The Car Chrysler Forgot to Stop Making - My 1988 Plymouth Gran Fury
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This 1988 Plymouth Gran Fury was only driven a total of 50 miles over the past eight and one-half years. This is everything I needed to do to get it to pass safety inspection and to be emissions compliant and to return it to the road. BUT, it's not done, and really, I'm not sure if it will be.
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Idk what I like better, the car or the swanky porn music, but you couldn't have found a better song for a video about a car of wanna be pimps in the 80s
Hahahaha, love your comment! In fact, I think this one gets pinned to the top!
Hilarious!!
@@jamespfitz Relax it's just a joke.
I used to own one like it about 25 years ago.. but mine was a former police cruiser. It was black with a blue interior & there was a crease on the roof & holes where the light bar used to be mounted on the roof, and impressions on the paint job where the police decals used to be.
@@disturbedrocks1996
Seriously. AS IF being a pimp is a highly- regarded occupation!!
TOO funny!!😀
I do appreciate this car. What a cool ride. I love old American 80s cars. The last of the rear wheel drives. Neat find
Exactly. I hate front wheel drive, and even more than that, I hate the blob like styling of 90% of what's on the road today.
I will never own a front wheel drive vehicle. Of course I’ll always drive older cars because I really have no use for a truck or SUV. My daily driver is a 1992 Volvo 740. Best car I’ve ever owned. At 435K miles it is more dependable than some cars 20 years newer.
Chump Johnson aa Volvo 740 is the best car. Period. Hands down. So durable. I have had a few. I even had good luck with the 760gle v6
i drive a 92 buick roadmaster, texas made car. RWD. its an awesome car! its the limited sedan, ol' tbi 350 but its as reliable as u can get.
Joes Golden Garage
I feel the same way. My car has been in family since new. Other than routine maintenance it never needs repairs. It still has the original alternator and starter. Engine and transmission never needed any rebuilding. The valve cover has never been removed. It’s never left anyone stranded or needed a tow. Paint and interior still looks great although my driver seat will need recovered. I’ll save that as a gift to it when it hits 500K miles. They are truly great cars built to last. No car company will ever make anything like it again.
Way back in the day I had a new 1982 Chrysler 5th Ave with 11 miles on it as a company car as an asst body shop manager. It had the same red interior but was more "luxurious" than the Fury and Diplomat. The silver paint and vinyl top was beautiful. I loved that car so much that I bought it at cost from the dealership where I worked when I went to work for Geico. I miss that car and other than a water pump and a/c compressor when it was well over 100k miles it never once gave me any trouble or left me stranded.
Ahh...memory lane. Those were the days.
Thanks for sharing!
I grew up in the back seat of this Fury’s 88 Diplomat twin. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. That lean burn is a pain, gave my dad hell whenever it came up for inspection, great old school car
Brings back good memories of an '87 Diplomat SE I once owned😀
I own the Chrysler version of the m-body, and I did the ignition computer delete. I used the MSD ready to run distributor and a non-feedback Carter BBD carb. Timing can be tuned like any old school small block and it has made the car much more enjoyable to drive.
Yes lots more power !!!!!! The ones I did dropped 3 - 5 second in the 14 mile ! The carbureot they use for lean burn/spark control computer cars robs the power...Even the 4bbl thermoquads rob power !
Throw a Throttle Body Fuel Injection System on there with an Air Flow Sensor from Summit Racing Equipment and the Power Goes Up,Response Time Goes Up, Fuel Mileage Also Improves.
Yep did the same thing to my 82 Cordoba.
Can u send us a link for the Msd disi and the BBd carb? I have a 86 Plymouth that I might keep if I can locate these parts
@@01trsmar Well 20 mpg stock vs 13 or so with your mods. But this late in the game anybody still running ANY version of it (carbs) can afford the gas with either carb. :-)
I dumped a gm feedback carb for a edelbrock 650. Still ended up re jetting it 1 stage leaner than out of the box configuration. Ran good made more power! I was getting a fleetwood to 60 in 10 secs.
I drove it's cousin, the Dodge Diplomat for a few years in the late '80s - really liked that car; good power, handled well, no maintenance issues.
My dad drove a 87 Fifth Avenue and he never had a problem with it.Purchased new and drove it until 1998 well over 100,000 miles..
No problems with the lean burn system either.Only repair was the a/c compressor.
That god damnned headliner. Every Chrysler for 20 years had the same headliner that would fall down in every vehicle the same way. Plymouth Horizon? Headliner tent. Dodge 600? Headliner tent. Caravan? Tent.
It wasn't just Chrysler. A lot of the cars from that era had the same problem
Tent shoe.
@@CavemanCBB right all of the 80 & early 90's GM vehicles did it too!
My 1994 Chrysler Concorde's headliner has never sagged. It's still like new
It happens with many GM vehicles of the same era
This vid is oddly satisfying. I can't believe I made it all the way to the end. Good job man 👍
Hey man, so glad you enjoyed my Gran Fury vid AND that you made it all the way through. I hope it was entertaining for ya! -Chris
Very interesting video, you actually made an 80's car sound interesting! And I do agree, much better visibility and a better ride than today's cars. :)
Ah, red velour, the sign of luxury.
Roll up windows suck
I used to build these cars in the St. Louis Missouri assembly plant. We switched to the minivan in 1986 so rest assured that I didn't touch this one.
You may have built my 1980 Diplomat as well. I hope you weren't the guy the glued on the headliners as mine sagged just like this one's.
Cool. So, you could have built my 87 Gran Fury and 85Th avenue. What was your job on the assembly line?
@@styldsteel1 I set the sides of the cars on the floor pans, put hoods on, put battery trays and hood latches on. Had a lot of fun with the people there but they worked our butts into the ground!
@@kurtzimmerman1637 Yes, I'm sure they did. Just like worker ants really. Well, thank you for building a good car for me, Kurt. Hey, NYPD and NYC taxi fleets used these M body Chrysler all the time. Rest assured, back in the 80' and 90s NY was literally falling apart and had some of the worst roads in the country. The M bodies stood up wonderfully. My apologies, I re-read your post more carefully, You could have helped build my 85 5th Avenue. Where did the M body construction relocate to after the switch to the minivan, if not St. Louis. Thanks.
@@styldsteel1 they put all kinds of extra steel and bolts in police and taxi cabs. In the body shop where I worked those cars looked like something DR. Frankenstein created . HEAVY DUTY!👍
I worked at a Dodge dearler when theses cars was new,,it was a very good car to drive.
That's a great car. 2 years ago I inherited a 1993 Plymouth Sundance that only had 15,000 miles on it. I put on new tires and had the oil changed and have put on 11,000 trouble free miles. It great for around town and I enjoy it.
i owned the same car same year. i beat the hell out of it lost reverse still drove it a while after that
Anywhere you go with this car people will think there is a crime being investigated......
I was thinking the same thing. Waiting for Peter Falk to show up (Columbo) in his trench coat any minute.
Jed Clampett
(Colombo speaking)
I wish the LAPD paid me enough to be able to drive such a nice car. But I had to settle for driving a 1958 Peugeot. At least it was a convertible. People keep asking me why I never put the top down even though it was sunny Los Angeles.Yada yada yada.
Don't forget Cagney and Lacey used this type of car in NY back in the 80's. Great cop show and a great car!
At least Chrysler still makes a RWD Charger police car.
Plate C
Okay,
You found a diamond in the rough. Now, spend $125.00 and honor the original owner by getting a new headliner. I can do it in an hour for $90.00.
Redskins Pride WGIL
The headliner was about the worst thing that you could say about that car (that stood out anyway).
I can do it in 50 minutes for $85.00
I bought a 120"x60" roll of headliner material on Ebay for $39 and a $12 dollar can of 3M spray adhesive and had enough material to do 2 on my '88 Fury.
How do you get it in without taking a window out?
@@tomjones4318 You just have to remove all of the inside trim starting with the trim between the front and rear doors and the plastic on either side of the back seat, then work your way up to the trim that actually holds the headliner board in place. It took me about 4 hours from start to finish. Once you have all of the trim out you can work the old headliner board out through an open front door. On mine I laid it out on the shop floor and took a broom and swept off all of the old foam. The material I got from Ebay wasn't a perfect color match for the factory maroon but it looked good once installed. One can of 3M spray on adhesive is just about what it takes.
Love your car. I am a mopar guy. All I own is Chrysler’s and Dodge’s. Looking forward to see what comes next with the Grand Fury.
Loved my 84' AHB equipped Gran Fury back in the mid 90's. That car you have is special.
Awesome to see this car on the road. I loved the Diplomat, Caravelle, Gran Fury and Fifth Avenue. Thanks for preserving and carrying on the torch. Despite some of the issues, it is still a Mopar.
Plate C
I'm going to call you the "car bezos" nice to see u got her running again....👏👍 pretty well reserved time capsule for sure
Fantastic car and it shows that one can get into the classic car hobby for a moderate amount of money. Big thumbs up!!
Love those cars. My father had an 85 Chrysler 5th Avenue. Awesome riding car. Only real complaint he had was as soon as warranty was up. Transmission went out.
Love that Chrysler 5th Ave/ Dodge Diplomat line.
Those were more plushly equipped. Had the velour interior with the buttoned seats 😆
Nice video. I remember riding in one of these furys back in the day, absolute plush ride! These cars were really good. Underrated by most people.
Chrysler: "Precision engineered!"
Ignition module ::mounted directly above exhaust manifold::
Lovely looking car. I remember when this, and the Dodge Diplomat were on the market. At the time I didn't find either attractive to look at. But today, I long for cars like this. I look forward to seeing this back on the road and driving. :)
Always great to hear from you again Jason. Thanks for following along and for being part of the community. I think you were one of the very first subscribers to my channel!
@@hullinger I enjoy your channel. I cannot remember whether I was the first subscriber to your channel, or if I was one of the early subscribers to this channel. When was your first video posted? I'll check it out to see if I commented it. :)
@@jasoncarpp7742 I had a1985 Dodge Diplomat had a 5.2 motor, was a x California State high way cop car,no rust,ran like a clock.
@@ericball6000 Very nice. I was too young at the time to vote, let alone drive a car. But I remember when cars like this were on the road. I had a neighbour who owned one.
I'd buy an ex-police car, or maybe an ex-taxi cab if either were available in decent condition.
Awesome job on the movie! The lean burn problem with the car, will not go away. I remember my dad's 360 Chrysler was a turd, especially in very hot weather. I think we modified the distributer to work like a conventional one, and let the electronics control the fuel mixture. It made enough of a difference so it would run decent in all ranges without pinging so bad. For that year car, in NY all that is required for inspection is the system components to be on the car. No inspector would ever check if it has been altered. Keep a spare ignition resister block in the glove box. They blow like a fuse for no reason at the worst possible moment. Good luck with the car Chris. Ross
Love the interior colors that used to be available. Most cars these days are black or gray inside.
Parents had a 1980 Plymouth Gran Fury with the E58 360 engine. Great car, lots of memories of that car!
That was the bigger car, correct? The one they only made for a couple years, like the Dodge St. Regis?
My mom had a '80 New Yorker.
Back in the '80s my hometown police department used Gran Furys as police cruisers. They may have been out-dated, but our police loved them.
YES; Surprised He Hasn't Mentioned That Yet... My Uncle Had One; Retired Cop Car.
Thank you for keeping the car original!
Nice pedestrian car, simple and reliable. It was a basic transportation hero to the working class and police departments everywhere...Oh, love your shot selection, nice camera work.
I love it. I have a 1987 Chrysler 5th Avenue which was my first car. And it’s a wonderful car
That's a good looking old Plymouth hang on to it every old car I sold got destroyed by stupid kids
Stupid kids!!! So true !
@@SonnyGTA Can somebody tell them to stop skateboarding on the sidewalk?
I was a one of those stupid kids who destroyed numerous cars of my youth. Did you know that getting airborne over railroad tracks in an 86' Grand Am is not the wisest decision? I do know!
Kept in the hands of a responsible guy, it will not become a pimped out ghettomobile with those horrible oversize wagon wheels and lift kit.
I worked at a Dodge dealer in Pennsylvania, while in high school, back in the late 80s. I remember the Diplomat was ancient back then! Super cool car in the year 2019. Subbed to see it evolve!
Great video!! It brought back memories of my youth.... I rode many miles in the backseat of a 1988 Dodge Diplomat, which is a spitting image of this Fury. Interestingly enough.... we were having issues back then with the engine running well, due to all the emission garbage and the wanna be EFI system.....l do remember the car being smooth and exceptionally quiet though.
Accell makes after market stuff to get rid of the lean burn. I was lucky and bought a 1978 Newport and for reasons I do not know of, the lean burn was not used on certain Dodges, Plymouths and Chryslers. I am guessing the Newport was a special government fleet order car. Lean Burn was a failure that most mechanics agree with.
That's a gem. It was pretty easy to wake up those 318s if you take off all the emissions crap. They're pretty light, so they can fly if they're not stock.
@TSC TSC The 318s were good engines. There's a reason Chrysler made them so long. They can become mean little strokers, too.
There is no horsepower to be gained by eliminating the lean burn. ZERO.
@@pkranz937 Well I took off the cats, added an aluminum intake, a bigger carb ( 2v to 4v), and had full headers and glass packs installed on a 75 Duster I had 30 years ago, and I got about a 45 HP gain just from all that, without even camming or adding pop up pistons . That isn't to say that 318 had a lot of pep to it anyways, a paltry 130 HP at the wheels or so stock, but it woke up! So .....you're wrong. Had I added a full cam and better pistons and heads, might have been another 20 horses. And nowadays there are plenty of stoker kits that add 70 HP over stock available. The little 318s have a lot of potential. Don't underestimate them.
@@pkranz937 Also, the lean burns were problematic and had serious reliability issues. i remember people who tried to be frugal by buying the "lean burn" cars in the late 70s and they had them in the shop more than they drove them! Those things didn't last 70000 miles with that lean burn junk. It was either they fouled the plugs or they ran TOO lean. A lot of mechanics tossed that crap out years later because it gave people such a headache. Why WOULDN'T you want to be rid of that junk?
@@joshn938 There is a video of a Lean-burn system that had components replaced with improved parts and it worked pretty good. The concept was maybe ahead of its time but the electronics were not yet good enough
My second car was a 1988 Plymouth Gran Fury. You are right that was the most plesent to drive car I have ever owned. Thanks for posting the video!
It is funny how underrated these 80s body on frame cars are, I think they are great and really value for money and a good way to get into classic cars!
So true! These cars are just so under valued and under appreciated.
This was a unibody like all new Chrysler car platforms starting in 1960.
@@OnkelPHMagee Oh, I did not know it was an unibody car! Thanks for informing me.
@@ChevyBM one of the first unitbody cars ever was the 1934 Chrysler Aeroflow.
The gran fury/diplomat has become one of my favorite Chrysler cars ever since it was the vehicle of choice of a one Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul
Fifth Avenue wasn’t so bad either.
Don't forget about the New Yorker!!
If you are gonna Break Bad, you might as well do it in class and drive a Fifth Ave! Lol
Plate C
I have always found it fascinating that for all the luxury aspects of cars like these back then no power windows or door locks this car should have come standard with both
Great video! Thank you so much for keeping that lean burn system and keeping the car original. I know it can be a total pain but eventually once it's working properly it's smooth as silk.
I had a 1993 Chrysler LeBaron. It was an outstanding car, so smooth, so comfortable and very easy on gas. 28 to 30 highway, about 23 in town.
Used to have a Dodge Diplomat. What a tank! Keep balance resistors in the glove box lol
I did that too!
Love a red interior. Keep it original!
I had a Diplomat that was all navy blue . Now you get a choice between black or grey.
Right Lane Hog Or various shades of grey. KIA offers a red leather seat option for the Stinger in Australia, which looks nice.
loved it, finally somebody that liked the car for what it is. I commuted with a 1985 Fifth Avenue for about 8 years from Vancouver to Richmond. Gave it away in 2010 to one of our lot boys, i worked for a dealership in the Auto Mall. It was all kitsch, but eerie quiet inside, the Airco worked better than anything from Europe, it was a pig on gas, but it was ultimately a time warp on wheels that made me feel good.
Great video, I remember seeing these everywhere back in the day.
That powertrain warranty was much needed. These things ate transmissions. The cop versions of them went through a couple per year.
Funny over 100k on our torque flight and not an issue.
Everyone loved to put dextron fluid in them.
That car is awesome I remember when my grandparents drove theirs when they where Sheriffs
Thanks man and thanks for following along too! -Chris
Our county Sheriff's Department had one for the detective. Bucket seats up front and 140mph speedometer. A friend bought it at auction for a daily driver.
It takes a true car enthusiast to keep a car stock as possible. And daily drive it. I have a 89 F-150 5 speed 4x4. The All I done it is maintain it. It’s my daily driver. Great video
Nicely done video . Refreshing to see a forgotten car cared for and fairly evaluated. I had an 83 Cordoba on the road for many years it was a beautiful smooth ride . Extremely dependable . The one thing that did break was the lean burn developed a big of idle , ironically it happened just when the clock rolled over to 100 k.
Perhaps a “detectives” tribute car instead of full on police replica/tribute car...??🤔🚨🤔
Go Sgt. Joe Friday & Officer Bill Gannon!! The City, Los Angeles, California.
He should have mentioned the Dodge Diplomat version as well
Some of the A38 packaged cars came with luxury trim. In 1980 you could get the LeBarron version of this car with leather and full trim. This carried through the years with the various name plates of this car. Chrysler fleet would offer trim upgrades for police with little impact on the price. All that is needed is a suspension upgrade, fatter tires and a throaty exhaust and you pretty much have a police car. As for the axle ratio, A38 package cars had a few options. The axle on this car is one of them.
Plate C
Good idea!
what? short time?
ruclips.net/video/NWRrSufx5kw/видео.html
yeah, it's a dodge
This car is found literally in every b movie car chase
Haha, I knew it looked familiar!
What a handsome car! Absolutely love it! You are on the right track with keeping it as original as possible. Here in Australia Chrysler fitted Electronic Lean Burn to the Valiant in 1980. It never worked right and was removed by owners en masse.
My car I had in high school was a 1986 Chrysler fifth Avenue so I have a fond place in my heart for M-body's.
try a colder firing spark plug like NKG it might help with the misfire/timing problem it might NGK
Not the right plug. Champ RN12YC. Could be wires, cap, rotor, carb, vapor lock, fuel filters/pump, egr valve ... gotta test it and narrow it down.
I drove two and four barrel police package versions as cabs.
My first car was a classic, the 1955 version of your Gran Fury, a black & white 4-door Belvedere. It had a straight 6 230 c.i. flathead with 123 horsepower & a 3-speed manual overdrive transmission. Our next door neighbor (a WWI US Infantry Veteran) had bought it new & gifted it to me after he suffered a debilitating stroke. Nice old gent! Had a ball in that car. Engine ran very quiet, all it needed was a carb rebuild. Rear doors opened at 88 degrees so it was a cinch to load it with all my stuff & head to school at age 20.
Great video. A lot of fun as usual. Thank you.
I got to bust you 5.2 litre 318. Haha
Oppsie! I guess I had that Chevy Tahoe engine on my mind. Great catch.
East Coast Classics ah thinking LS swap are you? 😆
@@LynxStarAuto a shitbox GM crap in a Mopar? Fucking idiots
Now you show me, after I bought my 88 IROC-Z convertible!
Great car and great video sir. I fell in love with these when they were the fleet choice of the Nassau County, NY Police and the NYSP during my HS years! If I ever happen to stumble on one, I'd buy it too.
Great videos in a great channel. Smart, articulate funny and insightful analysis and very good views of the car. And I love the soundtrack. Kudos from Europe!
So glad you enjoyed that Gran Fury video I did and thanks so much for the comment too. I recently made a follow-up vid on the Plymouth and you can check it out here: ruclips.net/video/I2YMM_7pcj4/видео.html
I owned an 85 dodge diplomat. Same car, but mine was an old CHP car. Good car, 318, 4 barrel, and about 18mpg.
Great car this Dodge Diplomat 1985
No a/c, unusual even in the late 80's
Ok, now I need to add one of these to my fleet
My dad, the first new car he bought since 1968, was a 1985 Plymouth Granfury, his was the silver with the full dark blue vinyl top, it was a beautiful car, I learned how to drive in that car, and put most of the miles on it, he drove his 68 Plymouth 2 door Plymouth Belvidere to work every day, I miss the gran Fury, but still have the 68, shows how much better the 68 was built as compared to a 85, the 85 had all the power options, it was more like the 5th Ave then a gran Fury..... Glad to see you still have one on the road, I also had a 82 Cordoba full options, and the first thing I did was buy the leanburn / computer bypass.
Chrysler M bodies are so beautiful and that 318 lasts for ever.
If I were at a car show filled with mint condition rare classics and muscle cars and car like this, I would be looking at this.
My Dad had two 5th Avenue 86 and 87
Really sharp. You've made the right decision in keeping it standard.
Definitely glad to see you preserving it. It's a truly unique find.
Thanks Alan and looks like you're on the cusp of 4K subbies. Congrat's!
Nice car. But too bad Fascist government CAFE standards forced all of the American car companies to gimp all of their cars and this is a prime example of it.
There’s something funny about seeing all those K Car parts bolted to a very ‘70s road boat.
M bodies did not use any k-car parts whatsoever.
@@pkranz937
But someone said so on the internet in a cheesy video with a lot of comments, so its true.
Drove the 1985 version of that car for years. Great car.
Cars like this have mostly disappeared off the roads in america. Always happy to see someone keeping them on the road and out of the junkyards.
Hey man, thanks for checking out the latest Plymouth video and for your comment too. Appreciate that! -Chris
The electronic controlled carburetor system didn't work when it was new so don't feel bad that after 30+ years it still doesn't work.
Have mercy on your Plymouth and take all that crap off and put it in a box in the garage attic. As others have suggested, get an aftermarket fuel injection or carburetor system that works. The car will drive better, get a little better fuel economy, and pollute less.
No air conditioning, deal-breaker.
Yea I would tend to agree with that. Love it when they say...yea...just needs a recharge. Bunch of bullshit or just O rings. No man..cost to repair that A/C systems really could be 900 dollars for the complete kits and 100s more to install the kits.
styldsteel1 YES!!!!
How people get by without air conditioning in cars back in the 1950' s and 1960's? The weather must have been cooler back then.
@@lorenzocooper5489 You can't miss something you never had.
@@lorenzocooper5489 No, it wasn't. We were tough and didn't know any better!
A Gran Fury was the first car I ever drove. My parents had either an '84 or '85 model in dark blue with blue velour interior. Seeing the interior of yours took me back to being a kid.
Cool video. I had one of these in 2003, it was given to me and in pretty shabby shape. It may have been a law enforcement vehicle, as it had a dark blue vinyl interior and white exterior with plain black wheels. There were also drill holes in the interior that suggested equipment had been removed. Anyway, even though the car had a funky smell, I grew to love that car, the way the car rode and drove, like an effortless cloud floating around.
I look forward to updates on this project!
Okay, fine, you sold me.
I'll give you your $605 back, plus what you originally paid for the car.
I'll even let you deliver it to California. lol
I'd pay him $500 just to borrow it for a week!
605 dollar from me and i am paying the delivery to Germany in addition :-) Frank
lol.
Budget Panther Fan
Do you know how much you would have to pay California DMV to register this car there? It would be a lot.
@@mexicanspec
I've been paying CA DMV registration fees for the past 25 years (new & used cars, trucks, motorcycles).
Every year there is a slight variation in the fees.
Based on my experience, the vehicle registration fees are based on the value of the vehicle, and the curb weight.
Example;
Pickup trucks over 6,000lbs. can cost twice as much as a standard sedan car to register in California.
That's why most "smart motorists" who reside in California choose to register their vehicles in neighboring states like Oregon, Nevada, Arizona etc.
It's basically tax evasion. They also do it so they don't have to abide by California laws like " No window tint on front windows" or Biannual Smog Emission Inspections".
FACT, Plymouth is GOD’S favorite car..... Yahweh drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden in a FURY.
Jesus Chrysler
Jesus was partial to hondas. “For I did not speak of my own accord” - John 12:49 I think the fury referred to in gensis is a Beaver amphibious though.
Really cool car. Love the ashtrays! Really well done video. Good job.
You're totally right. This Gran Fury mid side sedan stop making in 1989 as well as the Dodge Diplomat. That kind of car won't be back anymore. They both were popular in its time, even as Police Cruiser in USA, and many other countries
Jeff Bezos...what are you doing!!?? Shouldn't be driving a Bentley or something??? LOL
Alex Jeon
Divorce sucks lol
A real panty dropper...drip,drip..😏👊🏻
Easier getting laid in the back seat of this over a mid 80s VW Rabbit😂
I had an 84 Dodge Diplomat, which was basically the same car as the Plymouth Fury.
I don't know why, but I really loved that car growing up. I remember the police cars in New York City were Plymouth Furys. I dropped a high compression 360 with a Crower cam into it, and ended up busting the rear end.
My buddy had this same car in the early 90's as a beater car. Even though it was not kept up to optimum performance I can still remember how smooth and quiet it was. We would commute to college together, about 30 miles each way, and it was solid as can be.
I got to drive a a Chrysler Fifth Avenue fairly regularly as a courtesy car at a rental place in '88, and I loved it in all its button tucked, Landau roofed, wire wheel covered, chromed glory. The engine had a ton of torque and the car was smooth and quiet and rattle free as you say.
Sold my '87 Fifth Ave 2yrs ago. She had her quirks, but I loved it!
Its interesting how my perspective of these old cars changes as I watch videos like these. I'd like to have one!
It's a funny thing about time, huh. Changes your perspective on things. Same with me. I always though these were handsome cars but never really gravitated to them that much. I did always like the police version but not so much the regular everyday car version. But now, I really adore this car but in how it looks and drives. However, I don't think I would have said the same thing 10 years ago. -Chris
Thank you for showing the Grand Fury. I a 1989 Dodge police
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I have an 85 & 88 Gran Fury, plus a 1988 Diplomat and an 85 %th Avenue. I removed the electronic lean burn system & installed a non computer controlled Carby and HEI Distributor with vacuum advance to 3 of them (so far). I left the electronics box on the air cleaner for show but it's not connected. On my 88 Police model the ELB electronic are under the dash, not attached to the air cleaner. On any model, you can remove all the electronic control wiring harness (which i did) as it's an add on to the main harness. If you do this, you will be happier, the car will be far more reliable & better to drive. By the way the ELB electronic controller and wiring was added to this model in 1979 or 1980, that's why the electronics harness can easily be removed. Really nice cars to drive and I like the styling too.
That interior is amazing. I want those seat belts for my car.
My Mother had a Chrysler 5th Ave that looked much like that one except it was truly loaded with everything. Funny thing is it had the same engine and her headliner started to come down too.
Chrysler flogged loads of these things to fleets. My family had two of the Plymouth Caravelle model, which was a Canadian version of the M Body. We used them as taxis, and ours were ex-military and were factory LPG. The single large tank was behind the rear axle, making trunk space pretty small. Those two cars were in service many, many years. Neither the engines, transmissions or rear ends every gave an issue in these cars. The dashboard was metal and all the seats and hardware were very durable. No wonder fleets loved the M Body so much and Chrysler kept building them.
My father had the Chrysler Le Baron version of this platform. It had all factory options except AC. The power leather seats were the best I've ever sat on. The Lean Burn module was a nightmare but my father knew an electronics guy who replaced a few heavy duty transistors that were not heavy enough. After that there were no more issues with it. My father, a mechanic by trade, also put a 4 barrel carburetor and dome, larger tires, as well as a dual exhaust on it. Performance and handling improved greatly and mpg did not at all suffer. I was thinking about buying it but he traded it before I could. I regret that I missed out on it.
That’s a beautiful car Growing up my parents always had older cars. My parents had a brown 82’ Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue. Tan pleather seats and a sun roof
I had a '78 2-door Diplomat as my first car. That Lean Burn system only needs a few of the wires to actually run. I trimmed them out 1 at a time when I was prepping the car to do some hotrodding, but making sure it still ran. After building up the 318, then dropping in a 360, I dropped in a 440(a bit of work required to make it fit).
OK this was a great video to stumble on.
You are a man of fine taste I can see right away.
A Corvair in your garage. A Crown Vic in your driveway.
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Thanks so much for your kind words AND for checking out my Gran Fury video. I'm so glad you've come across my little piece of RUclips and you enjoyed the vid too. I just uploaded a follow-up video on the Plymouth where I visit the old Newark, DE Chrysler Assembly Plant. Check it out if you have a moment! Thanks again! -Chris