The Satellite was introduced in 1965 as the top trim level of the mid-size Plymouth Belvedere. By 1971, it had replaced the latter altogether, including this Satellite Custom 6-passenger station wagon. We’re told the nice-looking transport is all-original and has a 440 cubic inch V8, but the VIN defines the wagon as having a Slant-Six engine when it was built. Whatever the case, it looks to be in great shape, though the addition of the gold stripe on the hood may be too much. Located in Dickson, Tennessee, this Mopar claims to have just 28,000 miles and doesn’t look any worse for the wear. It’s available here on eBay where $8,199 has yet to crack the reserve.
Chrysler redesigned its B-body intermediates in 1971, giving them a “fuselage” type of styling. And provided sedans and wagons with different sheet metal than hardtops. The Satellite Custom was middle-of-the-road in terms of trim available that year, and a 225 I-6 was standard fare, though we’re betting most left the factory with at least a 318 V8 (hauling a bunch of kids with a six-banger would have made for a slow ride).
The last time I recall seeing a ’71 Satellite station wagon was watching an episode of The Brady Bunch on TV as that was “Carol’s car”. The seller says he/she has not seen one since this one came along, and it looks to be in nice condition. Besides paint, we’re told the vehicle is original except for the radio and tires, and that the 370 hp engine was the only option. If it was, it came later because the “C” code in the VIN is for a 225, not a 440.
While the gold stripe on the hood goes with the interior, it doesn’t look right with the rest of the vehicle. And the 440-lettering added to the hood is there to impress those at the next streetlight. However, the seller says it runs and drives like a dream, which is the most important thing – and would you buy this wagon because it’s a wagon or because it has a 440 under the hood? The interior looks great, with what may be newer carpeting, and it doesn’t look as though anything has hardly been hauled around in the back.
Cant beat a big block wagon, i’m thinking of early 70’s Adam-12 episodes
that the sarge had a Satellite wagon.
Well im a sucker for wagons. Cant tell u enough in the ol days i b driving my wagon back from bar hopping drunk as hell, cops would pull up to me on freeways thinking look at that poor guy going home to his 9 kids. Fooled em every time!! Any how owned 6 wagons, all dodges with motors from 360 to 440, they all were fast after i edelbrocked everything, headers, big cams. I raced alot boats in ol days, wagons make great pullers, lot room for ur stuff headed to tracks. Luv em. I like this car regardless!!
My first car passed down from my parents to me was a 68 satellite wagon with a 383 automatic. My father bought it for 500 bucks from the original owner when it was about 10 years old. He threw in a 4:11 rear in it because that was what was laying around the yard at the time. It was a light green with a dark green interior. It had the little dog dish hubcaps on it. Of course I wrecked it as an irresponsible high school kid. Im In my 50s now … I’d like to find another one at some point.
Drunk driving is never right, I hope you have changed your ways.
Super cool but it looks to have an AC dash but no compressor on the 440. It would be cool to have working AC.
Appears 383 was the largest big block offered from the factory 🏭
Stick shift available 🙌🏁
Love this clean 440 autoloader. What a rocket sled.
You are correct, sir! Sgt. “Mac” McDonald, LAPD, played by a favorite character actor of series producer Jack Webb, William Boyett, who also had guest appearances on Perry Mason and Dragnet, among many others.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100615/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4
Carol Brady’s 1971 Satellite wagon didn’t move like this one!
No, but Carol moved just fine!
The paint job triggers a distant childhood memory of a Dukes of Hazzard episode. A travelling stunt car show was in town and they hired Bo as a driver. A woman was involved that caused friction between him and Luke. 😆
Anyways the stunt cars were white Plymouth/Dodge sedans and wagons with “racing” stripes.
I grew up 45 miles west of Dickson. If I had seen this car before moving to Alabama, I would have tried to buy it. I’d love to have this one but the gold stripe and numbers would have to go.
I always love a wagon and a 440 to boot? Hoo-wee that’s a lot to like. Russ mentions that it would have been slow with a six but just imagine kicking on the air conditioning, too.
Something that stands out to me is just how homely the front of these are. Like getting a fry pan to the face. Usually the car starts out good and then the whole thing runs out of steam at the rear. This is the exact opposite where it looks better going away.
Geez paul!! This was back in early 70’s when the cops pulled u over, stole ur beer and took it home for them selves. WAS NO DUI’S. THEY JUST TELL U GO UP TO THE DENNYS AND SOBBER UP LOL.
Yeah Paul, sobber up, will ya?
Awe, come on, the face doesn’t look so bad…. especially compared to some of the early sixties Chryslers with the slant headlights, and those were just bugly, lol.
Yes! Horrific looking some of them! Many look like frowning faces. How they didn’t notice that AND why people bought them is beyond me.
I grew up with wagons. Sorry to say that my first one I bought myself was a 1967 colony park wagon with a 390,4 barrel, true dual exhaust, and a 3 on the tree with a pull out over drive. Fast wagon until the clutch blew and came up thru floor. Next one was a Plymouth. 71′ with a 318.
Now THAT is a cool machine. And the first I’ve seen.
Nice wagon. But his ad references NADA prices at 62k.
I haven’t personally checked this VIN but this article says it should have been a six not a 440.
I can only imagine what his reserve might be.
A very clean station wagon.It takes a big motor for a big station wagon and the 440 looks right at home,like it always belonged in there….
Car reminds me of what I saw on The Brady Bunch reruns. Carol Brady drove that and Adam-12 used that type by Sergeant MacDonald.
True. Paint the doors, rear fenders and front clip black, and you’re almost there with the LAPD color scheme! Although I always wondered why the producers selected a mid-size Chrysler product for Carol Brady’s ride, when a full-size wagon would be more appropriate for a family with six (6) kids! Also, the offerings from Ford and GM were much more popular in the sales race. The Ford and GM offerings were body-on-frame construction (with the exception of the 1968-71 Torino), the Chrysler products were all unibody construction, so I wonder if that had anything to do with the rarity of Chrysler wagons seen today?
I goofed, to replicate the LAPD paint scheme, leave the doors white! My Bad.
Carol…sigh… I’ll take a wagon NP, slant six preferred for a slower trip!
This was the last car Sgt. “Mac” used as a command post.https://www.imcdb.org/v745637.html
Carol could drive me anywhere she wants to… Everybody’s gotta stop mentioning Carol in their posts, got my nostalgia on overdrive…
I’ve always thought it would be cool to put a Roadrunner hood and grill on one of these, complete with the RR striping down the side. A set of Magnum 500 wheels with white letter tires to complete the package. Mom’s Roadrunner indeed!
Nice to see someone else is out there with a slightly ascewed sense of humor. But I’d be down to pitch in to see the world’s fight road runner station wagon. Wile E. Coyote would definitely be standing there with his mouth hanging open. LOL.
Great idea, but sadly it wouldn’t fit. The early ’70s B-body 2 & 4 door models shared no sheet metal. 😔
Sharp wagon. The gold stripe is a little too “Hurst Olds ish”. Tone down the stripe, maybe paint the steel wheels gold with some subtle pin-striping. It would cool to replicate a Barracuda or Roadrunner style hood with the scopes or coves, then work in a little gold.
I agree on the gold hood stripe. Maybe go flat black with the hood, and add a shaker intake from a 440 ‘Cuda! I must confess, that the taillights look a little too much like the taillights from a Chevy Impala wagon, though.
It’s kind of like the 1970 Chrysler 300H.
The tail lights strongly resemble those of the 68 or 69 Chevelle wagons, or even the El Camino of that era. I’m a sucker for wagons as well.
Both.
Had a formerly 383 powered 67 Belvedere wagon for awhile ages ago with a slant six. That 6 held its own, but that was mostly due to the 3 spd on the floor that allowed me to keep its revs up in its power band.
LIKE SMPKEY said DRAGGIN WAGGIN.. love it stripes and all.
Isn’t anyone going to pick apart the mileage and original paint claims from the Ebay ad? Was it customary for the factory to paint the core support, hood hinges and springs etc. when painting the engine bay? (Asking for a friend)
Actually most people here would rather talk about TV shows today.
BORING.
Originally had A/C by the dash vents–wonder if he’s still got the parts? at his astronomical suggested retail, it ought’a’ be made functional before anything over 10K
my daddy alwas said son, “drink and drive, face the traffic with confidence!!”
Nice engine choice. 28,000 miles??? Any Mopar folks want to check out where that engine came from?
My neighbor had a very nice ’72? with a 400 big block and it was low miles. One day he asked me if I was interested in it for $300 and at the time I wasn’t thinking about wagons so I declined. A week or so later I asked if he had sold it because I had time to think it over. He had pulled the engine and trans and scrapped the body.
You snooze, you lose! LOL! We’ve all been there, in one way or another, so I share your pain!
“440” on the hood looks ridiculous and by the eBay description he just sounds full a you-know-what. The price? Whatever. Nope.
That photo of the interior dash shows that this car came with factory air. A 225 Slant Six B-Body wagon with factory air?? Heck, I would have left it that way. What are the odds of ever finding another one? Lose the gold stripe and just drive it forever. Assuming, of course, that 20 years from now you can still buy gasoline.
I’m a Mopar guy and a Wagon guy but this one makes me laugh. I don’t know why. Bidders do your due diligence. On a side note – Paul, I don’t see anything in Scotty B’s post that says he was drinking and driving.
Rock On car junkies.
I would much rather have this than an SUV.