58 Fury Golden Commando

[old tired rebel]

Xs 3

 

[Propwash]

Awesome rides!

 

[snakeyes]

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[YY1]

My research indicates the 57 Plymouth outsold the chevy by almost 3 to 1.

Contrary to what pontiac guys will tell you, the 57 Moprs started the "lower/wider" trend, and caused the gm camp to re-redesign the 59/60 models (and the one year 58 band-aid).

Unfortunately they sufferd from terrible build quality, attributed to a rushed introduction.

 

[RustyRatRod]

They must have had terrible rust issues, because when you see one that's not been restored or garaged, there's a lot of rot. No wonder there's so many chebbies left.

 

[wannadrag]

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Buddy of mine has one like that,his is black with a 392 in it.

 

[old tired rebel]

If anyone says the 57 Chevy looks better than a 57 Fury they need their eyes checked. These cars are Drop Dead Gorgeous. To find one that can be restored would be a dream

 

[RustyRatRod]

Most everything Mopar made outlooks chebbie. chebbies are cheaper and more plentiful far as parts go so they just kinda became the workin man's way into the hobby. Far as I'm concerned, I'm glad the Mopar faithful are the minority.

 

[1948 santa]

1957 was the first year for the torsion bar suspension, so the 1958 car on Ebay has them.

I stand corrected.Thanks

 

[RustyRatRod]

I stand corrected.Thanks

Ha. I didn't know it myself. I had to look it up. You got me curious though. Thanks.

 

[Pistol Pete]

Here's another '57

This one is on the bucket list, I'm thinking 392 with twin turbos. :yes:

 

[old tired rebel]

Here's another '57

This one is on the bucket list, I'm thinking 392 with twin turbos. :yes:

That is a beauty. That light blue really suits the car.

 

[68 HEMI GTS]

man thats a nice car, would love to own a 58 ply

 

[snakeoil24]

A great lookin car. 57 chevies put me to sleep.

 

[Hemi Rebel]

They must have had terrible rust issues, because when you see one that's not been restored or garaged, there's a lot of rot. No wonder there's so many chebbies left.

Thats exactly what i have heard from some of the old timers i know when i mention that i would love to have one. They had major rust issues.

 

[khryslerkid]

After I watched the movie "Christine" years ago, I was hooked on those fins! But when you see one in person, up close, they are very hard to walk away from! Maybe, one of these days...

 

[daredevil]

tasty

 

[lewtot184]

I don't believe 58 Plymouth had torsion bars correct me if I'm wrong.

'57 was the first year for torsion bars.

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Thats exactly what i have heard from some of the old timers i know when i mention that i would love to have one. They had major rust issues.

they were rust buckets,especially around the headlights.

 

[Roadcuda]

They must have had terrible rust issues, because when you see one that's not been restored or garaged, there's a lot of rot. No wonder there's so many chebbies left.

Yes, the '57-'58 Plymouths had a lot of rust issues. Even though I was just 5 when my father first got his '58 Sport Suburban I remember it well. It was a reliable car but living in the Northeast and having a lot of snowy winters, with the loads of salt and sand the body did suffer. By '65 the car had 125k on it and had ran good until the engine let go. But the body had the rockers rust through, I remember watching the pavement pass under the car as it went down the road. To hold the floor up my father used a length of 1/2" pipe on both sides. Of course a common area of rust is over the headlights. All the stuff thrown up by the tires was landed on top of the headlight buckets with no cover to keep it out. So the top of the fender rusted out. So he took the old metal house flower box brackets and bolted it to good metal on the back of the headlight buckets and inner fender. So yeah, they were definitely rust buckets.