This has turned into an interesting topic! Not to dispute Tom Van Beek's
comment about all '56 Fury's being
built in Detroit, but my Service Manual has two items that contradict. 1) It
states all P29 ('56 Plym V-8s)
with serial #s(VIN) beginning with 15,873,001 were built in Detroit, Evansville
Serial #s start with
22,247,001. ALL '56 Furys have VINs of 222 or 223XXXXX , with the earliest
Furys starting at 22,
27X,XXX. 2) All '56 Fury body #s are 404-E-XXXX, E for Evansville. With over
85 '56 Furys in the
registration with Body numbers ranging from the earliest to the latest in the
4485 vehicle run, none show as
Detroit or Los Angeles (VINS beginning with 26,552,001 for P29s). Was Chrysler
trying to trick us, or is
the "exception" that proves the rule?! Don't know, guess we'd have to find a
surviving Chrysler employee of
that time who was in the "know".
Also talked with Tom Mitchell regarding our first GFS Nats in Aug '99, last
night and ran by him the '58 issue
again. He still insists '58 Fury's built at all locations. His Fury purchased
from original owner with original
documentation, etc and his is a LP2L for Los Angeles. Car was purchased new in
California as well.
Don't know if any of this helps or muddies the water more. Again, we probably
need that "Survivor" for the
real scoop.
Jack Lewis
Golden Fin Society
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>From: mjh@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: William.Lewis6@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Question for Jack Lewis
>Date: December 29, 1998
>
>We might all be interested in the answer to this. . .
>Mark mjh
>'57 Fury
>
>
>
>>Note: I would have sent this privately, but the email address for Jack is
>>incorrect.
>>
>>Hi Jack -
>>
>> Here's a question for the Golden Fin Society. This one involves
>>the 58 Fury. All my documentation indicates that the 58 Fury was only
>built
>>in Detroit (LP2-xxxx). But Larry Stanley says that his has a Los Angeles
>>VIN number. Brian Utzman says that the Fury he found in Texas was built
>>in Evansville. In addition to my two pieces of Chrysler documentation on
>>this subject, I spoke to Tom VanBeek, the tech advisor of the Plymouth Club
>>for 56-58 Plymouth Furys, and he agrees with my conclusion. Any thoughts
>on
>>this ? I thought that the Golden Fin Society might be able to shed some
>>light on this matter.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Ron
>>
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