To Clone This Satellite or Not To Clone?

[TeeWJay426]

Guess I'm in the minority, but I think think it's a beauty as is.... green and all. I'd drop a 440 in it, buckets seats, a rallye cluster, and have a blast driving the s**t out of it.....

[Joshua]

I disagree  ....once you've made that decision to mess with a cars originality   - then go all the way with it.  In my humble opinion, there's nothing worse than a half-assed clone. 

You're kiddin' right??? The color of paint does not make a "half-ass" clone......neither does the hood....I believe the 'power bulge" hood was an option, it just happens to be STANDARD on a RR. Same as with hoods for Challengers, Cuda's, etc.....you could get them on standard models....
Go all the way? Why?
My uncle has a '67 Sport Satellite, really nice. A guy gave him a GTX hood, so he installed it and then painted the car bright orange with a silver along the bottom. That color was never offered in '67 and it looks awesome......it's nice to see original cars being MESSED with...

99.99999999% of ALL clones are half-assed.

[TUFCAT]

I disagree  ....once you've made that decision to mess with a cars originality   - then go all the way with it.  In my humble opinion, there's nothing worse than a half-assed clone. 

You're kiddin' right??? The color of paint does not make a "half-ass" clone......neither does the hood....I believe the 'power bulge" hood was an option, it just happens to be STANDARD on a RR. Same as with hoods for Challengers, Cuda's, etc.....you could get them on standard models....
Go all the way? Why?
My uncle has a '67 Sport Satellite, really nice. A guy gave him a GTX hood, so he installed it and then painted the car bright orange with a silver along the bottom. That color was never offered in '67 and it looks awesome......it's nice to see original cars being MESSED with...

99.99999999% of ALL clones are half-assed.

Sorry Joshua  ...I really didn't mean to offend you or anyone else..... (that's why it's my "humble" opinion).  Remember, ..... I'm just an old, overweight, lethargic house-cat  - - who doesn't get let out very much .  What do I know?     Look at my face.... (and those sad eyes) - -  I'm just pathetic!     

[tkkruzer]

IMHO. the whole point of owning an old car,muscle car or otherwise is to enjoy it, after all there aren't many out there anyway. that being said, if you intend to keep the car until it rots into oblivian then do what ever you want too with it as long as you are happy, but if you intend to sell it some day, keep it original. maybe easier to sell that way. I must say though, that being all original does not allways mean more value, case and point, my sons 66 ford mustang, its a 6 cyl car and B/J auctioned one off for 8 grand, but if I put a V8 in it, well they sold one for around 25 grand. now that wasn't an original V8 car either. its all about what people like to drive. I say make it what you want to drive then DRIVE it  have fun all,,,Tom 

[Joshua]

Sorry Joshua  ...I really didn't mean to offend you or anyone else..... (that's why it's my "humble" opinion).  Remember, ..... I'm just an old, overweight, lethargic house-cat  - - who doesn't get let out very much .  What do I know?     Look at my face.... (and those sad eyes) - -  I'm just pathetic!     

Ya didn't offend me man.....it's all good....

Sounds like you just need a good petting.........or some catnip......

[41husk]

IMHO. the whole point of owning an old car,muscle car or otherwise is to enjoy it, after all there aren't many out there anyway. that being said, if you intend to keep the car until it rots into oblivian then do what ever you want too with it as long as you are happy, but if you intend to sell it some day, keep it original. maybe easier to sell that way. I must say though, that being all original does not allways mean more value, case and point, my sons 66 ford mustang, its a 6 cyl car and B/J auctioned one off for 8 grand, but if I put a V8 in it, well they sold one for around 25 grand. now that wasn't an original V8 car either. its all about what people like to drive. I say make it what you want to drive then DRIVE it  have fun all,,,Tom 

I can't agree more, my 73 was originally a rallye U code car and white paint.  It came with a very rough air grabber hood.  I always loved the 71 bee, so I made one kinda!  I used the photoshop thread on this site to make many of my decisions.  I decided to go with Sublime rather than sassy grass even though sublime was not offered in 71 or 73.  I went back and forth between the 71 Super bee, R/t stripe, the 73 rallye stripe and the 68 Bee tail stripe.  I decided to go with the tail stripe, but instead of the original 68 Super bee decal in the stripe, i decided to go with the Dodge Ram Rumble bee decal.  I have had many people tell me how it should have been done differently, or I should have returned it to original, since it was a 440 Rallye.  but the bottom line is I like the way it came out and I enjoy it just as much if not more than the 68.  When the challenger is done I really should sell one of them, but I may just build aother garage instead

[TUFCAT]

Sounds like you just need a good petting.........or some catnip......

Nope ...just give me some rock-n-roll!   

Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies' cat,
A feline Casanova, hey man, thats where its at
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can

[Joshua]

Hahahaha....now I don't care who you are, that's funny chit right there!

You're one bad KITTY, TUFCAT!

[LeeBoy]

I put a RR hood on my 73 with a worked 1971 340 and a 3.91 suregrip. It's a sleeper. 

[tkkruzer]

  now thats one HOT satellite. nice ride dude Tom