Daily Driven Muscle - This 1972 Plymouth Satellite Is Great Fun 

With a powerglide? I had a 69 with the 2 barrel 350 and it had a 3 speed automatic

Yep... Sadly when I moved to college, my parents sold it to a high school kid who totaled it... But yes, power glide.@@chrisallen766

That’s amazing! My wife commuted this one half an hour away for a while when we had it (a couple years before we drove it to Reno and got married) and one day, she made it home only to find that the front right tire was bulged and disintegrating. It went flat over night, but somehow had gotten her home. It had always pulled to the right - after we replaced the tires, it went dead straight. That was a very useful lesson for me in understanding front end dynamics… On the Reno trip, I’ll never forget stopping at a gas station, and a grumpy sounding middle aged gentleman saying “I bet you wish that was a two door.” Truthfully, I did not. I had a Challenger and a Charger at home, but the Satellite sedan was the right tool for the job. But a two door is good too. Haha.

@@DeadDodgeGarage I love sedans! The most prized car in my fleet is my '64 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan. Was originally by my great-grandfather when it was brand new and has been in my family ever since! The car has a lot of history and sentimental value to me. The car has been sitting for 30+ years in a garage with a dirt floor. I have wanted the car since I was a toddler and after 15ish years, I finally inherited it last year. Currently resurrecting it and planning on swapping a 454 into it as the original straight six is seized. I love sedans and coupes, it really just depends on the car. I use to be a "two door only" guy in high school, but thankfully I grew out of that. I seriously love your '72! I have actually wanted a '71 Satellite sedan for years! I really dig how they look as a sedan and it would be cool to have a two door and a four door Satellite! Super hard to find one in fair shape though... Also, I too learned about how important tires are...Lol. Thanks for sharing!

Oh dang, awesome! Thank you very much! It’s appreciated. I love my ‘18 V6 Challenger, and find the power to be perfectly suited to what I need it for… but sometimes I think I should’ve gone for a Scat Pack with a stick. When they’re hopefully worth much less some day, I’m sure I’ll have a collection of them. Haha.

@@DeadDodgeGarage And they will be my friend. Zillions of them have been made. You'll still be able to find one 100 years from now.

I would never throw you under the bus like that. Haha

Oops, anyway, with all the cool stories and connections with that car and your bunch- it deserves restoration.

That’s awesome. I strongly considered making this a cop car tribute the third time I got it. Friend even had a period set of roof lights. Couldn’t bring myself to peel off the then-nearly-flawless green vinyl top, and that was the end of that. Wish those were still sitting around. My friend Tom is very into the old Dodge/Plymouth cop cars and had a few in his collection.

@@DeadDodgeGarage In retrospect, there were a couple of 'special' vehicles I wish were still around just they were/are a touchstone of the numerous good times, wild (mis)adventures, and seemingly unreal stories best shared again with friends, a fire, and some good food & cold ones.

I haven’t! That’s awesome.

Wait have you been spying on us? We’ve been saying bussin’ a lot lately

@@DeadDodgeGarage maybaaaay... roflmao I been doing the same shit man

@@DeadDodgeGarage either way, I'm dead. No pun intended lmao

Close - I’m in Aberdeen.

@@DeadDodgeGarage I grew up in Tumwater. Nice car for being down on the coast. Just saw you Demon video. That is a very nice car. You have a good sense of humor. I will keep watching.

It hadn’t been mine for years at the time I made the video… my friend Jorden owns it and took it to Utah when he moved there. I really liked the car. But we have so many others…

Arguably a better name

Mist green 😊

Super basic warmed over 318 with some unknown camshaft and stock internals, magnum exhaust manifolds and Performer intake with Edelbrock carb on top.

I honestly couldn’t tell you. We usually put 275s on the back of everything. I am really bad at tire specs and remembering things. And this car left for Utah a year and a half ago.

Damn.

“Walkin’ the malll, walkin’ the greeen maall! And I’m on my knees, and I’m prayin’ ta Jesus.” “Pray quieter!”

Completely agree… Not my car anymore, so not my choice. Lol.

I don’t understand the aversion to power braking. At all. But it’s a comment I’ve gotten a couple times. It’s fun, it keeps the car from sliding out of control at unwanted moments, and I’m going to continue doing it.

@@DeadDodgeGarage Yessir -it's your car. Just from a mechanical standpoint - It's bad for the torque converter, transmission, driveline, U joint's, center section, axles, and brakes. My thing is that it just looks so weak. Everyone and his sister who drove his moms min-van to high school was power-braking up a storm in the high school parking lot. Thinking the rest of didn't know that his moms minivan couldn't do anything unless he held the brake and gas pedal down at the same time. Everyone would laugh at those kids. It's a great post - and I liked the story a lot. Just not a fan of the power brake. There's always gonna be someone else with a meaner car. It's not just a competition about spinning tires or making smoke, but a display exhibiting horse power. Power braking doesn't compete with anything because it doesn't display any power. Even a moped will smoke a tire if u power brake it. It really doesn't even matter if it can only squeal one tire for 1 second - We'd rather see a real burnout than a power brake. But u do u. And don't worry about it sliding outa control - it could barely break it loose when you were standing on the brake pedal. Heh, Heh

@@guidosarducci3047 I didn’t own it during the filming of this video. I did previously own it, and have drifted that Satellite into the next lane over before. It did one legger burnouts everywhere, all the time. It’s a 318, it’s slower than your great aunt’s Nissan Maxima. But have you ever heard of fun? It’s god damn fun. Speaking of which, I had more fun in today’s video. 😅

I don’t think he’s ready for that

I’ll see what I can do. Haha.

So what you’re saying is there’s no one else like me? Sounds good!

That’s unfortunate. This one has always been happy running magic, except for some weird occasional head gasket issues. We thought it was fixed for good - until my friend that owns it now drove it to Salt Lake City, and then tried to drive it back… it’s still there. It’s fine, he came back without it and then moved down there anyway.