1972coronet

Now THAT is a Six Barrel Road Runner ! That EK2 paint is perfect ! It is "interesting" that the 1969 1/2 "M" Code R.R. and Super Bee models could only be had with (yucky) 4-wheel drum brakes --- great for drag racing , but garbage on the street .

That is one outstanding Fury ! WOW ! I can just hear its exhaust notes ; a nice , lumpy "square lobe" cam which requires the car to idle at 2,000 RPM ---beautiful ! I especially love how you detailed the wheels -- spot-on with the axle-ends in a natural finish .

I believe it was a '62 or '63 ( he started as a Deputy in 1961 , 1962 ) .

According to what I've read , the Gatorback tyres were introduced for 1986 : " 225/50VR15 Goodyear Eagle Gatorback tires" . I was under the impression that those didn't appear until the 1987 model year ( just as likely , I didn't pay a terrible amount of attention to the G-bodies as they were everywhere ! I was more focused on the Buick Grand National and the up-coming 1987 GN-X at that time ) .

Nifty ! Those are the exact tyres I was referring to ; the c.1989 MPC Gatorbacks ( called 'Eagle VR50' here ) . Nice find ! Hopefully those MiniLites fit !

Frankly , I was just surprised to see that there was a coupe (colloq. , "sedan") version of the Fury (or any C-Body for that matter) . I'm well aware of the two door hardtop Fury ( et al. ) , but a fixed-quarter glass ( 'Quarter Light' ) , "21" body-style is news to me . I can only imagine that these coupe models started , if you will , as 2 door hardtops ( body-style "23" ) , then had the glass fixed-into position , and a block-off cap / plug over the spot where the window handle would've been . Truly , that's how a certain number of 1970-1971 Barracuda and Challengers could be ordered : economy models whose V.I.N. was "BH21" ( Barracuda Coupe ) and "JH21" ( Challenger Coupe ) . My uncle ( L.A. Sheriff's Office : Detective , Ret. ) told me that many of their fleet were 2 door coupes ; those were used in patrols . Then there were the pursuit vehicles ( LASD and LAPD had jurisdiction over in-town freeways back in the 50's and 60's ) , which typically received the hottest engine available ( within reason --- no Hemis , L-78's , 428 CJ , etc. ) . One of the pursuit cars he drove when he had patrol duties on the Long Beach Freeway (present-day I-710 ; formerly SR 15 / SR 7 ) and Imperial Highway ( SR 90 / SR 105 [unsigned] ) was a 413-powered Dodge coupe . He said , "Quickest and fastest car in the fleet --- but the brakes sucked ! One hard-stop from 60 mph or greater , and those brakes were trash for a while afterward . "

I didn't know that the "other" 1970 1/2 Z-28 was a backdated AMT kit ( never had any of the AMT iterations of the 2nd Gen Camaro ; only the MPC versions ) . It would be sweet if Round2 were to make a separate, full-width bumper fascia , in addition to the RS setup that's moulded-in already . Even better ? Just remove the RS front fascia from the tooling and offer it as an option . I wasn't aware that the quarters were 'questionable' on that c.2000 AMT-tooled Camaro . I've only completed one of those kits (the first Baldwin-Motion issue) , and helped a friend build his --- guess that I'm not a G.M. F-Body connoisseur ( that's not meant as a jab at you ; just making a statement ) .

Bullet-Point Presentation !

Oddly , I've never perused the tail lamps on the 1987-1988 Daytona annuals ! I knew about the (typical-for-MPC) "edict" of "If it isn't broke , don't fix it . " as that pertains to changes in engine / trans / etc. , etc. IIRC , the 1989 Corvette was the first MPC kit to get "pretty-darned-close" Gatorbacks (in the then-huge 17" or 18" Z-Rated style) . I say , "close" because the lettering was raised rather than recessed --- still a huge improvement over those ad nauseam B.F.G.'s ! I wonder if any Tamiya (or other Japanese companies) produced "off-scale" ( +/- 1/28 scale ) kits with Gatorbacks ? Those Mini-Lites are going to look sweet on that G-Bod !

It's too bad that MPC's kits prior to '89 or '90 never got proper , correct tyres in them --- they cornered the market with those friggin' B.F. Goodrich Radial T/A that were in 98% of their kits ! I have the 1987 annual kit in "The Stack" to be built some day . I built so many of the 1984 annuals that I can still see 'em in me sleep !

I obviously got "Popeye" Doyle's hat mixed-up with the lyrics to I'm Waiting For My Man : , "...P.R. shoes / and a big straw hat..." . How about those 225-powered 1967-1968 Plymouth Fury NYPD cars in the garage scene in The French Connection !

That's funny ! We could always spot undercover units , at least in the county areas ( the L.A. Sheriff's Office used to "repurpose" impounded cars , one of which was a 454-powered '85 Monte Carlo ! ) , whereas the city cars were rather sedate ; oftentimes , the habits of the driver gave them away in short order . Now , where's my straw hat ? I need to toss it on the package tray shelf , park in the Lower East Side , and watch out for a 1971 Lincoln with French licence plates !

Or even stick a 360 in its place , 2 barrel and all ---- but with generous work to the heads , a healthy cam , etc. Even a period-correct 383 would be nice !

That's not out of the realm of possibility . Typically , however , even Detectives were relegated to mid-sized vehicles ( e.g. , Belvedere , Coronet , etc. ) . Perhaps this car belonged to an agency whose officers were on the , shall we say , bigger-physique side .

Chrysler would build a one-off car with the Certified Calibration Speedo ( 140 mph on big cars ; 120 mph on mid-sized , and on the 1976 Dart / Valiant police models ) , as it could be coded separately . Oftentimes when the police-car-spec codes were spec'd , the car's V.I.N. would have either an "L" or "E" in the 2nd-placement ( "L" = Low Price Class ; "E" = Economy Price Class --- translation : cheap-o , strip-o trim ) , and the "F" ( "Fleet" ) codes would be separately itemised on the fender tag and build sheet (except for , perhaps , Lynch Road Assembly --- their fender tags are vague at best !) . I love the plain interior ; the rubber mats , cloth & vinyl seats ; the radio block-off plate ; the overall minimalism .

It's a 318 / 727-A combo ; the "F" in the 5th placement of the V.I.N. = 318 230hp ; the "E44" on the fender tag also equates to the 230hp 318 , and ; the "D36" = 727 TorqueFlite , Heavy Duty . Everything jibes ---- it's just such an unusual car ! P = Plymouth Full-Size K = Police 2 = Two Door 1 = Coupe ( 2 door ) / Sedan ( 4 door ) F = 318 two barrel 9 = 1969 D = Belvedere Plant The second "SPECIAL ORDER" tag was applied to every police and taxi vehicle . If this were a Pursuit model , that other tag would also have "SPECIAL HANDLING" ; same goes for non-catalogued paint (however , this car is originally EW1 white , which is not a special order colour ) .

He was supposed to send me some Snuggies in trade for some Palmer kits , and I never heard back from him ! Who knows ? Maybe he's doing tattoo work in the grey bar hotel ?

Looks like we have a candidate for the 8 3/4 ! Apparently , that 1958 'Fury' kit has at least one redeeming value after-all . Now , how does the assembly ( springs , pumpkin , etc. , etc ) appear in mock-up ?

WHOA ! What-ever is THIS bad boy ???? 1969 Fury I two door coupe with A38 Conversion Package !! Never knew such an animal existed ! Its seller is calling it a Pursuit model --- with a 318 ? No way ! That's a Patroller with that engine ; a Pursuit version would have the 330hp 383 or 370hp 440 . Never-the-less , a truly rare and unusual piece ! http://smclassiccars.com/plymouth/135171-1969-plymouth-fury-police-pursuit-2-door.html

Looks like a nice kit ! Must be the domestic version of the FX-16 that we had in the U.S. in the 80's , no ? The Starlet in U.S. marketing was originally a rear-wheel-drive arrangement , IIRC .

Quite lovely , indeed ! I especially enjoyed the 1975 C-10 'Custom Deluxe' , 1971 Vega GT , and the GMC 'Suburban' ( Cameo ) . I was quickly taken-aback when I saw , " 1970 Chevelle LS-7 " , then... Nice collection of well-preserved and super-detailed beauties !

I never knew that Revell or Monogram even made an EXP until now ! That stylling lokks like it's , um , "Up From The Skies" . Great work !

Buick Nailhead / Dyna-Flow from the 1962 Buick .