The elusive early-A AM/FM & other stuff
Wow! Your 65 is above and beyond nice. Do you have more details about your build?
Thanks! When I finish I'll put a bunch of pics in the resto section. Basically the Valiant was bought new by a Stockton CA school teacher & stayed there its whole life. It only had 4 options- PB, AM radio, 273-2V, & 4-speed. It has 57k original miles due to the owner never changing the oil & spinning a rod bearing. It sat in a garage for many years with the blown motor until a coworker of hers bought it, threw in a junkyard 318 to get it moving & put it on ebay where I bought it for $2900 complete with the blown 273 in the trunk.
The body was incredibly clean, rust-free & straight & my original intent was to just make some minor repairs & make it a daily driver. One thing led to another & I ended up putting it on a rotisserie & completely redoing everything. The only thing I don't do is paint & that was an adventure in itself but 3 years & 2 body shops later the paint was done to a much higher standard than my goal. Got it back last year & have slowly been putting it all back together.
My general goal with the car was to have a stone-stock appearance but be super quick. My other rule given the body condition was absolutely no cutting or drilling on any sheetmetal. I built a bored-stroked hydraulic-roller 340 with many tricks but set up for a stock type idle & pump gas & decked out to look like a 273. The original color was a 50's type baby blue which wasn't my cup of tea so I changed it to a late model PB8 midnight blue pearl which you can see all over the place on 300's minivans, etc. PB8 is fairly close to the old B7 dark blue metallic that was available in 65. The interior was light blue metallic which I kept completley stock.
I completely rebuilt & detailed the suspension & put Wilwood discs on the front with B-body 10" drums & A-body 8-3/4 rear. Shocks are QYB aluminum adjustable types. The wheels are custom-offset Stockton 15x6 steelies that take the Valiant 9" dog dishes.
Lots more info but enough for now. BTW if anyone wants a rotisserie-
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=97952
