Johan ? 1965 Plymouth Fury engines

[junkyardjeff]

This came in the batch with the Coronet and most likely built by the same person,it has a blown Hemi in it which one would think would not come in a Fury kit but it was built like a race car and with fender skirts looks horrible so it's going to be rebuilt as a normal Fury so what kit would have a appropriate 383 I can put in it.

[junkyardjeff]

Is there a kit that could have more correct wheels and hubcaps that is readily available.

[Trainwreck]

If the blown Hemi has a 727 transmission, it just might be the one from your Coronet, a suitable 383 would be found in the Revell '69 Dart.

[StevenGuthmiller]

The Revell 1969 Dodge Dart has a nice 383.

[CapSat 6]

I think the Jo Han Furies did come with Hemis. Before the Hemi was banned from NASCAR briefly in ‘65, the Fury was looked at to be raced with a Hemi if it were ever to come back. Also, Chrysler looked at offering the Street Hemi in C Bodies. I think I read somewhere that prototype parts such as exhaust manifolds were tooled up for C Body Hemi installations. As this might have been in the works for Chrysler, it might have been decided to put the Hemi in the kits and offer racing options for that engine. I think either the ‘65 or ‘66 Fury actually had a Petty NASCAR building option, too. A few C Bodies might have been raced in NASCAR, but the top teams all stayed with the B Body after the ban was lifted, initially using a Hemi destroked to 404 cubic inches. The rules might have stated 426 cubes for Hemis for full size cars, and 404 c.i. for intermediates, but eventually, this fell by the wayside. 

if you want something that would look like a 383 that would better fit the 1:1 car, and look like something that would have come with the kit, maybe try to find the 440 from the Jo Han ‘68 Fury Police Car, or the Jo Han ‘68 Chrysler 300. Those would look the part and probably fit right up. They were great looking engines back when they were tooled up, and they still look pretty good compared to what’s available now. 

The Chrysler engine comes with an air cleaner with “TNT” detailing on the pie plate area, the Police engine comes with a plain / unengraved pie plate. 

You could always go with the 383/440 from the Revell Dart. That seems to be the best looking 383-440 in scale. The 440 in the Revell ‘68-‘69 Charger is also a really nice one. 

Any “440” in scale could be dressed as a 383, or a 400, or a 413/426 Street Wedge. They all looked the same externally except for some details. Earlier engines had different details such as air cleaners. The right air cleaner could be found in the Moebius or Lindberg Dodges and Plymouths. The Moebius engines are pretty good as well, with the Lindberg engines a bit weaker/ squarer/ less detailed looking. The air cleaners in the Moebius and Lindberg kits don’t really look too good to me- Jo Han nailed the ‘65-‘68 big block air cleaner and nobody else really came close. 

Somebody really needs to cast copies of the air cleaner from the Jo Han ‘68 Fury Police car and offer them for sale. 

 

[junkyardjeff]

I want to build this one like it would have came from the dealer and use the hemi for a 69 Barracuda restoration since it has a cross ram intake the 69 is missing.  Now to find correct hub caps/wheels or something close.

[junkyardjeff]

Both of my 65s have hemis so it looks like that's the engine they came with,the blue one will retain it but I have a 440 for the white one.  The hemis from the Fury and Coronet will be combined to build a complete engine for the Coronet 

[StevenGuthmiller]

I dropped a Max Wedge in mine.

Not an option in ‘65, but it’s a “street machine”, so anything goes.

 

 

 

Steve

[junkyardjeff]

Since the blue one has a single four bbl the hemi stays if the hood will shut when a air cleaner is installed.  The white one will be like it would have came from the factory and will restore both at the same time,the blue one will retain its paint but get detailed and the engine will be repainted.