My 1975 Plymouth Valiant 4-door

I bought a 1975 Plymouth Valiant, with a 3.7l slant six engine, from a breaker's yard in France for € 450. My son saw it one day returning home from school. It cost me € 452 to transfer the registration, more than the cost of the car, as the price of the transfer is based on fiscal horsepower.

After 2 years of intensive work much has been changed. The engine and crankshaft remain the same but I've had the engine bored out slightly, installed high-compression pistons (10.3 : 1), ordered a new cylinder head from Hemi Perfomance in Australia (dual valve springs, larger valves, ported & polished and gas-flowed). To this I added a new camshaft (mild racing) as well as an higher stall-speed torque converter, as well as an AussieSpeed equal-length runner intake manifold (topped with an Edelbrock 600cfm 4BBL carburettor) and tubular exhaust collector backed with a 2-1/4
" Magnaflow exhast.

I've made extensive chassis modifications as well. These include new front and rear axles from Control Freak Suspensions, with coil-over shock absorbers front and rear, a trailing arm rear suspension with a Panhard rod for lateral location, a limited-slip differential from Strange Engineering and 4 wheel disc brakes from Willwood.

I've had the interior redone in leather and alcantara by a professional saddler and redone the body in a Dupont colour called "marron black", a very dark brown used on Aston Martins. The wheels are American Racing Salt Flats (7" x 17" front and 10.5" x 17"rear) with Pirelli P-Zero Assimetrico tyres (245/45 YR 17-s front and 285/40 YR 17-s rear). I'm sure readers would like to see some pics...