1972 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus… cost more than a Road Runner when new?

[@culturedredneckgarage3784]

That's a FINE example of a period original Satellite Sebring Plus. I wish my body-line trim would've been in decent shape and I would've put it back to two-toned tan/silver....but it was bad and I couldn't find any - even back in the late 90s. I love yours! Great job.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

thanks! yes, that trim is impossible to find, i was missing 2 pieces of it when i got the car and had to scavenge them from my original 72. the clips are pretty impossible to find also. will check your channel out!

[@JDoors]

I was always enamored with that loop bumper. Really appreciate Chrysler paying homage with their loop tailights to this day. 👍

[@architypeone8646]

Great looking Mopar! I think the '71 and '72 Satellite/Roadrunners are some of the best looking cars that Chrysler ever made. The front end with the wrap around bumper is really unique. I also like that color combo with the white vinyl top, light blue paint and the gray rockers and fender trim...looks sharp. The Magnum 500's with the white letter BFG tires looks so period correct. I don't like it when guys put 20" wheels and super low profile tires and then slam the body down over the tires.. on 1960's and 70's muscle cars...it just looks wrong. Nice ride!

[@steves9905]

Great car...good colors. 72 is my fav with those trapezoidal taillights. Cool because you see a fair number of RR's but never these.

[@winstonrocco1981]

My first car was a 68 roadrunner 383 4speed loved that car wish I still had it

[@citibear57]

So nice to see this vehicle. I loved the styling of the two-door Satellites/Sebrings/Road Runners of this era. It was a sharp-looking car. So sad that you don't see these anymore ...except for yours!👍

[@kevinbarrett9615]

Always loved this body style, especially the front grill and square wheel arches.

[@timsacco6g694]

Very cool 😎 car!, you just got to love that bright blue interior!

[@jamesthomas9153]

Nice car. I have a 71 road runner that I am working on making it road legal. Has a motor home 440 with a thermoquad, and a 4 speed. It has some 72 parts on it including both bumpers and the drivers door. I agree that these are the best looking of the Satellites. Enjoy it more!

[@OlysGarage]

That thing's a creme puff! Love it. Totally agree, the Carter TQs are a great carb as long as the phenolic body was in good shape. Was happy to see Demon pick up the basic design and run with it.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

thanks, yea i have boxes of TQ parts, including bodies. i have had good luck with the 625 Demon but was 'not a fan of the 750, even after tinkering with it. but ive installed them in place of TQ carbs on some Mopars over the years, using the factory TQ fuel line and even mounting factory TQ throttle levers on them for a direct bolt on.

[@OlysGarage]

@@Fontanamotorsport since I'm down to only 2 A-bodies and I'm running Carter AFBs (Mopar specific ones) I wound up selling off all my Carter TQ stuff a few years ago. Still were fun to play with. Well welcome to YT land... lol. I'll shout out your channel tag you to a few other really good Mopar guy's channels. Great group on here. Nobody is too serious, most of us just here to have fun. And of course there's always a bad egg or two. But I've been at this off and on for the past couple of years. If you're willing to hustle, you'll move up fast. I'm kinda like, meh, I gotta day job and stuff, so I make vids when I can. Looking forward to more videos from you!

[@frankanderson4176]

Beautiful car. Thanks so much for posting & sharing. The styling is a pure work of art. My friend's parents had a 73-74(?) Satellite w/a 318ci. We took this car on a 400 mile road trip when we were 18 and it a was a dream. Quiet and it would zoom with that 318. Got it up to about 110 mph on a remote part of I-75 in GA and it had more to go! Always like the styling. Also kinda of similar was another friend's Dad's car, a Grand Torino. Identical to the one in the movie and cool like yours. Keep that car!

[@D64-g8l]

Beautiful classic Mopar. I've never seen one in this color before ....blue is not my favorite, but I like this alot . Looks great ! MOPARS RULE !

[@rodypma6051]

Great great car, and it is rare! Not many were made, love that body style!

[@MystikalDawn]

I'm a GM guy but anything Mopar is a close second for me and this car is a great example why, awesome car man!

[@silverstar4289]

Yeah, most of us would have a nice mix if we won the Lottery. Mopar guy, but there would be a four speed El Camino in the garage, if only……

[@jasonrackawack9369]

Love the color scheme! Thats alot of work to save any car. The 1970 Pontiac Trans Am was originally supposed to be called the "Sebring" it was to be named after the race track but the copyright was already taken by Plymouth.

[@DanzigDemento]

I wasn’t a Mopar guy back in the day but I really like these cars now. Love your car!

[@kennethjosephson134]

Excellent video, Rory. You know the story of my two B-1 ‘72 Satellite Sebrings. Now if I could find side moldings for my orange SSP to replace those a previous owner tossed. Those pieces are definitely made of unobtainium.

[@billy1673]

Phenomenal car! Nice save!!!

[@dukeallen432]

Nicely put together. Great looking car.

[@d0gu67]

Very nice! Working on a B7 blue 71 RR right now myself, thanks for some more inspiration :)

[@starsong8665]

It’s beautiful, I always thought Satellites were good looking cars, my sister used to own one and I loved it

[@shaunclifton5281]

I LOVE 71's and 72's. Sickening how the original was left to rot 🤮

[@dukeallen432]

Worse is a nice old solid classic being “restomodded”.

[@jeremyconway5793]

Beautiful piece of motoring history/art..wow I love it. Wouldn't change a thing.greetings from sth Australia 👍🇦🇺🦘

[@edsmachine93]

Nice car, definitely like the 440 option. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@DanEBoyd]

Beautiful car! I liked these when I was a little kid and they were new. Checking a few out in parking lots in the mid to late 1970s as I got a little older, I believe the Satellite Sebring is the first place I ever saw a tachometer. I had to ask my Dad what that was... That 440 sounds badass too!

[@eugenepiurkowski5439]

What a great car. That 71-72 body was the best ever for Plymouth in my opinion and I think the silver on the bottom sets it off well. Didn't like the "new" look of the Sebring in 1973 when I was in the market., so I bought a 1973 Charger SE Brougham . Now my classic is a 1971 Challenger convertible (Indy Pace Car). If I had money, I would own all three. :) Thanks for the post.

[@akdoc2003]

Love my '72 Satellite Sebring! I'm building a 408 to put in there. Big block size and small block weight. I'm so excited!!

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Awesome! What color is yours?

[@akdoc2003]

@@Fontanamotorsport 2013 Dodge Daytona Blue with a Tri-Color Black stripe on the hood.

[@treyhardy9205]

Did yhu ever build it ?

[@akdoc2003]

@@treyhardy9205 I'm pulling the 318 this weekend and am waiting for the block and heads to come back from the machine shops. Once I get the bottom end assembled, I'll plug it in and play. I'm hoping to get it ready to go by this fall!

[@hughbryson1372]

Luv those sebrings, just something about the shape. This one is pretty nice👍

[@kurtistraux8435]

Fabulous job putting a 440 magnum in it. 323 gear is a great gear choice.

[@milehighkit4725]

My dad had that same vehicle in gold. A 20 year Chrysler mechanic yanked out 400 before before 3000 miles and stuffed in a 426 wedge :-)That made it really nice car!

[@4339jk]

Nice seeing a '72 getting some luv..... TQ's rule...!!!

[@commandertopgun]

WOW INCREDIBLE RESCUE

[@joewebb4836]

Thanks for the vid..roast the tires before they get dry rotted !

[@kingboagart899]

Amazing there are any of these still on the road anymore. They didn't hold up well to those of us who picked them up for next to nothing in the late 70s.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Agree, my original one was picked up for 300.00 in 82 by my mother, a couple of guys from England bought it when the flew into California and used it for a 4 week road trip across the country and when they got done with it they sold it to us in Connecticut, was a rust free clean car

[@michaeldesilvio221]

Beautiful car.

[@frankdenardo8684]

A friend I know who is a Chrysler mechanic bought a 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus coupe. It is a California car and was sold by Cooper Motors in Hayward, California. Color is evening blue with blue interior, center console, 318 V8 engine, tinted glass, air conditioning, rear window defogger (blower motor), AM/FM radio, canopy vinyl roof, Magnum500 wheels. Found the car in the driveway of a house in Hayward, California. The owner was not interested in selling the car, after awhile. The owner kicked the bucket and enquired about the car. He did wind up getting the car even though the estate was going through probate. He got all the paperwork on the car. Built in February of 1971. It was part of Cooper Motors inventory until June 1st, 1971. The car got treated to a cosmetic restoration. It got a new canopy vinyl roof, new tires, a complete deep cleaning, new trim rings for the wheels. Engine is in good shape and can whip a lot of horsepower.

[@kellykitson4033]

Holy crap. I had one of those back in '92. All original 318, alto it burned oil more then I smoked. Remember burning up an down the 401 from Guelph to Toronto. It was metallic blue, anyone here see where it went?

[@vincemajestyk9497]

I had a '71 SSP I was just reminiscing about. Was a 318 car that I transplanted a '69 440-6bbl, 4 Speed, and rear end into in 1992. Was my daily driver from 1990 to 1999. I regretfully let it go in '99. I was always on the lookout for another nice SSP. I had a '72 400 HP that was red/silver about 12 years ago. It was a fluffed up POS though so I sold it. I still have a '71 GTX 6 pack and a '71 Charger R/T 4 speed car. But wow! I would love to know the back story on your first '72 Satellite. That is weird how they would just let it deteriorate like that. A real shame.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Cool… well the back story is, the car was given to me by my uncle in 1989 3 years after he got it from my mother. In 1990 my mother decided to take it away from me since it was still “her car” (was still in her name) and we had a family friend that had 60 acres on top of a hill, so thats where she “hid”it…. In 1999 i was going to pull it back off the hill but to my surprise the dirt road up the mountain (around a mile long) was washed out badly from a tropical storm we got in 1998.so like kept going and in 2012 , I went back east to visit and me and my buddy hiked 1.5 miles thru the woods to the car, i almost didnt find it ,it was so over grown with trees….. so when i saw how impossible it would be to remove it, i grabbed the tuff wheel, the console and lid and took them back on the plane with me and installed them in this car, so this one has “a piece” of my original car…… when i get in and grab the wheel it brings me back to 82 when i would sit behind THAT wheel and pretend to drive, and when i drove it when i was 15 (illegally) around the neighborhood. Hope that answers your question! I also have a 73 SSP in F8 green with black interior, very rare factory 400hp 4 speed car , that I will be doing a piece on in the next month or so, so subscribe and look for it!

[@vincemajestyk9497]

Thanks for sharing that! Really interesting! That's really a shame what happened to it. Sounds like it was more out of spite or something. I mean she already 'sold' the car to your uncle. It's good that you at least have something of it left. I've seen a few of the '71's with 383 HP's and one or two with 4 speeds. The '71 I had was GF3 Amber Sherwood green and had a green bucket interior with a console. It was bone stock when I got it with the 'Brady Bunch' wheel covers. I drove it around for about a year and a half with the 318 and the 14" wheels. I saw a couple 'Regent's which were the 4 door version. I probably should have kept that Red '72 I bought but it was an ebay deal I got burned on and I could never come around to being happy with that car. I could have cleaned it up and restored it but somebody just threw it together to flip. It did have the original drivetrain but around 150k miles. Everytime I start looking for another one the prices get more crazy. You're lucky you got yours when you did. @@Fontanamotorsport

[@jameskish4044]

Buffalo, N.Y. In 1989 I bought a 1971 Plymouth GTX "cheap" a Viginia car that now had seen the rust belt. Later I came home from the Navy with a San Diego 1971 Ford Mustang Mach1 351C-4V Ram Air Hurst 4-spd. I could then only afford to keep one car, now both are gone. I have a crate 440 plus 71 Air Grabber hood, I am going to build another one.

[@79tazman]

I love the 1972 Road Runner I use to have one plumb crazy with black interior 440 auto 727 TF I wish I would of kept it but it was needing work that I could not get to right away so my buddy took it off me and still has the car today after selling it to him in 1995

[@Buzzbomb57]

I had one myself, white with black interior and black half vinyl top. 400ci with air that worked. Auto on the column but had a console ? Personally had it up to 130+ and climbing. Sure miss it. 😮

[@Smoothoperator65]

This car is almost identical to the car I drove in drivers education class in high school back in 1975/6! I heard that later on it got wrecked ,don't know how bad ,but I'm sure the insurance company claimed it an d probably destroyed it! Was a 318 car and can't remember if it had 2 or4 doors , Car drove great!

[@TOWNCARBUBBA87]

Mopar Performance 👍

[@kipbrown1549]

Very nice ///////

[@CommercialVehicle]

The thermoquad is an awesome carb if tuned properly, I am a fan as well. They work great on a 340 as well. Nice work.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Thanks! Yes, its a very misunderstood carb…… even Buick guys will use them (1000 cfm TQ)in place of the Q-Jet .

[@rong4189]

Beautiful GTX!

[@mikeme103]

Sweet ride

[@chynnadawl9022]

I was from Fayetteville, NC and my first car , in 1976, was a '72 Satellite Sebring. It was sky blue with a white top. I have no clue when and who my dad sold it to. (PS....my uncle is Melvin Yow. Some of you mopar junkies might remember when he drag raced. (In NC then for Billy The Kid in Dayton OH.)

[@Thaddaeus417]

Love it!

[@bigredc222]

Very cool.

[@HowardJrFord]

That is sweet !

[@harryjohnson8605]

Sweet

[@harryjohnson8605]

I feel the Mopar old car bubble is about to burst. Could be mistaken

[@ST-cy6we]

How much work was it changing to the tach? Is it a kit?

[@Fontanamotorsport]

not a kit, bolts right in where the clock was. hardest part is removing the cluster. just have to run 1 wire from the negative of the coil to the interior to the tach terminal

[@ST-cy6we]

@@Fontanamotorsport The cluster removal does not look fun. I was considering pulling the whole dash and then doing a rebuild while it's out. Thanks for the info!

[@garryhatchett775]

Nice car.

[@ervinthompson6598]

Thermoquads ARE great, for their simplicity- as for mileage ?? I had a '70 Charger R/T with a factory four speed and running a '67 440HP, that would easily pull down 20 mpg with 3.23's....... one detriment to the TQ is the phenolic bowl which can crack in the fuel wells, and the resulting mysterious flooding/hard starts will drive you crazy.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Yes, the fuel wells were issues, ive repaired a bunch of the bodies over the years, i have a stockpile of TQ parts and cores ive been collecting for years, since most people have gotten away from them, they get rid of them for nothing. Other than a Accelerator pump every few years this ones been perfect.

[@scatpack68]

First car was a 72 SSP in honeydew gold. 318 auto car. Paid $400 in '85. Sold it in '88 for $400. Is yours a Windsor Ontario car?

[@Fontanamotorsport]

mine was built in St Louis.

[@wilsonh3164]

I had the opportunity to see the cars "trapped on the mountain," including the original Sebring Plus that inspired the car in this video. Rory doesn't make a big deal of it, but I want to mention that the site is absolutely inaccessible by any vehicle large enough to extricate the vehicle. The cost to save them would well exceed their value, and there's also the issue of the actual rights to do such a thing. It's not my place to divulge the details, but I can assure anyone with doubts that Rory would save the entrapped car if at all possible. And the reasons leading to it's mountain entrapment were not his will or fault. And yes, he was (is) the rightful owner. Shit happens, in situations such as this, one can pout and stamp his feet, or move on. Rory moved on, and as depicted, it was the right move. Enjoy the car!

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Yep! You know the whole story since the beginning! Even the owner of the property cant get their stuff out either due to the growth.

[@wilsonh3164]

Yeah, regardless whether you drive it, or park it, there's a good chance New England will eventually consume your car. I don't know if you see it this way, but the dreams we had about our first cars were, in themselves, worth all the trouble, even though they never materialized. RIP (rot in pieces), 1967 MGB.; hope parts of you are once more on the road somewhere. Next time I'm adding oil to the thirsty T5, I'll spill a little on the ground for ya. @@Fontanamotorsport EDIT: Of course, yours eventually did materialize. Just not how you planned it.

[@jeffreytipper4909]

nice plymouth

[@kc-6837]

Nice!

[@TheSpritz0]

These cars (Satellite Sebring Plus) maximum engine option was the 400 4bbl

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Correct, as i said in the video.

[@airtechmech6681]

Roadrunners were always a budget muscle car. No frills and low weight. If you wanted a fancy Plymouth muscle car, you got a GTX.

[@tedlawrence4189]

Nice! Hope it stays a Sebring and does not become a Roadrunner someday.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

It will never be turned into a Road Runner clone!

[@RoadRunner-ih4rq]

I own a 72 Plymouth satellite Sebring Plus in black/silver white top, in the video you were talking about the car that's sitting in the woods...why not grab the car you had? Is it to far gone or was it totalled. Thanks,just wanted to ask

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Yea, that car is inaccessible now, the road that went to it is washed away and the amount of trees that have grown over 30 years is insane…. The car was “rust free” when parked there but when i was up there 11 years ago it had no floors anymore.

[@GibsonG1011]

My Sebring plus does not have the rallye gauges.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

If you have the standard cluster (with long speedo) you have a Sebring . All Sebring Plus (RP23) had the rally cluster as built.

[@DScaglione.]

👍👍👍 😎

[@coyleatkinson]

i believe this replaced the GTX

[@Fontanamotorsport]

no, this and the GTX were built at the same time, in 72-74 the Road Runner could have the GTX package that included the 440, which was only available on GTX and 72-74 with the GTX option. before 71 the Sport Satellite was the same as a 71-74 SSP

[@72roadrunnergtx]

@@Fontanamotorsport Slight correction, there never was a “GTX package that Included the 440” or a GTX option that could be ordered for ’72-74. Other way around, if one of the 440 engine options was ordered on a Road Runner the model name changed to Road Runner GTX.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

@@72roadrunnergtx yes, but the road runner GTX package came with the 440 since there was no GTX after 72 (no longer a RS , just a RH with the U code) thats what i was saying.

[@72roadrunnergtx]

@@Fontanamotorsport GTX package? There was no such thing, engine option only, mandating a model name change. U-coded 2dr Plymouth B-bodies in ‘72-74 have an RM vin prefix, not RH.

[@wadecartwright4277]

I'd still take a roadrunner

[@carlmorgan2859]

Great Video, but Volume of voice Sucks 😊

[@Fontanamotorsport]

thanks! yea, was pretty new at editing when i did this video.

[@nowitsabadtime]

Blue 'F' plate is original, California from new

[@Fontanamotorsport]

yep,its never left the state.

[@nowitsabadtime]

@@Fontanamotorsport had a '66 I purchased and bought/brought out of the state for the First Time in 2003 (I wish I never had!)

[@mor8286]

front grill not a selling point...mooar should have used grill design from the 1970-1971 plynouth duster grill to fletretched to fit the satellite front end...

[@just-incase]

I don't think the Gran Torino is going to catch up to you.

[@BilgePump]

U don’t drive it and store it outside. Sell it.

[@Fontanamotorsport]

Nah, i will never sell it..its been outside for a bit covered up,I do take it out a few times a year , just not that often. Also no body really wants these cars anyways everyone wants Road Runners..lol

[@jonellwanger7258]

Lmao. It’s a car. My 69 Buick sitting on the curb getting snowed on right now, who cares!!

[@vincentenk4449]

Wonderful car sir!

[@Fontanamotorsport]

thanks!