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The Fury

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:33 pm
by Matthew Keij
Some of you already knew my Fury had found his way home as it is in our garage now.
As seeing the progress of my dad's Sport Fury it was time to make a start with the Fury.

I go some tools at the hardware store and gave it my best shot as I want to do as much as I can myself on this car.
I see it as a learning project after work.

Yes, it is a 59 Fury!
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It also got it's Fury logo back for a few minutes
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Still working
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The results for today, primed to prevent for new rust
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Re: The Fury

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:01 pm
by rogerh
Well, it has been ? two years ? since you bought this car, and hauled it out of a underground garage..You had someone do some metal wrok on it then, correct? (I should probably find your posts in the Archives). I don't remember it looking quite this "distressed".
ANyway, you are back at it once again. Starting out is always slow-
keep us informed..
roger

Re: The Fury

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:12 pm
by Faulkner
Great stuff, Matthew! A little bit of progress every day... that's my, um, well...

I wish it was my motto. But keep up the good work, and keep posting those pix!

Dan

(P.S. sorry I didn't get a chance to return your text page -- very busy day today at work)

Re: The Fury

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:22 pm
by Matthew Keij
I think it is longer Roger :wink:

Made a little bit of progress today, a friend visited me so more talking than working.
I've got the whole weekend to work on the Fury. Plan is to get the lower parts done and in the length of the fin.

Progress from today:
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It's already primed, another update tomorrow!!!

Re: The Fury

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:37 pm
by rogerh
I sensed it was longer...so how long has it been...four years?

Re: The Fury

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:27 am
by Matthew Keij
It was parked there in 2006, so it it 3 years.

Re: The Fury

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:51 am
by Matthew Keij
A quick update! The day isn't over yet!. Just taking a little break

This is how I work, marking the things I want to finish today (actually I wanted this done yesterday)
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And just an extra parts, everything I do more today is extra
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More later!

Re: The Fury

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:33 am
by rogerh
Okay, Matthew.
It would help me understand your project better if I could review the pictures from three years ago when you bought it. Where can I find those pictures?

Re: The Fury

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:11 am
by big m
Matthew, have you ever considered using chemical paint strippers to do this job?

I have found them to work the best, with least possible damage to the body panels. ---John

Re: The Fury

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:06 pm
by Matthew Keij
Roger, all the pics can be found in the showcase on the homepage!

John, I used it but the paint strippers we can get aren't the best and they only do the paint. I wanna get rid of everything as I found a pretty good layer of bondo on the lower part of the body.

Some more pics of today, the Fury found a new parking spot in the back of the garage
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More metal
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Even more!
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Looks like it's a racing car 8)
The car had to have this number
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All primed, ready for today. More tomorrow?
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Re: The Fury

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:38 am
by matty
What are you attempting to do here? Do not remove paint with a grinder! this is rule no1!
Please use paint stripper its much better for the car, if you want to sand the paint off use a RANDOM ORBITAL SANDER :wink: .......
Work a pannel at a time so the overall job does not get too daunting ok, do not remove rotten metal before forming a new piece up first or repacement is found. Ok matthew?

Re: The Fury

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:30 pm
by Denver 59 Fin Convert
Matthew, Any more pictures of your progress on your Fury? I was just reviewing what you had done in February of this year but noticed no new posts since then.
Are you in need of any parts for your car that your Dad doesn't have extra's of? We all have stashes of parts we can donate to a worthy cause... You!

keep us up on your progress.. :D

John Q.
Arvada, Colo

Re: The Fury

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:02 pm
by Faulkner
Denver 59 Fin Convert wrote:...We all have stashes of parts we can donate to a worthy cause... You!

keep us up on your progress.. :D

John Q.
Arvada, Colo
I second that! In fact, I have two emergency brake cables for you, Matthew -- you can get the car on the road without worrying first about the wheel brakes! :lol:

Dan

Re: The Fury

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:48 pm
by Matthew Keij
No updates yet! I've worked on my dads car and some rims for my daily driver.

There is still a lot to do!
I don't know about the parts, my dad is using a lot from this one now :lol:
Maybe a new trunk floor? :mrgreen: the one in it is useless, doesn't look very good

Re: The Fury

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:11 pm
by kenmorton
A worth while project for sure. Be nice if you could make it into a Sport Fury, although complete sets of trim is hard to come by.

You miss you this year at Carlisle!

Get at it.

ken morton
4 door Fury hardtop