1961 Valiant Wagon
When I was doing (and still doing) research on the early A-Body Valiants and Lancers (And of course the topic that they weren't A-Bodies till the 1963 model year but I will leave that one alone) I have never been able to find a color photograph of the engine compartment. There is the odd color rendering or illustration....But never a photo. Even Black/White photos of the engine bay in promo and sales stuff is pretty much non existent. But if you look at the Chrysler Master tech training booklets and Chrysler training films there is a fair bit of images. But still only in B/W. And if you look really carefully and zoom in you can see the part numbers paint stamped on some of the parts. This kind of thing really helps make the restoration go to another level. Of course if your doing a muscle car up they're are books and books and information galore of the details. The 69 firebirds I have sitting next to the Valiants I have, there is a wealth of info available.... But it seems that is not the case for the Valiants. Anyways.....Here is a snapshot from one of the training films showing the placement of the 1960 Valiant decal on the aircleaner. The other picture shows two NOS Valiant decals and one reproduction one.
When I was doing (and still doing) research on the early A-Body Valiants and Lancers (And of course the topic that they weren't A-Bodies till the 1963 model year but I will leave that one alone) I have never been able to find a color photograph of the engine compartment. There is the odd color rendering or illustration....But never a photo. Even Black/White photos of the engine bay in promo and sales stuff is pretty much non existent. But if you look at the Chrysler Master tech training booklets and Chrysler training films there is a fair bit of images. But still only in B/W. And if you look really carefully and zoom in you can see the part numbers paint stamped on some of the parts. This kind of thing really helps make the restoration go to another level. Of course if your doing a muscle car up they're are books and books and information galore of the details. The 69 firebirds I have sitting next to the Valiants I have, there is a wealth of info available.... But it seems that is not the case for the Valiants. Anyways.....Here is a snapshot from one of the training films showing the placement of the 1960 Valiant decal on the aircleaner. The other picture shows two NOS Valiant decals and one reproduction one.