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Larry, the inner guards are 2" longer and a different shape at the front, also the whole rad support panel is wider where it meets the front of the inner guards. These photos may help you see the difference ... Cheers, Mike

You would have to replace everything forward of the fire wall including the inner guards and extend the chassis rails by 2" to use the sheetmetal on a US Dart. Honestly it would be far cheaper and easier to import an Australian Valiant Hardtop. Cheers, Mike

In Australia what you call Darts were known as Valiant Hardtops. They were manufactured here between 1969 and 1971 in two model ranges, VF's from 1969 till April 1970 then VG's through till April 1971. They were sold in a number of versions from base models to Regals to Regal 770's,. There...

Time for an update ..... Progress has been made, albeit a little slower than I hoped. About 75% of the final fitup has been completed and the engine is within a week (I hope!) of being ready to drop in. Here his the car on the hoist at Rev It Up today .... New handbrake cables fitted as...

You know how it is with Mopars .......... they breed 8)

Unfortunately I won't be using the hood now for a couple of reasons: 1. As it was all fabricated out of steel it's WAY too heavy for a race car, might use it on a street only car one day, and 2. I decided to use a Super Victor inlet with a 2" 4150 to 4500 spacer/adaptor so even the carb will...

There has been a lot of progress recently on this car, although no new photos yet, should be more photos within the next month or so. All the engine machining has been finished and the final engine assembly should start this weekend. I had a number of very big (read expensive :-( :-( )...

Couldn't wait to post these pictures of the finished product ......... I'm VERY happy with it :-D :-D Thanks to Ranger Danger and Lynx for all their help. I only wish it had an engine so I could drive it to the show this weekend (sideways :twisted: ). Found an old Hurst Equipped badge that...

The name was applied to the car this afternoon. My thanks to RangerDanger for both coming up with the name and for providing the graphics file to give to the signmakers. The background to the name is that the NT Police race a Commodore in the Street Meet races up here that has the name "The...

These photos were taken on Sat afternoon when Chris (Lynx), Phil (RangerDanger) and another mate came around to help me start to put the graphics on the Pacer H/top (and drink beer!). The intent is to use the nostalgia dragster look, I took a lot of photos of Darts when I was working in Canada...

After sitting in the workshop gathering dust for the last 8 months with very little progress it's time for an update on this project. Work and other more pressing priorities (buying Pacers :-D) have meant over that period very little was progressed on the car. I had also been frustrated over...

I thought it was about time I put together a post on this project now it is getting towards completion, plus it might spur me on to get it finished - it was supposed to be completed two months ago. The car is a genuine VG Pacer h/top (body #123) although it has parted company with its...

This is the other project I currently have underway - though I'd also post it on here for you guys in the US to check out. It's getting very close to being finished now and hopefully it will be completed and registered and on the street within the next 8 weeks ............. I hope. Aiming for...

I just realised that it's 12 months since the last update on this project! I'd like to say that it's now completed,but sadly that's still not the case. Due to work and family commitments as well as buying a couple of pickups from the US and spending too many $$$ on "Cool Breeze", there has...

ImageShack is working again so here goes the rest to bring the project up to date.... IT'S FINISHED!!!!!!!!!! :-D :-D :-D :-D 4 weeks from start to finish for all the bodywork and painting. We hung all the panels today, so it's only the long tedious job of cleaning, detailing and re...

There seems to be a problem with ImageShack at the moment so I'll post the rest of the installments tomorrow. Cheers, Mike

Well it came out into the sunlight for the first time this morning. The clear coat will still need blocking with 2000grit wet and dry and then buffing/cutting, but already it's starting to look pretty good :grin: I couldn't resist it and as soon as it was out I put the compliance plate back...

Been a little break in posting update photos as I've been flat out with work and haven't had the time to resize and upload photos. The following photos were taken on Saturday morning just after the base coat was applied to the body shell, all the hanging panels will be painted separately. 3...

Although we'd painted the engine a week ago it's been bugging me as the colour wasn't quite the right shade, so I tried colour matching again using the remains of the thermostat housing as a sample. The colour we used this time is called Impact Red and it's from the Protec industrial coatings...

The last body panel (front right guard) is just about finished, there was a small setback as the guard fitted to the car was a little the worse for wear once it was stripped back. It had a lot of dents and was quite a bit out of shape, so after spending a couple of hours on it we decided to cut...

Hans has been working on the car for nearly a week now and has made considerable progress, the only panels remaining to be prepared are the guards and the boot lid! The section between the rear wheel opening and the door on the passengers side took a lot of work to get right as it had been hit...

Here's the mid-day Friday update photos, Hans has spent about 3 1/2 days on it so far and the main body shell is nearly finished. It's taken a fair bit of work on both quarters between the door and wheel openings to get the lower sections smooth. On both sides it had been dented then poorly...

Here's the 2nd installment of the project. I had the car stripped to a rolling shell by Sunday a/noon, 6 1/2 hours to do the disassembly - just shows what practice can do ........ don't leave an unattended Valiant near me for too long :twisted: . Stripping the car was a revelation, I just...

I just started a new project last weekend to restore a Sterling Special (A81) hardtop that we've had sitting in the shed for a few years now. We already have a couple of projects underway and hadn't planned to touch another car until they were finished. However, I met up with a retired paint...

Hi Guys, I thought I'd start this thread on this site as the car being restored is in essence a 68/69 Dart with a few Australian modifications. It's a 1970 Valiant VG Hardtop with the Stirling Moss Special (A81) dressup option. These cars are absolutely identical from the firewall back to the...

So that's why you sold it to me Tem? ............:lol: I'll have it at the strip soon I hope

Hey Pana, you following me or something ....??? I've got two cars on the water now, due in Brisbane in two weeks time :toothy10: I think I'll be grabbing another one next year if the $ stays as it is, either a B body or a 340 engined A body. Cheers, Mike

G'day Ken!! I meet you in all the strangest places. I know these aren't A bodies, but I've had a little spending spree in the US over the past 3 weeks and have these 2 on their way back to Australia now. I think the Little Red Truck will get a few looks towing "Cool Breeze" to the strip on...

OK, here's some more ..... 1970 Valiant VG Hardtop Sterling Moss Special - 245 cid Hemi, in the process of restoring this one, the photo was taken just after the painting was finished last year. Hope to have it finished in the next 3 months, just ordered the black vinyl top today from Year One...

Hi to everyone, I've been a longtime lurker on this forum, particularly the "For Sale" section, and just noticed davenq had joined so I thought I should do the right thing too. I've been into Mopars for about 30 years and in the past 10 years have put together a fair collection of Valiant...