1960 Plymouth Fury Convertible

1960 saw Plymouth’s top-of-the line Fury enter it’s second generation. It was also the year that all Chrysler cars (except Imperial) started using the new “Unibody” construction.

At the rear of the Full-size Plymouths the styling was similar to the previous couple of years, albeit with even bigger fins – quite the opposite of what the rest of Detroit was doing! Well, we call them fins but Plymouth were calling them “stabilizers“.

1960 saw the end of the “Sport Fury” – for now anyway – bringing the Fury to the top-of-the-line once more. Here’s an excellent example in Sky Blue with Caribbean Blue inserts on the front fender.

Rear view of a convertible - '60 Plymouth Fury
Nice fins – we mean stabilizers

Inside, Fury interiors feature a deeply-contoured effect on the doors and had a choice of seat colors that included; blue, green, red, caramel and turquoise.

rich fabric and vinyl interior of a '60 Plymouth Fury convertible with the top down
rich fabric and vinyl interior

The driver’s seat enjoyed a “High Tower” seat back designed to offer greater comfort.

front seats of a 1960 Plymouth FUry
front seats showing the High Tower driver’s seat

The Fury came with a 318 cubic inch V-800 engine as standard. It was equipped with a 2-barrel carburetor and was rated at 230 horsepower.

1960 Plymouth 318 Fury V-800 V8 engine
318 Fury V-800 V8 engine

An additional $199 was spend on a TorqueFlite automatic (push-button) transmission rather than the standard 3-speed manual.

front view of a 60 Plymouth Fury convertible
front view

Plymouth produced 55,487 Furys during the 1960 model year with 7,080 of them being convertibles. Prices started at $2,967. Options like power steering and power brakes would have cost buyers around $77 and $43 respectively.

This 1960 Plymouth Fury Convertible is currently for sale on eBay. (follow the link for lots more photos)

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