Custom built for William H Reyer (my dad). I saw the car in Montgomery Co, MD in 90. I had only seen pictures of it until I saw the big beautiful fully restored car in the parking lot of a local swimming pool. All the chrome was actually gold, it had the plaid interior dad spoke so highly of. When I approached it, I noticed it had the gold plate on the dash with my dad's name on it. At the time, I just wish I could have gotten a ride in it.
My dad special ordered it in 59 and sold it in 60. When I tried to talk to the owner and told him it was my dads old car, he just said, "that's nice" and walked away. (I was just a high school punk back then). But I am curious if it is still around. If anyone knows the where abouts or the owner, I would like to talk to them.
You know, the new owner's behavior seems odd to me; I want to know everything about the family that used to own my car! I correspond with them frequently now...
Tom, I was only 3 in 1959, but I don't think 1959 Plymouths came out of the factory with 4 speed transmissions, Fireball hemi's and gold chrome. They did come with glovebox-mounted plaques stating "made especially for...".
i was not born yet, but as far as i know, there were no hemi's in '59 plymouths. i guess u could get 4 forward gears if u got the standard 3 speed and the optional overdrive. i think i might have just stepped in something, anyone else with the same feeling? --jeremy
There will be no bringing her back here, I'm selling this sh**hole and buying me a condo.
Pop said it was a stick, I assumed a 4 speed, I guess I am probably wrong. I wasn't born until 70 and pop pasted away 2 years ago, so I can't ask him. But he was very sure and spoke highly of the hemi motor. He ordered it that way and raced it at Aquasco Speedway. I saw the car in 90. It had been restored and the chrome was gold, it had the plaid interior but I never got to look under the hood because the new owner blew me off and would not talk to me. My dad actually approached the new owner a different time and the guy would not talk to him either. The new owner owned/owns a bunch of swimming pools in the Montgomery Co, MD area.
Just wondering - maybe if a guy ordered a '59 back then, a dealer or ??? could put a hemi in it and maybe the trim was plated gold in a later restoration.
your best bet would be to find a photo of it.
In 1958, the Fury came from the factory with gold accents.
Anything is possible, Tom, although asking the factory to turn out a one-of-a-kind 1959 Gold-tone Sport Fury seems unlikely.
for fun, check out 59plymouth.net---click on Forums and then "Tom Fox". This is the closest thing to a gold 59 P;ymouth I've seen. No gold bumpers, though. Could your Dad's car have been a Desoto Adventurer? They had more gold "effects"..
Tom Reyer wrote:It was absolutely a sport fury, the year, I am uncertain of, but not the car.
In that case it must have been a 1959, there was no Sport Fury in 1958. The top of the line in 1958 was the Fury and the Sport Fury was introduced in 1959.
--jeremy
