Re: [FWDLK] 57-8 Fury roofline

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What the Hell, sell him the roof.
Ray
On May 9, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Bill Watson wrote:

> The 1957-58 Fury 2-door hardtop roofline is the same as the 1957-58
> Belvedere and Savoy 2-door hardtops.   Only trim variations exist
> between
> Fury, Belvedere and Savoy.   This guy does not know what he is taking
> about.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 9:23 PM
> Subject: [FWDLK] 57-8 Fury roofline
>
>
> > Here's a good one for you.
> >
> > Made mention of a rough maybe-Fury I know of in the eBay auction
> > trying to
> > unload my Belvedere.  Guy writes, asking "do you know what shape the
> > top
> is
> > on on this Fury?"   ...  I write back that I don't really know - I did
> > confirm the car exists still last summer, but I haven't had a chance
> > to go
> > see it since college in like 1997, and at the time I was clueless
> > what I
> was
> > looking at as far as being that rare or special to pay attention to.
> >
> >
> > Anyhow, he tells me he's interested in case he wants to change the
> Belvedere
> > over to the Fury roofline.  I say to myself, what???
> >
> >
> > Anyone have any idea what he could mean?  I thought that a Fury, at
> > the
> most
> > basic level, amounts to a trim, interior and engine upgrade on a
> Belvedere -
> > the roof shape, rear glass and even the stainless roof side rib trim
> > are
> the
> > same, a 57-58 Plymouth 2-door hardtop is a 57-58 Plymouth 2-door
> > hardtop
> in
> > other words.
> >
> > The 4dr hardtop roof I can see is a touch different, as of course the
> sedan
> > top is...  but I never heard of any Fury-specific sheetmetal changes
> before.
> > And after seeing a pair of pretty sharp real Furys (one of each year)
> > at
> > Rhinebeck today, I don't see anything obviously different either -
> >
> >
> > One thing about eBay, it brings out the nuts, the strange questions,
> > the
> car
> > guys and everything inbetween.  At least so far I haven't gotten any
> > nasty
> > notes telling me to scrap it yet - this one, I probably would write
> > back
> and
> > agree with them on for a change.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks -
> >
> >
> > Bill K.
>
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