Saturday, July 4, 2009

1972 Fury: “standard size”

1972 brought the Gran Fury name, as well as the 400 cid V-8 (a bored 383); the base engine remained the 318 V8, with no sixes available. The front end received a new treatment, with two separate blackened grille areas and the word "Fury" in the middle. The upper level models were the Fury Gran Sedan and Fury Gran Coupe (depending on the doors). (Gran Sedan/Coupe: Bob Kecskemety).

While the Fury and similar Dodge Monaco shared a roof and had similar front fenders, the grilles were different, as was the sheet metal from the firewall to the tail. The Fury kept Chrysler-like fuselage styling, and the Polara was had more defined creases. The Monaco gained covered headlights around 1971, which the Fury and its Chrysler versions never had; while the Fury gained new low-beam headlamps with better visibility, and brighter backup lights with a larger light pattern.

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