Hey all...

I am new to the site my names Jeremy I come from Australia and I am a keen Chrysler nut I collect Valiants of all cars. I wish to know if there are any Valiants were you are all from. I love the Australian Valiant Charger most of all. Wish it had came out with the 440 big block like the Dodge Charger reckon that would have been a cool car to drive......

Many Thanks.....

Hello Jeremy...I only know of a few Valiants like the ones from Australia in the states. Our Valiants (as you probably know) are a Plymouth model, like my Scamp.

I too really like the Aussie Valiant Charger...of course the E49s.

One of my local Chrysler club members has a 1950's era ute from down under.

Cheers!

Jeremy,
There's been numerous amount of Plymouth Valiants in Finland in sixties, they were used as taxis/police cars etc.
I have had(briefly) a 1964 Plymouth Valiant Signet 2dht(6cyl +automatic).

There's many Valiants still left in Finland, though they are not the primary choice for all car enthusiasts.

In Sweden, the Valiant was a Chrysler Valiant, still looking the same as Plymouth Valiants, only badges were different.

Jeremy, would you like to share a pictures of Australian Valiants?

Thanks people I love my Valiants I my self own a ex cop Charger. Me and the old man started collecting Valiants in the early 90's. And at the moment we have around 23 cars. We have to date 5 R series Valiants 1961, 5 S series Valiants 1962, 1 AP5 Sedan, 1 AP6 Sedan, 1 VC Mint Sedan, 1 VC Ute, 3 Chargers, 3 VH Ute's, 1 VJ sedan,1 Drifter Panel Van we have a few more but thats all I can think of at the moment. We also have a old Holden Monaro witch is the same as the Vaxhaul. Reckon I can get some pics up as soon as I can work out how to do that. Its good seeing Chrysler's all over the world. And yes we call our Valiants, [Chrysler Valiants]. I am also keen to see if you have webers sitting around they make our 265 Hemi Motors fly.........

Many Thanks

Jeremy

Here in Canada the Plymouth Valiant and its brother the Dodge Dart were 2 of the most popular cars on the market in the 60s and 70s.

Between myself, my father and brother we owned 7 of them over the years, all slant 6 models.

They were rather tinny but excellent family cars, very reliable and economical.

Thats what we get a lot around here very hard to kill a Slant motor. Another one is when people see the slant they say your engine mount rubber must be broken your motor is on a slant. Cool old cars I reckon...

Hi from down under where the "R" and "S" series Valiants are very collectable. They were Chrysler Valiants here rather than Plymouth, Dodge or just Valiant(as was the case for the first of these in U.S.A.)
Only a little over a thousand "R's" were imported in ckd form and assembled here in Adelaide South Australia.
They were followed by the "S" series. They were ALL 225 c.i. with none of the 170's.

Quoting from Pedr Davis's "the Valiant book "By the time the R series went on sale (it sold out within days!), Chrysler had imported a large number of updated S series sedans and local assembly had already begun. Chrysler assembled 10000 Valiants in 1962- lifting it's registration figures by 146 per cent. But the company still could not meet demand.
By 1963 Chrysler Australia was building Valiants in Australia instead of merely assembling them. The company had started stamping panels and making dies.
On May 30 '63 a new model was released,based on the U.S.Valiant but considerably modified for local conditions. In fact, the new model was so 'Australianised'that it shared only six body panels with it's U.S.counterpart.
Sorry if I rambled on a bit .-just thought you might be interested.
Beetles

Thats spot on mate they sent 1008 R series Valiants witch were the first Australian Muscle car they were the ones that started the power race down under. And led to the Big R/T Chargers...

Got a pic of my R series up and as you can see my Drifter Panel van in the back ground all good love em all....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCJ5JpRHD0

Also keen to track down a Hillman Hustler made by Chrysler Australia is there any of them getting around would love to own one even if I had to get it from ever seas ???

Hi. i love the VF-VG coupes just like the dodge darts.
i have a VF and VG coupe. and a 1935 Airstream


for you U.S. guys. this is a web site here in NEW ZEALAND that i am a member of.
about 1/3 the way down there is a bar with U.S car ,classic cars and aussie cars.
click on the aussie cars then go down to the model you want if you click on that it give a little imfo.
or slide to the right a you can bring up photos of the cars

this site has been going for just on two years so it not big but there is around 340 cars on there at this time.


http://www.nzmoparregistry.co.nz/

Stock car racing legend Smokey Yunick said the slant 6 responded to a few simple hop up tricks, more than any other engine he ever saw.

I believe he was referring to the 1960 Valiant "Hyperpack" kit. It consisted of a 4 barrel carb, intake manifold, cam, valve springs, exhaust system, clutch and pressure plate.

The kit increased the horsepower of the 170 cu in (2.7 litre) engine from 101 to 148, nearly a 50% increase.

This was a dealer installed accessory package made by the Plymouth factory.

Great bit of gear the Hyperpack would love to get a manifold and carby set up for mine if any one has one please let me know....

The VF and VG 2 doors are a great ride my mate took me for a run in a sweet 360 V8 VG 2 door. The 360 came from the states and was ready to go sounds good with the set of pipes hes got hanging of the V8....

May be of interest to you Valiant guys. Here in the US I had a 1963 Dodge Lancer which was the same as the Plymouth Valiant except the Lancer had a fake spare tire cover on the trunk (boot) lid and the radiator grill was different. Mine had the 225 slant six with a 3 speed manual shift trans with the shift lever in the floor. Rather tinny unibody construction but the 225 ran very well.

The 1960-66 Valiant in Canada was sold by both Plymouth and Dodge dealers. Unlike the U.S. where it was a Plymouth Valiant, in Canada it was just Valiant. And the Barracuda was sold as the Valiant Barracuda in 1964-66.

The 1963 and 1964 Canadian Valiants used the Dart body with the Valiant front clip and instrument panel.

For 1965 the Valiant in Canada offered the U.S.-style Valiant as the 100 and Custom 100 as well as the U.S.-style Dart, as the 200 Custom 200 and Signet. All 1965 Valiant, including the Barracuda, used the U.S. Dart instrument panel.

For 1966 the Canadian Valiant was the U.S. Dart with Valiant nameplates and emblems as 200, Custom 200 and Signet.

For 1967 both the Plymouth Valiant and the Dodge Dart were imported from the U.S. along with the Plymouth Barracuda. No more unique Canadian Valiants.

And no compact 1961-62 Lancers or 1963-66 Darts in Canada.

Bill
Vancouver, BC

Jeremy
Did you get my second response about the Bayer Boys having a manifold?????

Yep did thanks mate I don't know how I can make contact I might need some one to get me there email address and I will talk to them that way if I could . I am out on the time and don't think I would look good making a long distance phone call....

Many Thanks

Jeremy

Here are some pic's of my Valiants and one or 2 of my mates Ute...

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