I wasn't expecting to see that 6 slinger under the hood. I expected at least a 318Poly. Lol the radio delete and the slant 6 suggests the first owner was a bit of a tight wad. 😆
Thanks for touching on the unloved C-Bodies! Loved seeing a top-line Fury III -- but with basic slant 6. Never seen one like that! You're leaning on one of my favorite MOPARs: a 1963 Imperial Crown. Please do an episode on it. I've owned 3 '63 Imperials in my time. It's one of those cars with one foot in the past ('1950's) and the present (1960's). Love your stuff, Steve!
Dad ordered a new 66 2dr hardtop in an awful beige color, a Fury 3 as well. He did opt for the 318 and a radio, power steering but nothing else.. I learned to drive in that car and took it to high school as a senior and kept it until around 1976. I put on new shoes and repaired a wheel cylinder as well. I guess I cut my automotive teeth on that car.
My aunt and uncle had a '66 2 door ,I really liked it , the stacked headlights , 6 taillights ,cool dash ,it looked like it was going fast ,sitting still. Then they traded it in on a '67 Galaxie ,I loved that car . Sorry Steve .
I was born in 62. My father was a Fuller brush salesman and district manager he bought brand new a 65 Fury one 2 door with a 225 slant 6 no power steering. He squeezed 150,000 miles out of it and sold it in December of 69 to someone who needed a large car. My mom learned how to drive standard shift in that car. The next car he bought a 69 Fury that's another story. We loved all of our Furys'!
My Dad bought a 65 Fury 4 Dr. 225, auto. 98K miles. Had original brakes. Never been sat in the back. Original owner bought 3 identical cars when he retired from Chrysler. Left one in Dearborn, one in Florida, we got the back and forth car. My sisters and I drove it for another 240K before we retired it. Never had the head off. One water pump. Brakes, tune ups, belts, usual wear and tear stuff. Best car we ever owned. Fast enough for kids. Good mileage.
thank you mag man. you've gotten me through 3 break ups now. women are crazy, vehicle knowledge however. priceless, thank you again you human encyclopedia
Sorry to hear of your Lady Problems. I relate...I heard it said once that: "sporty cars are for ATTRACTING the Ladies...hot rods are for FORGETTING..." Glad to be of assistance and with all due respect to the Fairer Sex -Steve Magnante
In Australia these were sold and badged as Dodge Phoenix. They were the prestigious top of the line model with a different dash to plymouth and had very luxurious interiors, all were 318 V8 Auto with power steering and brakes and the push button radio was standard, but no clock. In 1966 In Australia if you walked into a Chrysler dealership; this was the most expensive mopar you could buy back then, even more expensive than the Humber super snipe which Chrysler assembled and sold in Australia as well!
I was fortunate enough, to have owned a '66 Sport Fury 2dr/383 4bbl & loaded with options. Came from Bowling Green Kentucky. Was the smoothest driving car I had ever owned. Traded it for a '73 Cuda. Had more fun with that Fury, than i did with the Cuda! Great video Steve!
I'm right there with you Aaron. I had a dark blue '66 Sprot Fury 383 4bbl w/ 4 speed and buckets & console. Had the NEATEST option ever, REVERB on the am/fm radio. Most fun car I ever had. It was like a luxury Road Runner. Regret letting it go every day. Thanks for the memories Steve.
@@witnesszer0I ENVY you your Fury. Sorry you need a rear, the only thing that ever broke on mine was the rear. Locked up on me at 55 mph. Scared the crap out of me. I lucked out and found a "sure grip" in a wrecked Dodge wagon. Hope you find one soon.
My dad bought a '66 Fury I new. 318 automatic. Had radio delete, but the dealer stuck in a radio they had laying around. It never came in very well. I'd sit on his lap and steer on the way home from the dump at the age of seven or so. By 1973 it had 120,000 miles and rust just exploded out everywhere, even in places the featured car doesn't have any.
The Certicard is a real find. So, we got the VIN, we win: P for Plymouth Fury, looks like H for high price class, 41 for four door sedan, B for 225 CID slant six with one barrel, aka "Leaning Tower of Power", 6 for 1966 model year, 2 for Hamtramck, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Hamtramck plant was also called "Dodge Main" or "Factory Zero" and closed in 1980. The GM Detroit/Hamtramck, MI plant occupies part of that property now and opened in 1985 to produce front wheel drive downsized models. It had an area called "The Playpen" where employees could build, design and work on their own stuff after hours. It was a city within a city. I worked at an automotive parts maker for a number of years that was just like Dodge Main and we took had an area called "The Lab" where we worked on our own projects and helped each other out with whatever the other guy was working on. Should be code "X" Beige exterior paint.
@@stevenrodriguez7668 For a 1966 Plymouth, the VIN is on the driver's door post, and in some years it is also on the trim tag under the hood. It would have been on the original sales paperwork and the dealer submitted that information to Chrysler for the Certicard to be imprinted with the vehicle and owner's information. As Mr. Magnante stated, it was provided when the vehicle was brought in for service to verify ownership, warranty start date, owner information, etc.
Fabulous. In new Zealand, we had the Valiant VIP, and I owned one that was 1970, Australian made, with bucket leather seats, floor shift automatic, and 318. Blissful memories and a great ride. This one was converted to CNG and ran on both happily, with its long stroke and iron engine. Slant 6's in New Zealand are still a legend. The 225 in Australia and New Zealand, was a championship engine, with extra carbs. This car you are featured, is pretty much the same shape and design as the Australian editions.
Kinda all goes together - radio delete, standard engine, torqueflite trans, power steering, .....if it had power brakes it would have been the perfect retiree's or widow's car .... by all outward appearances there was no scrimping going on, but it was really just basic transportation.
Basic transportation. I've got a video up on my page of my last project, a 63 Savoy that was a basic, plain jane widow's car. She got it for Christmas of 62 (her husband passed a few years later) and she kept it until the day she died, in the early 2000s. Four door, radio delete, vinyl floor mats, 225 slant six, three on the tree and no power anything. When I got it the body was really toasted but the interior was mint. And all of the mechanicals were sound, nice tight front end and new brake system front to back, lines and all.
@@will7its I had this idea to become a broker who matches rusty, but reliable vehicles with blind drivers - what they can't see won't hurt them, right?
I love all your videos! we definetly don't just flip hoods, and poke around cars like you do back east. Out here we have to worry about black widows, rattle snakes. on your junkyard gold series, did you ever run into any creepy crawlys when you were out west? jim
I owned a 1966 Fury 2 with the 225 and 3 speed on the column the only option was dealer installed air conditioning. For normal driving the slant six was ok for power .
@@timothykeith1367 I have had several slant six cars well into the triple digits. Of course it’s not how high can you go but rather how long it takes to get there? Once you get there and maintain it no one can stop you. You have the mileage advantage. Not really. Just a little tongue and cheek. Greetings from the high plains of Texas.
Hey Steve ! I just got to say I absolutely love the insight and information I acquire watching your content, but this video hits home for me as a fury owner, I purchased my Fury II last year for 70$ and it's been the best, truly an awesome daily driver, even if it sat since '98. Also, never would I have thought that Fury III's would come with the slant six option! You learn something new everyday , thanks again! -Steven
@@johnnyhawk329 yeah man ! It was sitting under a car port since I was a kid and last year I finally went n talked to the guy after gazing upon that car for years , we spoke for like an hour and a half before I asked him if he’d sell & for how much, he told me; I don’t see why I can’t get fifty ! My heart sank because I thought he had meant 50 thousand, so I ask , 50 k man ?? And he goes , nah man , 50 bucks, I was in absolute aw.. I told him right then n there, can I give you 70 right now!? He didn’t hesitate, a week later I picked up my 151,000 mile fury II . Only took better tires, a battery, a gas tank cleaning and some fresh gas, oil Change and plugs for it to be the best 70$ I’ll probably ever spend in my life. Even if I’m barely 21 .
@@stevenrodriguez7668 I thought you made a typo. Man that is a once in a lifetime deal. You could get 400 for scrape but don't ever do that. I remember when I was a kid 50 years ago my dad bought a 1950 Studebaker lark for 40 bucks and we drove that car for several years.
When I was a youngin back in the late 70s, friends had a mint 65 4 dr in white. (They seemed like an old couple but were probably me & Steve's age LOL). Thinking they had the small v8. Most of those cars were already pretty rusty, so it was a treat to get to ride in it. It was still in as new condition. Not sure what ever happened to it. (Back then it REALLY was nothing special.)
Steve, Since this car doesn't have a oringial owners name, listed on the tag, it maybe one of FRIDEN Ink. Employers lease Cars... In 1968 our family got a dark blue metalic, 1966 PLYMOUTH FURY II, 6 Passenger Stationwagen with 2b 318 V8 "A" block Automatic with factory Air Condioning and AM radio... It had came off of a Company Lease from the Singer/Friden "Friden" a upstate NY Computer/Bussines Equipment Company with Branches all over the USA... This 1966 Fury II Wagon, was the assigned Lima, Ohio Branch Service Department Managers car as: his Sevice Techs only got [Company logo colors Cream or Dark Blue] Plymouth Fury 4 door Sedans and the Branch Sales Manger got a Cream colored Chrysler New Yorker and his Salesmen Chrysler Newports...
I once found in a junkyard a 66 Fury convertible with a slant six and three on the tree. Too far gone even for parts. I did have a 66 Fury 1 two door sedan, 318, 727, upgrade interior and the Plymouth name on the rear bumper
I always liked the old Mopars, my very favorite one though is a 1967 Dodge Monaco! My older brother had one; it was black, with white interior, center console, & slotted mag wheels!
I’m actually Restoring a 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury with the Optional 440/375 HP SUPER COMMANDO V8. Hey, is that a 1963 Imperial that you are leaning up against behind you? Funny, I just bought a 1964 Imperial Crown Coupe in Philadelphia last week! 👍💥👍💥❤️
Hello bk14nyc, you just hit a special nerve with me in mentioning your '67 440 C-body. IS IT A 4-SPEED??? If so, I was thrilled a few years ago to solve a Mopar Mystery on an episode of Roadkill's Junkyard Gold when at Stephens Auto Wrecking in Anderson, Alabama we featured a 1967 Sport Fury convertible 440 FOUR SPEED. What rear axle???? B-Body 440 4-speeds (and Hemi 4-speeds) got a Dana 60. But what about the larger C-body? Did Spicer / Dana tool up a special extra-wide Dana 60 for these 4-speed RB motor applications? NO!!! They used the Dana Model 53 rear axle which was also used under certain Mercury and Lincoln cars of the 1959-1965 era. I made the junkyard owner lift the tail of the '67 Fury 440 4-speed up on some tires so we could PUT THE CAMERA ON THAT DANA 53 to once and for all, show exactly what type of rear axle was used under 1967 C-body 440 4-speed applications (all 100 of them - a guessed number but NOT much larger I'd bet). If you get a chance, go to the Motor Trend app and seek out the Roadkill's Junkyard Gold episode called "C-Body Muscle" or something like that. You'll probably enjoy the 27 minute episode on C-body performance car discoveries - including a 1970 Sport Fury S/23 and manual transmission 1969 Monack 383 convertible. THANKS again for writing, Steve Magnante
The vehicle was probably a special order by a elderly person, who did NOT play the radio and did NOT drive on the interstate highway. That is WHY you see the slant 6 engine and the radio delete, but he or she wanted the deluxe trim. By the way, when the Chevrolet Impala Super Sport first came out, it could have been ordered with a 6 cylinder! Dave...
I can't really explain it other than I like your personality, but man I love you dude! I just love the way you tell the story of the cars and the car is you focus on are cool too.
Wow a slant six in that huge car and radio delete they should have called it the Plymouth Punishment... My dad had a 65 Sport Fury since it had a console shift automatic, the instrument panel had a little plastic cap that covered up the shift indicator for the column shift. Us kids used to pull it off and look under it at the 1-2-D-N-R secret message lol Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of everything car Steve!
Years ago there was a guy who lived in my apartment building who owned and drove a 66-67 Plymouth Fury Flower Car that used to belong to a funeral home. Looked like a giant El Camino. Tried to buy it but he knew what he had and wouldn't sell it for any amount of money. Always wondered what happened to it.
Hi Steve, wonderful show as always . As an old now retired mechanic, love seeing the old cars I worked on. Being in Canada and working on a lot of these cars brings back wonderful memories. thanks for the walk down memory lane. Dennis
I had a 66 Fury III two door hardtop with a 383 with a four speed. Fast car. I drove it for two years until British sports cars drew me away. Love to have another one but cost of cars today make it impossible.
I always was suprised how awesome Virgil Extner and Chrysler nailed the forward look in the 50s only to crash so hard in the early 60s. That kinda sums up chrysler througout its history. Dizzying highs then crashing lows.
My father owned a '66 Fury sedan with the 225 slant-six when I was born. He traded it in on a new '73 Duster also with a 225... he said it felt like a rocket compared to the Fury. No doubt! 😀
I live in Nova Scotia. If these cars exist here and where bought new here and used as a car was intended to be used then they would have been "restored" 3 or 4 times restored could mean anything from chicken wire and fiberglass to steel from oil barrels and pop rivets to body metal from the roof of any old junkyard sedan heated and worked somewhat good looking and braised together and filled with plastic.. we have a 73 Plymouth barracuda convertible that has so many bad repairs from 3 different times that its not really repairable without all new panels..
My granddad had a 2 door '66 with the venerable 318 poly and a center console. I believe it was the only 2 door car he ever had in his life. Gramma hated it but he liked it. It was his one little foray into sport luxury.
@@UberLummox Could well have been. TBH, I was too young to remember a lot about it very accurately. I just remember a few details about it like the lights and console and a few things I found out later on like my dad telling me it had a 318 poly. I know he didn't keep it very long 'cause Gramma hated it because it had buckets up front and only 2 doors. Too hard to pile all the old folks in to go to church. He got a '67 Monaco sedan after that. Just one of the really cool cars that passed through my family which I'd like to be able to lay my hands on now.
Thanks for ur reply!I couldn't make it out. Ur knowledge is unfathomable.love way u tie it in with the eras and marketing. Such a well rounded glimpse.
One thing I found out about Fury trim was they would add it under the character line on 1,2 Furys. On top of the line on 3,sport and VIP. I put Fury 3 sheet metal on my Fury 2 and it looked great until you got to the quarter panels, the only part I can't unbolt and replace. The trim dipped noticeably. Drove it for years that way.
I had one of these Freely Given to me in 1981, When i was 20 and staying in Bastrop, Texas. Plymouth Fury. 4 door 318 3 speed column shifter. Got it Running Changed the oil, and then checked the dip stick and it looked like A Vanilla Milk Shake. No rust, Being Young and Very Dumb. I sold it to the junk yard for $ 35.00 Becky instead of finding a different engine for it! Color White. Motors Very Plentiful at that time. ANY Mopar V8s..Small Block or Big. Kick Myself in The Butt to This Day!
Brian in a Tasmania I had 2 of those but were called Dodge phoenix’ her 318 poly great motor way nicer dash her in Australian then that ugly one on the Plymouth we had 2 round large gauges no slants in our Dodge phoenix those poly have a great exhaust note big valves nice rockers I hate when people take the poly out and swap in something else those poly can get up and go . MOPAR for ever
Mags, you never fail to impress.. Please consider writing another book. 🙏 your knowledge is priceless for the car lovers of the world.. thank you for the opportunity to learn..
In the mid 1970s when I was a kid, my friend's Mom had one just like this! I rode in it a bunch of times. I hope to see a feature on that 1961 or so Chrysler or Dodge, which you were leaning against, at the end of the video.
Dad called the gas pedal the "louder" pedal. Floor it and you really didn't go faster but the engine got louder! It only lasted for a year in our garage until he traded it for a 67 Polara wagon with the 318
ALL non-wagon Furys had the Plymouth name in the rear bumper, and where did you hear about the bumper strips being part of a Fury III exterior? In my sources, they appear optional across the Fury line.
Great car. My neighbors had one of these. Wasn't the 361 still available for 1966? I have a 1966 Plymouth shop manual, and the 440 isn't mentioned. Maybe there was a supplement for it later on. It does mention the 426 wedge engine. I also have a 1964 manual, and the 273 V8 isn't mentioned there as well. I have read several Motor Trend magazines from that time period. There was a reader "Q&A" section. I believe that it was called "Car Clinic." Several readers complained that their C-Body car was too underpowered with the 225 six. Motor Trend usually gave the same response, in that they felt the 318 poly V8 should have been the base engine for C-Body cars. Maybe a 273 would have work as well.1966 was the final year for the 318 poly. It changed to the LA block for 1967. The "radio delete" option was common. The buyer could have the dealer install the radio. They also had a fake looking clock that would be there in place of the real clock if it wasn't there. It even lit up when the lights were turned on.
In November 1969 when I was 10 years old,we went down 2 Hollywood California and my father traded in his 57 Oldsmobile 98 that he bought new 4 $3,000 on a new 69 Plymouth Fury 3.My dad got it 4 $3,200 and that was my first car in high school 8 years later.
I love bursting bubbles using the time value of money. What's more, posting the average annual wages for 1966 really drives home the point that nothing has been cheap!
@@captainsergeant Yep, absolutely no one would pay 528 for an AM radio today. Also note how long cars last these days. I have a box fan that was purchased in the early 80's, it was 19.99. ( 65 or so in 2022 $ ) That same fan is 18 to 19 today.
i was around 15 -16 i got my start in my autobody future by screwing aluminum pie tins onto my dads 74 coronet ,mainly to keep his spare from sliding out when he took a fast turn
Years ago while looking to buy my first car l was checking out a '66 Fury 2dr 383 2bbl, 3 speed. Didnt buy it because it didnt have tags-- couldnt test drive it. Bought a '67 Mustang instead-- 289, 3speed.
A slant six I know it's been sitting for a long time but would love to see a will it start video those engines were so reliable I bet you it just might just start up and run
Had manual drum brakes on my 74 Duster. They felt great easy to modulate the force so not necessary to have the power brake option. Probably that was more for the disc setups or just marketing stuff like now you always get AC no choice.
The Fury really started out as a trim package on the Belvedere. Long live Christine. I almost bought a 65 Fury two door hard top 383. At the time I thought the guy was asking to much, but today it would have probably been worth the money.
In 63, the Savoy was the stripped down bare bones base model. A 63 Savoy was my first car. Belvedere was one step above that. In the fifties, the Plaza was the base model. Not sure what year they dropped the Plaza name for Savoy.
that gardener tool was actually an old school shoe stretcher or shoe form keeper! Just amazing what the salt does to those poor old cars...damn shame!
Welcome to my world...
The brine that's used on roads now is even worse!
You're a damn National treasure Steve. I remember watching you do the blindfolded guess this car on tv.
I wasn't expecting to see that 6 slinger under the hood. I expected at least a 318Poly. Lol the radio delete and the slant 6 suggests the first owner was a bit of a tight wad. 😆
Or just a little old lady.
Thanks for touching on the unloved C-Bodies! Loved seeing a top-line Fury III -- but with basic slant 6. Never seen one like that!
You're leaning on one of my favorite MOPARs: a 1963 Imperial Crown. Please do an episode on it. I've owned 3 '63 Imperials in my time. It's one of those cars with one foot in the past ('1950's) and the present (1960's). Love your stuff, Steve!
yes love to see a 4door post with a 383 4speed
Dad ordered a new 66 2dr hardtop in an awful beige color, a Fury 3 as well. He did opt for the 318 and a radio, power steering but nothing else.. I learned to drive in that car and took it to high school as a senior and kept it until around 1976. I put on new shoes and repaired a wheel cylinder as well. I guess I cut my automotive teeth on that car.
My aunt and uncle had a '66 2 door ,I really liked it , the stacked headlights , 6 taillights ,cool dash ,it looked like it was going fast ,sitting still. Then they traded it in on a '67 Galaxie ,I loved that car . Sorry Steve .
My Dad had a 67 Fury 1 225 Three on the Tree car,4-door Sedan! Under powered by GOOD ON GAS!
Nice, oddball Fury III. Cover the '63 Imperial behind you!
Love the intake manifold. That little plastic card survived all these years with the numbers still stamped into it. Well I guess plastic can't rust
It's aluminium I believe.
I was born in 62. My father was a Fuller brush salesman and district manager he bought brand new a 65 Fury one 2 door with a 225 slant 6 no power steering. He squeezed 150,000 miles out of it and sold it in December of 69 to someone who needed a large car. My mom learned how to drive standard shift in that car. The next car he bought a 69 Fury that's another story. We loved all of our Furys'!
got to love those slaint 6s. They never die. My certicard for my 68 dart was in a pocket in the owners manual.
Known at time on the South Shore, Mass. as “Diocese Spec”
My Dad bought a 65 Fury 4 Dr. 225, auto. 98K miles. Had original brakes. Never been sat in the back. Original owner bought 3 identical cars when he retired from Chrysler. Left one in Dearborn, one in Florida, we got the back and forth car. My sisters and I drove it for another 240K before we retired it. Never had the head off. One water pump. Brakes, tune ups, belts, usual wear and tear stuff. Best car we ever owned. Fast enough for kids. Good mileage.
thank you mag man. you've gotten me through 3 break ups now. women are crazy, vehicle knowledge however. priceless, thank you again you human encyclopedia
My Oldsmobile never let's me down lmao 84 Hurst worked rocket .373s brand new paint 34 years of love hang in there ✌️
Sorry to hear of your Lady Problems. I relate...I heard it said once that: "sporty cars are for ATTRACTING the Ladies...hot rods are for FORGETTING..." Glad to be of assistance and with all due respect to the Fairer Sex -Steve Magnante
I'm gonna remember that saying Steve... "hot rods are for forgetting" . Very Cool...
Never mind the Plymouth, please do a review of the '63 Imperial behind it!!!
Agreed!!
Imperials had awesome interiors
To think my wife made me toss all my car magazines
In Australia these were sold and badged as Dodge Phoenix. They were the prestigious top of the line model with a different dash to plymouth and had very luxurious interiors, all were 318 V8 Auto with power steering and brakes and the push button radio was standard, but no clock. In 1966 In Australia if you walked into a Chrysler dealership; this was the most expensive mopar you could buy back then, even more expensive than the Humber super snipe which Chrysler assembled and sold in Australia as well!
I was fortunate enough, to have owned a '66 Sport Fury 2dr/383 4bbl & loaded with options. Came from Bowling Green Kentucky. Was the smoothest driving car I had ever owned. Traded it for a '73 Cuda. Had more fun with that Fury, than i did with the Cuda! Great video Steve!
I'm right there with you Aaron. I had a dark blue '66 Sprot Fury 383 4bbl w/ 4 speed and buckets & console. Had the NEATEST option ever, REVERB on the am/fm radio. Most fun car I ever had. It was like a luxury Road Runner. Regret letting it go every day. Thanks for the memories Steve.
i have a 66 sport fury 2dr turbine bronze 383-4 bbl / 727/ 8 3/4 and i live in bg ky its very fun to drive small world i need a rear end for it though
@@witnesszer0I ENVY you your Fury. Sorry you need a rear, the only thing that ever broke on mine was the rear. Locked up on me at 55 mph. Scared the crap out of me. I lucked out and found a "sure grip" in a wrecked Dodge wagon. Hope you find one soon.
STEVIE MAGS!!!! This man knows his cars. Incredible knowledge!!!!
That garden tool is a shoehorn you put it in shoes to stretch it full size.
My dad bought a '66 Fury I new. 318 automatic. Had radio delete, but the dealer stuck in a radio they had laying around. It never came in very well. I'd sit on his lap and steer on the way home from the dump at the age of seven or so. By 1973 it had 120,000 miles and rust just exploded out everywhere, even in places the featured car doesn't have any.
Hi Steve! Love the junkyard crawl! How about a story on that 63 imperial you are leaning against
Agreed. Would really like a closer look at that one.
Ah, the 62/63 "clipped wing" Imperials. I owned a 62 but after seeing a 61 just couldn't get into it enough to keep it.
The Certicard is a real find. So, we got the VIN, we win: P for Plymouth Fury, looks like H for high price class, 41 for four door sedan, B for 225 CID slant six with one barrel, aka "Leaning Tower of Power", 6 for 1966 model year, 2 for Hamtramck, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Hamtramck plant was also called "Dodge Main" or "Factory Zero" and closed in 1980. The GM Detroit/Hamtramck, MI plant occupies part of that property now and opened in 1985 to produce front wheel drive downsized models. It had an area called "The Playpen" where employees could build, design and work on their own stuff after hours. It was a city within a city. I worked at an automotive parts maker for a number of years that was just like Dodge Main and we took had an area called "The Lab" where we worked on our own projects and helped each other out with whatever the other guy was working on.
Should be code "X" Beige exterior paint.
Hey man! Does this apply to certicards found on fury's or to body vins also?
@@stevenrodriguez7668 For a 1966 Plymouth, the VIN is on the driver's door post, and in some years it is also on the trim tag under the hood. It would have been on the original sales paperwork and the dealer submitted that information to Chrysler for the Certicard to be imprinted with the vehicle and owner's information. As Mr. Magnante stated, it was provided when the vehicle was brought in for service to verify ownership, warranty start date, owner information, etc.
I had a Fury 1. Blinkers and brakes were optional equipment.
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Fabulous. In new Zealand, we had the Valiant VIP, and I owned one that was 1970, Australian made, with bucket leather seats, floor shift automatic, and 318. Blissful memories and a great ride. This one was converted to CNG and ran on both happily, with its long stroke and iron engine. Slant 6's in New Zealand are still a legend. The 225 in Australia and New Zealand, was a championship engine, with extra carbs. This car you are featured, is pretty much the same shape and design as the Australian editions.
We had a blue slant 6 fury 3 just like this, But ours had the the radio option.
Kinda all goes together - radio delete, standard engine, torqueflite trans, power steering, .....if it had power brakes it would have been the perfect retiree's or widow's car .... by all outward appearances there was no scrimping going on, but it was really just basic transportation.
Rust......
Basic transportation. I've got a video up on my page of my last project, a 63 Savoy that was a basic, plain jane widow's car. She got it for Christmas of 62 (her husband passed a few years later) and she kept it until the day she died, in the early 2000s. Four door, radio delete, vinyl floor mats, 225 slant six, three on the tree and no power anything. When I got it the body was really toasted but the interior was mint. And all of the mechanicals were sound, nice tight front end and new brake system front to back, lines and all.
@@will7its I had this idea to become a broker who matches rusty, but reliable vehicles with blind drivers - what they can't see won't hurt them, right?
@@eugenepolan1750 Maybe just go into banking, your kind of people in there.....
I love all your videos! we definetly don't just flip hoods, and poke around cars like you do back east. Out here we have to worry about black widows, rattle snakes.
on your junkyard gold series, did you ever run into any creepy crawlys when you were out west? jim
Fun to watch How cool it was as a teenager during this era. We lived and breathed cars.
I owned a 1966 Fury 2 with the 225 and 3 speed on the column the only option was dealer installed air conditioning. For normal driving the slant six was ok for power .
On flat road the slant six Fury could exceed 90 mph. The slant six was also an option in wagons
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I have had several slant six cars well into the triple digits. Of course it’s not how high can you go but rather how long it takes to get there? Once you get there and maintain it no one can stop you. You have the mileage advantage.
Not really. Just a little tongue and cheek.
Greetings from the high plains of Texas.
Hey Steve ! I just got to say I absolutely love the insight and information I acquire watching your content, but this video hits home for me as a fury owner, I purchased my Fury II last year for 70$ and it's been the best, truly an awesome daily driver, even if it sat since '98. Also, never would I have thought that Fury III's would come with the slant six option! You learn something new everyday , thanks again! -Steven
You mean you bought a fury for 70 dollars?
@@johnnyhawk329 yeah man ! It was sitting under a car port since I was a kid and last year I finally went n talked to the guy after gazing upon that car for years , we spoke for like an hour and a half before I asked him if he’d sell & for how much, he told me; I don’t see why I can’t get fifty ! My heart sank because I thought he had meant 50 thousand, so I ask , 50 k man ?? And he goes , nah man , 50 bucks, I was in absolute aw.. I told him right then n there, can I give you 70 right now!? He didn’t hesitate, a week later I picked up my 151,000 mile fury II . Only took better tires, a battery, a gas tank cleaning and some fresh gas, oil Change and plugs for it to be the best 70$ I’ll probably ever spend in my life. Even if I’m barely 21 .
@@stevenrodriguez7668 I thought you made a typo. Man that is a once in a lifetime deal. You could get 400 for scrape but don't ever do that. I remember when I was a kid 50 years ago my dad bought a 1950 Studebaker lark for 40 bucks and we drove that car for several years.
My father had one of these cars. His was a 1966 Fury III with a 318 V8 engine. The car was a cream color with a red interior.
When I was a youngin back in the late 70s, friends had a mint 65 4 dr in white. (They seemed like an old couple but were probably me & Steve's age LOL). Thinking they had the small v8. Most of those cars were already pretty rusty, so it was a treat to get to ride in it. It was still in as new condition. Not sure what ever happened to it. (Back then it REALLY was nothing special.)
Steve, Since this car doesn't have a oringial owners name, listed on the tag, it maybe one of FRIDEN Ink. Employers lease Cars... In 1968 our family got a dark blue metalic, 1966 PLYMOUTH FURY II, 6 Passenger Stationwagen with 2b 318 V8 "A" block Automatic with factory Air Condioning and AM radio... It had came off of a Company Lease from the Singer/Friden "Friden" a upstate NY Computer/Bussines Equipment Company with Branches all over the USA... This 1966 Fury II Wagon, was the assigned Lima, Ohio Branch Service Department Managers car as: his Sevice Techs only got [Company logo colors Cream or Dark Blue] Plymouth Fury 4 door Sedans and the Branch Sales Manger got a Cream colored Chrysler New Yorker and his Salesmen Chrysler Newports...
I once found in a junkyard a 66 Fury convertible with a slant six and three on the tree. Too far gone even for parts. I did have a 66 Fury 1 two door sedan, 318, 727, upgrade interior and the Plymouth name on the rear bumper
I always liked the old Mopars, my very favorite one though is a 1967 Dodge Monaco! My older brother had one; it was black, with white interior, center console, & slotted mag wheels!
I’m actually Restoring a 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury with the Optional 440/375 HP SUPER COMMANDO V8. Hey, is that a 1963 Imperial that you are leaning up against behind you? Funny, I just bought a 1964 Imperial Crown Coupe in Philadelphia last week! 👍💥👍💥❤️
Hello bk14nyc, you just hit a special nerve with me in mentioning your '67 440 C-body. IS IT A 4-SPEED??? If so, I was thrilled a few years ago to solve a Mopar Mystery on an episode of Roadkill's Junkyard Gold when at Stephens Auto Wrecking in Anderson, Alabama we featured a 1967 Sport Fury convertible 440 FOUR SPEED. What rear axle???? B-Body 440 4-speeds (and Hemi 4-speeds) got a Dana 60. But what about the larger C-body? Did Spicer / Dana tool up a special extra-wide Dana 60 for these 4-speed RB motor applications? NO!!! They used the Dana Model 53 rear axle which was also used under certain Mercury and Lincoln cars of the 1959-1965 era. I made the junkyard owner lift the tail of the '67 Fury 440 4-speed up on some tires so we could PUT THE CAMERA ON THAT DANA 53 to once and for all, show exactly what type of rear axle was used under 1967 C-body 440 4-speed applications (all 100 of them - a guessed number but NOT much larger I'd bet). If you get a chance, go to the Motor Trend app and seek out the Roadkill's Junkyard Gold episode called "C-Body Muscle" or something like that. You'll probably enjoy the 27 minute episode on C-body performance car discoveries - including a 1970 Sport Fury S/23 and manual transmission 1969 Monack 383 convertible. THANKS again for writing, Steve Magnante
Your knowledge on cars is amazing, but the "gardening tool" was a shoe stretcher.
Love your work. Thanks
It's appropriate that a shoe stretcher would be in that trunk!
The vehicle was probably a special order by a elderly person, who did NOT play the radio and did NOT drive on the interstate highway. That is WHY you see the slant 6 engine and the radio delete, but he or she wanted the deluxe trim. By the way, when the Chevrolet Impala Super Sport first came out, it could have been ordered with a 6 cylinder! Dave...
I can't really explain it other than I like your personality, but man I love you dude! I just love the way you tell the story of the cars and the car is you focus on are cool too.
Wow a slant six in that huge car and radio delete they should have called it the Plymouth Punishment... My dad had a 65 Sport Fury since it had a console shift automatic, the instrument panel had a little plastic cap that covered up the shift indicator for the column shift. Us kids used to pull it off and look under it at the 1-2-D-N-R secret message lol Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of everything car Steve!
Love the 68 Fury those stacked head lights are just something.
Crazy, someone bought the "premium" Fury, with the least amount of options and power. Thanks Steve, excellent as always.
Years ago there was a guy who lived in my apartment building who owned and drove a 66-67 Plymouth Fury Flower Car that used to belong to a funeral home. Looked like a giant El Camino. Tried to buy it but he knew what he had and wouldn't sell it for any amount of money. Always wondered what happened to it.
Hi Steve, wonderful show as always . As an old now retired mechanic, love seeing the old cars I
worked on. Being in Canada and working on a lot of these cars brings back wonderful memories.
thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Dennis
I had a 66 Fury III two door hardtop with a 383 with a four speed. Fast car. I drove it for two years until British sports cars drew me away. Love to have another one but cost of cars today make it impossible.
Interesting hood hinges.
Like trucks ,inGM Vehicles.
Like all the hidden facts.
Cericard
I always was suprised how awesome Virgil Extner and Chrysler nailed the forward look in the 50s only to crash so hard in the early 60s. That kinda sums up chrysler througout its history. Dizzying highs then crashing lows.
My father owned a '66 Fury sedan with the 225 slant-six when I was born. He traded it in on a new '73 Duster also with a 225... he said it felt like a rocket compared to the Fury. No doubt! 😀
its amazing how great that chrome still looks
Good information thanks for sharing
I remember going to the Plymouth Dealership with my Dad when he bought a Brand New 1968 Plymouth Fury III 318. Great Memory
Grandma had a 1966 Plymouth Fury II, sedan, Light Blue, slant-6, automatic transmission, radio and always in the garage.
Love this channel. Great work Steve.
I live in Nova Scotia. If these cars exist here and where bought new here and used as a car was intended to be used then they would have been "restored" 3 or 4 times restored could mean anything from chicken wire and fiberglass to steel from oil barrels and pop rivets to body metal from the roof of any old junkyard sedan heated and worked somewhat good looking and braised together and filled with plastic.. we have a 73 Plymouth barracuda convertible that has so many bad repairs from 3 different times that its not really repairable without all new panels..
Another great video professor Steve Hope you get well soon we miss you out here
Those old mags are gold. Time machines.
Wow the leaning tower of power. I admit I do miss my '65 Sport Fury. I still have a reminder of with the old 383 magnum.
My granddad had a 2 door '66 with the venerable 318 poly and a center console. I believe it was the only 2 door car he ever had in his life. Gramma hated it but he liked it. It was his one little foray into sport luxury.
That woulda been a Sport Fury w/a center console, no?
@@UberLummox Could well have been. TBH, I was too young to remember a lot about it very accurately. I just remember a few details about it like the lights and console and a few things I found out later on like my dad telling me it had a 318 poly.
I know he didn't keep it very long 'cause Gramma hated it because it had buckets up front and only 2 doors. Too hard to pile all the old folks in to go to church.
He got a '67 Monaco sedan after that. Just one of the really cool cars that passed through my family which I'd like to be able to lay my hands on now.
@@hughjass1044 Hmm, yeah, maybe buckets & a console was an available option on the "plain" Furry III. Maybe someone here knows!
correction Steve, I have a 66 Fury I. Plymouth is spelled out on the rear bumper.
Thanks for ur reply!I couldn't make it out. Ur knowledge is unfathomable.love way u tie it in with the eras and marketing. Such a well rounded glimpse.
One thing I found out about Fury trim was they would add it under the character line on 1,2 Furys. On top of the line on 3,sport and VIP. I put Fury 3 sheet metal on my Fury 2 and it looked great until you got to the quarter panels, the only part I can't unbolt and replace. The trim dipped noticeably. Drove it for years that way.
Ahhh you did another Fury video, Atta boy. Have the 66, 2 door, 318 poly,4 on the floor. I love those C bodies
I had one of these Freely Given to me in 1981, When i was 20 and staying in Bastrop, Texas. Plymouth Fury. 4 door 318 3 speed column shifter. Got it Running Changed the oil, and then checked the dip stick and it looked like A Vanilla Milk Shake. No rust, Being Young and Very Dumb. I sold it to the junk yard for $ 35.00 Becky instead of finding a different engine for it! Color White. Motors Very Plentiful at that time. ANY Mopar V8s..Small Block or Big. Kick Myself in The Butt to This Day!
Brian in a Tasmania I had 2 of those but were called Dodge phoenix’ her 318 poly great motor way nicer dash her in Australian then that ugly one on the Plymouth we had 2 round large gauges no slants in our Dodge phoenix those poly have a great exhaust note big valves nice rockers I hate when people take the poly out and swap in something else those poly can get up and go . MOPAR for ever
Mags, you never fail to impress..
Please consider writing another book. 🙏 your knowledge is priceless for the car lovers of the world.. thank you for the opportunity to learn..
I was pretty surprised too it having a slant 6 with the certicard even still being there.
Hey Steve love your channel , hope to see much more .
I bought me a 67 Fury III..two door..they were also used as police cruisers in 1966
My father had a 1966 fury three wagon, it could haul more than my modern day pickup truck!
Great job Steve 🍀as always 🤠✌️
This dude is awesome!!! Talk about a walking talking automotive encyclopedia!!!
Steve , your the greatest. Thankyou for your knowledge
In the mid 1970s when I was a kid, my friend's Mom had one just like this! I rode in it a bunch of times.
I hope to see a feature on that 1961 or so Chrysler or Dodge, which you were leaning against, at the end of the video.
My first Recollection of the Plymouth Fury is the Movie Christene. Huge 2 door Vehicle. With fin fenders. Great Videos Steve.😎
My dad had a 65 Fury I with no options and the 225. No radio...it didn't even have backup lights.
We also had a Fury I with slant six, it had carpet.
Dad called the gas pedal the "louder" pedal. Floor it and you really didn't go faster but the engine got louder! It only lasted for a year in our garage until he traded it for a 67 Polara wagon with the 318
ALL non-wagon Furys had the Plymouth name in the rear bumper, and where did you hear about the bumper strips being part of a Fury III exterior? In my sources, they appear optional across the Fury line.
The brochure confirms this.
Steve, shoe stretcher, not a garden tool. Just FYI. Your videos are great. Keep it up, good job.
Thank you Steve Get well soon
Great car. My neighbors had one of these. Wasn't the 361 still available for 1966? I have a 1966 Plymouth shop manual, and the 440 isn't mentioned. Maybe there was a supplement for it later on. It does mention the 426 wedge engine. I also have a 1964 manual, and the 273 V8 isn't mentioned there as well.
I have read several Motor Trend magazines from that time period. There was a reader "Q&A" section. I believe that it was called "Car Clinic." Several readers complained that their C-Body car was too underpowered with the 225 six. Motor Trend usually gave the same response, in that they felt the 318 poly V8 should have been the base engine for C-Body cars. Maybe a 273 would have work as well.1966 was the final year for the 318 poly. It changed to the LA block for 1967. The "radio delete" option was common. The buyer could have the dealer install the radio. They also had a fake looking clock that would be there in place of the real clock if it wasn't there. It even lit up when the lights were turned on.
Steve, a lot of slant six Fury's were sold as cabs. Usually a Fury I, not a Fury III.
I owned quite a few Fury's but one of those was a 65 Fury ll 2 door sedan black in color.
In November 1969 when I was 10 years old,we went down 2 Hollywood California and my father traded in his 57 Oldsmobile 98 that he bought new 4 $3,000 on a new 69 Plymouth Fury 3.My dad got it 4 $3,200 and that was my first car in high school 8 years later.
Hey Steve, what about the Imperial behind the Fury lll.......
Had a 64 Dodge 440
4dr with a slant 6 and pushbutton auto.
Smooth as silk and a miser at the pump.
Rusty but reliable...
Alot of them cars gave their souls to be derby cars
Floor jack that attaches to the bumper
I had a 66 dodge Monaco. It was fully loaded. Similar body as the Plymouth
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon
How much power does Grandma really need?
I was lusting after a '66 383 Sport Fury back when I was 17. Couldn't come up with the money
Cars were not " cheaper " in the day.
1966 2022 ( using the CPI calculator )
$ 2,718 car $ 24,326
59 am radio 528
172 auto 1,539
105 poly v8 939
I love bursting bubbles using the time value of money. What's more, posting the average annual wages for 1966 really drives home the point that nothing has been cheap!
@@captainsergeant Yep, absolutely no one would pay 528 for an AM radio today. Also note how long cars last these days. I have a box fan that was purchased in the early 80's, it was 19.99. ( 65 or so in 2022 $ ) That same fan is 18 to 19 today.
I drive a full size 1963 Plymouth with a 225 slant 6 and a three on the tree ads my daily. It moves the car along enough in traffic.
Gotta check out Scott's big finned Plymouth Furies on his coldwarmotors channel for some mint 2 door Fury examples.
Hello Steve love the show and all the information I get from I own a VIP the it's my daily driver and I do well at the car shows also
The good old days were when we didn't need to factory supercharged a car just to make it slightly faster than its 50 year old N/A ancestors.
i was around 15 -16 i got my start in my autobody future by screwing aluminum pie tins onto my dads 74 coronet ,mainly to keep his spare from sliding out when he took a fast turn
Years ago while looking to buy my first car l was checking out a '66 Fury 2dr 383 2bbl, 3 speed. Didnt buy it because it didnt have tags-- couldnt test drive it. Bought a '67 Mustang instead-- 289, 3speed.
A slant six I know it's been sitting for a long time but would love to see a will it start video those engines were so reliable I bet you it just might just start up and run
Had manual drum brakes on my 74 Duster. They felt great easy to modulate the force so not necessary to have the power brake option. Probably that was more for the disc setups or just marketing stuff like now you always get AC no choice.
The Fury really started out as a trim package on the Belvedere. Long live Christine. I almost bought a 65 Fury two door hard top 383. At the time I thought the guy was asking to much, but today it would have probably been worth the money.
In 63, the Savoy was the stripped down bare bones base model. A 63 Savoy was my first car. Belvedere was one step above that. In the fifties, the Plaza was the base model. Not sure what year they dropped the Plaza name for Savoy.
@@TrashcanGarage I believe for awhile they used both.
I've seen a '67 III and a '68 VIP 4 door posts that both had 3 on the tree.