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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Plymouth Fury page on 23 September 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Plymouth Fury is a model of automobile which was produced by Plymouth from 1955 to 1989. It was introduced for the 1956 model year as a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere, becoming a separate series one level above the contemporary Belvedere for 1959. The Fury was a full-size car from 1959 to 1961, then a mid-size car from 1962 to 1964, again a full-size car from 1965 to 1974, and again a mid-size car from 1975 to 1978. From 1975 to 1977 the Fury was sold alongside the full-size Plymouth Gran Fury. In 1978, the B-body Fury was the largest Plymouth, and by 1979, there was no large Plymouth. This was rectified in 1980 with the R-body Gran Fury, followed by the M-body Fury in 1982. Production of the last V8, RWD Plymouth Fury ended at Kenosha, WI, on December 23, 1988. Unlike its sibling brand, Dodge, Plymouth would not live to see the resurgence of the large, V8/RWD sedan. The last Plymouth rolled off the Belvedere assembly line in 2001.
The word "fury" denotes a type of anger, inspired by the Furies, mythological creatures in Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman mythology.
The model appears in popular culture as the subject of interest in the 1983 New York Times Best-selling novel Christine by Stephen King about a 1958 custom red and ivory Plymouth Fury that is part of a frightening love triangle. It was later adapted into a movie.
The Fury was a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere from 1956 through 1958. It was sold only as a Sandstone White 2-door hardtop with gold anodized aluminum trim in 1956 and 1957. In 1958 it was only available in Buckskin Beige with gold anodized aluminum trim. These Furys had a special interior, bumper wing-guards and a V8 engine with twin 4-barrel carburetors. The 1957 and 1958, the 318 cu in (5.21 L) engine produced 290 hp (220 kW).
The 1957 models were restyled; longer, wider, with very large vertical tailfins and a new torsion bar front suspension replacing the previous coil springs. While the new styling boosted sales, quality control suffered for all Chrysler products as they were brought quickly to market before their design and construction weaknesses could be fully addressed by engineering.
In 1958, the optional engine was a 350 cu in (5.7 L) called Golden Commando with two 4-bbl carburetors producing 305 hp (227 kW). A 315-hp option with fuel injection was available, but the electronic Bendix fuel-injection system was recalled by the factory and owners were given a conventional dual four-barrel setup. The Golden Commando engine was optional on any Plymouth Plaza, Savoy, Belvedere, Suburban, and Fury, as was the dual four-barrel 318 cu in (5.21 L) (dubbed V-800 Dual Fury; four- and two-barrel 318s also arrived for 1958 and were simply called V-800).
| 1975 Plymouth Fury-to-Fixed Test Device (40.73 MPH) Duration: 5:12 June 13, 1978 Development of a Test Methodology for Evaluating Crash Compatibility and Aggressiveness Download video of NHTSA NCAP #00010: 1975 Plymouth Fury-to-Fixed Test Device - 369MB |
| 1975 Plymouth Fury-to-Fixed Test Device (58.02 MPH) Duration: 3:47 June 16, 1978 Development of a Test Methodology for Evaluating Crash Compatibility and Aggressiveness Download video of NHTSA NCAP #00012: 1975 Plymouth Fury-to-Fixed Test Device - 267MB |
| Date | Document Name & Details | Documents |
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| 22 September 1966 | NHTSA Recall 66V002001 1967 Chrysler, 1967 Imperial, 1967 Dodge Monaco, 1967 Dodge Polara, 1967 Plymouth Fury Fuel System, Gasoline:Carburetor System National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 22 September 1966 | NHTSA Recall 66V002002 1967 Dodge Monaco, 1967 Dodge Polara, 1967 Plymouth Fury POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 8 January 1967 | NHTSA Recall 67V009001 1967 Dodge Monaco, 1967 Dodge Polara, 1967 Plymouth Fury VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 10 April 1967 | NHTSA Recall 67V040001 1967 Chrysler, 1967 Dodge Monaco, 1967 Dodge Polara, 1967 Plymouth Fury Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| March 1979 | Development of a Test Methodology for Evaluating Crash Compatibility and Aggressiveness Test Report 4: 1975 Plymouth Fury-to-NHTSA Test Device National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |  PDF - 8.2MB - 226 pages |
| Type & Item # | Name | Details |
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| Die Cast - MotorWorks 73100 | 1958 Plymouth Fury | 1:18 scale, beige |
| Model Kit - Jo-Han C-3562 | '62 Plymouth Fury Hardtop | USA Oldies, 1:25 scale,  |
