To Clone This Satellite or Not To Clone?

[BMOTOXSTAR]

OK,
  I have not been able to find any trades (71-72 Charger 0r 73-74 SE Charger) so I was going to clone this Satellite of mine into a RR. It is all original except for one repaint in 85', The jams and under the deck lid and hood are original paint.
I have the RR hood and already molested the deck lid with a Go-Wing, & added slotted tips.
I know that 74' Satellites are not desireable but I always did want a 73-74 RR.
Clone or not to clone any input is needed.
I was going to try to sell as is to find another Charger but.....

[Chatt69chgr]

I say clone the RR.  My personal taste would be to go with a different exterior color and get rid of the green interior.  I really don't think most folks would pay much attention to the car in it's current state.  Now if that was a rare R/T or Hemi or something, I would say leave it alone.

[BMOTOXSTAR]

I like the green, if I clone I was going to go green, Kermit would be proud of me.

[Shakey]

Clone away! 

[Charger1973]

Clone it.  Its super nice but obviously you want something different.  Why give up a nice car like that?  Make it what you want and then you win both ways.  Either that or give it to me, I would drive the hell out of a car like that.   

[69bronzeT5]

I agree with everyone. CLONE IT! Maybe black with black interior..or blue with black or white interior

[Charger1973]

You guys are nuts.  That interior is way too nice to replace or dye.  Get some buckets and one of those new dash pads and it'll look like a new car inside. 

[69bronzeT5]

Well, what other colour would go with green?

[Charger1973]

Well, what other colour would go with green?

He already said he likes it green.      Oh one other thing I would do is add Rallye gauges...  I cant stand that steering wheel either but I know thats just a 74 thing. 

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Thanks for the input, that steering wheel is queer. I guess a Grant Tuffy would be nice. Yeah, buckets would be nice in there.

[69bronzeT5]

Green with green interior...and a black stripe. That would look cool

[BMOTOXSTAR]

White stripe?

[69bronzeT5]

White stripe?

Yea..that would look good too. We need some DS photoshops

[supserdave]

I'd leave it green, add a runner hood, and ditch those god awful ugly body side moldings Rallye guages would be a nice touch to.

Or leave it as is, add a stroker and make it into a sleeper? Grandma would be proud!

[NMike]

sorry but that car is too ugly to be left alone. lose the green, and clone.

[Fitz73Chrgr]

Sell it and get another Charger. 

If you do clone it, I'm with these guys.  Keep it green on green. 

[TUFCAT]

If it was mine ...... you guys would be looking at a Roadrunner!

[Nacho-RT74]

between that and a RR... you will be on the same, not desireable.

I say sell and buy the one you want.

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Sell it and get another Charger. 

If you do clone it, I'm with these guys.  Keep it green on green. 

but if you clone and think on sale later think you will be spending money will never come back

[dads_69]

I say keep it like it is, if you decide to sell it, I would guess it would be worth more in its present condition that cloning it into a '74 thunder chicken. Maybe turning 40 has made me start to like green cars for what they are now compared to before. My car I have now is sassy grass green w/green int. even though I'm changing the interior to white, but I'm only doing that to piss my wife off cause she wanted black interior!
Mark

[TheGhost]

Why do you have to clone it?  Why not keep it a Satellite, but drop in a more powerful engine, and add the nostrel hood?  Too many people seem to think they need all the badges if they want a bigger engine, which I find to be rather stupid.

[C_stripes]

Is it just me, Or in the top pic does it look like the go-wing is mounted backwards???

Also.  RR clone it!    I think you should put red stripes on it with that mint green.     YAH........

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Is it just me, Or in the top pic does it look like the go-wing is mounted backwards???

Also.  RR clone it!    I think you should put red stripes on it with that mint green.     YAH........

It does look backwards. 
Optical illusion or maybe the Green Gremlins were messing with me again.....

[Joshua]

I can't beleive how many people here are in FAVOR of cloning these days........
A clone is an EXACT copy......tribute may be a better term.....which also leaves a bad taste in my mouth.....but then again, being a true Mopar FAN, I dig Satellites, Coronets, Barracudas, etc, for what they are, not what they COULD be.......
A freind has a '73 Satellite that same color combo, only it's got a factory 400 and pistol grip 4-speed.....much rarer than a RR and cool as hell.

I think repainting your car a high impact color with the RR hood, but no "MISREPRESENTATION" decals or emblems.....keeping it a Satellite...add a big block, some cool wheels......done.

[41husk]

I was not a fan of green until I cloned my 73 Charger sublime, it has grown on me since.

[TUFCAT]

I think repainting your car a high impact color with the RR hood, but no "MISREPRESENTATION" decals or emblems.....keeping it a Satellite...add a big block, some cool wheels......done.

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. 

[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