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Abodybomber said
Oct 2012 issue,pg 6.Someone named Ken Hamer,from Riverside,sent a message to PHR,about the beautiful 68 Valiant,Inland Mopars did.(Thank you,Ken if here!)The editor replies"We have our ear to the Mopar land,but the ground is silent".Should we start an earthquake,for Mr Hunkins?Curious,on your thoughts.....

Yeah, that was me but I'm not from Riverside. I used the Riverside location since that's where our club's chosen charity is located.
PHR chose a '68 Valiant for a buildup and they were unsure what direction they were going to take with it. Just to show what can be done with one of the "forgotten" Mopar A-bodies, I emailed Johnny Hunkins a pic of the '68 Valiant our club, Inland Mopars, built as our charity project car several years ago. FYI, the finished Valiant (with 400" big block, 727, 8.75 drivetrain, and RMS front AlterKtion and StreetLynx rear suspension was raffled off with all proceeds benefiting California School For the Deaf in Riverside, CA. As far as I know, the winner still owns and drives the Valiant.
As mentioned in PHR, all work except for paint and installation of the new Legendary interior was performed by Inland Mopars Car Club members. We also built a '67 Dart with a 360/904 engine tranny combo the previous year, and a Plumb Crazy Purple, Paxton-supercharged 360 '70 Dart the year after the Valiant. Both of those cars were also raffled off with proceeds benefiting CSDR.
We haven't built a charity project car since but we are returning to CSDR with our 13th annual all-Chrysler car show scheduled for 2013. Again, proceeds from the show will benefit the students of CSDR.