I thought I would share some of my plans. I have been toying with the idea of building a street/strip car for a few years and talked with Ralph about the SuperCar series several times over a period of a year and a half.
Last October, I took my green "survivor" '68 Sport Fury with a 383 and highway gears up to the Lebanon Valley event for fun and to meet some of the people who race in this series. Everyone that I met made me feel welcome, I had fun and I plan on trying to make some events this year.
I collect (primarily) 1968 and 1971 Plymouth Furys. I keep my wife happy by telling people I have more cars than brains and my Furys are my only big addiction. One of my cars is a yellow '68 Plymouth Sport Fury 2 door hardtop that I have owned since the early '90's and had restored in the late '90's. This is a low mileage car with only 51,000 miles but the original 318 powerplant just wasn't keeping my right foot happy anymore so I decided this car will be my SuperCar build car. The 318 drivetrain got yanked last weekend and the initial plan is to replace the 318 with a low mileage 383 that I have and to upgrade the highway geared rearend to something more appropriate for moving the car down the quarter mile at a reasonable pace.
The engine compartment needs to attention and my paint and body guy thinks that he can get to my car in May.
A disc brake conversion needs to be installed on the car and the engine and transmission will need a little bit of TLC from sitting before they are dropped in. With some luck, the car will be together before the end of the racing season. I have been underemployed since December of 2008, so I am trying to do what needs to be done on a tight budget. Down the road, I hope to build another engine for this car, when finances permit me to do so.
For those who are wondering why build a '68 Sport Fury, the answer is that I already have the car, I like to be different and the car does not weigh as much as most people would think.
Some photos will follow.
Bill Corcoran