Sleeper car , what wheels !!! pics**
I once had a faded blue paint, rusted out 66 Valiant 2 door with a ragged interior and a roller cam 340, 4 speed, 4:88 rear sure grip that made a believer out of almost whatever it came in contact with. Eventually the left front frame rail broke and it fun while it lasted :)
Back in 1998. a guy offered me this 120,000-mile (really) '72 Valiant with a tired 318 for $100.00, and I couldn't resist, even though it was the ugliest brown 4-door I'd ever seen.
Now, $$$$ later, it has a Vortech supercharged (10 pounds of boost) 360 Magnum, a worked 904 with a 2,500 rpm converter, a new 4.10-geared 8.75" rear (limited slip), TTI headers and pipes, a new, heavy-duty radiator, no more air-conditioning, 7290 (big) u-joints, Moser axles, a Snowperfformance Boost Cooler meth injector, and an MSD Boostmaster ignition controller.
Still has the ripped front seat, '64 Valiant dog dish hubcaps, and 6" wide steel front wheels (powdercoated black) and 7"-wide powder coated, black steelies in the back... same hubcaps.
Flat hood.
The ugliest brown paint (original) ever applied by Ma Mopar.
Everybody wants to race it.... LOL!!!=P~
Mid 11's at 116.... quarter-mile.
The only trouble is, I acquired a racing partner about 9 months ago, and we decided to build another Valiant; a '64 4-door with a high-boost slant 6, which, if everything goes according to plan (and, when, might I ask, did that ever happen???) should make this brown car look like it's backing up...
We'll see. It's going to be about 800 pounds lighter, with about the same amount of power. Same sleeper look... flat hood 4-door sedan... Built with new supercharger Corvettes in mind... (Hey, wanna run a six-cylinder, automatic 46-year old sedan????)
Here are some pix...
As for the brown car, I have some different wheels for the back for when I take it to the strip... Yeah, the Rustang came in second.... :cheers: