ammachine390
Member
Hi everyone,
I bought a 1968 Satellite 2 door hardtop in August. At the time it had been stored in a garage and hadn't been driven in over 20 years so it didn't run or have any brakes at the time I bought it. A friend and I replaced the plugs, wires, rotor, and points. I also rebuilt the carburetor and we were able to get it running. Then we replaced all the brake shoes, wheel cylinders, hardware, master cylinder, and front lines. New gas tank, sending unit, and fuel pump. Changed the oil and transmission fluid and about a month later I had a running and driving car. It has a 273 V8 and automatic transmission. I was originally going to sell it upon getting it roadworthy, but plan on keeping it for a bit longer now. Got it registered a week ago but it still needs some work to get it to be totally roadworthy.
I've already been searching the forum for a bit and found lots of great help, so I figured it would be time to make an account. Here's a photo of the car.
I bought a 1968 Satellite 2 door hardtop in August. At the time it had been stored in a garage and hadn't been driven in over 20 years so it didn't run or have any brakes at the time I bought it. A friend and I replaced the plugs, wires, rotor, and points. I also rebuilt the carburetor and we were able to get it running. Then we replaced all the brake shoes, wheel cylinders, hardware, master cylinder, and front lines. New gas tank, sending unit, and fuel pump. Changed the oil and transmission fluid and about a month later I had a running and driving car. It has a 273 V8 and automatic transmission. I was originally going to sell it upon getting it roadworthy, but plan on keeping it for a bit longer now. Got it registered a week ago but it still needs some work to get it to be totally roadworthy.
I've already been searching the forum for a bit and found lots of great help, so I figured it would be time to make an account. Here's a photo of the car.
