1959 Plymouth Sport Fury - Test Drive & Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Since I am into more things than just RC I thought this might be a great way to expand the channel a little.
I have been wanting to do a review and drive of a long time member of the family. This is the old man's 1959 Plymouth he has had.. well basically since 1959. I hope you enjoy seeing this "old bomb" as he calls it.
Vehicle Highlights:
Fury V-800 Super-Pak V8;
318ci - 260hp / 345tq.
Torqueflite automatic trans
2.93:1 Axle ratio.
2dr Hard-Top.
Non-restored survivor.
Music: Provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
As soon as I watched Christine, I fell in love with Plymouth Fury’s! They are underrated!
That's why Stephen King and John Carpenter chosed the car. They wanted something unfamiliar and forgotten to play as their killer car.
Are they? Those seem pretty well loved now. I can't count how many videos they are of fury restorations with the movie-famous cherry red paint job.
same case man! christine made me go woop for these
@@SweetTodd they have zero aftermarket support so.....they're definitely not as loved as a Chevy impala
@@doctorfeinstone6524
Maybe not as nearly loved as those you've mentioned, bit still just as FASCINATING!!! 😃😄😁👍👏🙏
That is an amazing car. Somebody took very good care of her.
Not only is that car gorgeous and the video very well done, that mountain scenery is beautiful. I own a '58. But the 59's have really grown on me. I think they got the styling to perfection by 59. Beautiful car! Good luck to ya.
Is your 58 Plymouth for sale?
Thumbs up on the mountain scenery comment . I was going to say the same thing .
Flash yeah the 59s have grown on me but I still prefer the 58.
Beautiful Plymouth. I bow in silent reverence
Thanks for sharing the car. LOVE the fins, LOVE the chrome! That's what's missing from cars today!
+Jacqueline Grice Agreed.. That and soul.
@@DrivenRC10 yay it's Christine's little brother 😂😂😂😂
Ah, the great land ships of my youth. Nineteen fifty nine, the first year Pontiac offered a "wide track design". You have a beautiful example of a iconic car although personally, I think the 1960 Fury to be even more outrageous with fins that literately "swooped" and enough stainless trim work to keep Alcoa open for months. Great car.
You did a wonderful job narrating and demonstrating on this video. Gave a lot of interesting facts, feelings and emotions that would go through ones mind as he or she would drive this car. Nice how you Incorporated the beautiful mountains into the drive. Beautiful car in its original form! Thanks for posting this post enjoyable video...
My dad told me the story how my grandpa on my mom's side bought one of these cars brand new. He always talked about how nice it was and that it was pretty fast for a big boat! They are beautiful and very classy cars for sure! The engine in this one sounds like a sewing machine. It's so quiet and smooth! You can tell when you accelerated that it has a bunch of torque. Beautiful car! Thanks for sharing! 100% Mopar! 🙂
Loved this!! You brought back some great memories and love your comments referring to the USA mentality back in the day, we were being us and not trying to imitate someone else! Hearing the engine, signal lights, nice flashback!
Love the kick-down on that bulletproof TorqueFlite.
Wow!! Your dad kept everything in tip top shape,even the covers were clean,that's a sign of a true car lover
Thank you for using turn signals; wish EVERYONE would do that!
Back in the 80's, my dad had 2 of these and I used to borrow it to go cruising with about 12 girls and I was the only guy. It was fun and guys used to come up to me and ask if I had room for one more, lol. It is a huge car and it had unbelievable torque.
Mopars Rule!!! I can't get over the view of them mountains all around I thought you were in heaven :)
The fury looks fast just standing still.
Where I was stationed in the military there was a sedan version of this. Battleship grey, six cylinder engine. I had the opportunity to transport the chaplain from our base to another about 25 miles away and back. It did have the push button transmission. I didn't care for the rear view mirror mounted on the dashboard. Most cars had rings for the horns until the mid to late sixties.
CANNOT ask for a better car review... You are a *Natural* for it. I love the teasing dialog you used and the abundance of information on a gorgeous Mopar. You make it in first person, SOOO detailed that even private and MotorTrend can't compare, great editing, and...SHE MADE ME CRY SO IS SO BEAUTIFUL! GOD BLESS YOU SIR!!!!
"paris and britney would hate this car" phrase of the year award to narrator :)
Not only was the Plymouth in this vid a beauty, but also was that awesome scenery outside.
I have had '57, '58, and '59 Plymouth's, my '59 was a Sports Fury convert in bronze/.w white top, every accessory wide whitewalls, with 361 and dealer installed 2x4 bbl's, also the wing tip front bumper tips, I still have my '57 Belvedere SportCoupe and convertible with '59 Fury engines. Also enjoy driving my '64, '65, 'and '66 Imperials, including my '66 with pumped 440 Magnum, which barks the tires shifting out of 2nd at 125 mph into high. If the heater worked you should have cranked it on to stay warm, every Mopar I've had the heater was a blast furnace, even windows down. The steering wheel is not a 'rim blow' those were late 60's and after that had a flex strip on the inside of the steering wheel rim, which, theoretically, when pressed, blew the horn, not all worked. Very nice '59.
I thought I heard him say "rim-blow horn". Like you said, those came out in the late 60s, and, I think, on FoMoCo cars.
beautiful car, great location, mountains look great
"The bigger the fin, the better the car." -Words I live by.
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Not for me. Fins, in my view, are just tacky.
Sedan57Chevy lol yeah
Z-Twinturbo sentence*
I personally prefer the '58 Chevy impala...my mom and ex boyfriend both had one so it's nostalgic.
Thank you for this modern day commercial for the 59 Plymouth! Great movie and you got the facts right. I have a 59 Plymouth Sport Fury hardtop and a 59 Sport Fury convertible myself and know how much fun it is to drive these cars.
I owned a 59 Plymouth Savoy that I bought out of a wreaking yard for 50 bucks. Sat there 17 years and no rust! It needed a new engine and she cleaned up great! Sold it for 3,500 Bucks! 59 Plymouth no doubt one of the most beautiful car ever built. I enjoyed your video. Many thanks! Well done.
We had one similar when I was a kid. I think it was a Belvedere. Used to love that car. Wish I had it today. Thanks for sharing.
One of the great things about old cars like this, even with bucket seats as on this one, there is no center console hogging the interior space, so you can easily slide over to either side to exit the car. Every damn car made now, even luxury cars like Cadillac and Lincoln have that stupid center console, and bench seats aren't even offered as an option any more.
The last car to offer a bench seat and column shift automatic was the 2013 Chevy Impala, I believe.
I can't stand all these giant center consoles and wrap around interiors with horrible uncomfortable bucket seats. Really makes me appreciate my 66 Polara.
No Brasil não temos essas obras de arte.
Seria fantástico ter um carro desse
Lovely car same age as me!. Great video, and so much better on the drive that you showed us it really motoring, lovely engine note, nice to experience the kickdown response. Oh and picturesque mountains too
A fantastic car. I love those old cars. Just made to be comfortable, nothing else. And swiveling seats...Those are extra in a 2015 Mercedes Viano, not standard...
The steering wheel is the size it is for a reason. Power steering was an option, and the leverage was needed without the power assist.
What a beautiful car that is. I've always loved the 59 Plymouth. Those old cars had style and panache in spades.
4 wheel drum brakes were universal on North American cars. Most European cars too. The limiting factor for the performance of the brakes was the grip of the tires. Grippier tires really make all the difference.
That's a beautiful car. I think because of the movie "Christine", many people think those are hot rods, when they were really just boulevard/freeway cruisers.
thank you for sharing with us, thats a fantastic car
Thank you, Glad you liked it!
Ohhh, gosh I would have fun with this car. I can't believe that no one has commented on this car. This is pure Americana!
such an awesome piece of history
Amazing Car and a incredible Landscape
I love these old American cars. I would love to own one like this in the future.
I remember my dad trying out one of these in probably 1965 and the thing I always remember the most is the swiveling seats.... I thought that was really cool.
It's amazing that a 60 years old car has transmission controlled by push buttons while only recently some makers are presenting this feature in their models as if it was a novelty.
I've seen that, and my grandson is 24, and never knew they existed way before even me! ( I'm a '69 model! 😄) I believe push-button auto trannies came out in '55 or '56, on Plymouths...?
The kickdown of these Torqueflites are something to die for.
Really enjoyed the ride! My mom had a '59 White Belvedere 3 on a tree. I grew up in it had have a lot of fond memories of it. Yours is way fancier then hers, and I enjoy seeing it. Thanks for the post.
My nana had one of these!!......and i remember the rumble, and that it had the twin carbs.....THANK YOU DrivenRC10 for letting me relive my childhood in this video!!..........the only differences are that her's had a red leather interior, an the paint was a pearl white from what i remember, but might have been this white.
The 318 cu in engine was a version of the V8 introduced in 1955. The 361 was a different engine that came out in 1958, replacing the hemi V8 from the early 1950's. Same engine as the 383, the very common particularly in Chryslers and Imperials 413, and the 440.
gorgeous car! I love the BIG finned cars of the late 50s and early sixties, I currently have a 76 cutlass but I am gonna trade it for a old buick or plymouth when I can afford it. It's a shame the US autoindustry lost its "thing", cars got pretty awful after ca. 1972
Thats a beauty. We have 59 fury sport. Cream color with a turquoise interior. 361 with 2 -4 barrels. Nice vlog👍🏻😎
Excellent vid and a simply beautiful car. Thanks for sharing
This looks exactly like the 1959 Sport Fury I nearly bought in 2006. It was on Ebay and up to $3,000. I bid $6,000 and lost to the winner who got it for $6,500. Today it would go for 10 times that - oh, wait - today it wouldn't sell at all because of the inflated prices. But it too had the swivel seats and that interior. Later I got a 59 Plymouth Belvedere sedan (big mistake) but sold it after 3 months. The dashboard bounced when you went over bumps, suspension was rock-hard like a wooden wagon, there was no sound deadening, 3rd gear felt like 2nd gear and the motor sounded like a tractor. I measured the fins at 12" tall, 1959 Cadillac I measured at 13". Today I drive a 1963 Cadillac convertible in triple black, which I love (its fins are 9" tall).
My brother in law bought a brand new 1959 Plymouth belvedere in 1959. I turned 16 in November, 1958 and I got my learners permit. I learned to drive in it and he worked days. His brother worked nights so he took me during the day to take my test at the state police barracks in a brand new 1959 Ford Galaxy 500. My first car was a 1950 Pontiac two door hardtop stick shift straight eight. I traded some guy for a 1951 Ford convertible. Sure wish I still had that 51 Ford.😀😀
Man, I hope there is no salt on those roads. That could be murder on that car in a few years.
Love the car, those were awesome vehicles, still are.
The rim blow was called a horn ring here in the UK. In case you didn't know we had scaled down versions here, but probably a year or two behind in styling and somewhat more restrained. I guess once Ford and GM (Vauxhall) were happy with things in the states then they would encourage or even insist the same thing was introduced here. A straight six 158 would be considered large with a length of around 177 inches. But the mecca of 50s and 60s styling was of course the U.S. without a doubt, but utterly impractical on our roads lol, (for a start petrol is currently the wrong side of $7:50 per gallon and the steering wheel is on the other side too!)
My dad had one of these bad boys, very sweet highway burner.
Love how you stress the Americaness of these cars.
Those mountains are Bruteful.
Very nice plymouth thanks for sharing 👍
The 1960 Fury has the biggest fins in my opinion those things are tall anyway that's a nice car love the Poly 318 and the roof line on those cars are awesome my favorite is the 1958 I love the grille and taillights
I need a swivel seat in today's cars. Genius.
They still have them. It's an option, not a standard feature.
Wow! You have some spectacular scenery where you live.
Great car. Style and function.
The Plymouth Fury, in Canada, was also called Dodge Viscount, a rebadged Plymouth, a Plymodge, and wasn't a U.S Dodge.
Fantastic video & FABULOUS Plymouth! The horns looked (& sounded) like modern plastic replacements so can you ask your Dad to put the proper ones back on it please? Interesting to see the lovely mountain views & the roads looked like there was little or no salt on them, here in the UK the roads are so salty in the winter that their white/grey in colour when they are dry, & dusty too with salt! :-)
One of the best Plymouths in history..
What a gorgeous car!
Super, super wóz z bajki CHRISTINE Jestem pod wrażeniem! Super
Very, very nice! Thanks for showing!
Very well done review!!! I'm restoring a 1959 Buick lesabre 4 door sedan
Wow! My dad bought a 59 lesabre convertible-bright red- as a used car, back in the early 60s...I learned to drive in that beautiful barge!
nice video glad you gave it some gas i miss that sound. i have to be honest im not a fan of the sport fury, the back end isnt easy on the eye and the grill looks all wrong but all in all its a lovely gem, never seen that sort of gear selection befor is it just this car or is it more common than that, living in the uk most of the old cars here were manual so to me its a strange old gear selecter
Plymouth cars are (were) well- known for these push-buttons, but then when Ford released the Edsel in Sept. of '57 for the '58 model year, these cars also came w/the push-button tranny. It was a novelty then, as is now, but they were trouble prone. 😕
That is one nice ride.
Nice to see a non Christine replica.
You must be in Utah! Unless I miss my guess.. Utah County. Winter is good and cold! Nice car, the same year as myself! Sure hope to see it at a car show one day!
those swivel seats are genius they should implement those again
GM revived them for the 73 - 75 Chevelle Laguna, but, unfortunately, they still were not popular. Strange but true.
Should weigh only a tick over 33 cwt. I had the 4 door pillarless '59 Belvedere in Sydney many moons ago. Had the old cast-iron 318. Whacked a high compression 440 in it with alloy torqueflite transmission (with shift kit) and it still weighed the same. Went like a bat out of hell.
Cadillacs and Thunderbirds were particularly weighty. But modern cars are much heavier than most people realise - heavier than some of the old "Yank Tanks". The 1962 Dodge Phoenix - V8 - only weighed 30 cwt (I think they were a Seneca in the States). By comparison the last Holden (Commodore) produced in 2017, much smaller than this '59 Plymouth, weighed 35 cwt.
Those American cars, especially from '57 through 61 - the great fin period, were works of art rather than just motor cars. From a time a lot of us older folk yearn for, when the designers poured their hearts into building dreams on wheels.
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In Canada, the 1959 Fury was also called a Dodge Viscount, Dodges were rebadged Plymouths and weren't U.S Dodges.
Wow. It sure is pretty country out there!! Nice ride too!!!
What a sweet Fury
I learned to drive on a 1959 Sport Fury. Much better transmission than the GM TWO SPEED Powerglide. Brakes were not that good. You'd come off a freeway normally and the brakes would fade.
Loved it though.
At long last, the Holy Grail has been uncovered!
Ah, the Chrysler full time power steering gearbox.
Cette vidéo de La Plymouth Sport Fury de 1959 , UN PUR RéGAL !!!
I don't think that would be considered a survivor. It has new paint,rechromed bumpers and new interior material.
sweendog1969 Survivor means Original Paint
I’m 15 and have a job and I’m going to buy one of these for my 16th birthday. I found a nice one for 25,000
I know it's been a few years, but.. Did he ever get the two four barrels working? Would love to see an updated test drive video with them on the car.....
I believe the man's name was Francis Davis, he invented power steering. Chrysler Corporation did not want to pay him, or his patent. they stole the idea from him, and re-engineered it enough to avoid paying for the idea. the same thing happened to the guy who invented delay wipers, Ford didn't want to pay him.
I had heard the inventor eventually went to court, and got a couple million settlement on the wiper delay thing...man, Ford was a bastard of a company!...they knew, for example, about the Pinto (and a couple other cars ) having a serious tendency to catch fire in a moderate rear end collision...but they actually determined, that it would be cheaper to pay off the victims, rather than retool their assembly lines...even the famous first generation Mustang had a serious design flaw, having to do with the rearward placement of the gas tank...eventually they changed it up.
Yeah, and Ford had the first hemispherical combustion chamber, hence Hemi..but Chrysler patented the name, and so the rights. In fact, a lot of cars' engines have hemispherical combustion chambers, even today. But they can't put the name Hemi on them.
Absolutely beautiful car! Liked n shared
thank you for the time travel!
plymouth had a dodge clone in canada, with the same body, interior and tailights, both built in windsor, ont. plant. your sport fury at your canadian dodge dealer, was called the viscount, (1959 only), in 1960, canadian dodges were called the dart, with multible variations. the savoy in canada was also called the dodge regent, belvedere, was a dodge mayfair, and the fury, was a viscount, the kingsway was exported to india. GOOD LUCK!
I have one same color, frame off restoration. Never had any rust, Arizona car. Only difference I have red and white interior. I have owned it for 40 years. Show it at lots of car shows. 318 super pack engine and push button shift
It was advertised as "Full Time" power steering. Chrysler was known [notorious?] for their light, quick steering.
I'm guessing that road salt is not used where you live. In Nova Scotia this car would be in the garage until mid April or the first of May. Your comments about American cars are interesting. In the 1950's and 1960's Ford and GM built some uniquely Canadian cars. The philosophy however was much the same with lots of power, options and the super easy power steering. In Western Canada these cars survived since the weather was deemed to cold for road salt. In Eastern Canada and the Maritime Provinces beautiful cars with wings just melted away thanks to road salt.
I could do without the toilet seat, but aside from that, there isn't a bad line on it. 59 fury 4 Dr hdtp is one of my favorites. What year is Plymouth plaza? 58?
Sweet sounding exhaust.
Love the late 50s early 60s mopars.....the Exner era
I wish we were making true full sized sedans that were exciting looking today. Best you can do now is but an Escalade or Navigator, but those just don't have the style of the old land yachts.
Back then, gas was below 30 cents per gallon. The good old days.
Wow what a beautiful place. Love the long roads and the mountains. Where is that?
Beautiful car!
Sweet ride
The 318 was not a big block. It looks big because of the position of the valve covers on the heads. It was designed for full-size cars, so compactness was not considered. The 318 you are familiar with, which everybody considers a small block, uses the same rotating assembly, which would not be possible if this original version was a big block. It wouldn't fit.
I really hate the fact that I wasn't born in like the 50's because it's a lot of nice cars during that era....my auntie had a Plymouth fury lll.
Fabulous Specimen. Your also a great commentor! I think the type fabric on the seats was/ is called Jacquard? Not too sure. Thanks for posting !
The rear-view mirror looks like a re-pop, and it's not vibrating like the originals did - we had a '57 which is the same car as this except with terrible rustproofing that was much better in the '59's. Also - the mirror is upside down as most people used it with the wide side down. Love that Virgil Exner design.
Where is the location?? Its lovely, nice mountains
Awesome car and stunning views on views!! (Where was this shot?)
the gas crisis in the mid 70's killed the large body american cars. thats the time when you started seeing american cars greatly down sizing to where they are now.
They really didn't start actually "downsizing" until the late end of the 70's though. I mean, ya look at a 74 Monaco, and it's STILL a pretty big car
ford gm and chrysler already had small econo cars by the mid 70's gm downsized all of their large body cars by the end of 76.
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My 78 Ford LTD was one of the last big ones before downsizing to the panther platform for 79. I believe Lincoln had one final year in 79 for true fullsize.
It was the fact that foreign car manufactures were kicking the asses of the American manufacturers that caused the downsizing of cars. The full size and mid-sized sedans have become extinct. People who need some room, tend to favor SUVs. But even in those, they prefer 4 or 6 cylinder engines. People who want vroom vroom buy sports cars. LOL.