Been gone for a while, but my 1966 Valiant has returned from the shop.

[nephlyte]

We had a deal where he would work on it in his spare time and I would pay him when work got completed. 4 years later. Here we are.

Next tasks in descending order of urgency: Suspension (front is sagging), engine swap (already have a smooth running slant 6), and interior (no clue where to start, but its wrecked).

 

[Hyper_pak]

Clean more door, but what did he need 4 years to fix? Paint and body?

 

[72Dart6pack]

Wow from this to this in 20 days at the body shop I'm at. Guess my guy is like 2 yrs ahead schedule.

 

[my68barracuda]

Wow from this to this in 20 days at the body shop I'm at. Guess my guy is like 2 yrs ahead schedule.

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The original poster did say that the shop was working on the Valient in thier spare time,,,

 

[nephlyte]

Ya, long story short, I often did not have money and he was often busy with other jobs. So, a slow series of payments and a loose work schedule drew it out. But, no charge for storage, so I can't complain.

I wish i had a picture of the before, but I'm bad with pictures. The front driver's side panel had cancerous rust up and down from a poor bondo job, 3/4 corners of both windshields were rusted out, all the wheel wells needed rust cleared out. A number of whiskey dents had to be cleaned up as well.

 

[ZooKypr]

If your considering a wheel change, last year I saw '66 Valiant 4dr with 15" cop rims and dog dish caps and it really changed its appearance for the better. You got a nice ride...options?