New project car

[MorePwr]

I found the Grandmas car I've been looking for It's an H code 68 Satellite 273 cid. Completely unmolested. even the factory radio is there and works. the interior is very good. it'll need carpet, seat covers, a glove box latch and a window crank handle, and that's it.

It'll need a bit of body work before it gets paint though, Grandma apparently bumped into everything. nothing too bad, accept the passenger quarter may need a replace due to a crunch and some rust.

Mechanically, also not too bad. I took the radiator down to get recored today, definitely 75% plugged. the idler arm is loose, brakes pull, exhaust leaks at the donut gasket. and the lights pulse, I'm guessing that will be the voltage regulator. any suggestions? also charging pretty high, by the gauge.

Sorry about the pics. raining Really Hard today.

[MorePwr]

more pics

[MorePwr]

Here is where I may go with it. Less the color.

[mikepmcs]

That looks like a sweet sleeper in the making

[Brock Samson]

WpW! that is really cool!  i dig an indoor pool! 

[Charger1973]

Hey that reminds me of a 4 door 68 Coronet I used to have.  I like the old 4 door cars like that.  I would keep it stock though and just drive it if it was me.  My 68 was a 273 also, good running motor. 

[skip68]

Nice.   

[Manfred318]

Awsome car, nice find.

[MorePwr]

Thanks guys, My intentions are to keep it completely stock, right down to the 273 2barrel and correct paint. just paid an extra hundred to rebuild my radiator over what a replacement would have cost. I wouldn't even think of molesting a car this stock.

My only deviation might be wheels and ride height, both easily reversable. assuming it's a torsion front suspension and I can just crank the front down and block the rear.....But I don't know, maybe factory wheel covers

Where would I find which wheel covers my car came with? build sheet the only place? I haven't looked to see if it's still there yet.

[Silver R/T]

440 that beast

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

heres where you could find some correct hubcaps-MATT

http://www.hubcaps.org/plymouthpass.html

[MorePwr]

heres where you could find some correct hubcaps-MATT

http://www.hubcaps.org/plymouthpass.html

Great site Matt, thanks Aaron.

[Brock Samson]

i'm sorry i didn't mean to sound sarcastic,.. i was jabbin fun but who ain't had a pool back there?..
nice car no adam 12 paintjob?..

[konigcharger]

like these personally

my dad had them on his 68 fury

[MorePwr]

i'm sorry i didn't mean to sound sarcastic,.. i was jabbin fun but who ain't had a pool back there?..
nice car no adam 12 paintjob?..

It's ok Brock, I don't mind a little jabbin. it's all in good fun

[MorePwr]

like these personally

my dad had them on his 68 fury

That's funny, The 343 would be my first choice also. Think they were available on the Satellites?

[Bandit72]

i want to find an old 4 door car and make a cop car clone out of it....

[69Charger_440]

I found the Grandmas car I've been looking for It's an H code 68 Satellite 273 cid. Completely unmolested. even the factory radio is there and works. the interior is very good. it'll need carpet, seat covers, a glove box latch and a window crank handle, and that's it.

It'll need a bit of body work before it gets paint though, Grandma apparently bumped into everything. nothing too bad, accept the passenger quarter may need a replace due to a crunch and some rust.

Mechanically, also not too bad. I took the radiator down to get recored today, definitely 75% plugged. the idler arm is loose, brakes pull, exhaust leaks at the donut gasket. and the lights pulse, I'm guessing that will be the voltage regulator. any suggestions? also charging pretty high, by the gauge.

Sorry about the pics. raining Really Hard today.

I know where there is another car like that near where I live.  The owner is asking $850, but I'm sure I could get it for at least $400-$600 because it has been sitting there for a long time.  The only damage I noticed back then was a dent in the right rear quarter panel and the interior was not as good as yours.  Do you mind saying how much you paid?  Nice car by the way. 

[41husk]

That would make a nice police cruizer.

[MorePwr]

  I know where there is another car like that near where I live.  The owner is asking $850, but I'm sure I could get it for at least $400-$600 because it has been sitting there for a long time.  The only damage I noticed back then was a dent in the right rear quarter panel and the interior was not as good as yours.  Do you mind saying how much you paid?  Nice car by the way. 

500.00 .the seller was asking 1,500.00

[tan top]

intresting project , leave it looking as is for a wile but drop a built 440 in , then go and shut down some chebbies 

[MorePwr]

intresting project , leave it looking as is for a wile but drop a built 440 in , then go and shut down some chebbies 

Na that's what this is for. But it would be cool to have a four door sleeper. the WTF look on peoples faces in the rearview would be priceless. one three mile to the gallon car is enough for me. Hopefully the Satellite will get closer to ten mpg.

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

add a vinyl top and the hubcaps or 14'' road wheels and drop a 383 and a 4-spd and you have quite a sleeper there -MATT

[Charger_Fan]

Looks like it's spent most it's life in a garage, there's no way there would be anything left of that trunk if it was outside a lot.
Great looking car!

[MorePwr]

Thanks for the compliments. I was also surprised to find so little rust on the body. different story for the cooling system. apparently since the grand kids (who sold it to me) took possesion of the car, they have been nursing a leaking softplug with pure water and probably lots of stop leak.... needles to say, ugly, rusty water in the cooling system. So I flushed it real well added some conditioner and coolant, and took it for a drive... sweet driver. this is definitely a keeper.

The weather shut down my plans to replace the idler arm today. the roads are too icy to take it to the shop.

[PocketThunder]

Uh oh, you're gonna catch some hell now from the grennies...   and i'm not referring to Piggy either.

[MorePwr]

Uh oh, you're gonna catch some hell now from the grennies...   and i'm not referring to Piggy either.

I'm probably going to be sorry I asked, but "grennies"?

[Brock Samson]

i think he meant "Greenies" as in "Ecoterrorists"..    (edit:)

nice grocery getter, handsome four door.

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

i always like 68-9 satellite sedans

[mikepmcs]

i think he meant "Greenies" as in "Wcoterrorists".. 

nice grocery getter, handsome four door.

Now i'm really confused.  I was just thinking grennies was some sort of environment thing cause he was busting on him flushing in the street.  Which i'm all for by the way!!!!  I'll dump my junk in my yard with no problem at all(if i had to)
grennies in my mind equals granola head(ie: tree hugger)  Not that there is anything wrong with that either, just not my thing.

[PocketThunder]

whoops!   i meant Greenies, tree huggers, etc...   which i am not by the way

[MorePwr]

Gotcha, No tree huggin, Granola eatin, hyperventilatin, Birkenstock wearin, Whale huggin, harp seal protectors from Green Peace hanging out here on the site? probably have to go to "oldasssubaru.com"

Just kidding, I am considerate of the environment. had there been any antifreeze in the  car, I would have disposed of it properly. just rusty water.

yesterday I replaced the idler arm, ignition points and a softplug on the passenger side of the block. and discovered that my exhaust leak is due to a broken manifold bolt at # 7 cylinder. wish me luck.
today I picked up a set of rally 500? wheels from one of our friends here on DC.com. I'll get them painted up and on the car next week. that should help the look a bit.

Post the pics when I get em.

[MorePwr]

Got the wheels on today, I used my old tires and flipped them blackwall out. don't see any need now to lower it, looks just fine to me. completely amasing what a set of wheels will do for a car

[Manfred318]

Looks awsome with those wheels 

[MorePwr]

Thanks, I think so too.

Are they the same as the ones on your Charger? cant really tell from the angle.

[Manfred318]

Yep they appear to be, except yours looks alot nice than mine do. Heres a closer pic of mine. The front ones came off of a Javelin the rear came off of some sort of MoPar but I not shure what.

[MorePwr]

No mine are pretty rough...hollywood film trickery. and yours appear to be a full chrome wheel . mine are black painted with beauty rings. all in all a good looking wheel on both our cars.

[Manfred318]

all in all a good looking wheel on both our cars.

Yep mine are the full chrome wheel, maybe one day I will take 'em off and paint 'em. Nice job on the hollywood trickery by the way

[MorePwr]

all in all a good looking wheel on both our cars.

Nice job on the hollywood trickery by the way

Thanks, but nothing more than bad lighting and distance.