'59 Plymouth Forum

Thanks for the part number, Dan. I'll see if I can get my friendly Dodge dealer to cross reference it for me. Surely there are some of these things in the local Pik-A-Part. Dennis

I've read on the forums here that some years of Dodge Caravans use plastic strips to secure their headliners, and that these strips will substitute for the factory pieces that hold up the headliners in 59 Plymouth hardtops. Every time I go to the salvage yards, I check all the Dodge Caravans for the...

Thank you! I'm going to build one of these and see if I can't get my original light to work. Dennis

This is great! Is it possible that you might post a sketch of the wiring diagram that shows how you did all of this? Thanks!! Dennis

Here's a shot of the finished interior and temporary steering wheel; the wheel is a combo of the remains of a '59 Plymouth center section with the wheel top and bottom rims that I cut from a 68 Plymouth Belvedere and welded on. I epoxy-ed the gaps with panel bond, smoothed everything out and painted...

During my Fury's rebuild, I changed the 318/cast iron Torqueflite combo to a '68 383 and 727 Torqueflite from a '63 Chrysler 300. The 727, of course, has a "Park" function actuated by a separate cable. In order to made this function active on the car, and make the installation look more &q...

Photo 2 of the vintage Plymouth sales sign

Rolled the Fury out for a wash job, water leak tests (of course we found some), brake tests, and some "unofficial" rear tire traction tests--an inadvertent result of having too light a throttle rod spring(Yeah, right, I hear all of you saying) This photo is after the quick scrub, Photo 2 (...

Yeah, I thought long and hard about how "original" I wanted the car to look before I started this project. The end result that I wanted to achieve was something close to what I would have done to it in 1967 if I had been able to afford it. Thus, the Magnum 500s, the subtly hot-rodded 383 a...

Here's the 383 at the "rough-in" stage, before the A/C compressor and mounts were fully developed. Note the 61 vintage alternator, with its fewer ventilator slots. From a 61 New Yorker 413.

Here's where we are on the Fury re-do that began in December of 2013. Still short a windshield, steering column, exhaust system. The interior is finished and ready to install, once all the little mechanical "thingies" get re-attached. The 383 engine and rear axle are from a '68 Road Runner...

I've been looking for a way to salvage my cardboard headliner in my Fury 2 door hardtop during the restoration process. I found some thin off-white pleated vinyl in a fabric store; the grooves are 1/8 rather than 1/4, but they lined up perfectly all across the section. There's no cloth backing, so t...

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of getting my 59 Fury back on the road. I swapped the 318 and cast iron Torqueflite for a 68 383 and '63 vintage 727. I've switched over to a '65 Mopar alternator and correct regulator, along with adding A/C. I want to keep my generator warning lamp if possible.I did ...

I'm currently doing a '68 383/'63 727 Torqueflite swap into my '59 Fury while the car is apart for restoration. Those of you who might have done this mod, did you have any problems getting the old transmission/throttle linkage to hook up correctly? If you did, how did you work around it? The car was...

Thanks for the Home Depot tip on the rubber seals for the roof trim clips. Meanwhile,here is where we are on the Fury body work as of today. Picture taken from a dropped-many-times flip phone camera (Sorry) Dennis