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whoa...there rare car
not only was the 2 door rare. aussies love a 4 door family wagon, you got the one with the funky sail panels, mexicana option is rare and makes for a nice looking rear screen area that the majority didn't have.... i.e talking low 100s made, maybe less
i belive the sails at the rear were just folded steel welded on to the standard body and leaded in.
don't think your steering pump replacement idler is standard hints at it being power in the past
if it has manual steering...parts are not a problem.
your steering rebuild kit will be most likley out of the same factories in china and mexico that anything you get in the US comes from i.e they will be friends with moog :)
although you may find Mackay Rubber bushes.. good qulity aussie brand
standard kit is usually "Roadsafe" brand or in ornage and blue boxes with OEM printed on it for no good reason.
or WASP...not had any of their stuff.
the really good kit is Made by sankie "Three 555" japanese stuff from the OEM who makes bits for toyota. but stopped supporting valiants in the 2000s
their kit turns up in moog boxes and Repco boxes occasionally.
TRW quinton repco Thompson vandervell all made parts or at least made parts boxes :)
the aircon is just a mirror image of a 1968-72 "airtemp by chrysler" Unit like those used in the US... it uses a control with a D shaped vacuum pipe connector rather than the rectangular pipe connector. your glass should all be tinted apart from 90% of the screen (top tint), and dated by small dots over certain letters in the manufactuerers logo.
the chances of any or the aircon working are low....
becasue it was vacuum operated, actions to change settings were never instant and many people press the buttons so hard they cracked the back of the vacuum circuit in the control. if its broken its probably been broken for 80% of the cars life and will be seized up.
If the sound deadening under the dash is still the old "horse hair" wadding (not sure if it has anything to do with horses :) ) and you intend to remove it, wear a mask.
Your car will have no build sheet in the car
however the options on the VIN plate will probably be chalked onto the underside of the dash frame on both sides. i.e visible to line workers when the car body was on the automated hoist that ran the length of the production line, before body met K frame and drive train.
the chassis should have the torque boxes that were used only on hemi cars and cabriolets in the US. i.e you don't need to spend $$ at US Cartool :)
If it has a "Special Order" number that will be on the drivers side inner fender after the chassis number. an SOA on this car would make a rare car even rarer
Dave