I found in the Feb. 2014 Mopar Action a '65 V200 Valiant I once owned, but I wasn't able to confirm it until today.
Here's a pic I took of the article with a pic I took back in 1996 of the rear of the car showing the same license plate! :yaayy:
65V200-compare-MoparActionFeb2013.jpg
Until I bought this magazine, I had not seen the car in almost 10 years.
It was a real "little old lady" car, originally a 273 2v/904 car with power steering and an AM radio.
The instructor I was making payments too had swapped out the 7 1/4" rear axle for an 8 3/4" A-body axle with a 741 case and 3.55 gears with a Sure Grip.
I swapped out the original engine when the timing chain stretched and bent some valves with a built 360 with a 0.030" overbore, windage tray and intake and ThermoQuad from a '77 or '78 Dodge cop car with an E-58 code which I helped part-out (and so got to keep some goodies for free!) that was owned by a community college I attended for VoTech training.
The trouble I had with the car, which was running hot on my 20+ one-way commute to work and back, and 2 lunched 904 transmissions (1st time, riveted sprag spun in the case, 2nd time, rollers in bolt-in sprag were overrun), made me start making payments on a then brand new and on the showroom floor '96 Plymouth Neon Sport that had everything but the dual cam engine and sunroof, and sell the Valiant to a Auto Tech alum/high school shop teacher, sho bought it for his wife to use in SCCA, after having his students swap out the 904 for an A-body 4-speed and throw some Torque Thrust type wheels on it.
A few years later, in December of 2003, it popped up for sale on EBay, still having the blue knitted blanket on the front bench seat and the electronic ignition and blue constant state voltage regulator I installed on it.
Anyhoo, just thought I'd share :)
Here's a pic I took of the article with a pic I took back in 1996 of the rear of the car showing the same license plate! :yaayy:
65V200-compare-MoparActionFeb2013.jpg
Until I bought this magazine, I had not seen the car in almost 10 years.
It was a real "little old lady" car, originally a 273 2v/904 car with power steering and an AM radio.
The instructor I was making payments too had swapped out the 7 1/4" rear axle for an 8 3/4" A-body axle with a 741 case and 3.55 gears with a Sure Grip.
I swapped out the original engine when the timing chain stretched and bent some valves with a built 360 with a 0.030" overbore, windage tray and intake and ThermoQuad from a '77 or '78 Dodge cop car with an E-58 code which I helped part-out (and so got to keep some goodies for free!) that was owned by a community college I attended for VoTech training.
The trouble I had with the car, which was running hot on my 20+ one-way commute to work and back, and 2 lunched 904 transmissions (1st time, riveted sprag spun in the case, 2nd time, rollers in bolt-in sprag were overrun), made me start making payments on a then brand new and on the showroom floor '96 Plymouth Neon Sport that had everything but the dual cam engine and sunroof, and sell the Valiant to a Auto Tech alum/high school shop teacher, sho bought it for his wife to use in SCCA, after having his students swap out the 904 for an A-body 4-speed and throw some Torque Thrust type wheels on it.
A few years later, in December of 2003, it popped up for sale on EBay, still having the blue knitted blanket on the front bench seat and the electronic ignition and blue constant state voltage regulator I installed on it.
Anyhoo, just thought I'd share :)
