Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: sitting in a corner of a yard, left for dead with an odometer full of miles and a story to tell, is a battered and weathered 1958 Plymouth Fury. Not many of these babies rolled out of the factory that year…only 5,303 of Plymouth’s top of the line two-door were built, and no matter how many have been either faked or repainted, none of them were Autumn Red, but were instead Buckskin Beige with gold trim. They were, however, properly angry, courtesy of the 305 horsepower 350ci Golden Commando V8, and were as sleek and stylish as Plymouth could swing in the late 1950s…and they nailed it out of the park in the looks department, infuriating GM and Ford in one fell swoop with the new-for-1957 bodies. But let’s go back to this example before you: that is a 318ci Poly under the hood, not the Golden Commando, but it is still sporting the dual-quad setup and the pushbutton automatic transmission.
We aren’t suggesting that you proceed to channel your inner, rebellious 1950s-meets-1970s youth, but the simple truth is that these cars aren’t growing on trees and at least half of them are long, long gone. Finding one in any shape, period is a find, and one book (and subsequent movie) have guaranteed that there will be a buyers’ market for years to come. This Plymouth deserves to come back from the dead, but hopefully in the way the Lynch Road plant remembers her, not the way that many car buffs do. Sometimes, it’s better to stick with the good girl than to have a fling with the bad one.
eBay Link: 1958 Plymouth Fury
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Looks like it could have been in nice condition 10 years ago,but have been sitiing outside since then.
Yeah, right!
Spend thousands of dollars restoring it and then it eats you alive – best torch what’s left out of general principles…
Ain’t that right Christine…
My buddy Arnie used to have a red one. Buddy Repperton was the class bully, and pooped on the dash after smashing the car up. He got his though. We found out eventually the car was possessed by a demon, but sadly it was too late for Arnie. He loved that car to the bitter end.
……..and, scene.
19k and still bidding? uh, no.
No kidding, although I’d love to see the finished product. I just don’t want to be the one pouring $ on this hot mess.
Once out of the field, will the Fury slowly restore itself?
Florida plates. If it lived in the south I wouldn’t be surprised if it hauled some “shine” back in it’s day. Probably a money pit but I think this car is totally worth saving.
what kind of a-hole leaves these out to rot then asks top $ ??
This car is totally savable, just not on a budget with that buy in price. If you still have your doubts as to what can be saved, check out my buddy John’s 1959 Fury convertible he brought back from the dead. This defines the term restoration:
http://www.christinecarclubforum.com/t113-the-resurrection-of-rusty-the-59-sport-fury-convertible