Day Four

Not much happened today. I waited all day to get my wheels and then they didn't fit. They are for a front wheel drive and my car is rear wheel drive... WONT WORK! And now they are supposedly sending me Lincoln continental wheels, WHICH IS ALSO REAR WHEEL DRIVE. Who knows... I just want my old fury back :( It drove so nice. I hope I can get it back to the way it was. Well, now I wait for tires. I'll update you tomorrow and see what I get!

Day Three

Well, it's sunday and I'm not working on the Fury.... But I am excited for the wheels to come tomorrow and see what they look like on the car. I'll take some before and after pictures. I forgot to tell you that I tried to move is yesterday after Butch (a friend of my grandpa) adjusted the carburator a little. But the wheels that are on the car were only held on by two lug nuts and they were to big so one of the wheels fell off :( Anyway... we had just put those steel wheels on to keep it off the ground. I'm sitting here thinking about the offset of these new wheels and if they will stick out or not... I really hope not... we'll see tomorrow I guess!

Day Two, Wheels, Transmission Update

Today my grandpa went to a friend of his and checked on a transmission for me but he wasn't there. Then I went to the junk yard and found an old set of temporary wheels. They are off of a 1995 Chrysler Sebring. They are chrome 16inch. They should do for now. Better than the steel wheels that are on it now. I got the Sebring set of wheels for $200 with tires. Later today I went to our mechanic's shop and told him my plans with the car. He will be doing things such as transmission work. He says that he knows a guy that can fix my transmission that I have. I would rather do that since I've already spent money on the transmission I have and know it has good cluches and new parts, just needs the bands worked on. He also says he has a set of shocks at his shop he was going to put on for me once but I never came over and had them installed. So, once the wheels get here monday, I'll put them on and show a before and after picture. And I'll take it to get the tranny worked on.

Intro

Ok, this blog is going to be specifically for my car, which is going to be a story in it's own. I should start off by telling you about were I got the car and it's past...

The first memory I have of the Fury is when I came to visit my grandfather and he took me out to a new car dealership to buy some cars. (He owns a carlot that I now run that that is a different story) When we drove this car back to the car lot I was thinking that it was a pretty kewl car. Now you have to realize that I didn't know the difference between the wheel and the tire back then. (If you don't know yourself, then you might as well stop reading this 'cause you're not going to enjoy it.) (Speaking of tires, I have to go air up another one...brb) Ok two tires done, 2 more to go. So, back to the story. So I found out that it had a big motor and that a two door was kewler than a four door so I said, I'll take it! We had the vinal top replaced and the seat had a little tear so we fixed that too. Later, after I beat the crap out of the poor car in high school, I got some kewl wheels and tires for it. That was about 4 years ago and now the top is bad again and the wheels and tires have been stolen. I have also changed the carburator to a edelbrock 4 barrel instead of the factory 2 barrel. Currently the transmission is out of commission and I even paid to have it fixed but the guy that worked on it only changed the clutches and things and didn't repair the bands. I've tried adjusting them but I get nowhere. Other things that need immediate repair is the radiator and the valve cover gasket seals. Oh and the tire that are on it, I wouldn't trust them to get me 5 miles to home :(

So, the plan is to get it running and use it as a daily driver. Did I mention it only has 66,000 miles on it? I know this 'cause it was a one owner and had around 47,000 miles when I got it. It was in perfect condition and was traded in by an older couple. The only accident or dammage the car had was in the parking lot of the dealership they traded it to. Some one back into them and put a small dent by the tail light. I'm planning on taking some pictures today so I'll let you know where I'm starting from. Wish me luck!