This was a long term, extremely high dollar restoration that I have owned since 1996. The friend I bought it from owned it for the 15 years prior. It was originally a north central Florida car and was the Mopar of the month on the 1962 to 1965 Mopar Website and was on their calendar for January 2015.
Due to some medical issues and a few other things, I just can't find the time to enjoy the car anymore. It hasn't left my heated warehouse in 6 years. With the complete restoration taking nearly 17 years, I have really only put about 300 miles on it since the restoration was completed. I have restored old Mopars for 45 years until my health stopped me. This restoration was professionally completed about 8 years ago.
I took it to four car shows and won it's class trophies at three of the shows in the FACTORY MUSCLE CAR Class. At the fourth show, I won Best of Show, so this is a proven show winner. Basically everything is new on this car; engine, transmission, rear end, and complete suspension. Because the car is black, you can look at it and see how straight the body is.
I personally know that you could never duplicate this car in this day and age for less than $60,000. And even then, it may be impossible to find all the NOS parts that are on this car. I have put a lot of thought into this and I will sell just the car as it sets for $35,000.00 I have a lot of extras that could go with the car, original steel wheels, four brand new whitewall bias ply tires, a beautiful set of the original spinner wheel covers, a car cover, a new correct white shifter ball, a re-chromed original 426 street wedge air cleaner, a pair of the original re- chromed valve covers, a correct rebuilt Carter AFB carburetor, the original extra 426 street wedge block and main caps, a complete 413 big block engine to use all of the rotating assemblies etc. to use to put the extra 426 engine together and probably some more stuff that escapes my old brain right now. If you need any additional pictures or information, please let me know! You can contact me through a personal message and then we can exchange personal email addresses. The car is located in Northeast Michigan, but was an original North Central Florida Car.
Here is the story of my car, as told on the 1962-1965 Mopar Website where is was the January 2015 Mopar of the Month and was included in their calendar:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo12014.html
Restoring my 1965 Plymouth Satellite is finally “finished” after seventeen years. The restoration has truly been a labor of love over this very long time for me, despite health issues and having 40 different surgeries during that time period. In fact, I started calling my Plymouth “Widow Maker” because I was not sure that I would ever get the restoration finished before I went belly up for good. However, my oldest daughter married about the best paint and body guy you could ever find and together we finally got around to finishing this Mopar at his personal shop at their house.
I restored this Plymouth as a tribute to a good friend who drag raced it for about 15 years in the B Factory Experimental class before I purchased the Mopar from him. Sadly, he passed away from stomach cancer two months before the Plymouth was completed and he never got to see the finished product of all our hard work. He would have been especially tickled when he looked at the rear side windows where I had the original drag strip decals reproduced that they used to give out for the six tracks that he used to run on, along with the official NHRA Decal. The glass also has the white Drag Race Class and Time Decals for the best time this car ever turned at a track. However that was with a whole lot stouter big block than I have in the car at this time and that version also had an automatic race-built transmission at that time with a Trans Brake and 4.56 rear gears and slicks.
I guess the Plymouth would be classified now as a “day two restoration,” something like was done all of the time back in the day to personalize your car to your own tastes right after bringing it home from the dealership. The Plymouth now has around a 500 horsepower 440 wedge engine bored .030 over, but the engine ID pad is stamped A 426 HP so no one would ever know the difference from the correct motor. ( No I did not do this, I thought I was buying a 426 street wedge block when I purchased it ) It has with dual 625 CFM Carter four barrels, a full max wedge factory header exhaust with side dumps, a 4-speed transmission and a 3.91 Sure Grip rear end. The carburetors are topped off with the old football-shaped Mopar dual quad air cleaners that have been chromed and the hood sports the HEMI hood scoop added to accommodate the air cleaners.
The Mopar has an original AM-FM radio with the rear seat speaker. The Satellite features new traction bars, a new adjustable pinion snubber, frame connectors, original style reproduction battery, hidden electronic ignition, new old Stewart Warner gauges and console tachometer. The entire drive train has been rebuilt as well. The Plymouth has BF Goodrich tires front and back, 235x60R15 fronts and 275x60R15 rears, mounted on new original styled chrome Keystone Classic’s — 7 inch fronts and 8 inch rears.
There are enough NOS parts on this Plymouth now to break Fort Knox at today's prices , but I also have an original 1965 dated 426 Street Wedge engine, original glove box door, original shifter knob, original 14 inch wheels with NEW 215x75R14 inch whitewall bias ply tires, original dual exhaust and the original spinner wheel covers to put this thing back to completely original condition if someone wants to do that in the future. The price of the car with all of the extra parts is $40,000.00 and if you need one I'll throw in a 22' enclosed trailer with the curb side entry door and the big roadside door, lights roof vent, "D" ring floor tie downs. all of the tie down straps, a new 8.500 pound winch, a complete heavy duty load leveler hitch system, a stainless steel and black out side spare tire carrier and diamond plate aluminum lower front covering for an extra $3,000.00 Thank You for looking at my Classic 1965 Plymouth Satellite!
Due to some medical issues and a few other things, I just can't find the time to enjoy the car anymore. It hasn't left my heated warehouse in 6 years. With the complete restoration taking nearly 17 years, I have really only put about 300 miles on it since the restoration was completed. I have restored old Mopars for 45 years until my health stopped me. This restoration was professionally completed about 8 years ago.
I took it to four car shows and won it's class trophies at three of the shows in the FACTORY MUSCLE CAR Class. At the fourth show, I won Best of Show, so this is a proven show winner. Basically everything is new on this car; engine, transmission, rear end, and complete suspension. Because the car is black, you can look at it and see how straight the body is.
I personally know that you could never duplicate this car in this day and age for less than $60,000. And even then, it may be impossible to find all the NOS parts that are on this car. I have put a lot of thought into this and I will sell just the car as it sets for $35,000.00 I have a lot of extras that could go with the car, original steel wheels, four brand new whitewall bias ply tires, a beautiful set of the original spinner wheel covers, a car cover, a new correct white shifter ball, a re-chromed original 426 street wedge air cleaner, a pair of the original re- chromed valve covers, a correct rebuilt Carter AFB carburetor, the original extra 426 street wedge block and main caps, a complete 413 big block engine to use all of the rotating assemblies etc. to use to put the extra 426 engine together and probably some more stuff that escapes my old brain right now. If you need any additional pictures or information, please let me know! You can contact me through a personal message and then we can exchange personal email addresses. The car is located in Northeast Michigan, but was an original North Central Florida Car.
Here is the story of my car, as told on the 1962-1965 Mopar Website where is was the January 2015 Mopar of the Month and was included in their calendar:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo12014.html
Restoring my 1965 Plymouth Satellite is finally “finished” after seventeen years. The restoration has truly been a labor of love over this very long time for me, despite health issues and having 40 different surgeries during that time period. In fact, I started calling my Plymouth “Widow Maker” because I was not sure that I would ever get the restoration finished before I went belly up for good. However, my oldest daughter married about the best paint and body guy you could ever find and together we finally got around to finishing this Mopar at his personal shop at their house.
I restored this Plymouth as a tribute to a good friend who drag raced it for about 15 years in the B Factory Experimental class before I purchased the Mopar from him. Sadly, he passed away from stomach cancer two months before the Plymouth was completed and he never got to see the finished product of all our hard work. He would have been especially tickled when he looked at the rear side windows where I had the original drag strip decals reproduced that they used to give out for the six tracks that he used to run on, along with the official NHRA Decal. The glass also has the white Drag Race Class and Time Decals for the best time this car ever turned at a track. However that was with a whole lot stouter big block than I have in the car at this time and that version also had an automatic race-built transmission at that time with a Trans Brake and 4.56 rear gears and slicks.
I guess the Plymouth would be classified now as a “day two restoration,” something like was done all of the time back in the day to personalize your car to your own tastes right after bringing it home from the dealership. The Plymouth now has around a 500 horsepower 440 wedge engine bored .030 over, but the engine ID pad is stamped A 426 HP so no one would ever know the difference from the correct motor. ( No I did not do this, I thought I was buying a 426 street wedge block when I purchased it ) It has with dual 625 CFM Carter four barrels, a full max wedge factory header exhaust with side dumps, a 4-speed transmission and a 3.91 Sure Grip rear end. The carburetors are topped off with the old football-shaped Mopar dual quad air cleaners that have been chromed and the hood sports the HEMI hood scoop added to accommodate the air cleaners.
The Mopar has an original AM-FM radio with the rear seat speaker. The Satellite features new traction bars, a new adjustable pinion snubber, frame connectors, original style reproduction battery, hidden electronic ignition, new old Stewart Warner gauges and console tachometer. The entire drive train has been rebuilt as well. The Plymouth has BF Goodrich tires front and back, 235x60R15 fronts and 275x60R15 rears, mounted on new original styled chrome Keystone Classic’s — 7 inch fronts and 8 inch rears.
There are enough NOS parts on this Plymouth now to break Fort Knox at today's prices , but I also have an original 1965 dated 426 Street Wedge engine, original glove box door, original shifter knob, original 14 inch wheels with NEW 215x75R14 inch whitewall bias ply tires, original dual exhaust and the original spinner wheel covers to put this thing back to completely original condition if someone wants to do that in the future. The price of the car with all of the extra parts is $40,000.00 and if you need one I'll throw in a 22' enclosed trailer with the curb side entry door and the big roadside door, lights roof vent, "D" ring floor tie downs. all of the tie down straps, a new 8.500 pound winch, a complete heavy duty load leveler hitch system, a stainless steel and black out side spare tire carrier and diamond plate aluminum lower front covering for an extra $3,000.00 Thank You for looking at my Classic 1965 Plymouth Satellite!
