1972 Plymouth Satellite (RR Clone)
Sorry for such a slow reply. I didn't get back on the computer last night. Here are a couple pictures of the interior. As for mechanicals..... the rides down the road fine. If you listen carefully while driving you can hear what sounds like a worn wheel bearing on the right front. I have not checked, but that is what it sounds like to me. The car goes down the road straight. I would guess that the previous owner installed the shackles in the rear maybe from sagging leaf springs. The wiring has been hacked into in a few places which is pretty common for an almost 40 year old car that was used as a daily driver more than 90% of its life. The lady that I bought the car from purchased it in 1973.... so you can pretty much say she is the original owner. This car was her primary means of transportaion until around 2003 when she purchased another vehicle. She then drove this car mostly on weekends. Some of the wiring repairs could have been done a lot nicer, but to her... it wasn't a collector car... just something to get from point A to point B. If I were to keep it, I would want the harness to appear and function like it did from the factory. I would have to replace the jumped wiring. I would replace the harness with a new or used piece.
As for the interior, the seats were recovered with black vinyl a few years back but the rest of the interior is worn and was dyed black by the previous owner's son. The headliner is saging and should be replaced (which can not be seen in the photos.
Like I said before, this car isn't perfect by any means, but it is definately something you can have fun in and ride around while you fix it up.... or just park it and totally restore it from ground up.
Justin
"CornDog"
Sorry for such a slow reply. I didn't get back on the computer last night. Here are a couple pictures of the interior. As for mechanicals..... the rides down the road fine. If you listen carefully while driving you can hear what sounds like a worn wheel bearing on the right front. I have not checked, but that is what it sounds like to me. The car goes down the road straight. I would guess that the previous owner installed the shackles in the rear maybe from sagging leaf springs. The wiring has been hacked into in a few places which is pretty common for an almost 40 year old car that was used as a daily driver more than 90% of its life. The lady that I bought the car from purchased it in 1973.... so you can pretty much say she is the original owner. This car was her primary means of transportaion until around 2003 when she purchased another vehicle. She then drove this car mostly on weekends. Some of the wiring repairs could have been done a lot nicer, but to her... it wasn't a collector car... just something to get from point A to point B. If I were to keep it, I would want the harness to appear and function like it did from the factory. I would have to replace the jumped wiring. I would replace the harness with a new or used piece.
As for the interior, the seats were recovered with black vinyl a few years back but the rest of the interior is worn and was dyed black by the previous owner's son. The headliner is saging and should be replaced (which can not be seen in the photos.
Like I said before, this car isn't perfect by any means, but it is definately something you can have fun in and ride around while you fix it up.... or just park it and totally restore it from ground up.
Justin
"CornDog"