I have the original filters. They are clear plastic with internal paper elements and the remains of red-inked lettering and flow arrows. These are K&N 5/16" look alikes which I know I can trust to do the job. There are repop filters out there, however they do not provide any filtration data and the red ink seems to disappear.
This car was delivered with a normal pushbutton shift pattern and valve body which included an intact kick-down linkage. I was fortunate to have John Cope (Cope Racing Transmissions, Indiana) offer to do a realtime YouTube video on line when he disassembled and refreshed this original transmission. It was in July 2023. There is a valuable lesson in that video for those that find an automatic car that has been dormant for 58 years!
Kudos to the owner for chiming in. Can’t wait to see a full feature on the car in the future hopefully!
Seth, Thanks for starting this topic on this forum!
Fury is this a light weight car? I have a black one with same flat spot on inner fender.
Watched the entire video and a good education. Wish he would do one putting it back together or I could watch the vid in reverse, lol. There’s a member on here having a wicked ’64 moving the buttons to the righthand side doing a nice video drag racing. Much as I relish 4-speeds, the button shift reduces room for errors. There is also some history with a couple of iconic mopar drag racers; I think Don Garlits was one having the buttons on the right. One of them didn’t like parting with them when Chrysler ended them in ’65 and had the ’64 setup put in his ’65 racer.
The car in the photos does not have an aluminum front end, so as far as I know, it's a standard super stock. If you have the slanted inner fender, and of course it came from the factory like that, you have a rare car. If you car came from the factory in a black/red combo, a Plymouth, and is a lightweight, it may be 1 of 7 Super Stock III or 1 of 6 Super Commando Hemi cars. I'm by no means an expert on these cars. There is a very good article on "the black 64' Plymouths" in the Dec. 22 Mopar Action by Wes Eisenschenk. Darrell Davis has published "The 1964 Plymouth Super Stock and Super Commando Guide", and there is Jim Schilds "Authenticity Guide 1962-1964 Dodge & Plymouth Maximum Performance (Wedge). Have fun!!
I get the same reaction that you do at shows with my button shifter Ron. Older guys (well, older than me) always seem to call it the "typewriter shifter". I did see a car that had the shifter moved to where the heater controls normally go. Interesting idea, but I think it would need to have custom cables made ($$?). Government mandates required that all manufactures shifters must be on the column or the floor for 1965.
Yeah - I've heard the handles - typewriter drive, punch box, and go-buttons. There are a couple of members on here that are walking encyclopedias on these tranny's not recalling their names offhand, maybe they will catch these posts and reply. One I think is Dave having a '64 with a photo showing the front wheels up off the line and did a cool video. While back he replied to me about how he moved the box to the right. I can do a search and post them. If I recall, part of the reason for the demise in '65 also had to do with the rental car agencies not wanting them anymore being confusing to people - something like that. Rumor was Ralph Nader was involved; but thought he came in a few years later to kill off the Corvair.I get the same reaction that you do at shows with my button shifter Ron. Older guys (well, older than me) always seem to call it the "typewriter shifter". I did see a car that had the shifter moved to where the heater controls normally go. Interesting idea, but I think it would need to have custom cables made ($$?). Government mandates required that all manufactures shifters must be on the column or the floor for 1965.
Couple of the members I was thinking of include - dvw, threewood, and khryslerkid, couple others; but can't recall right off...
are you saying that the photos of that copper tone 63 savoy in the photos dont have a alloy front end ? i know the owner and seen it in person and i have had a lt wt 63 dodge in the past the car does have a alloy front end on it and the best part never taking off its the real deal .
Love that color. Wish my dad would have never sold his 64 Sport Fury Max Wedge when I was a kid.
Yep, but not real close. Met him and his wife in '87. Several of us went to the Mopar nats together. Spent some time talking with him about fixing the engine and getting the car running. He didn't want to fix it. I think his wife didn't want him racing. The Mopar community was rather tight back then in indy, and most people knew of the car but Charlie stashed it back and didn't want people looking at it. Charlie told me the camshaft broke and ruined the block.
No, NOT the 63' Fury. Fast Savoy asked me if the photos I posted of the white 64' (post#15) had an alum. front end. That car has a steel front.
