Author: Cadee

Paint colour

I have a 65 Valiant and according to the paint code on the tag, it should be “LL” which they list as turquoise poly.
See the attached pictures of the tag and the actual car. It has been painted a couple of times before I got it but, it was painted the…

Rad for a 65 Valiant

I was looking at an aluminum rad on Amazon, made by GREF/ GPI Racing. Very low price. My question/concern is, has anyone purchased this rad and did it fit correctly? I’m concerned about the upper and lower hose connections and the transmission cooler l…

14″ tires and rims question

I have a 65 Valiant and I want to put on 14" standard/regular rims and full wheel covers/wheel discs…not the dog dish style.
I have found some original Chrysler 14" by 5" wide with the 5 bolt 4" bolt pattern.
I want to put on narr…

65 Valiant hub caps

Trying to find the correct hub caps/full wheel covers, for a 65 Valiant.
I tried google to find pictures of the correct ones but there does not seem to be a “consensus” on what is correct for that model and year.
I need four 14”, I realize that the ori…

65 Valiant rim question

I have a 1965 Valiant and would like to get 4 steel rims, 14”. I know it came originally with 13”, but someone has already put on 14” rally rims on it now, I’m looking to go with an original look, with full hub caps.
I “think” the bolt pattern is 5 on…

New A Body owner

I just purchased my first A Body.
1965 Valiant 200 series. It’s a Canadian model so there are a lot of exterior differences from the US model.
Basic car, 225 slant six, automatic, power steering and manual drum brakes. Radio delete but someone put an…

67 Crown…need pictures of throttle cable

I don’t think my throttle cables/springs are set up correctly, previous owner has messed around with a lot of things on this car so…can someone post some pictures of the throttle linkage and return springs, especially the kick down rod and spring.
Th…