat quarter mile times with the very narrow street tires of the era. Truly an amazing car! If only we still had it today.
Mike Fruge who was watching u 😨u were alone 😨in those times with no baby cams 😨
Im not sure if the term "golden commando" was used in the 50s. This referred to the 383 cubic inch engine putting out 330 horsepower- I know because I had one in 1963 and the acceleration was breath taking for those days in a stock car.
Lol nicely stated
My dad bought a 1957 Plymouth Savoy... I have very similar memories also.. really liked the car.. my brother would push in two of the shifter buttons in at one time rendering the shifter useless until dad came out with a screwdriver and U.N. jamming both buttons. Lol.. great memories.
The 350 was indeed called Golden Commando. It was the first engine to bear that name, and the ‘59 361 was the second. That 350 was a one year only engine as well.
I love your channel man. You do a great job of telling the story.
...Yeah. I like that matter of fact or undramatic tone.
I've got a '66 Fury VIP with a 383, Torqueflite, and 273 rear. It's far from the golden years of the late '50s, but for its immense size, it's a joy to drive. I've never driven a car that size from that era with better suspension, and it accelerates very respectably even by today's standards!
Great video, keep up the good work! 👍
A cool and beautiful ride it was. 🤗👍
From 1972 to 1973 I drove my Grandma's 1957 Savoy about 9 miles back and forth to junior college, after a stroke ended her driving days. The Savoy was about as base as it came- not even carpet or a radio! That 2 speed Powerflite transmission would lurch when it went from 1st to 2nd. What a rest bucket! I could see the street through holes in the floorboard. But it was reliable transportation. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, my other grandmother bought a 1958 Fury. What a difference between the top and bottom of the Plymouth trim lines!
I remember those days. I'm 68 now, and my mom and dad used to get us kids into the car and visit the new car showrooms to see the latest models. They had search lights, and ads on tv, in magazines, newspapers, and billboards, about the new cars. It was an event. My dad bought a '57 DeSoto Firedome and that was the coolest car ever. It had 'push button drive' and torsion bar suspension and a big V-8. It was a HUGE car. We drove it from the S.F Bay Area to New Mexico and Texas for a family reunion and it was like floating on air. My dad had a heavy foot and he probably never had it under 80 on the open road. Gas was REAL CHEAP, like 25 cents @ gallon...REALLY! There were no interstate freeways back then so when he got out of town he floored it. Earl was cool! He would drive with the 'wing window' open and a Pall Mall in his teeth and just power on. Like I said, 'Earl' was cool! I sure do miss him.
Ford and Plymouth outsold Chevrolet in 1957. And yet, compared to 57 Chevy's it's rare to see a 57 Ford or Plymouth. Ford and Plymouth had such terrible rust problems. Love to have any of them in my garage!!
Sure did!! Floorboards too. We had a 57 Ford when I was little. My parents always admonished me to not stand up on the floor for fear of falling thru.
Or.... maybe more Chevy's were bought in Nevada/Arizona
JWelchon I like the Buick Electra invicta 58 59 I think🤔 and the de soto57 and the 57 mercury ? to better than the 57 bel air
yea even the 56 Ford coupe out sold the 57 chevy
I'm guessing many of them got destroyed from racing. Kind of like why there are so many Chevrolet muscle cars of the 60's around compared to FoMoCo and Mopar. They survived from being useless, and became legends for really doing nothing.
A friend in CT had a '56 Fury. Excellent car, with the 240 hp 303 and the Powerflite. A dealer installed dual quad set up made 270 hp.
When cars were fun and a good topic of conversation. Now? Forget it!
I only discovered this car a year ago as I'm only 23. But it's already on my list of dream cars. Plymouth was always a brand I loved as the 69 roadrunner is probably the car I wanna drive more than any other. But I've fallen for this car. The Fury is definitely a dream of mine now.
This is THE ALL AMERICAN car for me. Nothing represent the US better than the 50s:
Highways, Suburbs, Drive ins and a FURY parked in front!
Exactly right Freddy!
I personally disagree with that. There's no better American car to represent the 1950s than Studebaker. Put one in your driveway and everyone will know of the time period you're living in.
Little known fact is that Plymouth had at least one of these Furies on test in Europe but with a gas turbine engine. My father and I met two American guys in northern France in 1958 or 1959 who showed us the car and it's engine. They said they were working with support of Simca in France, whilst testing the car extensively.
The gas turbine concept had been under test and development for several years prior to this though but as far as is generally known only in America.
The production version of the engine under development and testing then found it's way into the final design, the Chrysler Gas Turbine Car in 1963. I have never seen anything about the test programme in Europe that we stumbled across which leads me to think perhaps it was little known.
Check out Jay Lenos video of that turbine car!
These cars had a huge influence on the GM 1959 models. Some GM engineers on lunch break from the GM tech center drove by a lot down Mound Rd. and spotted some early pre-production 57 Plymouths. They ran back to work and grabbed coworkers and cameras and raced back to capture what they could. The cars quickly were put under wraps but not before they were able to photograph them. GM scrapped it's planned 59 models and instituted a crash program to redesign them. That is why so many GM cars were 58 year only models.
Way before "Christine", in the summer of 1964, after I graduated from high school, I had a 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible, with the Golden Commando V8. It was a great looking automobile, with the light beige exterior, the gold stripe, the "tire bump" on the trunk lid, that I called a fake continental kit, the push button automatic transmission, and swivel bucket seats in a metallic copper. The only problem I noticed was rust under the headlight shrouds and lower quarter panels. The car handled well at high speeds (don't tell my folks), and was also a wonderful boulevard cruiser with the top down for those summer evenings in my home town . Great memories!
Love this. Went I was young, my uncle had a 57 Plymouth Belvedere. Two tone blue. I loved that car. I thought it was the most beautiful car ever.
It really is a beautiful car. Love those little touches like gold chrome, the body length accent that jumps up into the fins and the dual swept back antenna's in the rear. The 1973 Fury had taillights that were almost fins as an homage to this original.
This glorious time will never come back. Beautiful cromeloaded huge cars on the streets representing the American proudness of this era.
In the spring of 1958 I was a teenager living at an RCAF base in north east France. One weekend they held a timed event using some of the taxiways where each car one at a time raced the clock (2 rounds each). There were a lot of British sport cars (Triumphs, MG's, Austin Healeys etc.) but there were a few special cars. There were three 300SL Mercedes (two hardtops and one convertible). The 300SL hardtops (gull wing doors) were 1956 or 1957 and the convertible was a 1958 the first year. There was also a 1958 Plymouth 'Golden Commando' gold grill etc. which was a U.S. car as that is what we got in Europe. When all the results were in the 1958 Mercedes 300SL was the fastest with the Plymouth coming in second. The other two 300SL's were third and forth. Sure were a lot of upset people. Pretty well all the owner/drivers were fighter pilots and so pretty evenly matched. The Plymouth would arrive with smoke pouring out of the front wheel wells after the runs.
Plymouth also had the Savoy, a lot of these old cars that I find in the junkyards are Savoy models. FTWC, my brother and I went to go see "Miss Belvedere", being pulled out of her time capsule in Tulsa, OK. back in 2007.
Miss Belvedere is a sad story to me. A perfectly good car, in mint condition, buried underground to rot away when someone could've enjoyed it.
The UA-cam Phantom Official I agree 100% even in her shape she is still beautiful though, such a waste and shame really, I nearly cried when I saw that odometer mileage.
There was also a lower priced model called the Plaza.
My Dad bought a used '59 Savoy Green color in 62 or 63. He taught both my Mom and myself to drive in 1966 (I was 18 then and got my learner's permit on my birthday Aug 1966) Big green car with huge wings. Parking was a snap with those wings. May they both rest in peace.
Oh. Miss Belvedere was such a disappointment. So much for the cheapness of the developer in the cornerstone crypt.
Just saw one of these hauling it today. What a beauty!
One of my grandfathers friends has one of these, got it for 2000 and then fixed it up real nice
I saw this Plymouth Fury at a car show during a fair in Downtown Ventura on the 4th of July. I am very happy to see Christine again.
One of my favorite cars
I had a '59 Sport Fury. It was a really good car. I did a lot of work on that. Learned how to give a pretty darn good tune-up, carb adjustment and even installing leaf springs on it. I was great until some guy in a big truck transporting a bulldozer cut across a curve where I was sitting waiting to make a left turn and took out my left front fender with the track of the bulldozer. Thing is, he tried to blame it on me. My idiot insurance company (State Farm) believed him. There were some thing that were special about that car: the 318 and Holley 4 bbl carb; the interior held up quite nicely and something that should be standard on all cars today, swing out bucket seats. That sure made getting in and out so easy. It did have a tendency to rust on the front fenders right behind the headlight array. That was difficult to deal with. Could never get rid of it.
For me, I love the 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury. I owned two of them. 1980 and 2011.
I also had a 1966 sport fury red with black interior. The 383 was a wonderful engine. Bought my second set of tires after the forth month.
My Step mother had the 1959 model in the exact color as the Christine movie.
I drove her car as a 7th grader.
We lived in a small farming community in Oregon in 1965.
I got up to 60 miles mph with my Dad in the front passenger seat!
Dad sadly wrecked the beautiful car by hitting a horse on the highway near our town.
Cut the horse into three sections.THE the main torso of the poor animal shoved the engine into the passenger compartment.
Dad walked away but the car was totaled.
Wrong
Was the torso ok tho? Asking for a friend.
Reminds me of when I was a kid and me and Mom and Dad were in his Ford pickup going to see a friend of his. We were close to the house and all of a sudden a cow ran out in front of us from the dark it was night time and dad hit it broadside at about 35 miles an hour. It was like we hit a concrete wall and just stopped instantly. Truck still ran but we had no headlights then, had to borrow his friends vehicle to go home that night and come get it the next day to take it to the shop. Lol, what a night for a 6-year-old. 😂
My most favorite car of all-time is the 1958 Fury. I want an exact replica of the car that was featured in John Carpenter's masterpiece, Christine! Simply stunning! If I was driving one of those, I'd have this big ole grin on my face the entire time! Best. Car. Ever!
1 VERY POWERFUL CAR I wish cars still had character like they use to 'you new a Ford 'from n Dodge to Chevy 'chrome bumper s white wall tire's 'just GORGEOUS peices of machinery.
My to favorite cars in the 50s was the 55 Chevrolet 'n the 50 Mercury
Yup, and all designed and made by great Americans!! And like America they were beautiful and strong!!
I had a 53 Plymouth Cambridge ( Try finding one of these! ). Paid a couple hundred bucks for it in ( approx. ) 1973, 2 door, 3 on the tree. Wonderful car.
What I would have purchased in 1958. Unfortunately, I started kindergarten that year, and had no purchasing power.
Your UA-cam channel is one of my top five favorites. Thanks for your accuracy and excellent commentary,
College buddy’s Dad, was a test driver at the Chelsea proving grounds. Had 2 57 Fury’s in their extensive collection.
Too Cool
I like a 1960 even more . The one from "Riding the Bullet"!
My parents had a 1956 Plymouth Plaza. After its first year the finish is what one could call light green-chalk. The tail fins were lethal to kids bicycling on the narrow street.
I grew up riding around Chicago when we got a brand new 1959 Fury. What an impression that car made on me. Thanks for the videos of them.
My uncle bought a ‘56 Fury new and brother owns one now. Prefer the lines a bit more than the later models, just looks lighter/cleaner. All models have unique styling. I know the '56 had a factory tach, heavier suspension and I think a little lower than the regular Plymouths. Hubcaps are unique to the car and like the many of the Fury parts rare. Great video on one of my favorite cars
One of the 1958 version was bought in 80s and named Christine!
Notice on the movie that Christine was the only red car on the assembly line. The others were gray.
@@johnbockelie3899 especially given that the 57 and 58 were only available in one color. Not only that, but their trim was gold, and all of the cars used for Christine had chrome.
I owned the 57 Fury and would give anything to have it back! Everybody knew I was in town when I turned the corner on Main Street and you could see a lot of drooling as I passed by!
When I look at all the videos for the late 50's early 60's fury's, I can't tell if I love the look of the car or hate it. It sure is a distinct look. Great video, thanks for posting. I bet those land yachts were fun to drive.
These models go back to the era when it was said, "GM for value, Ford for cheapness and Chrysler for engineering".
My current employer was an engineer at Ford in the late sixties through the 80s. He said they often watched and waited for Chrysler to either fail or success before they would try something.
God even has one. The Bible even says that God driven Adam and Eve out of Eden in a Fury.
Aaron Greiner Honda was the car of choice for the Apostles. Acts chapter 2 said they were all in one Accord.😊
@@Remembering-rq6si are you putting a hex on me?
Depends on your translation. Mine says, "He drove them out in His Fury."🚗 Let us not therefore forget King David and his British bikes; the sound of his Triumphs was heard throughout the land.
@@glennso47 all 12 in one Honda?
God has good taste in cars
MY dad had a push-button transmission and the interior design was absolutely fabulous. Wish they would bring back some glamour in today's cars.
As usual, nicely done. Thanks for posting.
A couple of posts here did mention that there were no 57 - 58 Fury convertibles, just 2 dr hardtops. Also, the 1957 Fury standard engine was a 260 hp single 4 barrel 318 and the dual 4 barrel V800 was optional, and very popular. In 1958 the 318 V800 was standard and the Golden Commando 350 cu in with 305 hp was optional, and again very popular. 1959 the Fury name plate was on what was called the Belvedere and teh Sport Fury became the high performance model. It had the single 4 barrel, 260 hp 318 standard with the single 4 barrel, 361 cu in Golden Commando as, again, a very popular option. No, the 361 did not come with dual 4 barrels or was it available as a production line option. If you wanted dual quads in 59 you had to make a stop at the parts counter. Also, the moderator mentioned a 4 speed in 1959. The first 4 speed was in 1963 and that was the GM sourced T-10. The first Chrysler Corp. 4 speed was in 1964. Okay, there was a Pont-a-mousoon (spelling?) available as part of very high performance optional, 400 hp short ram 413 package for the 1960 300F. However, there were only 7 (maybe 9 but I think 7) sodl and they were sold to select customers who would run the mile at Daytona Beach. And they were the fastest car on the beach in 1960, topping out at something like 147 + mph. But, that run was disqualified, as were the next two fastest 300F's due to a chrome trim piece at the top of the windshield blowing off during the run. So the record wnet to the 4 th fastest car, also a 300F at about 144 or so that did not lose the trim piece.
I love your videos. Especially the Plymouth videos
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I loved my 66 Plymouth fury 3 convertible with the 383 commando engine!. my mother had a 59 imperial with all the bells and whistles, beautiful car with tons of power and a great cruising car!.
The 1957-1959 Fury was certainly it's golden age. 'Golden Commando' that is !
Nice details...my dad had a light blue/w white trim 1960 2 door fury...pretty sweet cruiser...
i think everyone likes the 57-59 plymouths because of Christine
Not me---in fact, I hate the fact that everyone associates this car with that movie.
Regardless of the movie the overall the foward look cars just have great styling that and being a mopar fanatic are the reasons I like em myself
I Loved the delorean before back to the future.
Those of us that grew up with those cars everywhere on the streets and highways have a much more enduring and multi-faceted memory than a 2 hour movie.
Maybe it was vice versa. The 57-59s were chosen because of their popularity.
I have owned several 58 and 59 Plymouths. Never had a rust problem. Maybe because I live in Oregon? Beautiful cars.
Late answer, but the "rust problem" was a Michigan and NE states problem, whined about by them, magnified by media and no one ever thought to ask, "Why wasn't the car's owners buying rustproofing in their purchases." New cars seldom lasted 3 years in that area, until they started putting rustproofing on the cars shipped to that area.
Terrific videos full of essential information and most interesting :)
I would love to own one of those Furys some day. @oldcarmemories I hope you do a video on Mopar A-bodies at some point, I own a 1970 Duster they are fantastic vehicles...
I LOVE Dusters and Demons ! Awesome balanced cars. I especially freak out over the V3X versions !
Best looking production car ever, by the great Virgil Exner, the greatest car designer ever !
My dad's old 1957 Fury that I inherited still runs and looks like a dream. It only has 42,000 actual miles now and dad rented it out for a couple of closeups in the movie Christine. No one has ever died in it but I wouldn't mind being buried in it. Beautiful automobiles.
My "college" car was a 57 Plymouth two door. It had a "slant six" and push button auto. I drove that beast for nearly three years with no reverse! If nothing else, I learned the value of planning ahead! LOL
I am constantly stunned at the high quality, the details and varied perspectives which you add to the already fascinating historical commentary, AWESOME JOB!
My first car was a 57 Plymouth 2 door, it was not a Fury. It was a beautiful blue with white top and side trim. I recall that it was titled as a sports coupe but all I remember was that it was a Belvedere . It had the 318 push button auto and would scat and handled like a dream. I paid $300 bucks for it in 1965, right out of high school.
I learned to drive on my dads '59 Sport Fury with a 361 dual quad engine and all the bells and whistles.That car was as advertised ,very fast and handled well for the day,but I had to by my own car as he did not want me driving the '59 ! He ended trading it for a '64 Sport Fury with a 4barrel 383.
I love these cars...i had a 72 Javelin SST and a 72 Rally Nova...but these late 50's and early 60's cars is really, where my heart is.
'58 is my favorite year for these. Mostly due to the tail fin design and front end. The four door hard tops are the best looking in my opinion.
It's so sad how Chrysler Corporation fell apart in the latter part of the 1970s and then again after the turn of the century, making Chrysler brands now part of Fiat and no longer its own company.
Who knows what the future will be for Chrysler and Dodge after the announcement Mario made this year. I'd hate to see not just the brands go, but the Challenger, Charger, and 300 will be missed very much as they are true American cars that live to the glory days.
I am greatly disappointed with Chrysler. Their Charger and 300 models have been turned into 4-door sedans: family cars. Both were such great looking cars back in the day. Their looks and their performance were enviable. What the auto manufacturers don't seem to get is that retro sells. Most of today's cars look the same and try to find a nice coupe other than the Challenger. Don't even talk to me about the SUKs, I mean SUVs.
@@Eyes-of-Horus Ford doesn't have retro,and their ugly mustang sells,I think the charger looks pretty good even with 4 Drs they have lots more power than mustang,which at 460 HP is not very much compared to Mopar offerings,and they have the power wagon and the Cummins diesel,i think they a lot to offer, Camaro isn't retro either
They need to give a 2 door option for chrysler and the charger
Michael Simko 😂 challengers suck 😂 all those hello kittens Puss's😂 but the old ones 🙄from 50s to 70s ohh 😨very nice oh and the 70s to 90s dodge ram 318engine conversion vans now those are niceand some pickup trucks from even today are good
Chrysler hadn't been it's own company since 1998 after its "merger of equals" with Daimler
My favorite is the 1960 Martin balsam 2dr panel coupe with the optional ten-5 3stage manual overdrive with the power stage 3 option(very rare).wow what a rocket.eats stangs everytime.
I’ve loved these ever since I saw one as a kid in the 1960s! 👍🏻
There were no 1957-1958 Fury convertibles, in 1958 you could order the Belvedere convertible with an 350 Cubic Inch 'Golden Commando' engine but that did'nt make it a Fury as the Fury had thicker torsion bars and stiffer rear suspension giving it a better performance in all kinds of driving conditions
Plymnouth also offered a Bendix fuel-injection engine, but these were so unreliable that they were virtually all recalled for conversion to the "Dual-Fury" configuration.
@@thespeez they were a failure, but you got to give it to Chrysler. They were about 30 years ahead of time on that one.
Loved my 58 belvedere it was stolen around the end of 2006 an haven't found her yet.
@Brandon McClements I've been looking for another one the only one I've found is a 4 door sport roof model but I'm having a hard time getting in touch with the owner. It's a nice 2 owner car.
@Brandon McClements I haven't given up on purchasing the vehicle. I really have to catch him home, I've talked to the wife and she told me she has given him my number. I'm a very patient person.
There was a 57 Belvedere on ebay that had 58 front parts but no drivetrain. Looks like a long term restoration project though. May still be there.
@@keithmichaels7561 I'll be sure to check it out.
It's still there, it's listed at 3,500 now and the auction ends on Thursday at 4am west coast time, not sure which area you're in. There's also another one for 11 grand.
I wish I could "like" this twice ! But I'll keep watching it when it pops up again and again.
Thank you for a exellent video. For me it has always been mopar and The 1957-58 mopar and also 1959 are the most beautiful and best cars ever. I love beautiful and agressive the style of the 1957 and 58 FURY. - The first true musclecars
Elegant design for sure. Thank you you for bringing it to us.
The fatal-flaw of the Bendix Electro-Jection fuel-injection system was the type of capacitors used in it's electronic "brain"--the only type available at the time--were susceptible to moisture. Had Chrysler and Bendix waited three years, to the time of polystyrene capacitors introduction, it would've proven a brilliant system and seen as the way to go for all future models, hastening the homologation of electronic fuel-injection in American automobiles by several years.
It's funny that Robert Bosch ended up getting the fuel injection designs from us and then running with it. Someone can correct me, but the Bendix EFI and the Rochester mechanical system ( used by GM ) were given away because they couldn't get them to work.
My grandpa had a 1958 Plymouth Fury with the Golden Commando performance package. He never called it a Fury, it was just the Plymouth Golden Commando.
I was extremely surprised when I arrived home for a college break and saw a '57 four door Fury in the driveway. Two tone cream and gold, humongous tail fins. Push button transmission controls on the dash. The surprise was because my extremely conservative parents had opted for the '57 design. But they still thought whitewalls and a radio were unnecessary accessories. Dad, who was an electrical engineer, could not break away from being a "Plymouth man" until.... Gas mileage averaged 8 mpg. After several return trips to the dealer, the service manager told Dad, in essence, the engine is a big V8. What do you expect? Add to that, when going around a sharp curve at 50 mph the engine would cut out for two or three seconds. I recall that after three years the Fury was gonzo.
..no such thing as a 4 door 57 fury , all 2 door hard tops
@@stevedickson5853 Yeah, it was a Belvedere. It has been around 60 years ago so I plead memory lapse.
..easy mistake, they resembled each other very closely, except for the mighty lump that powered them that came standard in a fury.
@@stevedickson5853My father hung in with Plymouths until, as he said, the quality vanished. He switched to Subaru but was quick to point out it was from the same dealer who had the Plymouth franchise.
The 57 and 58 were really beautiful cars. They and the 59 Caddie were my favorite cars.
OK,sorry but there's a lot of misinformation here. There were NO 57 or 58 Fury convertibles - only 2dr hardtops. In 59, the Fury was downgraded and a new Sports Fury was now top of the line. 59 Fury was available as two and four door sedans and hardtops, but no convertible. Sport Fury was either 2dr hardtop or convertible.
Also, no 59 Plymouth had dual four barrel carburetors. Standard V-8 in the 59 Sports Fury was a single four barrel 318 rated at 260 hp. Optional V-8 was a single four barrel 361 with 305 hp. Both of these engines were also optionally available in Fury and Belvedere models.
Finally, 59 Plymouths did NOT have an optionally available 4-speed manual transmission. None were available in Plymouths until the 1963 model year when a Borg-Warner T-10 4-speed became optional for 383 V-8's, and then in 1964 Chrysler's own HD 4-speed was introduced.
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Saw one of these last Christmas. Thumbs up.
I miss the good old days...