Test Drive 1970 Plymouth Fury

*Be patient. I figured I'd edit it down using the YouTube editor, but that's such a buggy turd that I gave up.

I purchased this car from the original family in Oakland, California back in 2004. It had about 24,000 miles at that time; I drove it back to Michigan on an epic road trip. I've added about 22,000 more in 13 years of summer daily driving. I'd originally thought about swapping in 440 but this little 318-2bbl runs so well that I just couldn't do it. And to be honest, the car has no problems keeping up with traffic or cruising for hours on the freeway.

What you're seeing is mostly original paint. The car had a vinyl top but when that finally got too ratty a few years back; I removed it and painted the steel black. There have been some minor touch ups on the white paint and I gave the non-undercoated floorpans a spray-can detail to keep them clean. There are a few dings/dents that I've tried to show in the photos, but I'd sooner live with them than ruin the originality. The (bucket seat) interior is also original with a repair done to the top of the back seat (sun damage).

The chrome/die-cast are in great shape. The worst rust comes in the form of "stains" on the back of the stupid moisture-trapping mat the factory installed (which I keep rolled up) in the trunk. A/C was blowing cold, but the charge is only enough to engage the compressor and show bubbles in the sight glass... Your choice to switch to 134a or keep it R-12. It has a headlight delay that keeps them on for 90 seconds after your turn them off. The headlight doors open, but must be closed manually... I never looked into why.

AM radio works well. So do all the gauges, including the fuel gauge which reads all the way to full. The clock is right twice each day. I just put on a new set of front disc pads; the rotors looked like new. Includes the nice C-body road wheels, and I'll throw in the OEM hubcaps. All lights work, including the cool hood-mounted turn signals. Last year I pulled out the interior to deep clean it all, I took photos while they were removed.

That's about all I can think of. This car is a great cruiser and I think it's one of the best looking 4drs ever made. I'd never sell it except... New projects and no space; the bane of every car-lover. Hell, someday when I've got a bigger garage I'd love to buy it back. I'm going to Craigslist it for a while, then it's off to eBay and probably Europe. I've got more photos + video (go to the place where YOU watch videos on the TUBE and search "Test Drive 1970 Plymouth Fury"). Email me, I don't want calls at 3AM or offers to "help me sell".