Plymouth Fury 1957 - Modified (Christine - Stephen King)
The Plymouth Fury is model of automobile which was produced by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1956 to 1978. The Fury was introduced as a sporty, premium-priced model designed to showcase the line, with the intent to draw consumers into showrooms.
The word "fury" denotes a type of anger, inspired by the Furies, mythological creatures in Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman mythology.
The Fury was a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere from 1956 through 1958. It was sold only as a Buckskin Beige 2-door hardtop coupé with gold anodized aluminum trim in 1956, and 1957. The Fury had a special interior, bumper wing-guards and a V8 engine with twin 4-barrel carburetors. The 1957 and 1958, the 318 cu in (5.21 L) engine produced 290 hp (220 kW). In 1958, the optional engine was a 350 cu in (5.7 L) called Golden Commando with 2 × 4-bbl producing 305 hp (227 kW). A rare 315-hp option with fuel injection was available but the electronic Bendix fuel-injection system was recalled by the factory (owners were given a conventional dual four-barrel setup). The Golden Commando engine was optional on any Plymouth Plaza, Savoy, Belvedere, Suburban and Fury as was the dual four-barrel 318 (dubbed V-800 Dual Fury; four- and two-barrel 318s also arrived for 1958 and were simply called V-800). The '57 models were completely restyled; longer, wider, with very large vertical tailfins and a brand new front suspension, composed of torsion bars instead of coil springs. While the dramatic new styling boosted sales, quality control suffered for all Chrysler products as they were brought too quickly to market before the weaknesses could be fully addressed. In 1959, the 350 was dropped and a bored-out, 361 cu in (5.92 L) version of the Golden Commando was available in different setups starting with a single 2-barrel carburetor. The dual four-barrel version of the 318 also was dropped that year, though the four-barrel intake remained available on this engine through the 1962 model year.
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Fury
The Plymouth Fury featured dramatically in the Stephen King novel, and the following film 'Christine'. There are many factual errors concerning the car, more about which can be read here:
www.allpar.com/history/christine.html
In summary, the Fury for 1957 was available in a single egg-shell off-white with gold trim colour combination, while the novel indicates that 'Christine' was a red with white roof, and silver trim - though there is a caveat that she was a special order (not an uncommon occurrence).
It should be worth mentioning that I have not seen the film myself yet, so maybe that should be on my 'to do' list.
Nonetheless, this miniland-scale Lego 1957 Plymouth Fury Hardtop ('Christine' from the book and film of the same name), has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 91st Build Challenge, - "Anger Management", - all about cars with some link to being angry.
Plymouth Fury 1957 - Modified (Christine - Stephen King)
The Plymouth Fury is model of automobile which was produced by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1956 to 1978. The Fury was introduced as a sporty, premium-priced model designed to showcase the line, with the intent to draw consumers into showrooms.
The word "fury" denotes a type of anger, inspired by the Furies, mythological creatures in Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman mythology.
The Fury was a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere from 1956 through 1958. It was sold only as a Buckskin Beige 2-door hardtop coupé with gold anodized aluminum trim in 1956, and 1957. The Fury had a special interior, bumper wing-guards and a V8 engine with twin 4-barrel carburetors. The 1957 and 1958, the 318 cu in (5.21 L) engine produced 290 hp (220 kW). In 1958, the optional engine was a 350 cu in (5.7 L) called Golden Commando with 2 × 4-bbl producing 305 hp (227 kW). A rare 315-hp option with fuel injection was available but the electronic Bendix fuel-injection system was recalled by the factory (owners were given a conventional dual four-barrel setup). The Golden Commando engine was optional on any Plymouth Plaza, Savoy, Belvedere, Suburban and Fury as was the dual four-barrel 318 (dubbed V-800 Dual Fury; four- and two-barrel 318s also arrived for 1958 and were simply called V-800). The '57 models were completely restyled; longer, wider, with very large vertical tailfins and a brand new front suspension, composed of torsion bars instead of coil springs. While the dramatic new styling boosted sales, quality control suffered for all Chrysler products as they were brought too quickly to market before the weaknesses could be fully addressed. In 1959, the 350 was dropped and a bored-out, 361 cu in (5.92 L) version of the Golden Commando was available in different setups starting with a single 2-barrel carburetor. The dual four-barrel version of the 318 also was dropped that year, though the four-barrel intake remained available on this engine through the 1962 model year.
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Fury
The Plymouth Fury featured dramatically in the Stephen King novel, and the following film 'Christine'. There are many factual errors concerning the car, more about which can be read here:
www.allpar.com/history/christine.html
In summary, the Fury for 1957 was available in a single egg-shell off-white with gold trim colour combination, while the novel indicates that 'Christine' was a red with white roof, and silver trim - though there is a caveat that she was a special order (not an uncommon occurrence).
It should be worth mentioning that I have not seen the film myself yet, so maybe that should be on my 'to do' list.
Nonetheless, this miniland-scale Lego 1957 Plymouth Fury Hardtop ('Christine' from the book and film of the same name), has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 91st Build Challenge, - "Anger Management", - all about cars with some link to being angry.