1965 Plymouth Satellite 426 Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode # 113

[@Mr5baseball]

This was my first car when I was 16 in 1989. A fantastic car, thanks for the video. Peace

[@davidallen5776]

This was the year that Plymouth got its act together again. An old neighbor of mine had one of these!

[@derekfirt5306]

Ohhh baby your turning my bolts here :). I’d love to come see you all at the brothers garage. Have a kickass year

[@65SATisfaction]

What a nice summary of the '65 Satellite. Well done. It was interesting to hear the production figures - I didn't know that level of detail was available for '65 Mopars. There's always interesting bits of trivia to discover about cars from those days. I don't know the regulations in '65 for *all* US states, but at least California mandated the down-turned exhaust tips like you see on this copper Satellite. Our '65 Satellite is SS1 Ivory over Gold interior with a 361 Commando and console automatic. It came to us in worn-out but intact condition with a folder full of documentation and receipts. It was customer-ordered in Los Angeles, CA loaded with A/C, power windows, vinyl top, courtesy light package, dash clock, bumper guards, tinted glass. We gave it a 6 year restoration, modding it only with Ford 14x6.5" steel rims for meatier tires, and front & rear sway bars, plus performance brake pads. It's a very solid and competent driver - the seats are better than our '67 Satellite. Cheers!

[@owatajrkiam]

I had a 64' Sports Fury 383 TF and this reminds me of that one. These are great cars

[@ew1usnr]

Ooooooh, that is nice. God bless Plymouth Satellites!

[@niterockerone]

My friend had a jet black 383 .4 speed , he added Crater mags and wide oval tires, nice ride.

[@devonboyer6054]

Awesome ride!!!!!!

[@bk14nyc]

I like this guy..... he puts on a good show, and he is very knowledgeable! Keep up the good work, I watch your videos all the time!!! 👍👍👍

[@jetfanken]

much love to you and your family!

[@cdharrison935]

I had a buddy in Tennessee that had a '65 Belvedere with a 426 Max Wedge and a 4 speed. There wasn't much that could touch that car. It was a beast!

[@derekfirt5306]

Bad bad bad to the bone. This is a beautiful car I’m very impressed. This is a great vehicle.

[@malcolmwiggins682]

Sweet muscle car

[@kanukster]

I love these old sleepers.

[@garywood9525]

+kanukster I remember the 60's where us kids knew a car was a Chrysler because it did NOT come close to looking like a Ford or GM . It was like seeing a Lincoln and knowing that there wasn't any FORD badge on it . The inside of the cars was what amazed us from all the detail and space age touches on the Chrysler's which was what a Buick would have but the Buick was the Exec's cars or grampa's

[@kanukster]

Gary wood So true!

[@aleoimpala]

Nice machine!

[@jameshardin1100]

The Old Mopars always had the torque!

[@TheNball60]

Kevin, you should have finished it with "Well if this 1965 Plymouth Satellite put you into ORBIT join us next week blah blah"...

[@summitdrinker]

well Kevin how much power did the car have at lower RPM's ? From the factory most of these cars had 3.2 gears but some had 2.93 rear ends. 3.55 and 3.91 were optional. Most of the B body 426 Street wedge cars came with Police Brakes,, heavy duty suspension which gave them good handling and braking for the day. But it also added weight. You could also get the 426 Street wedge in in Pickup trucks (HPP) . For 65 you could get the 426 Street wedge in Dodge/Plymouth full sized C bodies with automatic or 4 speed

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

The car made power low-end, I don't have numbers, but it got up and moved. One note on the police brakes... my Dad was a police officer from 1960 to '90, and he drove many Mopar police cars of the '60s. The biggest complaint: the brakes. 1 stop was ok, but they were notorious for having massive fade. He used to actively plan his escape route should the brakes fade in a high-speed situation... a lesson learned after hitting the brake pedal with no response and being forced to make a right-turn "detour" between gas pumps and parked cars in a gas station 'cause the car wouldn't stop.

[@65SATisfaction]

One more detail about rear diff ratio options; if you ordered A/C from the factory, the rear end was given a 2.76 ratio to help reduce revs on the compressor. The radiator also got a clutch fan and steel shroud (probably the 426 did too) for extra engine cooling. I don't know the regulations in '65 for all US states, but at least California mandated the down-turned exhaust tips like you see on this copper Satellite. Our '65 is a 361 Commando console automatic, loaded with A/C, power windows, vinyl top, courtesy light package, dash clock, bumper guards, tinted glass. Very competent driver - better seats than our '67 Satellite. Cheers!

[@stephenlacher5460]

Really should lighten up and have some fun doing these.

[@One2Bad]

I took a 318 out of a 67 Fury back in the 80's and tried to put it in a Dodge Sportsman Van. I had to remove the heads and put on the stock heads from the van because they were wider than the stock. Someone told me these were 318 wedge heads. Is there such a motor?

[@jeffreyrubish347]

I do enjoy the outtakes. Maybe more caffeine needed?

[@ZCarl-in6hq]

my dad has a 67 fury 2, ,2dr sedan.. there was 2,783 made as 2dr sedans -special ordered 383Magnum 4speed bench.. we are starting to think he might really have something I need somebody more in the know to help figure out for sure and he wants it to go somewhere, good..

[@SteveHolsten]

I had a '65 Belvedere with a 318 big block.

[@TheSleepyMechanic0524]

318 is a small block.

[@SteveHolsten]

Here is actually what I was talking about. It was a wide block: There was never a "big block" 318. The wide-block is based off the same 318 block that is in the standard LA 318 engine. The "wideblock" used to be known as the "semi-hemi" as the wedge shaped area is 'almost' hemispherical. The history of this motor started in the 50's as the 331 hemi, which was brought to Chrysler from GM's Zora Arkus Duntov (the GM genius who gave us the Corvette and Camaro) the idea originated as the ARDUN60, a 60 cu inch Hemi Zora made for go-carts he had for his house guests....kinda weird, that the GM genius invented the Hemi concept that gave Chrysler it's big edge, huh! The "hemi" people talk about is a completely different motor, though and only the hemispherical chamber concept carried over to the B series engines, starting with the 392, then the 426 later around 1956. The original 331, 348 and 355 hemis are all based of the 318 block! The semi-hemi came from a need to reduce the amount of space the motor took up in the engine compartment, so Chrysler could have clearance on the lower profile car hoods in the sleek 60's, much the same as why the slant six is slanted, and not straight like the old 220 L6. Back to the heads: the wide block has "wedge" heads, and a pretty good design, but the valve covers were always a problem, and the configuration was changed and the head got even smaller for the a bodied cars so they mad the 273 V8, these heads were even smaller in size and became the standard for 273/318/340/355/360 LA engines by 1968. Now they went and brought back the "hemi" small block, like it's some kind of "new" thing, when the concept and production of an almost identical motor is really over 40 years old! You can bolt on standard 318 heads and an intake, along with exhaust manifolds. The oil pump is different, so watch out for that! These motors are actually damn good running motors, with the exception of valve cover oil leaks. The performance and power is about the same as a standard 318-3. Four barrel manifolds are very hard to find.

[@BanCorporateOwnedHouses]

Thought it was a max wedge haha.

[@jetfanken]

Question 1.) Why is it that you never drive the 'brother collection' cars? Question 2.) Why don't the 'brothers' allow you to drive their cars? Question/statement 3.) I'm so very proud of your recent loss of weight

[@garycotham4546]

Plymouth out to win you over.......... remember that from their adds.

[@rrmech11]

I thought that was funny Kevin.

[@magnus9165]

I would never consider this car a bit off the mark. BTW. The Chrysler Corp. engineers found out in 1964 that the torqueflite transmission left in DRIVE was 2 tenths off a second faster than the 3 speed manual. I don't know where you got your info for this car, but almost all of it was wrong. This wedge engine was the foundation for the hemi. All they did when they first brought the hemi back to NASCAR was take a 426 wedge engine and put hemi heads on it. Down the road, they found out the blocks were weak and they started making their own blocks for the hemi. These 426 wedge cars walked all over the 64-66 GTOs, so I don't know where you been getting your anti-Mopar propaganda. The only car that could touch this in 1965 was the 396 425hp Vette.

[@derekfirt5306]

I don’t think it’s off the mark because wedge motors had more torque!!!!! This is freaking bad to the bone

[@briancabral9]

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