I’ve seen this 1971 Plymouth Satellite in my head for years. I first saw the car as one of the two hero cars that race in the music video for Breaking Point’s “One Of A Kind”. That came out about a decade or so ago. What I didn’t know is just how long this car has been around. You older types might remember it from it’s cover appearance on the February 1983 edition of Hot Rod Magazine, or from one of it’s many other appearances since, including Autobuff, Street Machine, or from it’s show appearances at the Spring Fling. You might even have the die-cast version of the car that Johnny Lightning did as a tribute to Hot Rod Magazine cover cars back in 2004. Nice and neat, for sure…but there isn’t anything about this Plymouth that I don’t like. Nothing. 
What do you need or want to know? There’s a 500ci RB Chrysler big-block under the hood that hasn’t really been broken in yet that is running a 400 horsepower nitrous blast, yet can drink pump fuel. There’s a third pedal and a four-speed. There’s a full tub job out back with a Dana 60 on ladder bars and coilovers. There’s a 20-gallon fuel cell, Mickey Thompson steam rollers, and the black and flamed paint. I even like the wheelie bars. I normally hate wheelie bars on street-driven cars, and I really hate that style scoop on just about any car, but I’ll overlook them here. They fit with the rest of the build so perfectly that it’d be a shame to ditch them.
The build on this Satellite, if I understand the dates correct, age it out to 36 years old. That’s at least within the noise, since I don’t know the full history of this car. 36 years old, looking like it just rolled out of the shop last week as a tribute build, with every last detail right. There’s a full Plymouth interior with just a couple of minor touches. The paint looks to be a mile deep. And I frankly wouldn’t give a rat’s ass if the big-block was an RV unit that got prettied up and dumped in if it meant I got the rest of the car as-is. Enjoy the beauty of this car, and try to guess what it’ll bring when it crosses the block at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I’ll be sitting in my office…counting pennies…quietly sobbing.
Lose the “stupid scoop” and the wheelie bars, and I’d be down for it. Even though I’d convert it back to leaf springs…
It is crying out for a Pistol Grip shifter too
I’ve actually have ridden in this Satellite when I was stationed in San Diego, Mike the owner was in the San Diego Mopar Club, and when I told him about seeing it in Hot Rod Magazine in ’83 he knew that I knew the history of the car. He gave me a ride in it at the El Cajon car cruise, before I went on another one of my deployments.
Not everyone wants a stock car
Respect the builder
Ok this is my car and she is fast……. I hate to part with her but it is time someone else can enjoy this beauty. It will be a great car for any collection or museum. 850 hp plus the nitrous. Check out one of my other cars going across the block lot 957, a plum crazy 1970 Challenger with an all aluminum Indy engine. It has won all the major awards and is a beauty.
I’m not a huge fan of flame paint jobs, but this one is nice. the 1971-72 Satellite 2-door is probably my favorite body style. Even though it very likely way out of my price range, I hope it goes to someone who uses it (not stored away in a museum or garage, to not be driven). This car has a couple of important things that I like:
1) NO rear wing (really don’t care for them, and which when built, very rare)
2) A 4-speed, which is definitely my preference (unless a 5-or-6 speed ;^))
If it really is an 850 HP car, it’s be VERY hard to manage on the street (kinda like driving on glare ice continuously). If 850, I hope it has an Indy block too!
It really is very nicely done and the builder should be proud to display it.
Bob J