It seemed like forever: wet sand, more clear, wet sand more clear, wet sand, wet sand, wet sand… Here’s the car after the first pass with the buffer. The pay off!! The car gets named “Polish Tickler” because it’s perfectly smooth. This car looks good with some chrome goodies. A…
After sanding, and sanding, and… sanding… it’s finally time to paint the Valiant. We prepared with doughnuts, coffee and Bloody Mary’s (with sausage sticks and brussel sprouts – thanks, Dennis). Master S does some calisthenics. Black sealer. “Dark Burnt Orange Poly” or 1970 Plymouth FK5. Plus a little Coca Cola for that…
Finally – it’s engine time for the little Valiant. We’ve all been looking forward to this. Cleaning parts with George. Scott polishes the crank. On the stand for assembly. Cam specs. It should have quite an attitude in a 273! Rods are re-sized, and the bottom end was balanced. Bushed…
Floor is painted with Rust Encapsulator and chassis black. 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,…
The Valiant finally gets the attention it deserves after the 2009 Mopar Nationals. Lots of surface rust for P11 to remove. The K member went out for blasting and paint. A rubber bushing kit will replace the original stuff. We used an Addco anti-sway bar, but made our own welded mounts…
While talking to Master S and his brother, this poor guy made the mistake of saying he would be interested in an old Valiant. It seems Master S knew of a ’64 Valiant that needed a home. Here’s the proud owner (we’ll call him P11 from now on) after his…