Valiant super bee from mexico
As it turns out, it was a '71 ''Valiant Duster'' originally built in Mexico.
How it ended up in Canada is anyone's guess.
The car was originally yellow with a black interior and had a 318, column auto, and an 8 3/4'' rear end.
Compared to Canadian and American built cars, the V.I.N. and locations were much different.
The Mexican built car had 3 different body V.I.N. locations plus a fender tag all on the driver's side.
The main one was on the inside of the door pillar by the hinges and interior light switch, on the driver's side inner front frame rail on the inside under the battery tray there was a welded plate with the number on it, and on the rear frame rail just as it starts to go up over the rear end was a stamped V.I.N. for the car.
Curiously enough, the dash frame had the holes punched out in the same location that we are used to for the V.I.N. that the North American cars came with and looked unused.
Here's some pics, not the best quality, but enough to get the idea..........
A friend of mine bought one about 10 years ago to restore with his son.
As it turns out, it was a '71 ''Valiant Duster'' originally built in Mexico.
How it ended up in Canada is anyone's guess.
The car was originally yellow with a black interior and had a 318, column auto, and an 8 3/4'' rear end.
Compared to Canadian and American built cars, the V.I.N. and locations were much different.
The Mexican built car had 3 different body V.I.N. locations plus a fender tag all on the driver's side.
The main one was on the inside of the door pillar by the hinges and interior light switch, on the driver's side inner front frame rail on the inside under the battery tray there was a welded plate with the number on it, and on the rear frame rail just as it starts to go up over the rear end was a stamped V.I.N. for the car.
Curiously enough, the dash frame had the holes punched out in the same location that we are used to for the V.I.N. that the North American cars came with and looked unused.
Here's some pics, not the best quality, but enough to get the idea..........
