Always loved Mopars. We almost had a few over the years but they seem to be mostly built for drags or rotten to heck. If you find a nice fury that runs good than go for it. But remember that from day one to today any Mopar you get will be more of a gas hog than a similar car from another make. Don't be afriad to give it the old police equipment too. As long as it's period correct and you don't do the lights/siren of course.
That was the first thing I thought of when I read that. Actually, it not considered a big block, but more a distant cousin to the early hemi. The 318 poly is considered an "A" series engine, while the 273, Later 318, 340, and 360 are all "LA" or "Late A" series engines. The 318 Poly is the last remnant of the time when Chrysler/Imperial, Plymouth, and Dodge/Desoto all had their own engineering departments. The Plymouth "A" family includes the 301, 326, which is a completely different animal than the poly 325, ask me how I found that one out, and your 318. They share a timing chain, lifter bore sizes, and a few bearings with the Later mills. As far as that goes, the '66 is an early C-body. Again as previously stated, those cars don't have frames, but frame rails. Chryslers in this age had a massive propensity for rust in the lower quarters, rear seat pans, inner frame rails, shock towers. When the body tubs made the transition from a stack of sheet steel to a body tub, they went through a 7 step process before even getting the first coat of primer on, with rust inhibitors, alternating with a dunk in water, so you can imagine why Chryslers rusted so badly. Not many performance suspension parts exist for that car, but you can get a later disc-brake setup from a later fury, and if you are lucky, rear discs from the '74-'75 Imperials. Those setups are made out of inobtanium, but aspen/volare pads can fit those rear calipers with a little modification. They are cool cars, and C-bodies are an untapped market in the Mopar World. While everyone was flocking to Chargers and 'Cudas, Full-sized Land Yachts were getting ignored. Now that the average mopar guy can't afford the more desirable cars, C-bodies are getting more and more popular as an affordable alternative... Any guesses as to what my other brand allegiance is (or was)? KFD
That's what I was thinking. If you like the car and the price is within your budget, buy it. And if after you get it you decide you don't want it, sell it. It's as simple as that.
Lee is correct. What we would call a Mopar big block are referred to as the "B" engines. The common ones are 361, 383, 400, 413, 426, and 440 cu. inches. All have the distributor in the front. The 318, 340, and 360 are small blocks and have the distributor in back. The early 318s had solid lifters and kinda rippely wierd valve covers. At some point in the mid-60s (I think) Chrysler redesigned the heads for juicy lifters and more conventional valve covers. It was a hell of an improvement in the engine. The early 318s had oil return hole plugging up problems. The later ones didn't.
A friend has one that he drive to work every day. The 318 was bad so we swapped in a 360 out of a 81 van. He absolutely loves the car.
I'm pretty familiar with my Mopars. What would have been more accurate for me to state was that it's the old 318 Poly and not the LA-series 318 that most people are familiar with. I think the 1957 Fury may have had the 318 with 2x4s.
That was the point I was trying to make with my statement,318 poly (wide block)not to be confused with the LA 318's,so does appear very different.Yes,technically not a big block.
QPsychosis,so you are going to pick it up???? Cool,should make a great ride!!!When set up with some nice wheels and alittle rake from the back as one said,it will be a cool looking car.Enjoy!!!!Pics when you get it of course!!!!
I knew that I would forget something - the 273, which was used primarily in Valiants, Darts, and the like. There were also two different "B" engines; the low block and the high block - depending on the stroke. As is the case with the Nailhead, the intake manifolds will not swap between low and high-block engines. Someone mentioned that there was a 318 with dual-quads. My brother Sandy had a 1958 Plymouth wagon with dual quads, but I don't remember whether it was a 318 or a "B" engine. FWIW: They also built a slant-six with a four-barrel carb option. I kinda like Mopars, too. They have built a dog here and there, but they have also built some absolutely amazing machinery. Like Sinatra, they do it their way.
2 door or 4 door i like them i like all older cars there is one for sale out in front of work would be a good looking car if it wasnt for the fact it has some bad body work hid by yellow paint
Here is another one that will BLOW your minds! Everybody keeps on forgetting one member of the B-R/B series family, and that is the 350. Yes. Mopar had the 350 before it was a GM staple. It was an option in mainly the plymouth belvedere in 1958, while the Furys got the 361. As far as the 318 poly with dual quads in '57-'58, I don't believe they had that, again, the '57 D-500 Dodge Coronet got the option of dual WCFBs on top of the 325 Hemi. I do know for a fact the Fury in '58 got the 361 with dual quads. A super rare option for 1958 was an electronic fuel injection for the 361. They were plagued with lots of gremlins, and stoplights would interrupt the firing sequence of those units! Okay since we are talking about mopars, I will show you guys a quick picture of what I was playing with while the Skylark was residing in a chicken coop at my parent's house... Okay, enough of my mopar rant! KFD
We owned two '66 Plymouth Satellites and they were both wonderful cars to drive and own. Each had the big block 318 2BBL motor with the floor-mounted automatic shifter and console and each car had factory air as well. Probably the best A/C that any car had back in 66 had to be the ones they put into Mopars. The compressors alone were pretty much bulletproof and we never had problems with either car other than my wife "lending" the first one out to her cousin. He rolled the car in a ditch a short distance from our house - meanwhile I was stationed in Japan for two years and she bought a '64 Ford four door to replace the Plymouth with. When I got home I found another 66 Satellite and bought it immediately - from there I don't know what happened to that one because the wife and I separated when I got an assignment to Los Angeles Air Force Station. If I could find another 66 Satellite, like the two we once had I would definitely buy it! I loved the roofline on those cars and believe the Fury is the same.
Me, too. I spy a Durango next to your Buick. I'm on my 2nd Durango. I've had a bunch of Chrysler products over the years.
Good eye,thats the one in my signature,bought it new,2000 Durango R/T,currently has 15k orig miles,tires have never been off it yet,literally.Survivor in the making!LOL
I couldn't resist doing a bit of research - 1n 1960, Marvin Panch did 10 laps of Daytona in a 1960 Valiant slant six. His average speed for the 10 laps was 123.282 mph. This was with a normally-aspirated 170 cu. in. 4bbl-carb engine. to me, that is mighty impressive. I still love the Nailheads, but I have a soft spot for certain Mopars.
Daytona used to hold a special race for six shooters. Those that remember the Hyper-- Pak may recall they dominated the results. http://www.allpar.com/mopar/hyper-pak.html
For the nay-sayers, the old 318 "poly" is affectionately known to the Mopar crowd as a "big block" because it is heftier than the common, later 318 as has been mentioned. It's not a true big block in terms of cubic inches like the 383/400/413/426/440 but it is different from the later version we all know as the common 318. My step-dad has one in a '63 full-size Chrysler wagon with a push button transmission. I love those early-mid 60s Chryslers. They have a ton of character in their designs.
