1966 Plymouth Fury 3

[dome]

Just caught up on this thread after far too long. Great to see our own version of Vice Grip Garage going well. Carry on!

[PhilA]

Checked to see that I had reassembled the engine correctly. Seems ok. 

[PhilA]

Engine's in.

[Crackers]

14 hours ago, PhilA said:

Engine's in.

Is it small, or far away?

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, Crackers said:

Is it small, or far away?

Far away. The car is huge. It dwarfs even that block, which is 5.2 litres.

[PhilA]

Tried putting the manifolds on.

Correct engine, wrong car. There's no way in hell they fit. The suspension and steering is in the way.

Need to regroup on that one.

[PhilA]

Someone considered this adequately installed. It's the torque reaction tube that prevents the chassis from twisting under the load from the suspension.

It was done up loosely with two of the ten bolts required.

Took it out, it was bent so was beaten back into shape with hammers.

It's back in but I need to get the other 8 bolts. Hopefully I can put the weight of the car down onto it and force the torque arms up, and back into line so I can put the bolts back in.

 

Someone considered that safe to drive on. Think about that for a minute.

[PhilA]

All done up with new bolts.

[PhilA]

Cleaned the chrome up a touch.

That's sitting like it should, now. Looks like any Fitzpatrick illustration, and that makes me happy.

So, so, so much more to do but five minutes here and there are knocking small items off the list.

I have purchased a couple replacement trim pieces for where the rear of the roof meets the body. Those should be here by the end of the week hopefully.

[hairnet]

❤️

[PhilA]

These got here quickly!

A new pair of sail panel trims. 

[hairnet]

BLING!

[PhilA]

Slightly more dull but definitely a necessity;

The engine and gearbox are now secured into the vehicle with appropriate fixings.

[hairnet]

'no duct tape was used.........' etc etc 

 

[hairnet]

phil - if 20 years newer

not much changed underneath? (he mentions 318 etc)

[PhilA]

44 minutes ago, hairnet said:

phil - if 20 years newer

not much changed underneath? (he mentions 318 etc)

Yeah. Different body underneath. Not as big. Same engine and gearbox though.

 

[PhilA]

Decided to repair one of life's little mysteries.

Why? Not entirely sure.

Not tidy but it's strong. Nobody's gonna see it anyway.

Phil

[hairnet]

got flashbacks of folsom today

already annoyed due to issues

more so now 

 

 

[PhilA]

I wanted to go at the weekend and wasn't able to. So eh. Another time.

[PhilA]

Cleared everything out of the trunk.

Straightened the braces up and gave a lot of pensive looks at it all.

Stuck the repair panel in. The dimples don't line up. Gonna have to work something out there.

[PhilA]

Not much Plymouth news. 

Accumulated a box of trim. Came up available for significantly less than anything on eBay so it was snaffled up.

Just need the side straight pieces (hard to find) and the bit that goes along the leading edge of the bonnet.

 

Trouble is, it appears in general people would park these cars using the French Method. Crunch, that's far enough 

[PhilA]

Re-kindling some progress on this car.

Looking at photos for inspiration, found a couple. I do like the green- green and black look good. However, the dark red is being agreed upon as a good alternative to the purple. I cannot get a cheap purple paint that's dark enough.

The wheels and stance of this green one.

With a dark maroon on the outside. Black interior.

 

Thoughts?

[PhilA]

Oh, and I already went to Walmart and had a nose at their paint.

I did end up buying some paint to test with. 

Hunter green and Cranberry.

[PhilA]

Hunter or Cranberry?

[Noel Tidybeard]

hunter

[Noel Tidybeard]

i take it you can't get bl black tulip then

[PhilA]

3 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i take it you can't get bl black tulip then

No. Else that would be in contention. Love black tulip.

[Rocket88]

This was mine….

[hairnet]

green

that 4 door is ace

 

[PhilA]

The paint is dry now.

 

I like them both but I like the red more.