Re: [FWDLK] christine, myth or mystery?

[brian <xm2cars@xxxxxxx>]

Perhaps Karl meant whether the car used in the movie was a Belvy
or a Fury when it was first built??

Brian
D500s in Mich

Dave Stragand wrote:

Christine is "not really a Fury".  It's not a Belvedere.  It's not even a
Plymouth.  It isn't really anything... except a -fictional- car.  There are
bound to be lots of discrepancies between a work of fiction and the real
thing.  King made up the details to fit the purposes of his book.

Fury vs. Belvedere is thus a moot point when dealing with a fictional car.
The car is, and only ever can be, as described in the book.  Christine DID
have a gear shift lever, door lock buttons, four doors, a Hydromatic
transmission, a 392 (with a single air cleaner) or 318 (depending on where
you read it in the book), and did come in red & white.  A 1958 Plymouth Fury
did NOT come with any of these.  Does that mean that Christine isn't a Fury?
The answer is: Christine is a fictional car.  There is no other valid
answer.  =)

I get lots of people at car shows that argue with me about Christine being a
Fury or not being a Fury.  Christine was a fictional car in a book and
movie.  That's about all you can really argue on the subject.

-Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: karl peterson [mailto:nitekatt@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:18 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] christine, myth or mystery?

I am overwhelmed with the amount of info garnered here on this subject.  Now
while Frank mentioned the amomalies with the door locks and tranny selector,
I was really wondering if the car was really a Fury at all and not simply a
red (since 58 Fury's didn't come in red) Belvedere with the 350 twin-fours
optional motor?

Karl