<VV> no corvair, just weird

[Mike Stillwell]

 I had a buddy who bought a REAL '58 Fury at Carlisle
many years ago. He stated there were about 20 left
nationwide. His was a little rough body-wise but
complete and driveable. I think he paid 20K for in in
'93. It was indeed that beige color.
 Not sure if the 20 left was true, but I had no reason
to doubt it.

 Mike 
 YS-117

--- "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>                                      B"H
> 
> I know we're off topic here, but I just saw the
> movie
> for the first time last week!  Some interesting
> stuff:
> 
> 1.  In the movie, Christine was really a 58
> Belvedere,
> not a Fury.  Furys were only available in one color,
> Buckskin Beige.  The movie leads you to believe that
> Christine was probably a special order car.  If I
> remember correctly, her side trim was silver not
> gold.
>  Also there was no "Fury" script on her fins, as was
> the case with the real car.
> 
> 2.  A number of Belveders, Savoys, and Plazas were
> used to film the movie.  Many of the body parts were
> contructed in rubber for the special effects.
> 
> 3.  MoPar fans were quite upset at the destruction
> of
> some vintage Plymouths, although at least one
> restored
> car was built from the leftovers after filming was
> concluded.  It is in the hands of a private
> collector.
> 
> 4.  No mention of either the name Plymouth or Fury
> were made in the movie.  I guess King and Carpenter
> assumed everyone knew Christine was a 58 Fury.  The
> jacket of the videotape does state this, however.
> 
> 5.  The Stephen King book describes Christine as a
> 4-door Fury with "Hydramatic."  Furys were only
> hardtop coupes in 58, and the auto tranny was
> TorqueFlite.  Starting in 59, the Fury became a
> series
> name instead of a special order car (like the
> Impala)
> and included a variety of body styles.
> 
> 6.  The blackout windows which appeared in the movie
> (when Christine was in her "evil mode" made it
> difficult for the stunt drivers to see where they
> were
> going, only a small portion of the windshield could
> be
> used for outside vision!  Today, with computer
> graphics, they could probably use clear windows when
> filming and then black them out with computer-based
> editing.
> 
> I didn't find the movie that creepy or scary, since
> as
> we all know, every car has a "personality" anyway
> and
> some are indeed nastier than others!...Bill H.
> 
> 
> >
> >How  could you NOT love something with those lines,
> and fins like
> >that?   And the gold anodized trim down the
> sides...?
>    Wonderful  
> car...
> >
> >tony..
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >No to mention that they can take a tremendous
> beating, broken glass  
> and
> >dented fenders and magically heal themselves
> overnight. Just don't 
> >get  locked
> >inside one and don't piss them off!  B-B-B-B-Bad - 
> Seth
> 
> 
> 
> Now, that one was a '58.   The car discussed here is
> a
> '57.   Similar 
> body but different trim, AND different...  '58 was
> the
> first year for 
> the B-engine in the Mopar camp.   For those not
> familiar with 
> Mopar-speak, the '58 B-engine was the father of all
> the best of the 
> bunch of bigblock Mopar powerplants, ranging in
> displacements from 
> 350ci up to 440ci.   The 426 Hemi is a B-engine,
> actually an RB... 
> with .4" taller deck height, as in "Raised-B".  
> This
> helped keep an 
> excellent rod-stroke ratio for the big displacement
> engines like the 
> 413, 426, 440 with the 3.75" stroke.
> 
> Odd... that the Mopar 440 Magnum bigblock engine has
> a
> better 
> rod-stroke ratio than the 164" 'Vair engine.   They
> can be stroked 
> almost an inch in stock form and still have a decent
> rod-stroke 
> ratio... which is how there came to be 550 ci Mopar
> bigblock 
> torquemonsters running the streets.
> 
> By the way, that Red '58 Plymouth was fitted with
> the
> optional 2x4bbl 
> Golden Commando 350ci B engine (1958-only) which
> made
> ~320 hp, which 
> in '58 was top shelf power.
> 
> And, the cars had fins...  real fins.    Real to the
> point that when 
> someone got around to doing wind tunnel tests on the
> cars it was 
> found that at highway speeds (and beyond) the fins
> actually added to 
> the stability of the car.
> 
> Just don't let your smokes flick any ashes on the
> seat.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
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