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| wonkipop |
 Oct 9 2024, 12:43 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 4,667 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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spring has sprung down here in upper north antarctica.
out for a walk in the sunshine and ran into a chrysler valiant AP5. when aussie cars were yank tanks southern hemispherized. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) we called em tanks but really they were compacts apparently. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)    there were thousands of these things in my childhood of the 1960s. i can still remember riding to school with my friend's mum driving one while we played with the ashtrays on the back of the bench bucket seats driving her crazy. i miss our roads full of americana with the steering wheels on the wrong side. these days its just a blizzard of oriental and germanic SUVs with headlights that looked like they did 15 rounds with mohammad ali. |
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| Artfrombama |
Oct 9 2024, 01:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: 21-January 24 From: Alabama Member No.: 27,870 Region Association: South East States
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225 Slant six aka “leaning tower of power”, push button torqueflite. Used to be thousands on the road.
Pictured example unmistakable 1963-64 “A” body Chrysler product but several differences to the US version. |
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| Shivers |
Oct 9 2024, 08:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,821 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
I had a 1962 "three on the tree" Valiant. It just kept running and was still running when I sold it.
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| technicalninja |
Oct 9 2024, 10:42 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,087 Joined: 31-January 23 From: Granbury Texas Member No.: 27,135 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Those are actually pretty stiff.
Had a buddy that had one. He ripped the entire right front suspension off of it. All of it GONE! It drove around fine without it! Alcohol may have been a factor! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Oct 9 2024, 06:37 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,777 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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| wonkipop |
Oct 9 2024, 07:52 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,667 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Oct 9 2024, 06:37 PM)  thanks for the link mr. b they have a page on all the aussie versions. neat. https://www.valiant.org/ausval.html i still remember the aussie version of the dodge dart two door. was called a hardtop here. hot version was called a pacer. complete with go fast decals like 914s had. all ended with the last gen valiants that were designed here (sort of). particularly the aussie charger which was a neat car. much smaller than USA chargers. and even smaller than the legendary mad max style aussie ford hardtop 2 doors. the chargers had straight sixes with triple carbs. they were swift and handled suprisingly well. |
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| bkrantz |
Oct 9 2024, 07:59 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,173 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Is there room in the back seat for a Type IV? If so, think of the potential huge space in the frunk! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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