1967 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible (LHD)

Description

The first generation Plymouth Fury had been introduced back in 1956 as a luxurious hardtop coupe and found fame as 'Christine' in the Stephen King book and movie of the same name. The second generation Fury boasted unibody construction and moved to a smaller, mid-sized platform, losing the excess chrome and fins of earlier models in the process. The range was expanded to include the coupe and sedan plus a convertible and station wagon and it soon became Plymouth's volume seller. In 1965 Plymouth introduced an entirely redesigned third generation Fury based on the full-size C-body, with twin stacked headlamps either side of the grille, a longer wheelbase and wider range of options to choose from. Under the bonnet there was a choice of engines ranging from a 225-cid slant six through to 318, 383 and 440-cid V8s and even the option of Chrysler's brutal 426-cid Hemi, bringing drag strip performance to Plymouth's bread and butter car. On the 1966 models, the mesh grille of the '65 gave way to horizontal bars while the tail lights were redesigned, while the interior came in for some minor revisions and new options like a telescoping tilt-away steering wheel, bucket seats and seat belts for four passengers were available. In 1967, another restyling made the Fury appear quite large, although the chassis was mostly unchanged. Plymouth used the size as a selling point in their ads. They retained the stacked headlights and quartered grille styling from 1965 and 1966, but the 1967 models shared no body panels with the previous two years. Available engines were the 225 slant six, non-poly 318 (first year for this engine), two-barrel 383 Commando, four-barrel Super Commando 383, or the four-barrel Super Commando 440. A 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury is now an inexpensive full-size convertible for the Mopar enthusiast.