Big Block 1967 Satellite Rotted Beyond Repair OR Ripe For The Flippers And The Auction Block
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- We came across this straight and clean appearing 67 Plymouth while picking up parts for one of our cars.
Once we go closer though, it became obvious that this poor thing was going to end up one of two ways. A parts car or in the hands of an unscrupulous classic car flipper and passed on to an unsuspecting buyer.
Here's a look at the damage, how it happens and how even though this car is clearly wasted, it's still worth a pretty substantial amount of money.
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"Mother Nature wants her stuff back" Now there's a quote of the day.
The owner is probably the most honest man in America to let you make this video. May his dreams rest in peace
What's the alternative? Putting up a decietful ad and having people find out what the car looks like in person when they go to buy it? I would have no problem with it - it's reality.
He's also incredibly selfish and neglectful.
It just needs a little bondo and some elbow grease. Tony taught me that. Lol
This has been one of my pet peeves for years. Sellers thinking because the car was parked for a decade and not driven it's worth a fortune. Then you buy it and go to load it on a trailer and it bends like a chalupa. Big difference between parking it on a driveway and parking it on Mother Earth. Parking it on grass is like parking it on a wet sponge.
and under trees is like sitting all the time under a dirty wet sponge being squeezed over the car once a week.
Those are %90 of the guys who
Say "no low-ball I know what I have "... Truth be told, they only *think* they know
I run into the same problem here in New York State where I live, THESE people think "their car" is magically worth the same money as what they saw on Barrett Jackson Auto Auction, even though "their car" has NOT ran in the past 40 years, needs nearly $30,000 to $50,000 in labor, parts and repairs JUST to make it a running and driving car again!!
AND I don't know how many of times I walked up on a car that was solidly worth anywhere between $500 to $2000 and hear the owner tell me "I has to be worth $20,000 the way it sits!" or some crazy thing like that as well!! In some cases the car isn't even "worth" their asking price BECAUSE technically IT IS NOT even an actually "rare car" either!! For another example I met a guy selling a 1966 Mustang that had been sitting in a pasture, where the farm animals had dented EVERY panel on the car! THE CAR DID have all its original glass, and the only straight part on it was the emblems! It WAS an automatic, with an inline six cylinder engine, AND his asking price was $22,000!!! That price would have made more sense if it was a "R Code" car, but with a standard inline six and automatic, it certainly was NOT worth his asking price at a time when most cars AT THE TIME, IN THIS condition sold for just $500 in the early 1980s. Likewise in the early 1980s, YOU could have bought a street legal, RUNNING 1966 Mustang equally equipped for around $1500 to $2000 back then!!
And today it is far worse then it was in my area, as many of these people who own these cars and unrealistic about what it will cost to make the car run and drive NOW!! YES that car on Mecum Auto Auction sold for $30,000, BUT that car can be legally licensed, insured and driven TOMORROW, once the check cleared!! And scrap metal IS just that, which in my area, for a complete car, is only worth around $300!!!
I miss the days of the $500 car that you can drive. Thanks cash 4 clunkers.
@@Alpha-ro8sci buy 2/300 cars all the time that are drivable.
All the materials needed to flip that car are available at Lowes. Styrofoam, sheet rock mud, roofing tar. And lets not forget GREAT STUFF.
Don't forget the corrugated tin.
Chicken wire as a base for the bondo was on my cars.
Don't forget to hit the beer store so you can caulk in some flattened cans for the floor and convince yourself it's fine!
@@brettstrauss8562 The more I drink the finer it looks!
I would add maybe a few rolls of Gorilla tape and some tubes of silicon.
Bought a 63 GP that sat on a trailer in S. Florida for years...probably what saved some of it. Though mine is not as bad as this. Mine being has sold floors and a decent trunk and she actually starts up and runs...don't drive...no brakes. Needs lower 1/4s and some other extensive rust repair. AND AND lol she needed a frame, but got one from California.
This was a Washington state car originally...so the rust is a bit of a challenge, but the ole gal needed to be rescued. Complete car with her original interior and 389 and of course the trunk full of extras. Even a spare rear glass and all 4 power window setups. I could sell all the extras and get what I paid for her.
Great video...keep up the good work and thanks for your time putting these together. 👍
That car is worth every penny at $1800. Most people think that the 66 and 67 Satellite was almost identical. Truth is, the basic shell, doors, glass, rear bumper, and hood were the same. Almost everything else was one year only. Even the wiper arms were different. I have both in my driveway, and I find different stuff every time I look at them.
it's the same with the 66 and 67 Coronets. No two exterior trim pieces are alike between the two cars.
@@Tumbleweed_Tx Coronets are even more apart. They don't even have the same rear quarter!
And if you look at 65-66 Fury, or 67-68 Fury, there are probably even fewer shared parts.
@@furyfantoo I think the 65 Sport Fury was a one year deal.
@@IndirectConnection1 Yes. But by the same regard, so is the 66. And if you get into the 67-68 years, the SF could be had with 2 different rooflines (+ convertible).
Although if you look at most US cars from the 50s-70s, many of them changed appearance every single year, unlike modern cars that look nearly the same for 3-5-year runs.
Sad to see it deteriorate like that but it'll make a great parts car for somebody trying to restore their Satellite
ON the upside there ARE places to buy replacement sheet metal and parts, AND if you know what you are doing, YOU could replace a lot of what is rotted out!!!! BUT the down side IS, it will cost you far more than what it is actually WORTH as a running car, TO MAKE IT a "running car"!! AND this has been my complaint about where I live for years!!!
Because in my area (I live in Upstate New York) the owners of these cars, assume their cars are magically worth $20,000 even though it hasn't moved out of their yard in 40 years!! AND they ignore the fact that by the time you get the labor, parts and other repairs done to it, it will cost you nearly $50,000 just to make it RUNNING, and Street legal again, which will probably take you a few months to a couple of years to complete anyhow!! BUT then honestly you have $30,000 into a car that was only worth $500 to $2500 to start with. AND at that point even scrap metal prices are only $300 (in my area again) to scrap a complete car!!!
people who really shouldnt own these cars get em then destroy em
Glad this guy took it so good.
Reasonable thinker.
- you’re right.
Got a neighbor w 69 charger in similar condition. - thinks it’s a gold mine.
When did rust become the same value as gold?
I tried buying an '83 Rampage. Seen it sat for years. Bad, bad condition. Offered $800 and my number on put on windshield.
Never heard and note gone next day. Was that response was like he was insulted I suppose?
ROFL I know EEK cars very, very well. I bet he thinks he could get $2k+.
Rusted out 2nd gen charges ARE gold mines though lol.
When did rust become the same value as gold? When Mecum and Barrett Jackson started selling Mopars for ridiculous $$$ and the baby boomers obliged.
His price is actually really fare on that, and this is actually how I prefer to buy them. I don't have to worry about shady work that will take me twice as long to un-do and fix. You can see what is wrong with it and the price is actually a good deal. If you have the skill set to do all the work yourself and access (already own) a car that has the majority of what this one needs, you can make this thing good again on the "cheap". But for the average person wanting to get started into this game, taking on this project is starting the game on expert level.
My buddy temporarily parked his 70 Challenger R/T out in the dirt with a tarp on it, turned out to be 5 years before he got it inside for another 15 years. When he was ready to begin a restoration. It was just like that. Ended up selling it for scrap. Cheaper to buy another car than do a restoration.
I left my '87 Shelby Charger outside for 17 years on the driveway uncovered.
Looked the same giving it to my friend's this as it did first parked minor more paint fade, two rotted tires, and split dashboard.
Some cars just don't live.
‘I’ve got enough projects to keep me occupied until 5 years after I’m dead!’ - UT
Me Too Brother!!!
Dear uncle Tony, you might have forgotten to mention that grass,whilst realising photosynthesis, produces Oxigen. Right against the exposed metal. The umidity from the dew only exacerbates the oxidation process.😊
Ive fixed a 70 Coronet almost that bad. Bought zero patch panels. I bought sheet steel and 2x3 rectangular tube and alot of grinding discs and welding wire. Made everything. Quarters were still crappy. Boxed the front rails, torsion bar crossmember, made flat floors and trunk floor. Drove it for years and sold it to a guy in Louisiana during the second great depression. I told him before the first dollar was negotiated that this car was a total pile when i got it, springs through the trunk, and I made it as good as i could with what i had. It was safe and drivable. But it was never going to be a "nice" car. He wanted one badly and just said he would pro street it. Still miss the thing
That’s the best explanation I’ve heard. Mother Nature wants her stuff back! Rust never sleeps. One thing about this car is that it is honest. There’s not a bunch of old repairs covering up it’s true condition. What is wrong with it is in plain view.
Thanks Lyle. Good luck with the sale
Can't wait to see this at Kiwi's in a year.
Parts car by all means! Lots of $$ in pieces. This is almost a remake of Tony's 3 year old video "So what is a car really worth". I bought a couple of Valiants with not even half that rust, solely as parts cars. Got everything I needed off them for myself, then made double back on what I sold in 6 months. Even if it is repairable but a big job, we sacrifice some to save others.
I paid 5800 for my 440 4 speed almost rust free 67 satelite last year. . Plus truck loads of parts. Not worth the time to fix this one at all.
Great buy! I wish I never sold mine.
Take it to Kiwi's Custom Curtains and Carpet!!
He can fix anything!!
Yeah for like $30k maybe this would be fixed
😂
@@Terminxman Can you imagine the stuff he has to turn down? 😯
Nice. Red white and blue.
I wish Tony was my Uncle 👍🏻
As much as I absolutely hate sacrificing old cars, sometimes we got to do it to get one or two others back on the road.
I've cut up a good amount 40s through 70s cars over the years, and it still hurts everytime that decision is made.
Once in awhile you can sell something that you have parted out if somebody else wants to try to take that project on, but usually we use what we Harvest and try to sell the rest if it could be used in any way shape or form
I'm from Southern Ohio. I'm not scared of rust. Unfortunately I'm not financially able to afford it or I would gladly take it. I don't care about purity. I would make my own panels and do some custom work.
Good for you. Sounds like what lunars outlaw garage tried to do a few times.
@@Monaco-BuilditFixitDriveitEver Lmao I love how you put that. I never could tolerate watching that guy
It's heart breaking to see these beautiful cars so far gone. But it is a great donor car. Great video.
That looks like a car that belonged to a friend of mine back in the early 80's. If so that car was in Perry County many years ago.
Yup and dirt floor garages too......
At least the seller knows its a parts car, and its priced accordingly. I see ads on MP all the time for complete rust buckets, no title, no floor, parts missing, that've been laying in the weeds since the Nixon administration and they're asking over 5k.
The car market new/used was hit with inflation so badly these fvcks think their cars really are $5-10k.
I have a 2009 F150 that's 'worth' $20k today. It was priced $24k new... 🤔
This video make me feel lucky. My 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring sat in a field for over 30 years. The only rust is in the trunk. The trunk was full of parts and it rusted the passenger side of the floor. The rest of the car is solid. I'm in Oklahoma, so maybe that has something to do with it, but I've seen plenty of cars rust away out here.
Now that's rusty,yet strangely original. It's the paint. It's an "Honest" car in that the car's not hiding anything 🤪.
That body was my best drag car ever ss/ja 440 belvedere 11:60
What a shame. This car represented the winningest most iconic NASCAR “stocker” that ever raced! The King, Dale Inman, Maurice Petty and their crew won 27 of 50 races and 10 in a row in ‘67! Although they had re- bodied the ‘66 chassis with a ‘67 Belvedere II, basically the same ride. Was a time in racing history that can never be repeated.
Nothing is too far gone since I saw Jennings Motorsports channel rebuilding an AAR cuda around its firewall.
UTG, much luv from Buffalo NY
Looks like a great parts car.
You should do a video on the right way and wrong way to remove windshields and rear glass from classic cars as well as any tips you learned over the years about removing glass. I am looking at that car and the entire time I am thinking that windshield pulled is probably $200+ even in used condition.
The trim and components is worth that.
The Polara I'm trying to get going had a flat in the right front. That side was laying on the grass for about 10 years. The frame rail up there is... questionable. Budgeting for a harbor freight welder now.
I was gonna say you should buy just to keep out of the hands of flippers, then you opened the trunk and showed the top of the quarter panel. LOL Maybe Chris Birdsong could fix it
It's always pleasently surprising to see a seller who is not delusional about their car. $1800 and full honesty about it just being too damn rusty to realistically be a car again.
I learned YEARS ago from the great Neal Young....
RUST NEVER SLEEPS!
I just bought a 69 charger. That was in a cornfield from 82-2010. Then my neighbor bought it then and left it on his car trailer.
Surprisingly it rolls on wheels and frame rails and passenger floorboards are are all good . Trunk floor and gas tank are not .
Sweet, Tony! I owned a ‘68 Satellite.
That car would be so nice if repaired right, it might never turn a profit for someone, but with some love and hard work, a great car!
My 62 C10 was considered salvage bound, or not repairable, but about 500 hours later the interior is going in. But to flip, no value there. Still happy I saved it.
My 72 charger sat on a concrete pad in a yard for 21 years, solid as could be. If it wasn’t on that pad it would have been complete Swiss cheese
I'm not even really a Mopar guy but, even I know full well that Satelite has an easy $5K+ worth of good parts.
As a side note, if your soil is acidic, it'll rust any vehicle from the bottom up quicker than many people can imagine. Acidic soil is great for growing tomatoes, peppers etc. but, it's hell on steel even without weeds and grass touching it.
DAMN, That's sad for that car, really sad sitting so long outside.
Never love to see a great car like that rust to death. If it were up to me I wouldve taken the motor and put it in the mule.
Great video Tony. A great reminder that the truth lies beneath the surface.
Uncle Tony, I appreciate what you do for a living but that poor guy felt like you kicked him right between the legs. And thanks for keeping that rust bucket off the market😅
I might be interested in this car as long as it has ownership to cross the boarder into Canada. I have a 67 Satellite project that I'd quite solid but missing parts.
He said he has a title. Nothing else is needed. Edit: Sorry, the VIN on the car is also needed. That would have to be checked out.
That'll buff out
I've learned one thing from this - mother nature wants her rubber back from us.
Damn, it's amazing how the top of the rear quarter got completely rusted out, not to mention the entire bottom, but Mother Nature does what she does.
That said, it could work to put a frame under it kind of like Slag Hammer. Just cut the entire bottom of the car out, and get a D100 frame (or whatever) and make a gasser out of it.
Man that's unfortunate! However, there is still someone who could use some of those parts to hopefully ressurect another Mopar!
a clean title is also worth a few bucks
As odd as it may sound, this is an example of a car that is almost all there. Rust has gutted much but the rest of the car hasn't been made a donor for other projects. I hope it helps get another brother ride back on the street.
I thought gasser or drag car, the pieces the outside body needs are available and to put it on a full floor and frame is common now. Best part is it saves a restorable car from being cut up to make a race car.
"AHHHHH COMON DAMNIT!!! Oh that sounds good. Melted chocolate inside the dash, that really ups the resale value."
The problem today is that most owners think that thing is worth ten times what the value is. Thanks, B-J...
You Vlogging this and the owner in the background while you slag the car's condition is hilarious.
That would make for a great body drop!
this is exactly the type of raw material i wish Ring Brothers and the other Pro Touring shops would start out with, and then add some aftermarket frame, corvette suspension, LS or Gen 3 Hemi swap--or just body swap to a complete new charger with the dashboard installed--and then try to make some widebody phantom hot rod for a quarter million dollars.
ironically, if someone tried to hang a rear quarter, they'd probably get a cheap one that doesn't fit. sometimes a GOOD patch job is better depending on how much it's a structural part.
Assumed you flipped the guy $100 to show us the truth in his presence. Good video Tony
Yep. Great parts car.
It’s got a good vin tag.
Also grass breathes, when it breathes out it oxidizes the metal speeding up the rust
Good info. Uncle Tony, if the "flipper" invests the $20K to patch together a rust bucket, how much could he look to clear on his "flip"? (I don't flip, i buy & patch rusty Mopars ONLY for my own consumption, then part out,lol.)
If it was dolled up properly and selling in right area, would probably be listed at 30-35k
Fix it for sure!!!
Nice content !
And it would be a shame to crush it.
Everythings is in good shape from Windows, trims, fenders, hood,etc.
My neighbor sold a 68 roof for 300 last year, and it had a little rust but no dent.
The 8 3/4 rear end is 1000$ alone if it's in good shape around here.
Still a very good donor.
I would totally buy that plus a no title 4 door and make one car to bad it's that rotted the patina is perfect
When he popped the trunk i literally said out loud…Oooooo 🤦🏻♂️
Such a shame.
That is a serious project. As in you need a solid parts car to graft the entire quarters and rear section. Either a good parts car or radical pro street project. Well done Uncle T!
Original glass is impressive.
Its a scrapper dream car and not worth fixing. Mother nature had her way with this on. The parts are where the money is.
6'4k views, and only 912 likes? y'all are slackin'!!!
I need all those pulleys and brackets
Now I feel like crap. I garage my Volare and can fit my rusty old Dodge W250 or my Ramcharger in there, but not both. One has to sit outside with my Dodge vans. Breaks my heart to see up close what grass and water can do.
stay away from beach. cars salt air in Florida or calif is just as bad or worse goes every where
Yeah, I am a firm believer hating bondo mobiles and faked up stuff but I am also a believer in restoration within reason, I've patch paneled on old cars but with good solid pieces of metal shaped and hardly any bondo to smooth it out and never made any money to speak of when I got tired of the vehicles I fixed for personal use. See, I'm a little confused cause I've seen folks extoll the virtues of a similar condition 57 chevy and they feel happy they have a title/vin/roof and glass and alot of stuff left over. Only retired or well off and retired/don't have to work folks have the time and/or money to take on a project. Unsure what we are talking about here when talking about patch panels, I mean, are we talking about patch panels welded in and bondo filled an inch everywhere on a extremely rusted panel, or are we talking about super value for flippers who call it a pristine barn find in original condition?....Someone I know has a 62 chevy stepside with a later added 396/th 400, but it has rust holes in the lower corners of the cab, fenders, the stepside and the bed,..the bed needs numerous small patches,...all for the cost mainly of the engine/transmission and the newer tires and brakes he put on, $2500...maybe its kind of steep, but its where I am at I guess, what I can get that still drives without going to another state. NO EXCESSIVE PATCH WELDING ALLOWED?..I mean, I know it likely needs some fresh floor boards,...I've done this sort of repairs before cause I like cars and have been poor. Now this other stuff, ..frame rot,..wow, I am not a real body and fender man and no real shop anymore on family land, if I ever attempt a repair of something like that then it had better be blamed on alcohol or insanity cause it would be better for myself to pass on a project like that unless I wanted the engine/transmission.
Love those cars. Too bad about that one....
If only everyone had barns to keep their junk in!
Flipper cars can be a lot like an old oak tree. Beautiful on the outside, rotten and hollowed out on the inside.
This car is a real easy fix! Just jack up the radiator cap and drive a new car under it!🤣🤣🤣🤣
They looked like that in 1977 !
This is why so many people in other parts of the world think of us as wasteful, ignorant, lazy pigs who appreciate nothing and junk everything as soon as it goes out of style and it's not NEW! NEW! NEW! any more. If I had a dollar for every cool old car that was left to rot like this by idiots because of an oil leak or a rusted out muffler, or maybe they just didn't like the looks of it, I'd have enough to buy any kind of car I wanted. This breaks my heart and makes me sick.
To bad. Question would this car be a candidate for a Copperhead Road car ? "Big block Dodge, Bought at an auction at the Mason's lodge" ? or would one from the 50's ?
Love that song
It's on my play list along with "Ireland" by Garth Brooks - genetics. Just always wondered what car it would have been. Figure Uncle Tony would be the expert.
@@davidroetzel5500 on the official video for that song, it’s an early fifties car.
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In Alaska, that car . . . . . . . . . we'll never know.
Rebuild the frame rails and sill completely out of stainless steel. It may cost about $80,000 or so, but worth it . Then you can put it out for pasture or grass and need not worry about it any more.
Uncle Tony, this is what i,ve been saying to all you car gurus on you tube and even talk radio. You just don,t want to say that buzz word and that is stainless steel. Or "PREDATORY ENGINEERING " by car makers. Uncle Tony , Ford did experiment back in 1937 in which they made a stainless steel car. Which is today in an auto museum in Ohio. Allegany/Ludlam was behind the venture.
Hence ,when i did over my 1979 chevy Van's areas where it rusted out with stainless steel, it was the glory of my life in which i enjoyed drinking wine while i was welding. YET THE WELDING BEADS PUDDLED CONSISTENTLY. And that was 15 years ago.
Hey Uncle Tony, get real about stainless steel.
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Grass exhales the ingredients iron reacts with..ie h2o o2.
That Plymouth hood badge could give a pedestrian a nasty graze.
interested in the front and back bumper.
Nature lowered it! I knew I loved nature
Lawn lightweight?
A little- "BONDO" & some spray can paint, will fix -er , right as "NEW". 🤗🤣
Don't forget the foil tape and spray undercoating to fix what's not pretty under there.
rattle spray can rebuilt. engine and cans of under coating
Sad. Makes me think of all those empty barns with space to protect a neglected Mopar.
As long as there is one piece still there nothing is beyond repair. There are cases of completely new Spitfire airframes being built around an original flap, rudder or elevator. Is it worth it is another matter.
I've been telling people for decades not to store cars on dirt or under trees.
If you were trying to rot out a car on purpose you could not come up with a better scenario.
If I go to look at a car and it's parked on dirt or under a tree I already know it's going to be bad before I even look at it.
I don't understand this. What does the "right metal" mean? If someone welded in panels and made it look nice and it's structurally sound, where's the problem? I bought a junk car in similar condition to this. I intend to do this to it myself, with my limited knowledge, as I learn (and keep not flip). What's so bad about it?
"Right metal" is just referring to actual full on replacement panels I'm assuming, instead of fabbing patch panels. There's nothing wrong with making patches to fix rust, hell I made floorboards out of sheet metal from washing machines. Use what you got and don't listen to the people who see patch panels and say you did it wrong, as long as you use the proper gauge sheet metal and weld it correctly, you we be just fine.
@dballer51 OK thanks this is what I was wondering. I mean, if there's no reproduction panel available what else can you do? Crazily enough I was actually thinking of using an old washing machine in the basement for the trunk pan and maybe some floor.
If a flipper can get it on the road, that present owner can surely buy aftermarket panels and a bunch of brazing rods and do everthing himself cheap, without the overhead of hiring outside labor and paying shop overhead. If I was him, I'd keep it as a no hurry project
That's a 500 dollar chunk of metal.
That pile would fold into trying to suck it up on the trailer.