'68 Plymouth Sport Fury

[AllGo'n'Show]

Hey all,

I am looking into purchasing a 68 Plymouth Sport Fury to start a slow restoration of, being my first restoration it would be a great learnign experience. It has a 383 that needs a little carb work but I might aswell rebuild the engine if I go all out on the car aswell.

Here are some ideas/questions I have and am looking for help answering/other peoples opinions.

The 2 dr Sport Fury's don't seem like much of a "muscle" like car like the Mustangs or Camaros or such, so I was thinking of going maybe on a lowerider type suspension with airbags so I could raise it up also to look like it is stock. Do I have to do any wheel well work or frame work to get it to lower nicely, I dont need the frame rubbing but a nice low stance would be very nice.

Does anyone know of companies out there that supply replacement panels and parts for the spurt furys? I know year one has C-body panels on their webstie but I could not find anything for a Sport Fury, any other companys out there that I should check with?

I haven't bought the car yet as I don't know if it is worth the $1200 to buy it then do a restoration on it, since I can't even insure it and drive it while I am doing some work that won't make it immobile.

Thanks for all the help

[curtis73]

I love those "fuselage" cars. Big long flat side panels are sexy

I'm not sure about aftermarket parts supply, but if its a true Sport Fury, its one of about 26,000. Certainly not a limited production, but it ranks up there with the 68 Camaro convertible in numbers.

Restoring a car is a tricky thing. A car like a Sport Fury has a limited appeal. A flawlessly restored example won't bring as much interest as a corvette or mustang of the same caliber. You'll have to weigh your options based on that if its an investment idea. If you are going to modify the suspension or any part of the car, it won't be a restoration anymore. If its just a personal driver... read on

You can get some impressive low stances with air on an otherwise stock suspension. Most of those Mopars of that era used a torsion bar front suspension so I'm not sure how the air translates to it, but do a search for "air ride" and you'll turn up exactly what you need. Basically you'll be operating your stock suspension at the lowest it can be. If you want to simulate it, take the springs out (or torsion bars in your case) and see what it looks like. That is the lowest your deflated air bags can provide. Of course it stands to reason that you shouldn't drive that way without a suspension cushioning loads, but it will give you an idea.

[AllGo'n'Show]

Thanks for all your tips.

www.AllGoNoShow.info/Plymouth
is all the pictures I have of it, shows Sport Fury badging and such.

[Twitch1]

Being that it's a big wide car lowering would look good. It would depend on what final size wheel and tire combo you decide on as to clearance. DOn't know where you can get parts though, sorry.


Here's a value guide:
Collector Car & Truck Market Current Value:

1968 PLYMOUTH FURY 318-230hp (8cyl-2V) AT

Condition- #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Fury III 2dr Convertible 675 2125 4925 7100 9100
Fury III 2dr Fastback 425 1100 2700 5100 7225
Fury III 2dr Hardtop 400 1050 2600 4300 6950
Fury I 2dr Sedan 300 775 1925 3625 5150
Fury II 2dr Sedan 300 775 1925 3625 5150
Fury III 4dr Hardtop 375 800 1625 3200 4450
Fury I 4dr Sedan 300 625 1325 2600 3600
Fury II 4dr Sedan 300 650 1350 2650 3675
Fury III 4dr Sedan 325 700 1450 2850 3950
Fury III 4dr Wagon 400 1025 2400 4325 5900
Fury I 4dr Wagon 350 925 2150 3875 5275
Fury II 4dr Wagon 375 975 2250 4075 5550

Add:383-330hp (8cyl-4V) 15%440-350/375hp (8cyl-4V) 35%4spd manual trans 5%Air conditioning 10%Power windows 3%
Deduct:225-145hp (6cyl-1V) -15%3spd manual transmission -10%Manual steering -5%

[MagicRat]

Whoa!! Why the air bags??
If you have the good fortune to do a Mopar, you have the EASIEST stock suspension for lowering.
The ride height for the torsion bars is adjustable!
There is a big adjustment bolt on each torsion bar, that can be turned. This can lower or raise the front end without affecting the spring rates. Best of all, its free!
The rear uses leaf springs. Lowering kits, using lowering blocks and longer shacle bolts are easily available. This is eascly how the back ends of all those pick up trucks get lowered.

With the right pasts and a bit of experimenting, you can find the perfect ride height for a fraction of the price and effort as air bags.

[AllGo'n'Show]

Adjustable on the fly is why the airbags would be used, I could use the torsion bar method for a little bit but I would eventually get airbags.

[Andrewh]

Any changes to the ride height requires an alignment, torsion bar wise. Not sure how air bags handle it.
A sport fury is just the high end model of the fury. The only one above that is the VIP, but mostly those are 4 dr cars.
Year one, sherman, and one other supplier has patch panels for the lower rear qtrs for the car, but as far as I have heard, none of them are very good quality. You will need a good body man to make them look good.
Vist http://p207.ezboard.com/fmotorcitymoparpagesfrm1
the c-body dry dock if you have more questions.