#1958 Plymouth Fury

[visionarylocomotiveworks]

Jeez, has it really been 40 years since one of my all time favorite movies was released?

I still think CHRISTINE is a film that is not only a big reason I'm a film buff, but has seriously aged better as the years go by as a commentary on our obsession with cars and rose-tinted nostalgia.

It's also one of my favorite films by one of my most favorite directors - John Carpenter - complete with fantastic direction, incredible atmosphere, widescreen visual flavor, and his excellent haunting synthesizer score.

If you haven't seen this movie, please give it a watch when you can. 40 years, and it still holds up amazingly!

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1958 Plymouth Fury

"Christine" with Keith Gordon as Arnie and John Stockwell as Dennis.

According to the filmmakers in the DVD documentary, 28 Plymouth "Furys" (which in reality were Belvederes or Savoys) were purchased and restored for the film. A few were "showcase" cars that were used whenever Christine is just sitting there "looking pretty" or whenever Arnie is driving her. There were "hot rod" versions with souped up engines and airplane landing lights for the headlights for Christine's rampages. And there were "junked" and "shell" cars for the versions of Christine in disrepair or for her "death" scene. There is one way to tell which cars are the showcase hot rod cars and the stunt cars: if you look at the under grill beneath Christine's front bumper, the showcase cars have a chrome under grill while the stunt cars have a red painted under grill.

[duranduratulsa]

Spooktober Car of the day: 1958 Plymouth Fury from Christine (1983) #cars #classiccars #moviecars #Plymouth #plymouthfury #1958plymouthfury #christine #stephenking #johncarpenter #50s #80s #spooktober #halloween #october

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[detroitlib]

Close-up view of the rear tail light of a 1958 Plymouth Fury automobile. Woman leans against car in background. Label on sleeve: "Chrysler Corp., Plymouth Fury, rear end tail light, 1958."

Mickey McGuire and Jim Northmore Boulevard Photographic Collection

National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

[ademater]

Christine

(John Carpenter - 1983)

[bigboppa01]

[slets7]

[lav-3nd-3r]

When you start shipping a rarepair but the amount of fanfics for them is below 20 and you've read all of them so you start seriously considering writing a few to contribute to your current brainrot

[arnie-cunningham-official]

they should invent somebody who is so niceys to me

[lonelinessfollowsme]

This car calls to me. Maybe I can fix it up.

[dnihilus]

[duranduratulsa]

Spooktober car of the day: 1958 Plymouth Fury from Christine (1983) #cars #classiccars #moviecars #1958plymouthfury #PlymouthFury #Plymouth #Christine #stephenking #spooktober #halloween #october

[cherocarofficial]

1958 Plymouth Fury

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1961 Plymouth Fury convertible

The Plymouth Fury was an automobile made by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1956 to 1978. Introduced as a premium-priced halo model (a production automobile designed to showcase the talents and resources of an automotive company, with the intent to draw consumers into their showrooms), the Fury was sold only as an off-white hardtop coupe with gold anodized aluminum trim in 1956, 1957 and 1958. A Fury convertible was first offered in 1960.

In 1959 Plymouth introduced the Sport Fury as its top model, and the Fury name was stepped down to replace the Plymouth Belvedere at the top of the regular Plymouth line-up. In doing so, the Fury range now contained sedans and station wagons as well as a hardtop coupe and sedan, while the Sport Fury series had only a 2-door hardtop and convertible. The Fury remained Plymouth’s sales volume model through the troubled early 1960s, when the full-sized Fury was saddled with odd styling and an intermediate (or mid-sized) platform.

The Sport Fury was dropped at the end of 1959, but was reintroduced in mid-1962. The 1962 to 1969 Sport Fury came as a hardtop coupe or convertible.

From 1965 to 1974, Plymouth sales owed a great deal to the Fury’s popularity. When Plymouth reintroduced a full-sized car in 1965, the Fury was available in four trim levels, dubbed Fury I, Fury II, Fury III and Sport Fury, which were priced to meet Chevrolet’s Biscayne, Bel Air, Impala and Impala SS models, body style for body style.

The Fury I was marketed to police and taxi fleets, or sold to private customers wanting a basic, no-frills full-sized car, while the Fury II and Fury III were the bread and butter lines. Many Sport Fury models (as well as Fury III models) came loaded with options such as automatic transmission, power steering, white sidewall tires (along with full wheel covers), stereo radios, vinyl tops and air conditioning.

[astralzeraphias]

1958 plymouth fury