 A quick call to Galen Govier got me an explaination. Some
special cars, usually HEMI related, have planned early runs of about 10
to 15 simaler or identical examples, for shippment to various dealers to
expose the buying public to the new stuff. This apparently was one of a
group of identical Satallites built and shipped to display the new "Mod
Top" feature for 1969.
This car was shipped to the dealer and sat on the showroom
floor until little miss first owner picked it out and drove it home.
This information messed up ALL my plans for using the car
as a daily driver. I thought that someone out there would appreciate this
car for its history more than me. It took just a few weeks to find such
a person.
The car now resides in South Carolina with a man who is
collecting parts and materials for the cars restoration. I even get to visit
it every year during the Lowcountry Mopar Show in October. | 
While at our local Mopar club "cruise-in"
an older couple drove up in this '69 Mod Top with the intention of letting
us know it was for sale. The couple was selling it for a family friend who
was up in years, did not drive any more and, in fact, was now a resident
of a "retirement home". The owner had bought the car new and had
put 99,000 miles on it over the 25 or so years. The price was $3000. No
one in the club seemed interested, including myself. A couple of weeks later
the two returned with the car, still for sale and still asking $3000. This
time I took the folks phone number and told them I'd take the car for a
test drive the the next day. Now I'm more performance oriented and the thought
of spending good money on a 318 anything doesn't make sence, but this car
was sound, loaded and everything worked and I was thinking to use it for
daily transportation. Even with that I was not going to spend $3000. Out
of the goodness of my heart I offered them $2200. They didn't seem to like
that very much and were convinced this car was worth big bucks. Maybe so...
but not to me. I left it with them, along with my number, not expecting
to hear back from them. Close to three weeks go by and I get a call from
them. They will take my offer. The sale included the window sticker, original
title, and maintenance records.
Now here is the really cool part. During the interior
cleaning, I deside to scrounge for a build sheet. To my suprise there are
three... one under the front seat, one under the back seat bottom and the
third behind the back seat back. Ok, this unusual but not unheard of. I
scan the sheet and see that the three apear to be identical... except for
one small item... the VINs are different on each! They are RH23F9G107121,
126 and 128. So I look back at the options and indeed these sheets are optioned
the same and all with scheduled build dates of 8/1/68. I give the window
sticker another look and spot something that didn't mean much before. At
the bottom of the list of options is this statement:
Car purchaced originaly 1/31/69