296 - FULL ISSUE - Plymouth Club

On OrionRoadForty-five years after this ad appeared in theSaturday Evening Post, Marv Raguse took hisidentical blue 1963 Sport Fury sport coupe--whichhas been in his possession the same number ofyears--to the same curve on Orion Road for thesame kind of shot.The road, located in the north-central edge ofthe greater Detroit area, has been upgraded overthe years: widened, with shoulders and approachesto side streets added, and possibly even thegrade has been reduced. But the curve is stillthere and the Plymouth runs strong, as if it is herethat it naturally belongs.-- LDKWriting in PLYMOUTH BULLETIN 171, Marv said:I still remember my first impression (when seeingthe 1963 Sport Fury)--it seemed too good to betrue… Here was a Plymouth that in my mind wasso pleasing, so well-styled, so well-integrated, somodern in ornamentation and features, I had tohave one. Being only 16-year-old at the time, Iknew I had to convince my father that he, too, hadto have one. Once that was accomplished, the restis history. Twenty-five [now 45] years later, thatbeauty is still parked in my garage.Reflecting back on the features that made the ‘63Plymouth Sport Fury special to me kindles againthat special excitement that we try to plan into ourvehicles today, because, you see, that ‘63 Plymouthbrought me in 1969 to Detroit and employmentwith Chrysler Corporation.I have owned this car essentially since new. My father bought it whenI was 16, and I became its principal driver soon after. Approximately10 years ago I gave it a complete restoration. It drives like a new carand is still a pleasure to take on the road.-39-