This is a 1969 Satellite I found on
the way to a swap meet in TX. Story was the owner had started a
restoration and then got cancer. His family had no place to store the
car. So they pulled the interior and the floor plugs, the interior was
put in a shed and the car sat out. They wanted $1200 for it.
After $900 changed hands, I drove it home. I think mom was a little
nervous. You can see from the first interior shot, I wasn't sure what
parts I had or didn't have. Turns out everything was there, including
the rear windows down inside the fenders, and new carpet still in the box in
the trunk. It had a rebuilt 440, solid 727, new brakes, shocks, tires
and exhaust. The owner had "started from the bottom". Best find
I ever made. I brought it home on a Saturday morning, and believe it
or not, the third picture was taken on Sunday afternoon. I had worked
on it until midnight and started again at 4 am. Was I excited? Oh
Yeah! Tom |