This West Virginia Plymouth Sport Fury GT barn find is one of the rarest ever and now it’s being restored

This West Virginia Plymouth Sport Fury GT is one of the rarest ever – and the sought-after barn find is finally being restored.

The car had been parked since 1981 and was originally owned by a man called Dan, who was gifting it to his son.

Believe it or not, this car is only one of four known to exist thanks to its specific features.

But what sort of condition was this car in after all that time in a barn?

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This 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT had been hidden away for decades

This car is a 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT V-Code 4406-6, one of only four with the rare 440-6 engine setup.

The 440 cubic inch engine with a six-barrel carburetor system was a big upgrade for the Fury, a C-body (aka small and compact) car.

Thanks to the three Holley two-barrel carburetors, this engine produced 390hp.

The car’s original owner, Dan, hadn’t moved it from the garage since 1981.

The car passed to his son, Brent, who promptly got in touch with Tom Hegert from Rocket Restorations.

Despite having been idle for nearly 45 years, some parts of the car had held up remarkably well.

The engine is not one of them, unfortunately, as it had completely seized up.

This meant it would have to be broken down and rebuilt as much as possible, while keeping to Hegert’s goal of preserving as much of the car as possible.

Admittedly, some parts were beyond saving, but that’s just how the 55-year-old car crumbles.

Would this barn hit the road again?

It appeared that this car was damaged in some sort of accident at some point, which goes some way to explaining why it’d been barn bound for so long.

With a bent frame and a cracked quarter panel, the clues pointing to the incident remained.

But Rocket Restorations was keen to get started on the project.

“This is pretty much my dream car,” Hegert said.

“I don’t want to ruin any of the history of the car or any of the original paint.”

Over the next few months, work would commence on this barn find.

In his most recent update on the car, published in late September, the car got a dry ice blasting, an advanced cleaning method to remove dirt and old coating without the use of chemicals or water.

There’s still work left to do on this car, and we can’t wait to see the final results.

We take our hats off to people who do restorations, because it’s no picnic.

For one amateur mechanic, he needed to call up experts for help after his Ferrari 308 went up in smoke.

But then there are times it can work out – as this man can testify to with his Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale.

It’s a backbreaking process and can really test the skills of whoever is working on the car, which became clear for Sam Hard when he worked on a fire-damaged Ford Mustang.

To follow the process, pay a visit to Rocket Restorations’ YouTube channel.

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