Satellites...what would you do?

[JB400]

No one would notice the difference if it was a Satellite or a clone. Slap a pretty coat of red paint on it and drop in the 440 and have fun.

 

[Bb70charger500]

Leave it be ,I prefer small blocks ,you get the look and decent mpg not alot of hassle out of a 318 ether

 

[BBishere2]

Leave it as a Satellite - make into a bad *** one or restore it but I would’t clone it. As a Satellite, it’s real - as a clone, it’s fake. Just my opinion, it is your car, enjoy it.

 

[Dibbons]

Don't understand why so many use/suggest/swap in the 440. Maybe they don't drive much. My last yearly road trip was about 4,700 miles and I was pleased to be running a 318. Heck, I'm going smaller--building a 305 right now to replace the 318.

 

[wahya]

My wife and mines Satellite (Sebring), our first new car was put away years ago. When I first started to restore it several years ago, I was going to "clone" it to a roadrunner, because I always wanted one. Wife tells me that its a Satellite. She likes it as a Satellite. I wound up with an SSP parts car and put its dash and interior and a few other parts on. We take it to shows and cruise ins and enjoy it. I don't try to tell people that its an originally a SSP. If they ask, I tell them what it is. I think its funny when I hear someone say to someone else, that they had a Plus and the wheels were different, so its a fake. I like it the way it is and don't really care what some supposed know it all thinks.

 

[YY1]

Usually it's only Mopar snobs or Mopar wanna be's that bad mouth a Satellite.

Every one else complements them. Non car people always have good things to say about mine.

I only ever hear "just a Satellite" from the Mopar crowd.

While I have a RR hood on mine, I will NOT be putting RR decals or badges on it.

If anything, it's more of an SSP "clone" using factory optional parts.

It may end up with a 400, 451, 440 or a stroked 318/392 roller with Magnum heads, but it won't be an RR clone.