1971 Plymouth Valiant "Granny Smith"
11/4/25:
Decided the best motivation was to get at it and start cleaning, and I wanted to see what other treasures were hiding (I knew of one in plain sight), so we got to work.
Honestly alot cleaner than I anticipated. It will get the same treatment my 1971 Polara got on the floors, but it was alot more solid that I thought it would be.
Old seats out, new seats going in. Peep my Polara and D150 in the background. In the post above you would have seen my W250 and Shelby Dakota...I am a Mopar addict.
Treasure number 1- full broadcast sheet in the rear seat back. I could see it through the rear window, and it is severely sunfaded but complete.
Treasure number 2- remnants of another broadcast sheet in the front seat bottom.
Treasure number 3- a true factory build sheet! I have not seen another.
All the goodies together. Also found a AAA membership renewal from a past owner (who unfortunately passed but in a weird way, passed a week after my little brother was born) that confirmed where the car was from (Roanoke/Lynchburg Va area). I have reached out to some next of kin and hope to hear back from them.
New seats in! Front seats have to come back out because one of the tracks is rotted, so I have to swap over the ones off the original seats (it also has a seat spring that is creaky). Learned that Mopar changed how the rear seat backs attached, but its nothing some self tappers can't fix. And yes, before you say it, they are the wrong shade of green, but they will be covered with a cheap Mexican blanket seat cover for the forseeable future. Remember- 16 year old's first car.
11/4/25:
Decided the best motivation was to get at it and start cleaning, and I wanted to see what other treasures were hiding (I knew of one in plain sight), so we got to work.
Honestly alot cleaner than I anticipated. It will get the same treatment my 1971 Polara got on the floors, but it was alot more solid that I thought it would be.
Old seats out, new seats going in. Peep my Polara and D150 in the background. In the post above you would have seen my W250 and Shelby Dakota...I am a Mopar addict.
Treasure number 1- full broadcast sheet in the rear seat back. I could see it through the rear window, and it is severely sunfaded but complete.
Treasure number 2- remnants of another broadcast sheet in the front seat bottom.
Treasure number 3- a true factory build sheet! I have not seen another.
All the goodies together. Also found a AAA membership renewal from a past owner (who unfortunately passed but in a weird way, passed a week after my little brother was born) that confirmed where the car was from (Roanoke/Lynchburg Va area). I have reached out to some next of kin and hope to hear back from them.
New seats in! Front seats have to come back out because one of the tracks is rotted, so I have to swap over the ones off the original seats (it also has a seat spring that is creaky). Learned that Mopar changed how the rear seat backs attached, but its nothing some self tappers can't fix. And yes, before you say it, they are the wrong shade of green, but they will be covered with a cheap Mexican blanket seat cover for the forseeable future. Remember- 16 year old's first car.