Awesome '65 Valiant/Barracuda hardtop wagon
Sportwagon, welcome to this site, you have an awesome wagon, enjoy the site an share some of your wisdom, Joe
Hi red67gts and all of you who have welcomed me to the site. I'm still having a bit of trouble navigating the site, but I'm sure I'll get better.
Here is the lowdown on the build. I wanted to build a car that Chrysler should have built ( in my opinion). I used as many original parts as possible to make it look like it came out of the factory that way.
We started with a '64 Canadian Valiant Wagon. This gave us the same dash as the '64 Barracuda (CDN & US). Hood, and front fenders from '65 Barracuda. Doors from '65 Barracuda, B-pillar to dog leg fron '66 CDN Valiant V200 (US Dart). I used the '64 taillights because I had NOS bezzels and lenses. The body was done full rotisserie, base / clear 2002 Prowler Orange. Questions about the front Valance - standard '64/65 Barracuda.
The interior is complete '64 Barracuda.
The wagon is motivated by a high performance slant six (40 over, head planed 100 thousandths), Clifford shorty headers y'd to 2 1/2 " stainless pipe, muffler and HP resonator. Holley 500 cfm 2bbl on factory 2bbl intake. Tranny in A833 to an A-body 8 3/4 rear with 3.23 open rear end.
Brakes are period Kelsey-Hayse discs up front. Rears are 10" drums.
It took two shops and 7 years to complete. I can't give enough praise to my body man.