mhalsmer

[mhalsmer]

Hi and greeting to everyone here. Thanks for this great site where ideas and experience is shared. It is exactly what I'm missing!! I have a 70 Satellite and almost all of the parts to create a superbird clone. I want to make it my driver and since it is a clone I am leaning towards putting a gen III drive train under it. Would like to make it a manual transmission and am wondering if it might be easier to lift the whole body off of a late model mopar and sit the Satellite on top of it. I'm not sure what is the best way to go but am searching for the most economical way of modernizing the engine, transmission and maybe even the rear end.
I really enjoy and learn a great deal from everything that I see people contributing and I really salute all of you that are putting in so much time and effort.

 

[Budnicks]

Welcome to FBBO

a gen 3 combo can be done, there's a few her that have done it

Maybe try posting your question in the General discussion forum or
especially the Resto-Mod & Pro-Touring forum here,
This is the welcome wagon it's not really intended as a tech. Q&A section,
it's more for intros & photos, getting to know each other...

If I understand what your asking;
Many {most popular} Mopars & 1970 Satty are a uni-body design, no frame so to speak,
they do have a sub-frame in front some years especially the B-Body specific are interchangeable,
but none of the newer stuff is compatible "as is"...
Taking a new car engine., trans/chassis floor-pan/frame/uni-body structure &
grafting it to an older style body would be costly & very labor extensive too...

NOT that it can't be done, but not sure it'd be worth the hassles/costs either...
the guys on West Coast Customs did it a few years ago
with a something like a 2010 Charger SRT 6.1 ltr chassis, floor pan/uni-body,
interior, dash, ect. IIRC to under a 69 Charger main exterior body, very difficult job...

good luck

Happy Moparing

 

[Car Nut]

aboard!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Welcome aboard and thanks for joining the forum!
Superbird huh?
SWEET!

 

[aldal]

aboard!

x2. :headbang: :headbang:

 

[mr. b]

welcome to FBBO lots of great people here

 

[Bb70charger500]

Welcome to the site . Not a bad idea but very costly and not easy
Just look up the *** monkey garage episode with the challenger ,basically the same concept.
Good luck with your choice and let's see some car pics

 

[eric383]

Welcome to FBBO.