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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Some More Baddassery Documented: Enjoy!
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    10/21/24 Part 2: We arrived at our next State Park, Prince Gallitzin, at the request of my Daughter who wanted some Ice Cream at the Pirates Cove Restaurant. The Pirates Cove Restaurant in Patton PA, is a summertime favorite and we incorrectly assumed that they would be open until 9 PM like...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    10/21/24: A few weeks ago, I received a mysterious package from a fellow slant six forum member with some proper 1962 Valiant Radio Knobs in it. I have been loosely searching for these elusive knobs. Plaudits to Michael for helping my incorrect radio and bezel look more apropos for the 1962...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    9/14/24: The box from Instrument Specialties arrived yesterday nite. it had the Plastic bezel in it that I dropped off at Carlisle in July. I took it to the car show and did the swap (2 knobs with release tangs and 4 Phillips head screws) right at the car show. It makes a big difference in...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    9/10/24 Drove it to work today. I had an Aurora']Aurora Designs FM conversion done by Retro Radio Restoration in Elizabethtown,PA. After I installed the radio, I had less than desirable results, and as usual, it was all my fault. I did not follow the wiring instructions and I tried to sum the...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    8/23/24: We went to a local car cruise last nite. The Valiant Wagon was parked between a Rolls Royce and a very, very, very nice original Mustang Mach 1. Our little Valiant got more looks and comments than the other more expensive and well-known popular muscle car on each side of us.
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    1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course/Track Day/AutoX Project

    That is sure a reasonable solution, but I like the fuss free welding approach. My welding will not get nasty, ripped torn or mis-shaped on the side of the road when adjusting the valve lash. The double gaskets might.
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    1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course/Track Day/AutoX Project

    Hello, Thanks for checking in. Yes, I still have the car. This is the most exciting one to drive in my fleet. I don't think I will be selling it for at least 40 years if things remain as they are. I have not updated here, because I have not done anything with it. Parts cars, shows,, work...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    8/1/24: I ran the car at the PVGP Countryside tour today. Got up early as usual to clean the car, get fulled up etc... This year in our driving group, It was all British cars and the '62 Valiant. The group consisted of a '62 XKE, a MGB, and an Austin-Healey Sprite. We traveled about 200...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    7-27-24: We went to the PVGP Historics at PittRace and participated in the Extremely Small Concours D'LeMons that was hosted at the event. I brought along my '62 Valiant Wagon with ValiantTrailer, and we parked in the LeMons section on spectator hill. We had a nice vantage point of the racing...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Thank you Will do. I don't know the difference in those blues - I will have to look them up.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Thanks! Ha ha, you said beige..AKA "OLDMANTAN" I have and have had a few of those. And finally.. The "ugly one"... someone tried to make it not Beige, but the Sandstone/ Beige is under that awful taxicab yellow.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    7/25/24: It has been a while. Over the last few weeks, I have put ~1000 Miles on the little wagon, and a lot of that was towing an ~800# tare weight trailer. A few things I have been working on and sorting: Cooling System - I thought I had this figured out, but It still needs flushing. I...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Well Fortunatley for Me i guess I didn't waste any $ on it. The previous owner did that I just tried to tune it. I wasted my time.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    7/3/24: I got my VE, VF, VG Fuel Spill tray installed. It is a reproduction, but it should do the job. It is not made specifically for the S series which this car is, but It does work and do the intended job with minimal modifications. There is no real room under the package floor area to do a...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Got to the shop today, O2 gauge said a bit rich, so I swapped for the next leaner Primary Jet. Looks about perfect now, had to set the idle a skosh rich..12.7 or so to keep it alive at a stop sign. No dashpot on this carbby. The helper was around today to kick off the jetting session: I...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    I don't know if there are controllers to average or interpolate x number of sensors to just one gauge.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Yep that will give me a relatively good idea of what is happening. I guess i could futz with one on the rear set but I doubt it would be much different.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Thanks, I dont know if you can push start/ catch in gear modern cars with all of the electronic sensors and electtic fuel pump and such, but you can with this one. So I saved myself $100 or more by not needing that tow truck.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    6/26/24 Today I continued with finishing the fiddly jobs - The new accelerator pedal from the D100 Truck needed the existing throttle cable repositioned, due to this the outer cable sheath was about an inch too short, so I ordered a new one and got that alll solved and corrected. Some wiring...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Wow. That is a new one for me. Crazy story.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    6-26-24: It has been a bit since I updated. I have been driving the car and breaking in the rings etc. I have the 500 miles done and I have changed the oil. All looks good. We went the the bike trail a week ago and We got there, rode bikes a bit, then when we got back to the car it would not...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    I tested out the trailer bits last nite. The report came back all good! I went to pick up a spent slant 6 core engine from a Yale forklift at my neighbor's garage. Lights were good, hitch was solid too! [/url'] [/url']
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    For Sure. That is my old Steamlight Protac HL Headlamp I upgraded to the Protac 2.0 for the garage, and now I have that one at home.
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    5/21/24: Since The last update I have been getting the brakes sorted, I thought I had a bleeding issue, but it turns out when I rebuilt the master cylinder I may have left the residual pressure valves out of the master cylinder ports that connect to the dual hardlines. I could not get a pedal...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    ...wagon. After running the engine for maybe ~4 minutes I was concerned that I was not seeing oil at the top of the engine... I feared the worst! * A mis-installed rearmost cam bearing? * A head gasket with a missing block-to-head oil transfer passage? * Something else dumb that I did not...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    Thanks Romeo. You should make a trip out East and take a ride in it when its all done!:)
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    5/2/24: The exhaust is built and completed. The front downpipes were fitted, fitted, and fitted again before final welding. With the exhaust complete, I was able to fire the engine for the first time. It ran and had good oil pressure. There are still small fiddly tasks to complete such as...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    4/21/24: I have about 14 hours in the front header pipes / down pipes etc. that connect the headers to the merge collector behind the cross member. I got both the front and rear header collector pipes down to the suspension level and past the bell housing. The stuff I am making now will be...
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    Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon

    4/15/24: Happy Tax Day. Pay the government today! In Valiant news: I got the head Painted, 13 new manifold studs installed with sealer, and it is ready to place on the car. Fun Fact: 2 of the head bolts cannot be removed/ installed on the '60-'62 A bodies with a 225 and the heater box...
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