C-body owners: What makes a '70 Fury a Gran Coupe?
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Trying to educate myself on a '70 Fury "Gran Coupe"....from what I gather it was a package on the 2-dr "post" body in 1970. Was it basically just a trim package? Hide-away headlights, etc? What all came with the package?
I don't know much about C-bodys....just trying to educate myself. thanks.
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Re: C-body owners: What makes a '70 Fury a Gran Coupe?
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Every GC I've ever seen has brown paint and brown paisley top and interior trimmings, and yes, they got the SF's hideaway headlights. I would speculate they are built on the F3 level and not F2, but  FWIW -- I saw a 71 Fury 4dr in a junkyard once, it had Gran Coupe badges on it, but it was beige. Yes - GC badges. I remember at hte time thinking it was odd.  The 71 brochure here (http://www.fuselage.de/ply71/grancoupe.html) shows it as an F3 hardtop and no reference to a Gran Sedan. The 72 brochure, though, mentions a GS (http://www.fuselage.de/ply72/1.html).  The 72 GC is avaialable in 2 configurations, both hardtop-style, with a slight difference int eh roofline and quarterpanel. So if you need a 1/4-panel for a 72 Fury 2dr, you better make sure which one you need/get!
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Re: C-body owners: What makes a '70 Fury a Gran Coupe?
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The '70 Gran Coupe was a PL21L0 - 383 2bbl Fury II (was the 383 4bbl OPTIONAL?) In addition to the often seen FT8 - "walnut metallic" other colors were available. Here's a BL1 - "sand pebble beige" version
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Re: C-body owners: What makes a '70 Fury a Gran Coupe?
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Dan, I think you mean FT6, GT8 was a '71 color.
I have seen 1970s is FT6, BL1, and EW1. In 1971 I've seen them in GT8 and BL1, and EW1.
In 1971 the Gran Coupe was available in any Fury color. I'm not sure about the 1970. The Paisley top was an option, but only on certain colors.
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Re: C-body owners: What makes a '70 Fury a Gran Coupe?
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I learned how to drive on my dad's brown 70 Gran Coupe. Smacked the fence a couple of times coming into the driveway. He was the original owner and had all sorts of issues with the car. Leaked into the passenge footwell, dealership never managed to find it. Radio blew up once a year. He got rid of it in '83. Guy who bought it cut the rear wheel wells open for huge ProTracs and had a velocity stack sticking out of the hood. Do sort of miss the car now, but not back then (paisley  ).
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Re: C-body owners: What makes a '70 Fury a Gran Coupe?
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Every GC I've ever seen has brown paint and brown paisley top and interior trimmings, and yes, they got the SF's hideaway headlights. I would speculate they are built on the F3 level and not F2, but
FWIW --
I saw a 71 Fury 4dr in a junkyard once, it had Gran Coupe badges on it, but it was beige. Yes - GC badges. I remember at hte time thinking it was odd. The 71 brochure here (http://www.fuselage.de/ply71/grancoupe.html) shows it as an F3 hardtop and no reference to a Gran Sedan. The 72 brochure, though, mentions a GS (http://www.fuselage.de/ply72/1.html).
The 72 GC is avaialable in 2 configurations, both hardtop-style, with a slight difference int eh roofline and quarterpanel. So if you need a 1/4-panel for a 72 Fury 2dr, you better make sure which one you need/get!
My dad owned a 71'Gran Coupe 4-door hardtop. Paisley brown with matching top and interior,360,headlight washers etc.It was odd seeing "Gran Coupe" on the pillar with it being a 4-door.Lots of great memories in that car! 
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Re: C-body owners: What makes a '70 Fury a Gran Coupe?
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FT8 - "walnut metallic" was a '70 color
GT8 - "Tahitian walnut metallic" was a '71 color
I guess Plymouth wanted their boats to sound "tropical"?
Cool thanks, I didn't see it listed as a Fury color.
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