1961 Valiant Wagon
Once while cruising down in Georgia looking for parts (I actually got a very early Aluminium block and a 1961 Dealer installed underdash Mopar A/c unit on that trip !!) I came across a brightly yellow painted, rusty as, falling apart 1960 V200 Suburban Valiant. While it was pretty much a hunk of junk...I stopped and had a look. AND BANG !!! it was a 9 seater model...with all the bits still inside. AND I dont know why but the hard 9 seater parts were all in tack and in very usable shape. The soft trim was rubbish... but the rest was good. So after making a deal with the owner who was using the wagon to advertise his business the rest of afternoon was used to get all the 9 seater related parts out of the rust-bucket. It even had the R knob on the dash for the electric tailgate control. And it had the rare rear roof light that at the back of the wagon near the tailgate. It was a great find. I ended up using a photo of the wagon on the cover of a book I made 10 odd years ago. I learnt that day to double check any car that could have potential parts on it, no matter what it looks like on the outside.
Once while cruising down in Georgia looking for parts (I actually got a very early Aluminium block and a 1961 Dealer installed underdash Mopar A/c unit on that trip !!) I came across a brightly yellow painted, rusty as, falling apart 1960 V200 Suburban Valiant. While it was pretty much a hunk of junk...I stopped and had a look. AND BANG !!! it was a 9 seater model...with all the bits still inside. AND I dont know why but the hard 9 seater parts were all in tack and in very usable shape. The soft trim was rubbish... but the rest was good. So after making a deal with the owner who was using the wagon to advertise his business the rest of afternoon was used to get all the 9 seater related parts out of the rust-bucket. It even had the R knob on the dash for the electric tailgate control. And it had the rare rear roof light that at the back of the wagon near the tailgate. It was a great find. I ended up using a photo of the wagon on the cover of a book I made 10 odd years ago. I learnt that day to double check any car that could have potential parts on it, no matter what it looks like on the outside.
