In Stephen King’s novel Christine, what make and model is the possessed car bought by Arnie Cunningham?

In Stephen King’s novel Christine, Arnie Cunningham’s possessed automobile is a 1958 Plymouth Fury.

Arnie discovers the battered red-and-white car and buys it from its elderly owner, Roland D. LeBay. As Arnie restores the vehicle, Christine’s influence changes his personality and intensifies the novel’s conflict with his friend Dennis Guilder and girlfriend Leigh Cabot.

The car’s exact identification matters because Christine is not merely a generic haunted automobile. King gives her a specific American make, model, and year, grounding the supernatural story in the visual culture of mid-century car ownership.

Christine was published in 1983. The novel alternates perspectives, including Dennis’s narration, and builds its horror around obsession, jealousy, possession, and the apparent ability of the car to repair itself after damage. John Carpenter directed the 1983 film adaptation.