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I run a PST 16:1 box on a /6 with manual 3-speed on my 65 Valiant with the original land yacht steering wheel and it's a blast to drive except when I need to parallel park on the hill in front of my house, but if I stay patient and relaxed it's manageable. I wouldn't go with front tires wider...

I'm of a mind to touch up the red and blue paint on my Valiant's trunk and grill emblems. Not really looking to get into a full restoration, just want to fix the paint without pulling the emblems off the car. Does anyone know the correct colors and best type of paint/primer to use?

I'm of a mind to touch up the red and blue paint on my Valiant's trunk and grill emblems. Not really looking to get into a full restoration, just want to fix the paint without pulling the emblems off the car. Does anyone know the correct colors and best type of paint/primer to use?

I wish!:p

I burned out the old stock temperature gauge on the dashboard of my '65 Valiant 100, And I think I just want to get a newer gauge rather than mess with restoring the inaccurate old one. Ant then I thought 'hell, as long as I'm doing that maybe I should get one of those 3 gauge clusters that...

The secret of the early A Valiant is how well balanced they are. They just handle so well for the time period.

This 65 daily driver has a slightly rowdy 225 with a 3-speed and manual everything. Absolute base no-option model- not even flashers or windshield washers. My all time favorite driving car.

I just lost one of these when the guy at the tire shop didn't replace it correctly after fixing a flat and I failed to check his handiwork. A terrible lesson to learn. I don't suppose your source has any more?

When I got my car I put in a PST 16:1 manual steering box and it's been the most fun car to drive I've had in a long time. On the open road. In town, not so much, and it turns out I do a lot of in town driving. Couple that with the fact that I ain't getting any younger and by gosh, I've been...

This is one of my great fears when I'm out on one of my favorite local drives. Glad you and Vixen dodged that bullet!

I figured I'd post an update to this debacle. About two weeks after the above post I had to take Val back into the shop as she wouldn't keep running, which turned out to be a loose wire (I've just got to learn something about classic automotive mechanics!!). In the process of diagnosing and...

I'll bet that name got him some teasing in middle school....

Great work! I'm looking forward to hearing what it's like floor-shifting with the bench seat, because I have the same setup in a 65 Valiant and have the 5-speed/rear end work on my 10 year plan. Sure would like to keep that seat....

I love this! My grandparents had this exact car new off the lot in Corvallis Oregon. I used to get so carsick in the back seat when Grandma drove the mountain roads that I had a bad reaction to that color for years. I've gotten over it.

Coming soon to a closed chamber cylinder head near you....

Mine sounds very similar to this one. Thanks. Maybe this'll get me to quit worrying and just embrace the chatter.

That could be very helpful. Thanks!

At the moment I'm just enjoying having the car back and am daily driving it (you know those 40 mile scenic routes to the grocery store). I'm carefully watching the tach, shifting at 3000-3500, waiting for the next broken rocker I guess. I'm a little obsessed with how loud the rockers are under...

This project would make a great Netflix show.

More like my wife’s problem.

Adjuster balls are 5/16".

Yep. Outside measurement.

:eek: Time to pull the rocker shaft?

Damn. Wish I'd seen this while it was still light out. I hadn't notice those in my visual inspection (pretty cursory one I admit). Regarding the ball and cup I've been having difficulty getting a good look at what's going on down there. I think a lot of What we're seeing is distortions from...

Looks like a stepped bolt. The cups are close to 7/16" by my measure, and I measured almost all of them. Also a sh***y picture of adjuster and cup. Shoulda taken more of this one. I ran the engine but couldn't get a shot of the rockers and keep it from stalling out at the same time. All of...

This is the original head from the first engine I had, which blew a piston after an ill advised 150 mile race up 1-5 against a Cherokee, when I was overly excited about my new 4-barrel, intake and headers on an otherwise stock motor . That was a lot of fun, actually, despite how it ended. The...

No video but I’ll make one. Not sure how to upload it with a Utube channel though.

Mine sound slower, heavier, lumpier. Where yours clops, mine clatters. Is this making sense?

The engine sort of chugs at idle, and moves a lot, shaking the whole car. Idle at around 750.

Specs have been hard to track down, as the rebuild was subbed out to a supposed 'slant expert' in Texas (don't have the name). Texas built the engine with a 'performance' cam of unknown nature and I'm pretty sure everything else is stock. I'll add pushrods to my 'more info needed' list. #2...