273 Commando - UTG

That guy's a loud mouth BS artist. The only early A body I ever owned was a 1965 Valiant 273-4bbl, and yes it was factory and it had all the documentation. It sold new at the Valiant Dealership in Blue Ridge GA.

It had a factory floor shifted auto transmission.

Factory buckets.

The 273 did well in Hillclimb and Rallye use. It was also a VERY competitive SCCA car. I spoke to one of the guys who ran Dodge-Chrysler-Plymouth products in SCCA about one he ran in Washington State for a Dodge-Chrysler-Plymouth dealer as a Ronin. A big Healey wanted to trade paint and Bill let him trade paint. The Healey was torn all to dickens at the end of the event. To make a very clear point, they had an extra set of fenders, inner fenders, doors and a hood. The Healey couldn't even get into the trailer, the Valiant guys just swapped out sheetmetal. The guy who owned the dealership put a tag on it and drove it away from the race.