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UPDATE: Project found and safely home. Blue 1969 Valiant, slant 6, Wyoming car with a clean body. (Very similar to yours 67autocross with just a little more meat left on the bone) Thank you for the help!

67autocross thank you soooo much for taking the time to capture and upload all these photos. That is a little more rust than he'd prefer to work through at the time so he's going to pass. Again, appreciate all the time. I like the AWD idea - that's something out of the ordinary! You get that...

Thanks! I'd say it'd be worth some more pictures if you get the chance. The project itself would be more dedicated to autocross (i.e. floor removed, fabricated frame, custom front and rear suspension) but it'll also see a good amount of street use. Just looking for a decent starting point with...

Appreciate the pics 67autocross! Any pics of the passenger side, underside, floors or trunk? Does this have a clear title?

67autocross thank you for the reply! The "rusty" 68 sounds like the more viable option. Would you mind sending some photos along with any other info you have about the car? Feel free to PM if you prefer. ...Looks to be roughly a 7 hour drive :) Thank you again

Hello A-Body Nation I'm trying to help my best friend who helped me restore my Duster find his own A-Body project. He's partial to the 1967 - 1969 Plymouth Valiants. (More preferably '69) Not picky about motor, trans, interior or rear end. He's a professional restoration specialist by trade but...

Thank you sn1230 - I wasn't sure if the images were still visible on the new forum. For me all I see is the gray boxes that ask me to download the image if I want view. Appreciate your comment :)

Ha - thanks limegreen70. I certainly feel lucky to have tied the knot such a wonderful woman. The car was a matter of having the right best friend with the know how to do things the right way. I don't deserve either but thank God everyday for both.

Quick work by Marv allowed us to have the exhaust completed on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks to a late night alignment at a buddy’s shop on Thursday, we were finally road worthy! (Just 1 day before the wedding) That night was the first time I was really able to get a feel for the car on some...

I really appreciate that 67 prostreet gt. I wish I would have had this car done 3 years earlier but nope, at that point in time she was still on the rotisserie and I was still making engine noises with my mouth. It's always been a dream of mine to get down to Columbus for the Mopar Nats...

Hey Superod - sorry, I don't really have any good pictures of the exhaust at this point in time. She's all packed away for the long Minnesota winter. I'll be sure to get some pictures on the hoist when it warms up again. We routed the exhaust underneath the axel and then back up by the bumper...

Thanks! Mother Mopar gave us some great flavors to choose from! Thanks! The open headers were fun but deafening! The engine harness is a all routed through a single connector at the back of the firewall. If I wanted to pull the motor - I'll I'd do is unhook the connector, unbolt the tranny...

Thank you! Now that the holidays are almost over I can get back to posting. Not much more to go!

With only 6 days before the wedding – we were in full thrash mode! The interior was mostly complete, rear end and motor were set, electrical was done and so were the brakes. Thanks to some quick work at Master Transmission in Rosemount, MN – John had the TorqueFlite A727 back in fighting...

While my focus was set on completing the interior, Chuck spent some much needed time on the grille. The original was actually in decent shape with only a couple minor cracks. After some industrial epoxy was applied everything was then sanded smooth. Chuck then shot the grille with the same satin...

Thanks you guys. It was a long process and I'm most proud about seeing it through from start to finish. There were days when I thought this build would never end. Charlie kept pushing me and I him. When I bought the car, all it needed to get back on the road/track was a transmission seal. It...

Using a special adhesive, we were able to cut and lay down the carpet in its final position. Unrolling the carpet and letting it set on its own for a few days before installation helped to ensure most of the creases were removed. There's some debate as to whether gluing carpet down is a good...

The boys at Outlaw Upholstery in Lakeville, MN were now done with the front buckets and rear bench seat. The old foam was in great shape so after new burlap was added to the bottom side, the new Legendary covers were fit and the original emblems pressed in. They did a great job and were very...

That's about about as big a compliment as they come limegreen70! Thank you - really. Dusters are a beautiful yet under appreciated body style and I sincerely hope yours turns out exactly how you want it.

The front fenders, hood and doors were now back from paint. Clear seam sealer was added to the inner fender and the area where the doors and hood mount. With a good set of shims, j bolts and fender washers we were then ready to begin aligning these panels. Another true test of patience and trial...

As great as the factory gauges are, I felt the need for a little more detailed information on the running condition of the car – so a set of VDO analog gauges was purchased. (Tachometer, Oil Pressure, Water Temperature and Voltmeter) Because I was no longer using the bulky air conditioning/vent...

With the wiring nearly complete, all the fuel lines mounted and the Fragola fittings connected it was finally time to make some noise. The motor install went smoothly. Everything dropped nicely into the powder coated k-member. The header install was relatively painless as well. (The mock up...

Thanks for the tidbit HemiDenny. I'm not sure how effective this feature would have actually been in the event of a collision, but it is interesting to see how safety was becoming more of a concern in the engineering of these cars. It's a step up from a padded dash cover and seat belt!

With the column and instrument panel back, I was now able to get them installed. The glove box, radio bezel and instrument panel went in first. Followed by the original AM radio behind the radio bezel. I polished the original chrome and used clear plastic cleaner (headlight polish) on the heater...

I have another great vendor shout out I'd like to share. Jeff Mawhiney @ Nu Plastic Restorations If you’re looking to upgrade or restore your tired old steering column, heater box or your grille is in need of plastic repair - give Jeff a call. At this point in time I was stuck at a...

Thank you Ddaddy & HemiDenny. HemiDenny you're spot on with the quality level of the fuel sending units on the market today. I used this last summer to tweak and tune the car as much as possible in an attempt to eradicate any mechanical issues. A faulty PowerMaster alternator and VDO fuel...

John completed the final assembly and then did a final check of the instrument panel to make sure everything would be "plug & play" when it came time to install it in the actual car. His bench test equipment actually fools the instrument panel into thinking it's in the car. It tests all the...

The chroming process took about 2 months. (How much of that was actual work time - I don't exactly know) But the proof is in the pudding and the instrument panel, radio bezel and glove box door came back looking amazing. Well worth the wait I think! The pictures really don't do the work justice...

John does ship out the rechroming work for these bezels. The actual process for plastic chroming is done in a vacuum chamber. It requires very expensive equipment and the waste is pretty hazardous to the environment. Apparently not many places in the US actually do this. 2K Inc. utilizes a...

The next step was to calibrating the gauges to make sure they read accurately. I had John set the odometer to 77,900 just so I could have a nice square number to start from and still be within the car's original mileage. All the gauges were now within spec and then reinstalled back into the...