1960-1962 Valiant/Lancer thread

To powerflite, the unused hole is where the electric window switch for a station wagon tailgate window would go. On 1961 lancers the horns were mounted under/behind the front bumper on the fenders like 60-61 Valiants. Personally, after many years of driving these cars daily, I think the 7/8 front bar is perfect. The 1-1/8 bar will rattle your teeth and shock your kidneys on every road imperfection and introduce higher shock loads to your front end components (which are the lightest duty of any "A" body in '60 and '61) wearing them out sooner. However if your competing in SCCA road racing then bigger is sometimes better. Also, because the first few years had a nearly balanced front to rear weight bias (with a 170 CID) any sway bar set should be about the same size to preserve the neutral characteristics of the stock, as delivered chassis. It's easy to get caught up in the bigger is better, more is better syndrome. It really is all about tuning for how you drive the car. To this day I'm convinced that if Chrysler had offered a sway bar on these cars (even front only) they could have stopped the foreign sports car invasion single handedly that began about the time these cars came out, not to mention smashing the unstable tail-wagging Corvair or the super plowing (massive understeering) Falcon in sales. Best of luck with your project.