[FWDLK] Some facts about the forward look Plymouths

["Vincent Van Humbeeck" <vincent.vanhumbeeck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Did you know that :

• In the '58 brochure, the play showing at the theatre behind the Fury is 'My Fair Lady'.
• Some '57-'59 Plymouths imported to Belgium were stretched into limos.
• The belgian king Baudoin used 3 stretched '59 limos for his wedding in 1960.
•  The '58 Fury was road tested by a belgian comics magazine ('Spirou') in July 1958.Although they were impressed by the car, they said that brakes fading and overzealous power steering were the main problems when compared to european sports car  (I'll have scanned pics of this article - with neat drawings - in the near future).
•  The price in Belgium for a '58 Fury was 257,000 belgian francs or roughly $5,200 at the time (the US price was $3,067). That was 5 times the price of a Renault 4CV (basic popular transportation at the time).
• There was a '58 Plymouth pedal car in the US pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Fair.
• In that Stephen King novel that we all know, it is clearly stated that the car was converted to red color after LeBay bought the car new, and that it was not a factory color.
• Stephen King also made an error somewhere in the book, when he tells the reader that Arnold 'reached at the rear door from the front seat'.
• The french ad agency in charge of promoting the 'Christine' movie in 1983 searched for months before finding a restorable french '58 Fury. Three days after finding it, the barn where it was kept until they bought it caved in ... spooky isn't it ?
• The body shop chosen by the ad agency had all but three weeks to restore the car before the movie promotion began. Better that what Arnold ever did in the book !

Vincent Van Humbeeck (still craving for a '58 Belvedere 2-door hardtop coupe)

PS : Sorry about the earlier text-only message, it was a bit messy.