Hello from Vancouver, BC
Thanks for the link, We will definitely be there!
Here are some pics of our baby! Very little exterior body rust. The driver's side rear quarter is nearly the worst of it, really. There are 2 golf ball sized holes to be patched. New driver's side rocker panels wouldn't be a bad idea. I don't think you can see it in any of the pictures, but beneath the back door on the driver's side the rocker panel is fairly rotted.
The engine bay has a bit of surface rust, but very little. The trunk has more surface rust but it looks fairly manageable. There are the standard dings and dents from the last 45 years, but the worst of it is just behind the passenger's side headlight, and that's not so bad.
The rear bench seat is in decent condition if dirty. The front seat needs to be reupholstered/recovered, but we found a near-new bench seat for $75 which we're picking up today!
She needs a set of wheel bearings thrown at her. The worst thing that we've noticed thus far is that the rear floor pans need to be replaced (I can feel and see the sound dampening material from beneath the car, and could probably put a fist through the hole!), and I'm having a difficult time of locating them! Front floor pans probably wouldn't be a bad idea, but I have found an online source for those! I would dearly love to find a local source for all of this stuff, or a clever fabricator who could fabricate for us! :)
But she runs, and hasn't really given us any grief yet.
btw, in case you're curious as to why I continuously refer to myself as 'we', is because my girlfriend purchased the Valiant. She got it for an amazing steal! $900, with a spare 273 (disassembled) which we plan to rebuild, transmission, torque converter, wiper motor, starter, 2 grilles, two big handfuls of chrome, gauge cluster, red interior panels, rear console panel in mint condition, headers, intake manifold, headlight chrome, fuel tank, I believe that's it. We had enough to fill my truck box. It was a hell of a steal.
Thanks for the link, We will definitely be there!
Here are some pics of our baby! Very little exterior body rust. The driver's side rear quarter is nearly the worst of it, really. There are 2 golf ball sized holes to be patched. New driver's side rocker panels wouldn't be a bad idea. I don't think you can see it in any of the pictures, but beneath the back door on the driver's side the rocker panel is fairly rotted.
The engine bay has a bit of surface rust, but very little. The trunk has more surface rust but it looks fairly manageable. There are the standard dings and dents from the last 45 years, but the worst of it is just behind the passenger's side headlight, and that's not so bad.
The rear bench seat is in decent condition if dirty. The front seat needs to be reupholstered/recovered, but we found a near-new bench seat for $75 which we're picking up today!
She needs a set of wheel bearings thrown at her. The worst thing that we've noticed thus far is that the rear floor pans need to be replaced (I can feel and see the sound dampening material from beneath the car, and could probably put a fist through the hole!), and I'm having a difficult time of locating them! Front floor pans probably wouldn't be a bad idea, but I have found an online source for those! I would dearly love to find a local source for all of this stuff, or a clever fabricator who could fabricate for us! :)
But she runs, and hasn't really given us any grief yet.
btw, in case you're curious as to why I continuously refer to myself as 'we', is because my girlfriend purchased the Valiant. She got it for an amazing steal! $900, with a spare 273 (disassembled) which we plan to rebuild, transmission, torque converter, wiper motor, starter, 2 grilles, two big handfuls of chrome, gauge cluster, red interior panels, rear console panel in mint condition, headers, intake manifold, headlight chrome, fuel tank, I believe that's it. We had enough to fill my truck box. It was a hell of a steal.