In dry California storage since 1987, this 1969 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible looks like a winner. A winner-winner-eating-other-cars-at-stoplights-for-dinner type of winner. This righteous ragtop is listed on eBay in Davis, California with bids up to $4,700 and the reserve isn’t met with four solid days left of bidding. This car won’t be cheap.
Ok, with a 383 it isn’t going to eat every car in a stoplight race, but hey, it’s better than the standard 318 for power. The Sport Fury was just below the VIP as far as trim levels go and I’m betting that most Barn Finds readers would choose a Sport Fury over any other model. Am I right or am I right? And, a convertible? Fuggedaboutit, as they don’t say in Davis, California. The seller has “put a set of 1970 rally wheels and tires on it temporarily (not included). It however will be sold with a brand new set chrome 15 X 7 Magnum 500 rims with center caps (see picture).” Hagerty is at $14,400 for a #4 fair condition car in this configuration. Surely this car is in fair condition. This will be one to watch, I wonder if anyone will bid to buy on this Sport Fury?
The fifth-generation Fury had what ChryCo called the fuselage style, sort of a rounded flat/square look, if that makes any sense. You know what I mean by looking at almost any Chrysler product of this era. What is incredible about this car is that the seller says that it’s “virtually rust free (other than some surface rust in the trunk).” A ’69 Fury that’s almost totally rust-free?! Incredible. My dad had a ’69 Fury III sedan with a 318 and it would almost turn the rear wheels into powder so I’m betting that a good-running 383 would be even more incredible.
Speaking of incredible, and we were, this car appears to be in incredible condition for being almost five decades old now. Depending on the build date it very well could be fifty years old. You can see the bucket seats which would have been on a Sport Fury. Sadly, there are no power windows but this car has AC. Being just west of Sacramento, CA, that air-conditioning would come in handy for several months out of each year. The back seat looks great and other than what looks like some seam separation on the passenger seat and needing new carpet, it looks great inside.
Here is the 383 cubic-inch Super Commando V8 which should have had 290 hp and 390 ft-lb of torque. I’m assuming that this is a 2-barrel carb on this one, otherwise, it would have had 330-hp. A 440 V8 with up to 375 hp was available. This car has “recently been gone through mechanically including a new brake master cylinder and a new gas tank. A complete tune up was also completed. It runs fantastic.” Having grown up with a 1969 Fury III this is one super desirable car for me. Are any of you fans of the ’69 Fury?
These are among the best looking full size Plymouth’s ever. The console and buckets are a nice addition.
If it were mine, if detail it the best I could, new carpet and top, fix the upholstery issues, then drive it. I’m not a fan of the magnum 500’s, maybe track down a set of 15×7 slot mags or similar size vintage torque thrusts.
Steve R
I’d be lying if I didn’t say I checked the bank account after looking this one over. Sigh. Oh well…
You and me both!Love this Fury!
Glad that it doesn’t have power windows. I wish that you could delete and get a credit for half of the electric convenience features that they put standard in new cars.
Jack,
I’m sort of with you. I like the old crank windows. But in a big car like this you have to plan ahead. You can’t just reach over and roll the passenger side window down like you could on smaller cars of the time. You have to pull over and maybe even get out.
On my ’65 Galaxie I have to get out and roll all the windows down when I put the top down. On my Lincoln I can do it all from the driver’s seat.
This is a cool car. I think it would be a great driver.
– John
This appears to be a really solid car that you could take it in many directions as far as restoration goes. Someone will be very pleased with it.
12-15K max, then new paint, interior, top and a set of 3,55 rear posi gears, sell 383, and plunk in a good pump gas 440 of 450- 475 HP mill, and drive baby drive.
These tanks with 383 were dogs that drank gas at same rate as 440; especialy with two barrel.
Add new ignition, old dual plane medium rise intake, with good Hollet small primary huge secondary 4 barrel of 750 cfm, right duration hydraulic cam and lifter kit, headers with crossover. and you had a good combined highway/city 14- 17 mpg cruiser.
Would one ever be able to recoup investment; most likely not but as a POV family cruiser, worth every $.
There are some new state of art steering and suspension replacement parts offered that vastly improve handling of these barges.
Todays tires also aid mileage and handling over what was available back then.
An old aquaintence is diving into this bid, he knows what was done to his hardtop of same year.
Me, I gotta go buy another lottery ticket in hopes of once more being able to play against the $ boys.
1969 was the last year Sport Fury was offered in convertible form. 1970 was the last year full sized Plymouth convertibles were offered. The Fury III was the sole convertible. This is a good find and it has AC to boot. ..Larry
Friend had a 70 Sport Fury with the 383 4 barrel in the early 80s. Was great at smoking the RR tire. I had a 70 Cutlass convertible at the time, 350 4 barrel with Hooker headers. We got into a little rolling acceleration contest on the way to the lake one afternoon and I spanked him big time to about 60 mph. Did I mention that I was towing a 2500 lb boat at the time?
This one will be interesting to watch. I’m keeping an open eye on late 60s convertibles. I was 18 in 1969. Good luck to the buyer of this one. I would personally keep it stock.
😲I HAVE A 1 OWNER 1969 GAL 500 DROP, (429) 33000mi, COMPLETE, NO ACCIDENT’S, RUST, NEED’S DROP COVER, TRUNK WAS WIRE BRUSHED & POR 15 APPLIED 10 YRS AGO, C6 TRANNY IS OUT NEED’S TO BE REBUILT, BABY POOP GREEN, BLACK TOP, TAN INTERIOR.A FORD MAN TOLD ME VERY RARE COLOR COMBO?👍 💵📬📞😎
The green Satellite wagon is called out as a “Carol Brady Cruiser,” but nobody noticed this one’s similarity to Mike Brady’s Fury III?
Mike Brady always drove a cool car!!! His last one was a red 75 Caprice convertible. I’m driving one of those now also : )
The series ended in early 1974, so Mike’s red Caprice was a ’74. I prefer the ’75, though.
CCFisher, this picture shows the 1975 model was the last car used on the show.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fc/28/8f/fc288fd1182dcc8106ea7bd0297f4b09.jpg
I believe that’s a scene from the movie.
Being the car is in california, it could be the same car.
My first car was a 4 door 1969 Plymouth Fury II that was a golden green color. It was rust free, old-lady (teacher) owned car. It had a 318, but it was a blast. I had a 69 Road Runner project car to keep me entertained, but the Fury was my daily driver.
We once stuffed 11 kids in it for a high school lunch run. At a stop light, one of the girls yelled “Chinese Fire Drill” and everyone bailed (except me). They ran around the car a half dozen times and jumped back in when the light changed.
The cop that was a few cars back was not amused. They had all the fun; I got the ticket. I don’t remember the exact citation, but I think it had to do with the car having 5 more people than it did seat belts. No points, so no insurance increase, which was all that mattered to my 16-year-old self.
And yes, I wish I could buy this much cooler looking Fury! I have one too many cars (according to my wife), so getting another would require unloading at least one from the stable. :(
Nice car.
All those bolt holes in rear bumper means it probably had some trailer hitch at some time.
Wish people selling Mopars would post fender tag info
Had the hardtop version of this car in the small, SE PA junkyard that I worked in back in the late 70s/early 80s. B5 blue, white top, white bucket seat interior, factory a/c. But the junkyard car was a 318 with column shifter and buddy seat. Still would’ve been neat to park the two side by side. I always thought it was a striking color combo.
This Fury is a much better looking car than the Dodge Polara shown nearby.
Seems like a good car and the price seems good too. !
If this was a 70 or 71 I’d be all over it. The 1969 front and rear end I never was a fan of. This is a very clean car though. I’d keep it as a driver and run a Holley EFI with a nice set of new Michelin tires.
I had a 68 Convertible which was absolutely bulletproof. Drove it everywhere. Bought it in LA and drove it to San Francisco the day of delivery. Somebody jump on this car.
Fist thing I thought of’ this was needed for the Brady Bunch movies. Nice ride
I always wished they had built a VIP convertible! I think the ’69 Plymouths are the best example of the fuselage look. Space age style!
Nearly bought one for my wife in the late ’80’s. Would’ve done it too
if the kid working at the car lot hadn’t lied to me about the top and how
a thief slit it and stole the radio. He told me that was an “age” spot where the sun burned a hole in it while parked on the lot. Sure, I
could have lived with the whiney alternator on the original 383 V-8.
But it was the lie about the top that made me leave the car there and
walk away very fast indeed. In ’87, a new top would’ve set me back
over $500 or more. S8nce he lied about the top, whatelse could he be lying about.