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Painting the whole car with bedliner? If so, what did you use?

While my Valiant sits in the garage doing nothing I thought of something crazy. Cut the top off and make a convertable. I'm thinking pop the back glass out, cut the roof, take the glass out of the doors and cut it all down. Sounds easy enough but the main concern is structural rigidity. I'm...

Ok, not my Abody but this is strange. Headlight issue that I cannot figure out. My wife's jeep is is screwy in the headlights. When the parking lights are on, no issues. When the headlights come on (right side) the headlight is very dull but no other issues. If you turn the blinker on for that...

Don't forget the world is ending tomorrow.

I am looking to put front buckets in the Valiant and I have found them at Year One (also Summit). According to the description they have the brackets for the car that will fit the seats. They're called pro-car. Fairly decent pricing so I think that's the way I will go. The question..... Has...

As I put my interior back together I want to install buckets in the front and build out a center console. Some ideas I have? I want to run the ac vents, possibly move the radio and ac controls down and have a notch for my iPad. The iPad may mean that I leave everything else in the dash...

We pulled the pan on my trans this weekend to get a re-thread done. Changed the filter, new gasket, everything's tight. New bolt that needed help is snug. Leaking again!!! My buddy thinks we just need to re-tighten. Is that right or did we get it wrong??? I haven't jacked it back up for the...

I'm about to get ready to sand the car. Quick question.... Do it by hand? Electrical sander? What kind?

I want to yank my 318 out and rebuild it myself. New CAM,Carb, etc. I look at it and think I'm biting off more than I can chew. Anyone else feel like that before they got started?

Anyone ever seen one? I went to Texas Frightmare Weekend and one of the cars on display was a 71 Cuda with a factory ordered slant 6. He made into a replica from the movie Phantasm. I talked to the owner who said it was the one thing he wasn't changing since it's original. He also had a plaque...

I finally got into the valiant and sripped out the interior. Seats, seat belts, carpet, etc. Now it seams that I am stuck as I cannot seem to fund putting it back together. Since I am changing from tan to black it means all new stuff. So now the car is in disarray and it's just sitting there...

So I finally got started on the tear down on the Valiant. Started with the interior. Got the seats, carpet, and door panels out. No floor rust except for where the A/C would leak into the passenger floor board and that appears to be on the surface. Metal is strong. With that said, what is the...

How good a paint job can I really do in my garage? Clearly not professional but can I expect any kind of decent results?

Who is a trusted body/paint person locally? Any ideas?

I have looked on more websites than I can count and I cannot find door panels for my 74 Valiant. Anyone know where they can be found?

So I think I have decided to do my own rebuild on my 318 in my 74 Valiant. I have absolutely no experience though and neither does the person that will be helping me. I have a chilton, and a book on "hotrodding" mopar small blocks and I am ordering the Haynes manual. I want to add soem HP while...

I'm looking at 17" rims for my 74 Valiant. What width will fit without modifications? The ones I like are 17x8.5. Will they fit? What tire size?

One of the plans I have for the new year is to change the color inside the Valiant. It's tan right now but I want to go black (maybe some brushed aluminum). Carpet, seats, dash seem easy enough but what about the other parts? Should I replace? Paint? Ideas?

Has anyone done this? I am thinking that I would rather paint my bumpers than have them re-chromed. I saw the old Chip Foose show where they re-did a mustang and one of the schemes they used was a brushed aluminum. I was thinking something like that. Thoughts? Ideas?

Alright, so I made call to see what a simple engine rebuild would cost me. The figure I get is 875.00 which sounded fairly reasonable. Chime in if I am off base here. Then I call to see what a transmission rebuild would be. They tell me 895.00 which sounds pretty off considering the cost of the...

Ok, so as this is my second Valiant I have not been too concerned but it is annoying. If the car is running then the voltmeter is sitting straight in the middle and all is well. If the AC is on this drops into the negative and then jumps to postive after giving it gas. At night when the lights...

Completely new to engine talk so bear with me. I have a 318 2 bbl in my valiant. Would changing to a 4 bbl be a good start? Is it a simple process? What else can I do to beef it up?

Just joined up and I see a lot of knowledge out here so I hope I can tap into some of it. I just got a hold of a 74 Valiant. 318, 3 speed. Based on the limited research that could be done I can deduce that the paint and vinyl top are original as I believe the 63k miles are. Pics will be up as...