Ok so I have a lot of threads but not a single progressive documented thread. Been meaning to do this for a while now. So here is goes.
Background, I wanted to have a car to work on again after many years on and off restoring and building a few cars. So I was looking around for something different. Well I never had a Mopar and this time that's what I wanted to try. I saw an "Offer Up" add for a 1970 Plymouth. No other description. It was rusting in the original owners backyard like a junk yard. What I did see was the tail lights. That told me either it was a Roadrunner or a Sport Satellite as these had the same tails.
It turns out that it was a Sport Satellite with the venerable 318CI engine SB and a 904 automatic. I was looking for an automatic as every car I have owned over the last 40 years have been manual.
All four tires were shredded, every panel needs some type of work but the body being in AZ was really free of rust except the roof and trunk pan. The culprit was the vinyl roof which I hear is common since they only primed the roof. Poor thinking but I understand that they weren't thinking out this far.
Background, I wanted to have a car to work on again after many years on and off restoring and building a few cars. So I was looking around for something different. Well I never had a Mopar and this time that's what I wanted to try. I saw an "Offer Up" add for a 1970 Plymouth. No other description. It was rusting in the original owners backyard like a junk yard. What I did see was the tail lights. That told me either it was a Roadrunner or a Sport Satellite as these had the same tails.
It turns out that it was a Sport Satellite with the venerable 318CI engine SB and a 904 automatic. I was looking for an automatic as every car I have owned over the last 40 years have been manual.
All four tires were shredded, every panel needs some type of work but the body being in AZ was really free of rust except the roof and trunk pan. The culprit was the vinyl roof which I hear is common since they only primed the roof. Poor thinking but I understand that they weren't thinking out this far.
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So I put a new Edlebrock intake on with a new demon carburetor and some new valve covers.
so it was a mess to say the least. He jumped all the fusses and broke a lot of connections arrrrrrg. Needed to put in a new ignition harness and lock...I love the old Niehoff NOS lock cylinder I found!!!! I M KEEPING THE BOX!
