With little of its history known and some gaping holes in what is known, this 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible is somewhat of an enigma. It’s located in Merrimac, Massachusetts and is being offered for sale here on eBay where you can monitor the auction until it’s completion–the price as I write is less than $1,900.
We’re told the car has been stored in this garage for 30 years. It sure looks the part. The seller informs us that “the car appears to be complete, with no visible holes in body panels. I have not checked underneath or in trunk since there are no keys.” We’re also told the car has the Golden Commando power package, which means it has a 383 cubic inch V8.
Plymouth had high hopes for the Sport Fury in 1963, making it one of the highlights of the combo brochure for 1963. While I’m at it, let me mention that great website lov2xlr8.no that has so many brochures that we can usually find a mention of just about anything. It’s fun to look around!
We know the interior is dusty and dirty and that the car needs a new top. Still, it looks very complete and if the floors are as solid as the rest of the car appears to be, this might be a real sleeper of a find! 
Based on the brochure, the Golden Commando power package that the seller states it has means the car is equipped with a 383 cubic inch V8.. Can any clever readers tell us for sure? Honestly, I’m not seeing enough that scares me away apart from the lack of a title. What do you folks think?
Already gone…..
Now that’s a barn / garage find…And it’s gone as it should be…Looks very nice…under the dust….
That’s the baby right there.
That is an odd air cleaner for the 383 engine.
That air cleaner looks exactly like the one that was on my ’66 Satellite. I ordered mine with the 383″ 325 horsepower 4 bbl. So I’d say it’s proper for this car.
My 361 has the large air cleaner, from the factory. This is the air cleaner I have on my 6 cylinder engines.
It seems odd they would put the 6 cylinder air cleaner on a bigger engine. I would think the 383 need more airflow, not less.
That is the correct unsilenced air cleaner that came on the single 4 barrel hi performance 383’s and 426’s
I found two pictures on google. Both are of the 383. The first one has the small air cleaner and the second has the large one, like my 361 has. What would make Plymouth use two different air cleaners on the same engine?
Here is air cleaner I have on my 361.
I drove a friend’s car back in 1963, what a performer! Nice find for someone.
Bob
I still have mine. I love it.
Small world my father is the one who got the lawyer to handle the sale of this car. In my backyard. Btw the car is actually still available. The buyer on eBay showed up with 2 grand less than the agreed price. It can be bought for 5K. Email me at sonicblues03@aol.com to get more info I’ll pass it on to the lawyer.
Any more information on the condition of the car? Is there rust underneath? Would seem to be worth the price if the body is in serviceable condition.
The ‘ol show up short deal’ ………I’ve been through that one. The buyer I had showed up short (with a long story). He was actually pissed when I sent him packing. Had the nerve to call me the next day saying he had the correct amount. I lied to him and told him it was sold.
Back in the days after HS while going to VoTech I rented a room from a family. They had bought a 63 Fury Convertible with a 426 Max Wedge in it purely for the engine. The also had a ski boat that had a 413 in it previously. The engines were swapped between the 2 with the 426 in the boat and the 413 in the car. That engine was impressive with it’s offset dual carbs on a high rise manifold. IIRC there were plugs in the manifold that had to come out so you could get to the bolts to take off the intake manifold. That engine had a bark like you wouldn’t believe, especially with an exhaust set up like zoomies that turned up rather than exiting through the back of the hull of the boat.
I never saw the 426 in the car, but I wish I could have though I got to go in the boat and it impressed me to no end. One other thing that was surprising to me, the Fury had a 3 speed manual floor shifter in it where I would have expected it to have a 4 speed. They had some huge 16″ tires on the rear on the Fury and it definitely could get out of it’s own way. The funniest part of it was when the wife drove it, she was about 5′ tall and little would you have thought she could even push in the clutch let alone drive it.
Someone close please go check out that Sport Fury. That garage looks so dry and the car appears solid and totally unmolested.
Checking it out tomorrow morning for the list of potential buyers. I have been forwarding everybody’s contact info directly to the seller.
No title and no keys? That is a little unsettling as to whether or not the seller actually owns the car or not.
The man passed away who had owned the vehicle. It’s an estate sale.
Why dfo you list ads that are out of date, and sold before we get a chance to bid. I don’t know if I’ll look at your ads anymore. I’m so mad, this has been my exact dream car forever and I would have bought it, except you featured it a day after the sale. Bad karma.
This website can’t help it if a car they feature gets sold.
Look at the date in the upper corner of the ad – May 5. It was for sale when they featured it, now it is sold.
If you really want to buy your dream car, find your own search tools. Here’s one I’ll give you free of charge: https://www.searchtempest.com/
Here’s another: https://www.ebay.com/b/Cars-Trucks/6001/bn_1865117
EBay lets you save searches and will email you when there is a match.
So, get some initiative and start searching instead of complaining – that’s bad karma.
Good luck!
UPDATE: car has sold to a NY buyer. Congrats to you whoever you are!
Chrysler corp didn’t offer a 4 speed until ’64 (although you could get a 4 speed in ’60 in the 300)
4 speed was offered in 1963 behind 383 only, borg warner t-10. A-833 started in 1964 also the air cleaner is correct for the 383 which had 4 barrel carb. beginning in 1964 426 street wedges had a large chrome air cleaner.
I have a 1963 sport fury 4 speed 361. Verified by Galen Govia. Not sure on spelling
Massachusetts didn’t have titles in 1963
Merrimac, the town next to where I work. Actually, the School District I work in includes Merrimac.
The town is rich in car history: http://earlyamericanautomobiles.com/merrimac.htm
To 86 Vett Convertible Do you remember if that 63 Plymouth convertible was a Sport Fury or just a Fury if that car was still around it would be worth $75,000 or restored more like $ 150,000
I don’t remember commenting on this article but my name happens to be Bob Hildebrand from Langley British Columbia .