Fury
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Background
Chrysler cars including the Fury were downsized for 1962, another unpopular move,starting in 1962, the Sport Fury was offered as a hardtop coupe or a convertible. On the 1960s television show Leave It to Beaver, Ward Cleaver is seen driving a 1962 Plymouth Fury.
In 1962, the Fury gained yet another body style, with a cleaner, less styled front end, accentuated lines, and a limited edition turbo. According to Plymouth, it could "fly to 60 mph in 8.5 secs. with the optional 305-hp Golden Commando" engine.
History:
Plymouth’s primary sales maker in 1962 was the Fury, it has all the go-fast goodies bigger brakes, special suspension bits, changed Torqueflite shift points, and a host of options that could either be added or, more importantly, deleted at the factory level. There is also one more option that makes this unusually special.The Sport Fury returned with a special interior featuring bucket seats and console, a partially blacked-out grille, and two extra taillights. Later, all Furys received a belt moulding spear that ran unbroken from the front of the car to the rear. The flush C-pillar and slab side drew the eye to the vertical plane, not the horizontal, thus making an already smaller car look stubby. The spear visually lenthened the car.It gained Plymouth's first fully unitized body/chassis. The bolted-on subframe introduced on the 1960 unitized car was eliminated,making it 200 pounds lighter.
Model Predecessor
Cranbrook
Model Successor
Gran Fury
Export Versions
Related Models
Competition
Body Styles
4-door sedan
2-door coupe
4-door station wagon
2-door convertible
Technical:
Class
Platform
B-body
Engines
225 cu in
318 cu in
383 cu in
361 cu in
413 cu in ..375 hp
426 cu in Wedge and Hemi "B"
Transmissions
TorqueFlite Automatic
" Aluminum Torque-Flite "
PowerFlite Automatic
three-speed manual
four-speed manual....only 64 models
Specifications:
Length, width, height, wheelbase, weight
Wheelbase (in.): 116.0
Weight (lbs.): 3,195-3,405
Year by Year Changes, Production Numbers, and Cost:
The Sport Fury returned with a special interior featuring bucket seats and console, a partially blacked-out grille, and two extra taillights. Later, all Furys received a belt moulding spear that ran unbroken from the front of the car to the rear. The flush C-pillar and slab side drew the eye to the vertical plane, not the horizontal, thus making an already smaller car look stubby. The spear visually lenthened the car.
Other unique features included self-adjusting brakes, foot pedal operated rear drum parking brakes, lube-sealed 32,000 mile suspension fittings, printed circuit dash wiring, and the "Hamtramck Hummingbird," a new reduction gear starting motor that would come to signal by sound alone the starting of any Chrysler product on any parking lot anywhere.
In 1963, the engines were the 318, 361, 383. A new 5 year or 50,000 mile warranty was introudced, along with a new, very clean grille and rear
1962-64 price range.....' $2,560-$4,040
1962
Six Cylinder Hardtop Sedans...9,589
Six Cylinder Sedans...17,231
V8 Convertibles...1,516
V8 HardTop Sedans...9,589
V8 Hardtop Sedans...5,995
V8 Hardtop Sport Furys...4,039
V8 HConvertibles...4,349
V8 Sedans...17,231
V8 Station Wagons...2,411
V8 Station Wagons...2,352
1963
Fury
225 cu in....3,551
318 cu in...48,400
361 cu in...4,127
383 cu in...2,064
426 cu in.... 0
Sport Fury
225 cu in....n/a
318 cu in...7,836
361 cu in...3370
383 cu in...831
426 cu in....86
1964
Fury 4dr.sedan - 34,901
Fury 2dr.HT - 26.303
Fury 4dr.HT - 13,713
Fury 2dr.Conv. - 5,173
Fury 9pass. Wagon - 4,482
Fury 6pass. Wagon - 3,686
Sport Fury 2dr.HT - 2,395
Sport Fury 2dr.HT - 3,858
