Projects 1964 valiant

thought I’d share my Rod with others like minded

 

Nice! Go little Valiant!

Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using The H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

4 posts in 10 years, you been locked up? Very cool Valiant regardless.

 

Maybe all his time went to the Valiant.....regardless job well done. I really like the black rear wheels. That reminds me of drag racing from the 50's and 60's.
Anymore info on the car such as drive line???

 

How about s o me details on your car? Still a 273?

- EM

 

Sure would like to see more photo's, the Valiant looks great. HRP

 

That car reminds me of a yellow Barracuda that a guy drove back in about 68 or 69 in New Mexico, he somehow shoe horned some huge tires under the back of it. We both worked at the "Apollo Site" east of Las Cruces, I'd forgotten that guy, I suppose he's old just like me Thanks for helping me dredge up a memory, the car looks darn good

 

Nice

 

Got to go for a ride in one of those cars. Impressive as I recall. Dark blue, 273 and a four speed.

 

Nice Valiant. The Pontiac SD scoop really works well on it. More pics and info please! I have enjoyed seeing other Valiant's since acquiring mine as a shell in in 94.

 

Do I recall correctly that these cars had a single exhaust pipe that was essentially square? Just remember thinking it was very cool looking. Old age and old memory may have clouded my recollection.

 

The square exhaust tip came only on the high output (235 hp) 273.

 

Not meaning to be too nit-picky here, but the scoop with the grille would make it a Super Duty Ford dump truck unit. Pontiac did, indeed use the Ford scoop, but not the grille, in it's own Super Duty program.

 

Nice build there....own a late 64 drop top that came with the 273.....and have had a bunch more.....

 

Beautiful !

 

I made a lot of money betting guys that they couldn't figure out how to open the hood on a valiant.

 

One of my favorite Mopar body styles. Much under appreciated.

 

Yup! Nobody could figure out mine, it’s the same body style as the op’s. I love that car.


Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.

 

This 1965 came from 'The Car Garden', 273 4sp . Gas caps are hard to find!

 

We had a 65 Barracuda, originally was a 273, 4 speed car, it came to me with a transplanted 318, retaining the factory 4 speed. That was a really fun little car, light and quick!
It was my wife's car, she wanted it, so I bought it for her. She didn't much like the 4 speed, but I sure did. She did learn to drive the 4 speed, eventually. I probably sold it to buy something "better".
The body was really nice, but the interior was shot. Back then, a stock replacement interior was over $1,000, and I couldn't afford it. We had 2 little kids, and they didn't much like that big back window. Things added up, and the car was sent to a new home. Gene

 

Yeah,it been a while.thanks for all the comments .it is a 273 with a Indy floor shifter,Ford 8.8 rear,so thats probably where the hood scoop came from,!I have been making improvements cleaned up the suspension ,wiring,gauges,and most notably the scoop.i am tinkering with a air grabber air cleaner trying to get it fitted properly.its a sweet little rod and I’m having a ball smoking it up around the city.

 

My favorite past car was a 65 Dart gt version of that. 235hp 273/4sp. Replaced the 3.23 rear with a 3.55 out of a 55 Chrysler of all things, lots of interchange on the early Mopars. That year came with a 50K engine warranty, and mine started burning oil at 45+. Local dealer lost his mechanics, got way behind on work so made a deal. He provided parts from stock and I installed them. When the factory paid out the labor, the dealer gave me a check for working on my own car! First and last time ever. Warranty covered rod and main bearings, rings and gasket set. I installed PC valve stem seals, roller timing chain and the 66 version cam (250HP) on my dime.

Black with that goofy little white vinyl half top with red interior. Really fun little car.

 

Neat little car. I liked the 1st scoop much better.

 

Big Valiant fan here, sweet little ride OP. My high school ride was a '64 Signet 200 2dr/ht. 273/235, 4sp w/factory Hurst, maroon w/black bucket interior. Rode pretty hard before I got it, I bettered it to best of my abilities at the time. Looking back, it was a learning experience. My first introduction to a "Motors" manual. That little 273 was pretty snappy in proper tune!

 

I did too at first,then I started taking heat from the Mopar guys.it certainly looks tamer with the Pontiac scoop.

 

Im a Mopar guy, but think the Pontiac scoop was a better fit then the superstock scoop. It's still nice car though.

 

Cool car that’s seldom seen, nice job.

 

Rainy days get the best of me,so I got my sawzall,,,,,,,,,,

 

Oh me little droogie, with a scoop that biggie you need one of two things: steel stonies, or a gobsmacking Hemi! Otherwise you got a Wopar Weenie Kar, driven by a posuer.

 

a Wopar weenie kar ,driven by a posuer ?
Your attempt at Humor or an Insult ?