Today I found a very interesting book while
cruising thru Barnes & Noble. It's titled "Glory Days - When
horsepower and passion ruled Detroit", a memoir by Jim Wangers. The
book is about his career as a marketer and ad campaigner for cars, most of which
deals with Pontiac, especially the GTO, in the 1960s. However, he says he
worked as head of the marketing department after the "Suddenly it's
1960" ad campaign started. Here is a quote from the book, talking
about the 1958 Plymouth:
"In 1958 Plymouth received the 350
cubic inch engine, which made a good car even better. Until then all Furys
were painted eggshell white with a gold anodized stripe down the side. I
had a special car painted black withe the same anodized gold trim. It was
sensational! I called it the Black Fury, and had a special fender badge
cast in gold featuring that name."
He says nothing about the
"so-called" Ricky Nelson car, and nothing about what happened to this
car, but I sure wonder what happened to it, and would sure love to see even just
a picture of the "special fender badge cast in gold". . .
Anybody heard of this guy
before???
Mark mjh
'57 Fury (Mr. Finzzz)
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