Long forgotten Plymouth Fury from 1957 received heroic rescue after 40 years in a field
- The 1957 Plymouth Fury was a success when it was first released
- However, this Fury has seen better days
- Being left to rot for forty years has made it look rather shabby – so a YouTuber made it his mission to rescue it
Published on Jul 24, 2024 at 9:56 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Jul 25, 2024 at 11:50 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
The Plymouth Fury is a beautiful car, but time is not kind to any of us.
This Fury had been left to rot for 40 years in a field and looked in pretty bad shape.
Fortunately, one YouTuber set about rescuing it and restoring it to its former glory.
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Bringing a Plymouth Fury back to life
FuryJim is the YouTuber taking on the challenge of restoring this Fury.
It’s not clear how the car came to be abandoned in a field for four decades, but there’s a lot of damage on the driver-side front fender.
From this, we can probably conclude it was crashed and then abandoned.
Not unlike this mysterious plane found abandoned on a road in Florida, US that’s currently being investigated.
Back to the Fury and, as a result of decades of neglect, rust now covers most of the car.
The lower body panels, which were sitting directly on the ground, are now severely rotted.
Although viewers aren’t given an up-close look inside the car, its interior seems to be in a bad way, too.
The fabric covering the seats is seriously wrecked.
So it’s clearly a big task – and with pristine condition Furys going for around $100,000, it could be a job that could cost more than its worth.
Brief history of the car
Plymouth Furys were produced between 1955 and 1989.
The first iteration was released in 1956 and sold as a two-door with a gold aluminum trim.
Come 1957, the whole car got a makeover – they were now longer and wider with large tailfins.
This restyling boosted sales figures for the company, but quality control took a hit as they went out to the public before design faults could be fully worked out.
Plymouth cars are often full of surprises when they’re uncovered after years of inactivity – take this 1971 Barracuda as an example, which had an extremely rare engine under its hood.
Meanwhile, this rusty 1970 Dodge Challenger that had been parked for over 20 years was hiding a surprise under the hood.
If you want to see how FuryJim gets on reviving the 1957 Fury he found, head on over to his YouTube channel.
