Valiant owner finally !!

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iw378. That thing is really turning out nice.It's fun to bring a car back from the dead.Sounds like you guys are really up on the mid 60's Valiant. A question,,I have a 68.Can the grille center from a 67 bolt in place of the plain blank center of the 68? Also the 67 tail lights.?
 
Beat to fit, paint to match! Lol!
 
Darter6 said:
iw378. That thing is really turning out nice.It's fun to bring a car back from the dead.Sounds like you guys are really up on the mid 60's Valiant. A question,,I have a 68.Can the grille center from a 67 bolt in place of the plain blank center of the 68? Also the 67 tail lights.?
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The tail lights should work...but I would say the 68 are already the nicest.
 
I have a bunch of 15 inch steelies in 5.5 and 7" widths if your looking
 
That's gonna be a sweet little car!! Nice to see a another 67 valiant. I've got a 4 door that will be the next project after I get my Duster running
 
So I replaced the floor pan with one from amd. It would not fit in the car in one peice so I cut it in half down the tunnel. I put the car on ramps and timber to elevate it. Then shimmed the ramps to level the car side.
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to side
 
A buddy of mine gave me a 318 out of his 71 duster that has 25 k on it so I pulled the heads off and got a fresh valve job. and cleaned it up.
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Went to harbor freight and bought a shitty little engine stand, butchered it up to make something I need. k frame stand. Hell Yeah !
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In between all this work I got a trophy for best mopar at a car show in napa. For my 69 notch.
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Looking good brother. Oh and by the way, You still owe me a ride in the barracuda. We put that new engine in months ago!!
 
I like your idea making a K frame dolley out of the china freight engine stand. Can you post some more detailed pix of how you modded it? I have a 3 leg cheapie stand somebody gave me i can cut up and mod for this.
 
Darter6 said:
iw378. That thing is really turning out nice.It's fun to bring a car back from the dead.Sounds like you guys are really up on the mid 60's Valiant. A question,,I have a 68.Can the grille center from a 67 bolt in place of the plain blank center of the 68? Also the 67 tail lights.?
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I think the 68 val taillamps look good. They make it look upscale, almost like a mini fury VIP model.

IMHO I really like the 70 model taillamps with reverse lights in the back bumper though
 
Engine almost ready. Gonna fire it up on the stand before installing. I sent out a manual steering box to firm feel to get rebuilt. So after I fire it off I'll install steering box, lower control arms, center link, pitman and idler arms.
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Lookin good! I'm house cleaning if your looking for anything. What headers are you using with the 4 spd?
 
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