My brother, Eric, middle name was "Mr. Mopar". He was an old Mopar-Harley man, and a former auto mechanic. He retired on a disability and thanks to the estate of
my parents who owned a house in Palo Alto Ca. he spent a tidy sum of his inheritance on a collection of old Mopars. He always wanted a Ply Satellite and be
purchased two, one of which he installed a tricked up 440 six-pack. The other was a '66 Satellite with the original 361cu engine that had he modified , basically it was
a hot rod with a stock appearance, except for the addition of 15" GTX wheels. The story is that the car once belonged to an old lady who lived in San Francisco, who
purchased it new in 1965.Apparently she had trouble navigating in the underground garages of San Francisco and the car had numerous small dings and dents. A kid
in Oregon purchased the car from the old Lady in 1993. Eric purchased it from the Oregon owner in 1995. He completely went over the car, had all the dents and
dings repaired, interior, and tricked up the engine with the addition of a Englebock 383 manifold, 4 bl carb, headers, dual exhaust, flowmaster mufflers, electronic
ignition, racing cam, and beefed up the rear suspension. The car was repainted on it's rightside, the rest of the car has original paint. Eric, God bless his sole, died Nov
of 1996 and I purchased the car from his widow, Jan, who then resided in Janesville Ca.(Jan owned a 1971 Ply Barracuda, show car with a 440 six-pack). I purchased
the Satellite from Jan in March of 1997. I had the front suspension completely replaced and had a friend, who was a mechanic repair all the oil leaks which occurred
due to the vehicle not being driven for about three months after Eric's death. I used to drive the car to work a few days a week (I'm a retired CHP Officer) and at one
time I got carried away and laid rubber in the rear parking lot of the CHP Office. Luckily my Sgt had a good sense of humor. Now the cars sits covered in my
driveway. I drive it ever once and a while and when I do, I feel like a 19 year old kid. The car handles like a dream and the power is all top end due to the
modifications. It really opens up around 70MPH. I have to admit that I took it out on the freeway once before I retired on a Sunday morning to see if I could peg the
120 MPH speedometer (yeah I know, a speeding CHP Officer) and it was a blast just watching that speedometer start climbing with absolutely no hesitation and I was
up to 120 MPH in a very short period of time. I drove for a living so I know cars, and how to drive them. I was very impressed on how smooth the car rode.
So that's my story. Every time I drive the car I feel like Eric is sitting alongside me in the passenger seat. I even talk to him. I enjoy turning off the radio and rolling down
the windows and just listen to the engine. Yes, they don't make cars like they used to!
I yeah I forgot, one important fact. The engine only has 70K miles.
Ed Custer
Auburn Ca