Rich Zocchi - Walnut Creek, CA, USA (original builder)

Post by **Faulkner** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:09 pm

I picked up this Rod & Custom magazine from 2002, with an article on Rich Zocchi's "Furyous I".

Rod & Custom wrote: This knockout of a '59 Plymouth Fury is the most recent Chrysler product to get the Zocchi treatment. Richard found the two-door hardtop in the Atlanta area. He likes to start his projects with good-condition cars, and this one was in primo original condition, including paint, interior, and all chrome and glass - and mileage under 50K.

(*Sigh*.) "Primo condition". Well, to each his own, I guess.

big m · Post by **big m** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:05 am

He was a good customer of mine, some of the cars he did looked great, in my opinion, some not. He passed away a couple years ago.

---John

Post by **Faulkner** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:03 pm

Sorry to hear that Richard passed away. I wonder what happened to the custom... I've seen lots of pictures, but I have no idea how old they are, and if they were taken when the car had new ownership.

Dan

big m · Post by **big m** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:04 am

IIRC, Dan, He completed that car late in 2001 and showed it at Sacramento Autorama the next February. As with most car builders or designers, after a few major shows it was sold, and he moved on to a different project. Last I saw this '59 custom, it was owned by someone in the southeast, maybe Florida.

Post by **Faulkner** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:11 pm

Here's a bunch more pix of "Furious I". I don't think it's a lighting effect - the car appears to have once been painted yellow, and then green (or vice versa). Which color is it now - and, where is it?!?

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