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I’ve been very busy the last few weeks with door modification for my Aussie 1967 Dodge ute. (same basis as US 63-66) This is a sacrificial door bought just for testing ideas. These include, auto power windows for full length glass. Puddle lights, illuminated late model interior door handles...

I started to mock up my console which lead to making my drink holder. It's illuminated and will have the A/C redirected to cool & heat. Ducting is yet to be made, but that's a simple duct with small fans to pull air into the holders. Part 1.....

The 67 Aussie Dodge ute's didn't have a dash pad at all. So I made a custom one when I first bought and was planning on it being my daily. It's now become a total ground up custom build! After making a new fascia to fit Dakota digital gauges, I now made a full dash pad right up to the screen...

It’s been a while since I updated, didn’t want to post until I had succeeded in my project. It is by far the most complicated thing I've ever undertaken! Worse than the bonnet I made a while ago! No references to anything like this to be found. Made it up as I went along. I didn't count the...

I’m building a 1967 Aussie VC Dodge ute….wanted to change up the looks, so I built a custom fiberglass hood, front bumper bar & now a spoiler to finish the look…here’s the steps up the point of being ready to paint the plug before making a mould.

I wanted to improve the fit & customize the front bar for my Aussie 1967 Dodge ute. Couldn't find a spare bar to modify so had to take a mould from my factory bar, cast a new fiberglass version. Modify that & make a second mould before casting my new custom bar! A lot of work as these images...

The next project for my Aussie 1967 Dodge ute is a full fiberglass hood with built in low line scoop, this is the first time I’ve made a hood, but it’s only applying the techniques I know to a different application. The scoop itself is made from castings of a 1962 Valiant hood for the sides &...

I've made a few hard headlining's over the years and people ask how it's done. Here's a step by step of the way I do it to make a light weight lining that fits properly and looks like it belongs! A week ago I bought a VC sedan roof turret (a ute roof being to hard to find) to modify to the same...

I’m doing some background research before starting the rebuild of a 318 for my 1967 Dodge ute……it’s not going to be anything wild, just a snappy streeter, alloy heads, ICE electronic ignition, good headers, Edelbrock manifold with a 600 Holley….not sure about cam as yet, a mate just had his 318...

I'm in the process of making a new roll pan for my Aussie 67 Dodge ute and wanted to exit the exhaust through it instead of under like most do, have to be creative as the pan isn’t straight, it tapers as it gets to the outside 1/3 of the pan ....the question I have is, what have others done with...

by now some of you will know I don't do stock with my trims.....I'm not a fan of the painted door tops on A bodies so I made full lenght door panels I started by tapeing up the door tops to mould a fibreglass cap I then bonded it to the panel while inplace on the door I then...

in Aussie we had 2 versions of most models of ute......the higher optioned Valiant and the Dodge....mine being the 1967 VC Dodge it's base heavy duty model, heavier suspension, reinforced body and little else...no chrome at all, no heater, no dash pad I started by taping up the dash to mould...

this console is for a 67 Dodge ute...while they didn't come out in the US it's basicly the same floor as any 67 Mopar.... I started with a 1/4" MDF base cut to the shape I wanted....I then cut pieces of 3/4" pine to use as the uprights for the different sections I constructed a box...

I'm looking for someone who can email me a high quality scan of a 62 Valiant build sheet/broadcast sheet. Mine is long gone but the aim is to use a high res image and modify it to include all the modifications I have made to my car so it reads like it was a factory built car! Just a bit of...

the item I'm looking for came on the top optioned 61/62 Lancers and Signets...they had an interior trim moulding that fitted into the front screen rubber just above the dash, running the full width of the dash.....can anybody help? Marty

the debait as to a 1962 Valiant being Australian or American has been brought up again.....to mine, and many others knowledge they were fully designed and all components made in the US and sent to Australia as a knockdown package to be assembled here under US direction, making them an Australian...

A few shots from the CHRYSLERS ON THE MURRAY show in Australia

The Boss was having a ***** about paying “too much for wages” again last week! A member of his church was visiting from the US and was talking to him about how much less the wages are over there. He also claims you guys only get a few days per year paid leave. So it’s a great deal for...

anybody seen this before?

I've just bought this 1967 Dodge ute with /6 and 3 speed manual. I may have the oportunity to buy a 273 2bbl and auto which was an option on these. We never got the Commando version here but they sound interesting. What would be needed to upgrade a 2bbl version to Commando spec's? Would that be...

I must be mad but here we go again. A while ago I sold my 1993 Ford Falcon wagon and started to use my wifes old Sedan when she bought a later model car. Same model as the wagon but it was in great condition and the wagon was getting ratty looking. I didn't realise how much I relied on the space...

How not to get ripped off by a rogue trader! It has only been a matter of time before someone did the wrong thing by me as I’m on the opposite side of the world and many think I can’t do anything to a US trader. I deal with numerous traders and private sellers in the US and...

Hi all, the car below is the same model as I'm building and it's basically the same colour as I'm planning on useing. What are your thoughts, good or bad, doesn't matter. Just looking for a cross section of opinion! I'll be running 17 or 18" billet wheels so the overall look will be more Street...

Post your pictures of odd cars powered by a Viper V10. Nissan Patrol out of New Zealand

We now have many Aussie members on this forum so I thought it was time we all let everbody know who we are and what we drive. I'm based in Canberra and currently building a 1962 Plymouth Valiant as it's known in the US or as we know them an S Series. This is being heavily modified with EFI Hemi...

I have read a lot about early A bodies flexing between the sub frame and fire wall. A lot of people run a bar from the front of the sub frame back to the fire wall to stop this. It would work well but isn't very cosmetic, looks good in a race style car but not so much in a show based one. It...

I've had a few requests to start a thread so here goes! I'll start with a bit of back ground about myself as none of you know me. New Zealand born and have lived in Australia for 24 years. I'm not so much a Mopar nut more a car nut! If it's cool and well built I will love it, doesn't mean I...

I'm in the early stages if a total rebuild of my 62. Who else on this forum has one and can post pictures? Interested in seeing what other have done! This is my mates one. 318 twin 4bbl gas carbs, custom trim, flame paint job (hard to see in this shot)

Hi from down under, I'm Marty and building a 1962 Plymouth Valiant, as you know them, in Australia they are known as an S Series Valiant. It was purchase a few months ago as a rolling shell with all the body repairs completed, but everything that bolts to the car other than suspension was...