Saved From Obscurity: A 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury Ready for the Road

Among the many nameplates that defined Detroit’s golden era, the Plymouth Sport Fury occupies a strange pocket of history. It arrived in 1959 and, by the time the 1964 model year rolled around, just 3,858 examples had been built — a figure that makes it a genuine rarity when stacked against its contemporaries. Pontiac moved 32,450 GTOs that year, Chevrolet rolled out roughly 149,000 Chevelle Malibus, and Ford’s Galaxie 500 found 591,531 buyers. The Sport Fury never came close to those numbers, and its low production run, combined with a look all its own, is exactly what keeps collectors circling back to it today.

The car featured here appears to be one of the better survivors of that small batch. Power comes from a 383 cubic-inch V8 — the original Commander engine, rated at 330 horsepower and a hefty 425 lb-ft of torque when new. The seller describes it as a strong runner that could be driven straight to a local car show without hesitation. It sits on Torq Thrust wheels wrapped in Cooper Cobra radials, and stopping duties are split between front discs and rear drums, a sensible upgrade that makes a six-decade-old machine far easier to live with in modern traffic.

Cosmetically, the body is reported to be free of rust, and the paint is said to look near-perfect. The tan interior presents well front and rear, and the TorqueFlite automatic is shifted through a floor-mounted lever set into a factory console. That combination of a clean cabin, solid sheet metal and sorted mechanicals is often what separates a driver-quality classic from a project. The asking price on Facebook Marketplace sits at $25,000, with the car located in Scranton, Arkansas. The seller is open only to serious offers and would consider a trade toward a Mopar drag car.

For context, a 1964 Sport Fury in good condition typically changes hands closer to the $35,000 mark these days, which makes this one look like a bargain for anyone who values getting in and turning the key rather than starting a restoration. It also highlights an interesting quirk of the collector market: cars that were overshadowed in their own time, like the Sport Fury, can quietly deliver more character per dollar than the more celebrated muscle machines that outsold them tenfold. Whether it stays in Arkansas or lands in a new garage, this one looks ready to be enjoyed rather than stored.