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[jsc]

OK, one of my favorite cars when I was younger was a '68 Plymouth Fury Wagon.  Since I like re-creating my youth, I wanted to build one

 

First, the wrong way:  Buy a fairly rare Fury 4 door, and cut it up.  Johns iPhone.2.22.13 218.jpg   175.58K   50 downloads 

 

Then, the right way:  Found a resin version of the wagon,   Johns iPhone.2.22.13 222.jpg   122.71K   60 downloads

 

So I'm also now trying to put the 4 door back together!

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Good thing I've got the weekend.  More later!

[disabled modeler]

I have been wanting to build a 68 Fury wagon for awhile now....COOL!

[FASTBACK340]

Waaaay back in the summer of '79 me & 4 friends drove up to Lake Placid, NY to go camping in one. Drove to Montreal, Ausible Chasmn, etc. We lost our power brake assist coming down White Face Mountain.... talk about childhood memories!!!!!

But it was one of the most memorable weeks of my life. And that big Gold Fury was part of it. Thanks for giving the grey matter a jog....

[jsc]

Thanks. I'm using the engine and chassis from the old Johan kit. I hope to scratch build a roof rack. We'll see how it goes. More pics soon!

[FASTBACK340]

Good luck splicing everything back together. Post up progress on the both of them!

[charlie8575]

I have Jeff's wagon downstairs and I'll be getting to it at some point in the next year or so, I think.

 

I can honestly say that Jeff casts great parts and just from fiddling with it a little, it'll be a nice kit to put together. I have a spare 383 floating around that I'll be using and  have pretty much settled on the color scheme.

 

It's nice to see someone else building one of these.

 

Charlie Larkin

[disabled modeler]

How much is the wagon conversion or do I want to know???

[jsc]

How much is the wagon conversion or do I want to know???

I paid 53, which for a resin isn't bad

[Steve Milberry]

I have one too but I'm converting mine to a '67. We had an old '67 Fury wagon when I was a kid. It was an X-D.O.T. car so it was really plain base model in faded D.O.T. green with LOTS of rust in the rear 1/4 panels LOL.

 

Mine is an early casting so it has a couple inaccuracys that IIRC, Jeff has corrected since.

 

Oh, and no, I will not be recreating the car from my childhood. LOL 

[disabled modeler]

Ill have to try and convert the 4door into the wagon on my budget...bummer.

[jsc]

Some weekend updates:

Interior painted a nice 60's color
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Engine is wired, almost completed

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 Fury 005.jpg   96.27K   40 downloads

[jsc]

Not too sure where these wheels and tires came from, but they are pretty close to my reference pictures. Anybody have any ideas? After some cutting and trimming, the wheel backs will fit into these nicely

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 Fury 008.jpg   93.48K   54 downloads

[jsc]

A brief mock up. Not crazy about the roof rack, so I will be re-doing it.

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 Fury 004.jpg   54.34K   56 downloads

 Fury 005.jpg   64.09K   61 downloads

Thanks for looking!

[gtx6970]

so who does the wagon resin kit ? is it still avail .?

[Erik Smith]

Nice work so far.  

 

I like those wheels!  If you find out where they came from let me know!  If you have and extra...could I borrow it?

[1972coronet]

1968 was also the last year for a manual trans C-Body : 330 hp 383 Commando ( Plymouth ) Magnum (Dodge) .

[greymack]

Love them station wagons

[Funkster]

Just to let you know that the engine in that car was Chrysler blue, not the Hemi orange of the Road Runner and GTX?

[hemi_426_vit]

I owned an all original 68 Fury III, 2dr Hdtp with a 318 2 bbl...the engine was red...not turquoise or hemi orange. It was the best car I ever had, sure do miss her!

[Steve Milberry]

I'm pretty sure those hubcaps are from a diecast '65 Chevelle.

 

They look just like the hubcaps in the AMT '65 Chevelle wagon and elCamino kits but just with a different back.