73 Plymouth Satellite SLEEPER Build - The Street Sweeper - Stacey David's Gearz S8 E11 

Nice build up, but that satellite was pristine! I wouldn't have done anything other than a few motor mods and just drove it! Kind of a shame it was all original!

It must be nice to have unlimited fund$ to do builds like this...the average guy can only dream of doing this...Uncle Tony's Garage is much more realistic and everybody can relate to him...you guys live in a dream world.

I wish they kept the 318 and showed how to beef it up.

Thanks for finally posting full episodes... awesome!!!!

Stacey, I don't know if you've just been inside your shop too long, but street racing is still really popular. Don't get me wrong! Love the show! And thank you for posting full episodes here.

hmmmm ..... granny 's Satellite had chrome valve covers, aluminum intake with a Holley 4 barrel and duel exhaust ..... Atta Girl !

I had one these. 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus. It had a 400 4bbl. 727 Torque Flight 3sp. and 3:23:1 rear. I did a few mods and it moved out pretty good until the fire. It would've survived if the fire dept. hadn't used 1000 gallons of water. You'd be very hard pressed to find these anymore and if you do, most want 12 to 20 grand for it, the ones worth having anyway. I've been shopping.

The little old lady literally died watching this

Another reason for sleepers was the bootleggers, you wanted to be fast but not obvious.

I drove a 73 satellite Sebring plus in high school. Mine came with a big block 400. I replaced that with a 383 out of a GTX, rebuilt it, bored 40 over, port matched the runners, put a B&M kit auto transmission. It was fast and on the highway got 25 MPG. A nice running car.

Keep it the way it is.

To me a true sleeper looks 100% unmodified, no 20" wheels or setting super low.

The Sebring was owned by a little old lady. Right. And she installed Flowmaster mufflers, chrome valve covers, and a Holley carb.

WHAT A SHAME HIS SHOW IS NO LONGER ON REGULAR CABLE TV. I LOVED GETTING UP ON SUNDAY MORNING,,ME AND MY CAT EATING BREAKFAST IN THE RECLINER,,WATCHING HIS SHOW. I SWEAR MY CAT LOVED HIM TOO. NOW NOVEMBER 2019,,I WISH HE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER SERIES? SUCH A COOL,,LAIDBACK GUY. AND SOME OF HIS PROJECTS WERE THRU THE ROOF CRAZY,,RIDICIOUSLY AWESOME!! THAT 1967 7.0 COUGAR-XR7 WITH A 526 INCH JON KAASE 429,,ID LOVE THAT SITTING IN MY GARAGE!! REALLY DO MISS YOUR BUDDY :( :( :( !!

If I got that car I couldn't stand to do anything to it. Its so perfect stock. Well as a teen I mighta tore it apart cause I messed up my stock 74 Corolla.....but this..a little old lady took care of it since new. Id leave it alone but thats me. Im nostalgic.

Five minutes of real work and twenty minutes of shameless plugs. Plus you should have just left that poor car alone.

So you get a mint original Mopar, take it apart and cut it up just cause it wasn't a roadrunner? Just cause "nobody's gonna care"?

I guess granny wanted some chrome valve covers on her 318. That car was way nice. I woulda modded that 318, put some 17" torqthrusts on it, lowered it a bit and called it a day.

Not everyone can afford a Camaro or cuda. Then buys a hemi Lol

The LSs really helped the sleeper projects. Ive never seen a motor that in 4 or 500 horse mode can idle smooth and quiet as a honda civic. Like the older zo6s with exhaust cut outs. It purrs along untill you stomp it and then it sounds like a nascar.

but its mint..why not leave it alone?

I had a '73 Satellite in the early 80's. It was 3 on the tree, 318 V-8, even though it was originally the cheapest in the price/ model line, it wasn't a bad car. The more deluxe models though, I thought looked really nice.

What a shame. That's exactly what I look for. Totally original. Another mop are ruined.

Wow! I didn't know Dee Snider had a suspension company! LOL.

another advantage to building a sleeper is the car will have the factory VIN therefore the Insurance company won't know it's a performance vehicle

I WOULD HAVE KEPT IT AS STANDARD LOOKS WISE I LIKE THE 454 CHEVY NOVAS OF 1970 PLAIN BUT REAL FAST A GREAT SLEEPER CAR FROM THE FACTORY

Heads up, you don't get to see the end result of the swap; only 3 episodes uploaded with no finale...wtf dude

Grew up in a 73 satellite sebring plus just like this till 77 then dad bought a Cordoba lol.

Chrome valve covers, dual exhaust with Flowmasters, looks like Accel wires, aftermarket fan...clean, but I don't think it was stereotypical "Little old lady" owned

I so miss when trucks was on tv it literally was the best thing if the week on Sunday mornings

steele motor mounts and subframe connectors is all you need dor that motor

Awesome part's thank you guys MoParOr NoCar

If anybody thinks doing a Plymouth Satellite up right is not worth it doesn't know Mopar, plus anything with a little fitting, from a Roadrunner and a GTX will fit it is the perfect way to get a classic muscle car on a budget. Thanks man for proving this Mr David. -Small story my grandfathers where big friends my mom's dad a Mopar or no car guy and my dad's Dad was a gm guy but they both where great at fixing cars. My dad own a Pontiac Trans Am at the time. One day he was sitting in the driveway of the old homested and he hear a car built about out of it's tail pipes and thought "I'm the only one around here that has a car with that type of horsepower" little did he know his dad had bought a part as a favor for my other grandpa. my mom was 13 at the time and my dad 16 for referance, this 69' Plymouth Roadrunner barreled in to the driveway and my mom gets out the drivers seat and my dad said to himself I'm gonna marry that woman and about 5 years later he did and here I am. My parents fell in love because of there parents knowing each other and there mutual love of cars. But my dad's Dad didn't like it when my dad became a Mopar guy he got rid of the trans am for a 68 GTX.

A great aunt of mine had a green and beige Sebring Plus like this. Would love to have one again. I don’t want it fast, just better at it’s mileage. The 318 stays.

Man I would of kept that car like it was it looked like it just drove off the dealer lot that thing is mint and even though not many like the 73/74 Satellite style I'm like it. My parents use to have one back in the day it was blue on blue with those same hubcaps but is was lifted in the rear a bit to make it have a nice stance.

cool i love the wigs

Great add on with the Blazing Saddles only you Stacey.

Good ole Ron the Mullet man (not really a mullet, but he loves Mopar muscle cars) Jenkins from Magnum Force. The guy really knows his stuff. I remember seeing him on so many different build shows over the years including Barry White's Speed Shop, Gas Monkey Garage, and a couple others that I can't remember the name off the top of my head. Dude is a legend in the Mopar world.

Holy crap I owned that exact car except mine had avocado paisley bucket seats. It handled very well.

My great uncle actually had a 73 Satellite Sebring with a 318/auto. It was a nice car but I would've bought a 340 Duster in 73

Cool but most folks don't have 10 grand for trick suspension just laying around.

I’ve thought this was supposed to be a budget build but I see hundreds of dollars.

I had a 72 Plymouth Satellite that only had a 318 V8 but ran and handled great.

He should have done this to a parts car that wasn't in good shape. He just ruined a mint Satellite that was really well preserved.

Awesome MOPAR'S

My, granny had good tastes in mufflers, intake manifolds and Holley carbs!

I had a 73 satellite in High School the thing was a rocket no one could beet me.

I had a 71 sebring sattelite plus that had everything the roadrunner and gtx but a 318.It was green with bad ass pinstripes down the sides.

I guess bad hair is the name of this episode? lol...

Good show

Farmtruck has a 1972 Chevy C10 Sleeper Dragster and dubbed it Farmtruck because he found it in a catalog and oh, don't underestimate the farmtruck

is Stacey even on TV anymore I miss watching him I remember when trucks first came out

from the movie Ted: " Flash is here, and Johnny, his hair is parted down the middle"

Yeah, not everyone can buy those things...then buys a Hemi LOL! In honesty, this is the video I've been looking for as I want to turn my 73 Roadrunner into a Hellcat. Sadly, don't have the money to do such a thing just yet.

$25.00 for the "Gearz Project Planning Book" (I looked it up online) WTF!!! For a stupid notebook that cost 79¢ at Walmart w/o the fancy pics.

Great job Stacey

I wonder if Ron Jenkins took his hat off if the hair would be attached to it lol. A hat wig. Sure looks like it would.

stacey love the show. watch it on my home computer from middletown,ohio.

budget build my ass.....lets rip up a nice original car and put a 12.000 dollar motor in it.......could had just hopped up the 318 and changed the pipes...rear end...shift kit the trans.....if youu dont have a shop..every tool in the world...sponsors throwing parts at you.......this car is a 30.000 build......thanks for ripping up a survivor BTW.....

This is dope af, just remembered this show, i was willing to buy the seasons on Vudu or something but now I see he has full episodes on here now. Website is nice and tidy as well

The welds on the cross-member

Why does Stacy feel he has to make up stories about the cars he brings into the shop? I've noticed in many episodes that things just don't add up. What Grandma had chrome valve covers, a Holley and dual flowmasters?

I've been looking for a Satty like that for years, and I'm stunned to see you destroy it. Sad.

Stacy david is the man.

So with all the money you dumped into this thing you could've just bought the Cuda or Camaro you couldn't afford in the first place.

so dosent adding all that "SOFTER" undercoating make all the bolt -on areas wear to a loose state...then need re tightened ? just asking Stacey i always loved your shows but that was a question i needed to ask

There’s a Charlie Sheen movie “the boys next door” there’s a 73 satellite on there. Always loved it

He always says "we unbolted" and "we removed" but he's the only one on the show?

I hate to say it but, I don't know any grannies who put chrome valve covers and four barrel holly on their rides.???

cheap project until the $22,000 Hemi!

So by changing EVERYTHING you saved thousands?

Stacey is the real deal. None of the usual inflated numbers, attempts to make a car seem faster than it is. What you see is what you get. Amazing skills.

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Still waiting for an update on this one

Billy Mays of the garage.

I'm restoring two 1974 trucks. An F350 Super Duty and an International 200. The odd detail about both of these trucks is that they have been operated for a small government in the capacity of road/highway maintenance. [the Ford was a road maintenance truck for the City of Norwalk, CA and the International was a road maintenance truck for Adair County, MO] Both have beefed up suspensions, extra heavy frames, extra strong bed frames, overload springs and enhanced engine cooling packages for towing trailers with road repair equipment around. (~_^)-b Both have really badly damaged [dented, rusted, busted glass, nightmare electrical problems etc] cabs. /( -_-)\ The reason I got them so cheaply is because they were either illegal [Ford windshield is totally spider-webbed from a crash and can't legally be driven without a new windshield] or miserable to drive [the heaters don't work in either truck and the international leaks so horribly that it will give you a bath if you drive it in the rain]. I found another cab for the Ford, still looking for one for the International, but I might go in and braze some steel in the holes instead.

Have a sebring plus green on green, white top with 400 2bbl.😉

That suspension dude with the rainbow hair and the flexed triceps wouldn't be allowed to enter my garage. I actually thought at first he was wearing one of those joke mullet caps with the fake hair. Sadly, I was wrong.

Some scenes from Two lane black-top 👍

they should give me this car. In 1977 I traded in Electra Glide Harley-Davidson for this exact car same color inside and out same drivetrain everything and put a brand new crate 440 police interceptor in it the ultimate sleeper and I did it wrong before this Bella did and we did it without a lift

I think 4 door Fairmonts make the best sleepers

I just wanted to see more of that Cougar :(

"The FIRST thing we need to do is wave GOODBYE to"- ...the idea that anyone needs to do ANYTHING to this car. Build a car that's not in such pristine condition instead of ruining a car that's perfect and original to start with.

Grandma must have been pretty cool old girl she put chrome valve covers on that 318. And a Holly 4 barrel !!!

Omg they under coated the whole car! All that beautiful original metal covered up. Just so they could advertise more crap

Wants to make a car for handling. Install a big block.

Says Sleeper... Buys a perfect two door muscle era mopar.

OOOOOOOHHH!!! the purists are present&accounted for(yea -old Mopar dealer tech here), It is not really cool to disrupt an original unit but to save time/money/hassle/being sold to some chump &ending up in mexico as a cartel toy/swap some upgrade stuff and keep some other orig units running w/the sold off parts and yea....the orig high perf units are waaaaaaaay over valued collecting dust in old rich guys houses......as a former 90''s Mopar tech this unit build has my blessing.

I had a Dodge Coronet Custom once, was not a speed demon, would have made a great muscle car though, if I could have gotten my hands on a good big block. ~( 'w')/

So the little old lady that had it for years put dual exhaust, accel wires and chrome valve covers on it? I doubt it.

Hey looks cooler than the new ones

Soo.. Granny liked Flowmaster Mufflers and Chrome Valve Covers?

Everyone is complaining about cutting up an original and can see the point to a degree, but it's just a 318 car and isn't worth much. I saw a 74 RR recently that was an untouched original with 318, and were asking 17K. It was on consignment, so you could get one cheaper if it was for sale by owner. Although too many of us, money isn't the point and is part of Americana

One was a 73 road runner with a 440

If you're building a true sleeper wouldn't want it to still be at stock height ??

I think I would have left her stock.

Was already a sleeper

The welds on those brackets looked like someone used a caulking gun.

WHOEVER WELDED THOSE PARTS ARE OLD SCHOOL WELDERS.

Yeah, how much is that front end!?!