mschoo92
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone! Welcome to our build thread; my father and I have been working on his 1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus aka the Roadrunner since July of 2018. We have made a ton of progress, had our share of discoveries and setbacks, and as of today are in the middle of a full on rebuild of the car. I've got a ton of photos and information to share, but first a little background:
Dad and I are both self-proclaimed "car guys"; he's been working on cars since he was fourteen or so, and once I hit high school I started to find myself interested in cars as well - it's been a great hobby we both share, and I am grateful to have this project to work on with him. We have very different approaches seeing as he worked as a mechanic for many years whereas I'm a mechanical engineer, but we make a great team. But enough about us and on to the project...
We bought the Satellite in July of 2018 after seeing it in the "car corral" at the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle PA. We lucked out in that the previous owner lived relatively close to us, which allowed us time to think it over. A week after the show, we drove out and purchased the car. The previous owners were well into their project to turn the Satellite into a Roadrunner; the car came from the factory as a 318 automatic but had been converted to a 440 4 speed setup. It didn't run well, and we were told the car had a vibration which they thought was due to an incorrect flywheel. Cosmetically, the car looked great. The car was trailered to the house and dropped off on July 22nd, 2018 and so the build began.
Dad and I are both self-proclaimed "car guys"; he's been working on cars since he was fourteen or so, and once I hit high school I started to find myself interested in cars as well - it's been a great hobby we both share, and I am grateful to have this project to work on with him. We have very different approaches seeing as he worked as a mechanic for many years whereas I'm a mechanical engineer, but we make a great team. But enough about us and on to the project...
We bought the Satellite in July of 2018 after seeing it in the "car corral" at the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle PA. We lucked out in that the previous owner lived relatively close to us, which allowed us time to think it over. A week after the show, we drove out and purchased the car. The previous owners were well into their project to turn the Satellite into a Roadrunner; the car came from the factory as a 318 automatic but had been converted to a 440 4 speed setup. It didn't run well, and we were told the car had a vibration which they thought was due to an incorrect flywheel. Cosmetically, the car looked great. The car was trailered to the house and dropped off on July 22nd, 2018 and so the build began.