69 mod top satelite

[moparchris]

I know its not a roadrunner but its cool and my wife loves it. I was out running my 68 roadrunner at La county raceway (RIP) and a guy came up to me and asked if I had any RR parts for sale. I told him I am always looking for parts but I did not have anything for sale. I ask, as I usually do, about if he knows of any mopars for sale. He tells me that he was thinking of selling his satelite because he couldnt find any RR parts to make a clone out of it. I take his info and continue beating up on my buddies new GTO. Later I get ahold of the guy and go see the Satelite and its pretty nice and I notice the codes V1Q and F2Q which is for mod top and interior. I bring it to this guys attention and he really didnt care and said that no one likes those cars. Well my wife wanted one and I happen to be looking for one! Well I bought it and paid him his money and drove it home. All in all pretty clean car needing a trunk floor and quarters. Originally a 318 car it had a good running 383 in it and I plan on keeping it that way. For now I have been poking along on it getting the replacement sheetmetal on it. So here are some pics.

 

[moparchris]

Some more pics

 

[moparmoose3]

sweet looking ride! :drive:

 

[mcmopar]

Nice! Congrats on scoring that car!

 

[george68hemirr]

cool.....not bad at all :cheers:

 

[Hoosier Bird]

I'd drive it any day.........

 

[ACME A12]

...looks like Bambi's cousin with faded B5 poking out here and there through the primer...

 

[69hemibeep]

Nice catch

 

[airgrabber666]

Nice car! Love the old-school slots!!

 

[Basketcase]

nice score Chris I talked to a guy at The Nats a few years ago with the Blue one that was in MCG. sweet car.

 

[Roadcuda]

Looks like a great find Chris.

 

[droptop]

PM me if you want to get rid of the slots. A friend wants a set of them for his dad's '69 RR.

 

[moparchris]

So here is some progress pics. I was working on it regularly and then my ADD kicked in and i went off and worked on something else? Go figure. :chuck:

 

[moparchris]

Trunk floor had some scale and was mutilated from a previous accident. I tried to put a 2 piece floor in from year one and it didnt fit, it might as well had been made for a school bus , it was rediculous. I dont know how these people sell parts like this and actually try to pass them off as "reproduction." So I called and ordered a trunk floor, extensions, outer wheelhouses (someone Compton tubbed them), and full quarters from AMD. So far I have the trunk floor in and it fit like a glove! Expensive but worth it, the AMD outer wheel houses are thinner by an inch! I now know why I see those cars where the quarter sticks out behind the wheel opening.

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Sweet.......keep us updated........

 

[moparchris]

I then took the car over to Western Metal Blasting to strip the inner portion of the frame rails. They cleaned up nice considering that they were bright orange from rust.

 

[moparchris]

More pics cause I know you guys by now and I know that I am worthless without pics! :acme:

 

[moparchris]

Now some paint on the rails.

 

[69hemibeep]

looks like your doing it right

 

[Roadcuda]

Keep the pics coming Chris. It looks like you're making great progress.