SportFury70
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I first and foremost before I even start this post/thread would like to thank a long time good friend of my stepdads for giving us the opportunity to buy this car. I also would like to thank my stepdads other friend who he has known since college, for helping get this car with his car trailer as we do not have one. My stepdad sold his other '67 VIP 4-door hardtop project to get this car. This car is the newest Fury added to my stepdads collection, more information below.....
The Car- The car is a 1967 Plymouth VIP in LL1 Dark Turquoise Poly with a "G" code 383 2bbl engine, a black vinyl top and black interior. It was built October 11th 1966 (A11 on fender tag) at the Belvidere IL plant. The car came with a front bumperette strip but not a rear, and rear speaker. This car (at least in my honest opinion) is believed to be a survivor car as it has the original dealer sticker, the paint could use a polishing, and the car has some side scrapes.
The History- The cars history is actually quite unique. The car was originally bought brand new by Mr. and Mrs. Mucciolo out of Miller Place NY on November 9th 1966, for $3,425.26 from Bellerose Plymouth in Bellerose NY. A 1960 Ford Thunderbird was traded in for the car. We have the original sales receipt and check, we also have original inspection receipts, and a few shop receipts which are in the pictures posted here. The car has exchanged hands three times since the original owners; once in 1991 a fellow named Mr. Donovan owned it, once in 2001 where a fellow named Mr. Fusco owned it, and then our good friend in 2004 until my stepdad got it last year in 2021. Our good friend bought the car and stored it in the garage since he bought it in 2004. The car is a 20 year garage find.
The Plan- The plan which may or may not change is to obviously get it running and back on the road, change the front bumper out for a good used one or NOS one, MAYBE add a right hand outside mirror at some point, paint the engine like in the "Pumpkin" our 1970 Fury III 4-door hardtop, try to find a replacement 2bbl carburetor but if we cannot find one put a 4bbl intake and high performance manifolds on with a dual snorkel air cleaner, clean the moldy interior, put tilt-a-scope or tilt-tele steering from our Sport Fury convertible in, drop the gas tank and se if it can get rebuilt but 95% likely get a replacement as it doesn't smell so good from old gas and is probably rotted inside, fix some rust in the back window, cut the trunk floor and replace it because there is some rot on the right side, rebuild the brakes and replace the original wheel covers with the turbine style wheel covers, add dual exhaust, and possibly try to put the car in the survivor tent display in Carlisle at some point.
My Personal Plan- My personal plan is to try and document everything that is done to the car and post it here when I can and have time to.
I hope you join us along for the ride in giving this unique VIP a new life and getting it back on the road again. Thank you for looking!
When first found below.....
The Car- The car is a 1967 Plymouth VIP in LL1 Dark Turquoise Poly with a "G" code 383 2bbl engine, a black vinyl top and black interior. It was built October 11th 1966 (A11 on fender tag) at the Belvidere IL plant. The car came with a front bumperette strip but not a rear, and rear speaker. This car (at least in my honest opinion) is believed to be a survivor car as it has the original dealer sticker, the paint could use a polishing, and the car has some side scrapes.
The History- The cars history is actually quite unique. The car was originally bought brand new by Mr. and Mrs. Mucciolo out of Miller Place NY on November 9th 1966, for $3,425.26 from Bellerose Plymouth in Bellerose NY. A 1960 Ford Thunderbird was traded in for the car. We have the original sales receipt and check, we also have original inspection receipts, and a few shop receipts which are in the pictures posted here. The car has exchanged hands three times since the original owners; once in 1991 a fellow named Mr. Donovan owned it, once in 2001 where a fellow named Mr. Fusco owned it, and then our good friend in 2004 until my stepdad got it last year in 2021. Our good friend bought the car and stored it in the garage since he bought it in 2004. The car is a 20 year garage find.
The Plan- The plan which may or may not change is to obviously get it running and back on the road, change the front bumper out for a good used one or NOS one, MAYBE add a right hand outside mirror at some point, paint the engine like in the "Pumpkin" our 1970 Fury III 4-door hardtop, try to find a replacement 2bbl carburetor but if we cannot find one put a 4bbl intake and high performance manifolds on with a dual snorkel air cleaner, clean the moldy interior, put tilt-a-scope or tilt-tele steering from our Sport Fury convertible in, drop the gas tank and se if it can get rebuilt but 95% likely get a replacement as it doesn't smell so good from old gas and is probably rotted inside, fix some rust in the back window, cut the trunk floor and replace it because there is some rot on the right side, rebuild the brakes and replace the original wheel covers with the turbine style wheel covers, add dual exhaust, and possibly try to put the car in the survivor tent display in Carlisle at some point.
My Personal Plan- My personal plan is to try and document everything that is done to the car and post it here when I can and have time to.
I hope you join us along for the ride in giving this unique VIP a new life and getting it back on the road again. Thank you for looking!
When first found below.....
