picked up 69 valiant today
Got this today from west salem ohio (near dragway 42) had been posted for sale locally for a while and went to take a look yesterday. Didnt have much faith but it turned out to be a pretty decent car. 69 valiant 100 with a 225. southern car, sold in alabama and spent some time in florida ( '78 florida inspection stickers on windshield ) clearly not driven in ohio winters for any extended amount of time. few light rust holes in quarter panels, very solid frame rails. cowl leaks and front floor pans are trashed. Two tone paint, 13" wheels with full hubcaps, a/c car, AM/FM thumbwheel radio ( still works somehow ). Manual steering also which i like. previous owner had Carb, radiator, and a/c lines off. All were leaking pretty bad. Has been sitting for a while and needs all the brakes gone through or more than likely upgraded to discs. suspension needs some work too. front bench has been picked away down to the springs to make rat nests. Grille is in pretty decent shape, and from what i can tell everything works except one backup bulb. Pretty happy with it. Should be a fun car. No paint or body work ( looks awesome in person if you dig the whole petina thing ). Just gonna wash the moss off it and probably a set of 14s or 15s with dog dishes. Not a fan of the 13 hubcaps. ive got a set of highback 74 buckets to replace whats left of the bench, do a quick patch of the floor and get it operational until i get bored with the stock 225. Been looking into a turbo slant build a little. which would be cool, but theres really no way to go wrong with a big block swapped a-body either. Makes for a cool sleeper
Got this today from west salem ohio (near dragway 42) had been posted for sale locally for a while and went to take a look yesterday. Didnt have much faith but it turned out to be a pretty decent car. 69 valiant 100 with a 225. southern car, sold in alabama and spent some time in florida ( '78 florida inspection stickers on windshield ) clearly not driven in ohio winters for any extended amount of time. few light rust holes in quarter panels, very solid frame rails. cowl leaks and front floor pans are trashed. Two tone paint, 13" wheels with full hubcaps, a/c car, AM/FM thumbwheel radio ( still works somehow ). Manual steering also which i like. previous owner had Carb, radiator, and a/c lines off. All were leaking pretty bad. Has been sitting for a while and needs all the brakes gone through or more than likely upgraded to discs. suspension needs some work too. front bench has been picked away down to the springs to make rat nests. Grille is in pretty decent shape, and from what i can tell everything works except one backup bulb. Pretty happy with it. Should be a fun car. No paint or body work ( looks awesome in person if you dig the whole petina thing ). Just gonna wash the moss off it and probably a set of 14s or 15s with dog dishes. Not a fan of the 13 hubcaps. ive got a set of highback 74 buckets to replace whats left of the bench, do a quick patch of the floor and get it operational until i get bored with the stock 225. Been looking into a turbo slant build a little. which would be cool, but theres really no way to go wrong with a big block swapped a-body either. Makes for a cool sleeper
