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The giveaway on the Satellites for '71 is the 3-panel side markers, one year only.

Without being in your car, measuring vent temps, etc...I'd guess that is the issue. Cold falls. You want it to start out as high as possible, to be effective.

My survivor 500:

Mine back in the day (with 360/380 crate motor): And now, with a "standard" LA 360/4bbl: Bodywork is on the list, as you can see...gray is where there's mud (removed trim, filled mount holes; dent on lower doors; rust around rear wheel lip; surface crap where wheel arch moldings used to...

Been there, done that. I've owned mine since '92 and lost count of how many "repairs" I've done. They put it in the quarter panel behind the drivers rear tire, so EVERY piece of whatever gets kicked up and dinks the tank...resulting in a ton of pinholes. For a while, I was keeping JB Weld in...

asking too much IMO. For me, it's a $1000 parts car as it sits. Not running, not stopping...I know how expensive (and impossible to find) wagon gas tanks are...I don't know. I may try to get it cheap, see what the guy says.

They were trying to close (its at a shop) so I didn't take any other pics, these are from the ad: As I said, it's a 73 not a 72 (12/72 build)...funny thing though, it's from the same dealer that sold mine!

yep, seems to match up. "side stripes" may be the wide body moldings. My '72 was factory with a 489 3.23 rear; maybe this one is the same?

...near twin to my 72 wagon. It's a 73, and rough. Satellite Custom. Factory air car, 318/2, 489 case rear. Curious what ratio. Runs on carb cleaner, fuel tank is shot, lines are shot, brakes are shot, grille missing, but all glass is good, interior is worn but complete (6 passenger), body...

Great looking car, love the thread and the progress. Personally...I'm a fan of "original": Mine went from this: To this: with just (a LOT of) wet-sanding, compounding, and polishing. Not original factory paint, but "period-correct" probably from the mid-late 70s, my guess since it...

I have to ask...how are you going to match the patina on the filler panel? :popcorn2:

Awesome, thanks! He got some pretty amazing results, I'll have to start hunting for some. It'll give me something to do while I can't drive it (snow, ice, and salt all over the roads right now).

Great stuff. I'd love to know what your detailer used to polish that paint...I'm having a heckuva time getting my survivor to shine like that...

I'm still wondering if you need a 5" downpipe on a 5.7 liter gasser? You'll need some backpressure in order to regulate the wastegate, or you could simply spiral out of control. I only run a 4" turbo-back on my 5.9 Cummins and it does great - good flow, low EGTs, 25psi all day long. All my Mopar...

One good thing about the "long way round" is, it lets you put hands on more pieces and parts, and potentially find other issues you never would have found if you just did it the short way. And, you get to tell great stories! The only time to get mad at yourself is, if you go the long way...