Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon
1/29/23
Here is a picture of the proper Valve Cover installed:
It had a little leak at the corner and I am hoping that retourquing the valve cover bolts will stop the leak. If that's not the case then I will prpbably have to pull the heater core off the firewall again and redo the valve cover gasket.
And the Rejuvenated Heater core and New Valve installed on the firewall too.
Like many '62 Valiants this one was factory delivered with no radio. Some Previous owner had got some of the parts to add, like a radio, like an antenna, face plate bezel, and a speaker. When I bought the car The radio did not work and nothing was connected or wired properly, also the Radio had the (close to proper) ( I really do not know if what I have is actually correct for a '62 valiant.) knobs on it display behind the tuning needle. The Radio in this car was thoroughly corroded and seems to have water damage, but the buttons and the face plate were presentable.
I had found a working AM Radio from a early '60's Dodge and was able to swap the face plate indicator dial background and the 5 selector buttons from my rusted Valiant radio to the dodge radio. I buffed up all the chrome and and added a FM Converter for an easy swap to FM. I don't yet know if the FM converter actually works yet as I am testing in a garage with LED Lights and there is no FM in there, but the AM seems to work well.
Also while I was working a bit under the dash, I was able to oil the outside of the metal temperature control cable and get that working free when connected to the temperature control slider mechanism, as well as install a missing Defroster tube.
I was amazed that I was able to get the Speaker grille of and reinstalled without any major incidents or damage. :)
1/29/23
Here is a picture of the proper Valve Cover installed:
It had a little leak at the corner and I am hoping that retourquing the valve cover bolts will stop the leak. If that's not the case then I will prpbably have to pull the heater core off the firewall again and redo the valve cover gasket.
And the Rejuvenated Heater core and New Valve installed on the firewall too.
Like many '62 Valiants this one was factory delivered with no radio. Some Previous owner had got some of the parts to add, like a radio, like an antenna, face plate bezel, and a speaker. When I bought the car The radio did not work and nothing was connected or wired properly, also the Radio had the (close to proper) ( I really do not know if what I have is actually correct for a '62 valiant.) knobs on it display behind the tuning needle. The Radio in this car was thoroughly corroded and seems to have water damage, but the buttons and the face plate were presentable.
I had found a working AM Radio from a early '60's Dodge and was able to swap the face plate indicator dial background and the 5 selector buttons from my rusted Valiant radio to the dodge radio. I buffed up all the chrome and and added a FM Converter for an easy swap to FM. I don't yet know if the FM converter actually works yet as I am testing in a garage with LED Lights and there is no FM in there, but the AM seems to work well.
Also while I was working a bit under the dash, I was able to oil the outside of the metal temperature control cable and get that working free when connected to the temperature control slider mechanism, as well as install a missing Defroster tube.
I was amazed that I was able to get the Speaker grille of and reinstalled without any major incidents or damage. :)
