1961 Valiant Wagon

You are going above and beyond on this one! Can't believe some of these parts you are finding. Not knocking Cliff's restoration, but it was a LOT easier to find parts in the early 90's. Keep up the good work and updates!

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Very True.. Nos parts for early Valiants and Lancers were still around in the early 90s. And so were the cars themselves. I was going to You-pull-its all over the west USA and loading up on stuff. Nobody wanted them. It was the late 60s- early 70s stuff that was hot. In 2007 when I did another round of getting stuff, alot of it in the lower half of the USA had been crushed in the couple of years before hand. Apparently the price of scrap metal was very high and alot of wrecking yards got crushed out.. I guess you cant blame them. They might have sold a few items a day and then someone comes along and offers big money for the metal...the owners are older and had enough of the game so they cash out..but then that leaves a whole lot less parts around which in turn pushes the prices up for what is left. And the after market repro items aren't exactly booming for 60-62 stuff. I am just glad that instead of restoring the cars I have after I purchased them in the early 90s...I just stored them away and I spent my money and time instead collecting parts and then started restoring the cars much later on.