Still slant 6, 3 in tree. Don't know when it was painted but paint, chrome and stainless are near perfect. (The only exception, as mentioned in an earlier post, being that the left rocker & bottom of the quarter panel are bubbled.) The interior is very nice and all gauges, except the radio, function well. I recently drove the car 250 miles, through mountain passes, at 70 mph, without incident. I am a muscle car collector so not quite sure why I bought the Valiant. It was an impulse buy and the car needs to find a new home. Have original owners manual and fender skirts that I don't believe have ever been installed on the car.