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Member ID: 66Mope

Location: Seattle, WA

Vehicle Info

1966 Plymouth Satellite
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Bought: Apr, 2002

Sold: Feb, 2013


Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Owner's other Rides

Modifications

 

Updated on Mar 05, 2013

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66Mope’s Plymouth Satellite

    • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
     
    • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
     
    • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
     


Read my posts on the CarDomain Blog

Page 1 -> My car
Page 2 -> 2009 All Mopar Spring Roundup

Page 3 -> Mopar videos
Page 4 -> CarDomain Member Map
Page 5 -> Random photos from May 2007
Page 6 -> My stereo sucks
Page 7 -> 2007 Mopars Unlimited Spring Roundup
Page 8 -> My car makes Grassroots Motorsports!
Page 9 -> My car at the CarDomain Employee Car Show
Page 10 -> March 1966 Car Life road test and vintage ads
Page 11
 -> My drip pan
Page 12 -> 2010 pics
Page 13
 -> New Edelbrock Classic IAS shocks!!!

I’ve owned this car for seven years. It’s my third Mopar.
I had a Slant 6 powered 63 Valiant convertible in college in the late 80s.
I had a 383 powered 70 Fury III convertible in the mid-90s.
To quote Al Pacino, "Every time I try to get out, they keep pulling me back in!"

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Big Block B-body
Rust-free California car with original drivetrain & paint
361 Commando V8 with floor shift 727 automatic
Black bucket seat interior with center console
Built at the Lynch Road assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan

Modifications
Master Power disc brakes
Edelbrock Performer 383, dual-plane, high performance manifold
Edelbrock 600cfm carburetor with electric choke
Hooker Super Competition headers
Flowmaster dual exhaust
Mopar Performance electronic ignition
Accel Super Stock coil
Street cam
K&N Air Cleaner filter with chrome air cleaner cover
15 x 8 Magnum 500s
BF Goodrich Radial T/A 235/60/15s front, 255/60/15s rear
Juliano's retractable 3-point shoulder harness

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

At the Seattle Mopars Unlimited Spring Roundup 2006

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

At the Seattle Mopars Unlimited Spring Roundup 2004

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Master Power disc brake kit

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Goodbye drums

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Goodbye scary single chamber master cylinder

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Hello power disc brakes!

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

NOS 67 headrests

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Dig the rusty valve covers

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Trim is in pretty good shape

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

255s fit just right in back

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Still, thinking mini tubs might be cool...

How to mini tub a 60s Mopar

Factory undercoating on a California car. How cool is that?

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Juliano's retractable 3-point shoulder harness install (done before the headrests)

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

No build sheet, but no rust either

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

All original back seats

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Trunk before with slight surface rust. Note the factory spackle paint. Chrysler started painting trunks body color later in the model year.

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Trunk after

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

I need the rear-most section of the center console. Looks like this. Let me know if you have one for sale.

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Next
Torsion bars, leaf springs, shocks
Auto Meter gauges
Keystone Klassics

 

66Mope's 1966 Plymouth Satellite

 

Production Numbers

35,399 Satellites were built in 1966
4,149 hardtops were built with the 361 2-bbl (754 4-speed cars)
7,795 hardtops were built with the 383 4-bbl (3,929 4-speed cars)
817 hardtops were built with the 426 Hemi (534 4-speed cars)
384 verts with the 361 (73 4-speed cars)
489 verts with the 383
and only 27 Hemi verts!!!

 

 

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morimori  

Posted by: morimori

nice ride

9redfox3  

Posted by: 9redfox3

Very nice looking car !

Alicethecat  

Posted by: Alicethecat

Original paint? Amazing! What a beautiful car. What product did you use in the trunk?

68chrysler303  

Posted by: 68chrysler303

Nice ride!

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Location: Seattle, WA

 
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