Valiant Signet...back in the game!
Well, it’s been 5 long years since this car had moved under its own power, and even back then didn’t make it a couple hundred feet. When I got it, it had a 71 318 out of a Dart, which a former owner informed me was put in by a shop he took it to. There they removed the original commando motor, claimed it to be “no good”, and supposedly scrapped it. Of course, they obviously didn’t know about the converter register mismatch and wallered out the front pump of the original trans in short order. All that’s fixed now, I put the commando motor and trans in it from my 66 Cuda, so it’s all correct again, after probably close to 20 years off the road. Took it out for its maiden voyage today, runs nice, shifts clean, and other than a brake adjustment, I think it’s ready for action. Just in time too, winter is looming large here in the Mitten, but it’s supposed to be in the 60’s this week, I’m gonna try to put a few miles on it, then try to find it a new home. It’s a cool little car, kinda hate to see it go, but it needs a new home and somebody to love it.
Well, it’s been 5 long years since this car had moved under its own power, and even back then didn’t make it a couple hundred feet. When I got it, it had a 71 318 out of a Dart, which a former owner informed me was put in by a shop he took it to. There they removed the original commando motor, claimed it to be “no good”, and supposedly scrapped it. Of course, they obviously didn’t know about the converter register mismatch and wallered out the front pump of the original trans in short order. All that’s fixed now, I put the commando motor and trans in it from my 66 Cuda, so it’s all correct again, after probably close to 20 years off the road. Took it out for its maiden voyage today, runs nice, shifts clean, and other than a brake adjustment, I think it’s ready for action. Just in time too, winter is looming large here in the Mitten, but it’s supposed to be in the 60’s this week, I’m gonna try to put a few miles on it, then try to find it a new home. It’s a cool little car, kinda hate to see it go, but it needs a new home and somebody to love it.
