Polish Tickler – Valiant Trans, Suspension, Brakes and Wiring

Floor is painted with Rust Encapsulator and chassis black.
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Front end is done. Rebuilt with new rubber bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. Factory torsion bars were used, but an Addco anti-sway bar was added. P11 and Master S welded up some sway bar mounts on the K member, because the Addco pieces are absolutely awful. The bar is good, the hardware sucks.
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Rebuilt ball and trunion joint for the drive shaft. 1964 was the last year for this design.
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The center section was rebuilt with a 3.55 gear and a cone-type sure grip. Not good enough for a heavy car with a monster engine, but it’ll be great in the little Valiant. The 3.55 ratio should make it snappy, but still highway-friendly. Axles have new green bearings.
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Trunk – cleaned up and ready for paint.
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After Eastwood’s spatter paint treatment. No, it’s not the way Mopar did it. Too bad – get over it. This stuff looks fantastic and hides everything.
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We put the dash and column in and started wiring the Valiant.
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The Valiant did not have body color in the interior. Everything would have been black. We think this looks better.
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The trans looked good inside – someone replaced the synchros because they showed NO wear, and the gear oil was clear.
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We found this kid walking outside the shop, so we put him to work.
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The MSD box is mounted, brakes are plumbed, heater box is in. The whole car was rewired with a Painless kit.
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