19 feet of fun, this 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury Brougham 2-Door Formal Hardtop looks good, but being located in beautiful North Phoenix, Arizona, the interior has seen better days due to the relentless, hot, nice, beautiful, wish-we-had-some-in-Minnesota sun. The seller has it posted here on craigslist, and they’re asking $6,000 or best offer. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Tony P. for the tip!

If I had invested wisely, I would be all over this car. A last year, first-generation Gran Fury two-door Brougham, or what Plymouth referred to as a 2-Door Formal Hardtop, in nice condition – at least on the exterior – with power windows and a new four-barrel carb? I’d restore this to factory specs instantly and put it in the 400 x 400 warehouse if there were an empty spot with all of my other restored or perfect original vehicles in there.

White wall tires are the first order of business here, although we don’t get to see closeups of the Brougham’s optional Canopy Vinyl Roof, I bet the Arizona sun wreaked havoc on it even more than it did to the interior bits. The seller uploaded all vertical photos (sigh), and they’re tiny, so it’s hard to really tell what this car looks like. The first-generation Gran Fury was a full-sized C-body, and they were made from 1974 for the 1975 model year until 1977, at which point they were changed to the slightly smaller M-body platform. Here’s a fun brochure on these cars. Is this color Mojave Beige or Jasmine Yellow? (last page of the brochure)

A dash cover is usually covering a cracked dash top. Not always, of course, some owners just like to protect their perfect padded dashes. The driver says about the condition: “minor surface rust on roof but otherwise solid frame, quarter panels and wheel wells are clean. Paint still good and all glass intact. 97-98% complete car.” The steering wheel has a cover (to protect a perfect wheel? Hey, it could be.) and the seats are pretty fried. Seat fabric is a fairly easy fix for any good upholstery shop, or hit up YouTube for one of the many do-it-yourself videos. The trunk could use a new gasket, as both door openings do. This car appears to have the optional cloth and vinyl seats, and also power windows.

The engine is Chrysler’s 360-cu.in. OHV V8, which with a four-barrel carburetor, had 170 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque, not a lot of power for a 4,500-pound car. It’s backed by a three-speed TorqueFlite sending power to the rear wheels as expected. The seller says it has a new four-barrel carb (I wonder if the original air cleaner comes with the sale?), and they don’t say how it runs, but hopefully everything but the AC works. I can’t imagine that’s working. This is what I call a 13/13 car: 13 MPG and 13 seconds to get to 60 MPH. Ouch on both of those, but I love this thing. Are any of you fans of the big Plymouth Gran Fury?