Nigel Reilly in Carlow, Ireland has a 1969 Plymouth Satellite 318/A904 W1/F2Q/V1Q ModTop
Older pictures from previous owners:
Here is the fender tag as submitted to this Registry:
05106 188625 9A1XXXXX 865 640 080 1Q 7B W1 W1 F2Q B7 RH23 E44 D31 C02 70XXXX
Aaah, a good ol’ Lynch Road tag…hmmm…let’s see…
05106 = 05 – Gate sequence number, 106 – Base sequence number; 188625 = Line sequence number; 9A1XXXXX = Serial number
865 = 318 2bbl, 230hp engine; 640 = 2:76 Rearend with 10 inch drum brakes; 080 = A904 automatic transmission
1Q = Blue/Green Satellite Mod Top; 7B = probably indicates light blue accent stripe
W1 = Alpine White exterior paint (listed twice, because this car is not two-tone); F2Q = Front seat: split bench–Turquoise/Blue with mod insert, rear = bench–Turquoise/Blue with mod insert; B7 = dark blue Interior paint (console, instrument panel);
RH = Plymouth, High class ; 23 = 2 door hardtop; E44 = 318 230hp engine; D31 = A904 3 speed auto transmission; C02 = built on 12/02/68; 70XXXX = sequence number. They start at 100000, and all the cars built on that line get a number.
More info about the car:
Engine that came with the car originally? – 318
Engine in the car now – 440
Tranny that came originally? – A904
Tranny in the car now? – A727
Original Exterior color? – W1 Alpine White
Color now? – Pearl White
Interior bucket seat color – F2Q Turquoise vinyl with mod (floral) inserts
More information from the current owner:
I’d known about it for a few years here in Ireland before I owned it, mostly from seeing Jeff out at shows and events with it. In 2014, I finally got the chance to buy it from him, and I drove it everywhere until the little 318 decided it had done enough living in 2019.
That’s when things got a bit more serious.
I built a ’66 440 big block, bored .030 over, fitted it with a Hughes Engines Whiplash cam, and stuffed it into the car. While I was at it, the front got Wilwood disc brakes, Performance Suspension Technology control arms and torsion bars, and the rear was upgraded with Calvert springs.
The end result is a car that’s an absolute riot to drive. It sounds angry, pulls hard, handles far better than it probably has any right to, and still has all the strange, brilliant charm of a factory Mod Top Mopar.
The plan now is to get the exterior freshened up this year and finally fit a new Mod vinyl roof, bringing it back closer to how it should look — just with a lot more attitude under the hood.
More information from a previous owner:
I’ve had it about 3 years; I got from a friend who brought it into Ireland about 6 years ago. (It was originally registered with the Mod Top registry in 2001 and it was located in Kentucky then)
More info from another previous owner:
There are some things about my car that are not listed. They are as follows: rear defrost, seat belt holders in rear floor, am/fm radio with dual rear speakers, remote drivers mirror, lighted ignition key, split bench seat, and exterior chrome body moldings.
I started looking for a car and found this one in Ohio, and a friend of mine told me that modtops are rare. He showed me a magazine article from January of 1994 which stated that there was known that white ones existed, but no exact numbers of how many there were.
I am the fourth owner and the car is all original except for paint. We even have the factory hub caps that are not in the pictures we sent you. I am currently restoring it and will send finished pictures later.
Last updated 14 May 2026