a little history please

[breaknstuf4fun]

looking at this forum many people talk about the 'cuda which is all fine and dandy but i'm a affraid that some peopel my be a little disappointed that this has nearly nothing to do with the 'cuda

i want to know some things about the Satellite, yeah that's right the Satellite.

My friend and I found one and we liked the body style so we're thinking about takeing it up to rebuild, but we wanted to find out some history on it or maybe some specs. From the body style it looks like a 72 or 73 Sat. Sebring Plus

any of you boys (or girls, i know yall are out there) know some info yall woudl like to share on this little coupe?

[PeteRR]

Originally Posted by breaknstuf4fun

looking at this forum many people talk about the 'cuda which is all fine and dandy but i'm a affraid that some peopel my be a little disappointed that this has nearly nothing to do with the 'cuda

i want to know some things about the Satellite, yeah that's right the Satellite.

My friend and I found one and we liked the body style so we're thinking about takeing it up to rebuild, but we wanted to find out some history on it or maybe some specs. From the body style it looks like a 72 or 73 Sat. Sebring Plus

any of you boys (or girls, i know yall are out there) know some info yall woudl like to share on this little coupe?

What do you want to know? They aren't reproducing any sheetmetal for them. They had terrible hp numbers stock because of pollution regs. Now you can transplant a hp motor into them.

[breaknstuf4fun]

well really what i want to know is regardless of it's bad hp numbers what did it come with stock under the hood. how did it handle, and was it popular in anyway shape or form, and how hard of a rebuild would it be. you say they don't make sheetmetal for them, but how many were prduced. woudl it be a hard find in the junk yards.

[PeteRR]

Originally Posted by breaknstuf4fun

well really what i want to know is regardless of it's bad hp numbers what did it come with stock under the hood. how did it handle, and was it popular in anyway shape or form, and how hard of a rebuild would it be. you say they don't make sheetmetal for them, but how many were prduced. woudl it be a hard find in the junk yards.

By '73 the best motor was a 360 small block. The 318 was also available. They handle better than the previous generation('68-'70) cars. They can be made to handle well with bolt-on parts. They are getting more popular, just by virtue of all Mopars are appreciating in value. They'll never be worth a ton of money. I don't have production numbers to hand, but there are junkyards in the Southwest that specialize in Mopars and they do have sheetmetal for sale.

If you restore/restify it, make sure you really like the car as you'll always be upside down on the project. The nice thing about a small block is you'll get decent mileage and it'll still be a great cruiser. I belong to a Mopar-specific bulletin board that can really help you if you do decide to buy the car. It's Moparts.com:
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat= A great source for advice, answers, and we have a classifieds section. Good luck with it.

[ScreamSalvation]

If you need some sheetmetal for it try http://autobodyspecialt.com I am in the same boat because of my 74 Road Runner, hard as hell to find sheet metal for it. Check them though they had the quarter panels for my car so more than likely they should have them for yours.