Darwin_R65 wrote: <<I get into trouble all the time when people ask what year the Valiant is and I reply
"1962, same as the wife.
Both sagging in the rear and in need of panel beating"
I usually end up with bruises.>>
Only an Aussie could get away with writing that! I'd be tarred and feathered (or Bobbitted -- see Montmil's post in this thread) if I even thought such a notion. I love the sense of humor (among other things) so much that I took two R&Rs there (to Sydney and Albury).
FWIW, I live about 20 miles north of Lorena Bobbitt's former lair, and I remember the incident. (If any international readers wonder what this is about, query & I'll PM my limited recall.) Suffice it that "Bobbitt" became a verb in the USA.
Montmil wrote: << Those old slant sixes were almost indestructible as long as they had oil in 'em >>
Very true. Even more durable, IMHO, were the slant-six's forerunners, the nearly-forgotten Plymouth Flathead sixes. (Officially known as valve-in-head engines). I learned to drive with one (a 1952), and it took incredible punishment! The flathead Ford V-8s were wonders, also.
Comment on the car: I love it, especially the color! Is it the original shade? I seem to recall that Valiant offered a color similar to that, but I don't remember which year.
Keep it on the "wrong" side of the road!
John
