65 Fury and 72 Scamp

Postby 123rmp » 01 Apr 2011 17:59

Here are two of my other cars:

65 Fury Convertable. It has 383HP that was originally in a 71 Roadrunner. It was there when I got it. Original motor was 383 but low perf version. It was originally black with red interior. I redid it with white exterior (I like white cars).
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Also I have a 72 Ply Scamp that is quite the beast. It has a 360 race engine we got from a local circle track racer who was getting out of the game. It has a 4 speed and 3.91 sure grip. It is almost not usable on the road in that it is really high compression and wants to run fast. It had the heads shaved and has solid lifters and other old school race treatments. It's not been dyno'd but I'd say it's close to 400HP. But in a light car with a 4 speed and 3.91's it is a handful. Sitting at a stop light for more than a minute or so will foul the plugs. The engine wants to live at high RPMs. When you open it up it absolutely is a beast. We did not upgrade the brakes or suspension so it is a bit of a challenge to stop and handle. I would not let an inexperienced driver drive the car. It will fry the tires thru all gears and it's gotten sideways with me a couple times while I was pulling hard. One of the first things it did after hitting the road was absolutely embarrass a new Pontiac GTO (the car Pontiac borrowed from Holden).
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Both of these are in my garage waiting on a proper resto now.....I may borrow the 3.91 from the Scamp for my Challenger. RIght now I have 3.23 in the Challenger.
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Re: 65 Fury and 72 Scamp

Postby patrick » 03 Apr 2011 9:08

Very fine Mopars! My first was a 66 Fury with a 383. Dad called it my Mopar Tower of Power! LOL! Only paid $50.00 for it. Could have brought in big buck's, today. But, that's a different story. :D
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Re: 65 Fury and 72 Scamp

Postby drewcrane » 06 Apr 2011 19:56

My parents had the exact same fury, wow brings back memories of traveling in that car to Dinosaur National park,Royal Gorge,Sand dunes , ours was a white convert.and 383 sounded soo cool with the top down, nice rides :D
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Re: 65 Fury and 72 Scamp

Postby dave-r » 07 Apr 2011 9:12

I like that Fury. 8)
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Re: 65 Fury and 72 Scamp

Postby redgum78 » 07 Apr 2011 11:00

Nice Mopars :s007:
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