For all you '60-'62 Exner Valiant and Lancer fans!

I recently installed the Auto Body Specialties front and rear torque plate kit in my '62 Valiant V-200 more-door:

http://www.autobodyspecialt.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=MP-AR2829

Although the kit is advertised as fitting '63-'76 Valiant and Dart only, I found not only that it fit my '62 pretty well, but that it fit even though my car has subframe connectors and the Mopar rear spring relocation kit installed. The front torque plates can be boxed right into the subframe connectors.

I called the man at ABS and told him how well his torque plates fit on my '62, even though it is non-stock, and he said he'd probably change his website to say they fit '62-'76. He seemed quite knowledgeable about the Exner-styled early A bodies. When I suggested the kit might also fit a '60-'61, he said he was pretty sure it wouldn't because the bodies those years were different somehow. He also said that a '62 can take a '63 floorpan, but a '60-'61 can't.

I've always been curious about the exact differences between the '60-'61 and the '62 Valiants and Lancers. (I know the '62 has slightly different front clip and fenders, which are not interchangeable with the '60-'61.)