1960-1962 Valiant/Lancer thread

Anyone here notice the eBay listing for a '62 Signet, a couple of weeks ago? It was a straight, solid (except floors, of course), original white paint, red interior car, located in northern California. The owner had started to turn it into a dragster (why do so many of the early Valiants end up that way?). Without butchering anything, he'd installed bolt-in engine mounts and a 440 from an Imperial. Happily, he lost interest at that point and was offloading it.

There was a reserve but only two bids brought it from an opening of $399 to just $404 when it closed. I sent him a message through eBay, suggesting I'd like to buy it in the spring, but he told me that it did finally sell.

Oh well, there will be others.