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Beautiful Valiant, Stix!

I have it sitting about 1/2"-3/4" from the bumpstop. I've been rambling around on the dirt roads on my farm and I'm yet to bottom it out.

I call it a Beiber-skin dash :geek:

Nah, not really any mods. I cranked down the torsion bars up front and put 2.5" blocks in back. Also running itty bitty tires. 175/70-14 if I remember correctly. My cousin and I bought em on the cheap to roll the car around with and they just kinda stuck around. Low, slow and cheap is the...

Thanks for the offer on the wiper motor, but I got anxious and ordered a new one online. I spent a good 10 hours making a headliner yesterday. Step 1. Steal the bamboo mat off the porch. Begin dismantling in separate location. Step 2. --- Step 3. Profit!-- er, Headliner! Also changed...

Yeah, Tsunami was looking like it might be a little hairy for a while there. We're far enough inland not to be hit, but it's not hard to cut the Big Island off from the rest of the world. I got a set of generic LED markers off ebay that should work, but thanks for the offer. Ok, got more...

She's gettin' there. Need a wiper motor and the corner marker lamps and I'm ready for safety inspection and registration!

You gotta pull the windshield, and then you can pull all the bolts along the top of the dash. Pretty straightforward after that.

Thanks Goldfish. She's not the prettiest, but I'm pretty attached at this point. I'm hoping to get a few good years out of her.

Yeah, I'm pleasantly surprised how well it's turning out. It looked like I was going to have a ton of imperfections when I put down the first couple of coats (lots of little bubbles, slightly drippy and uneven) but after drying for two days the paint has laid down nicely. I started on the 800...

Some updates on the car: Fuel Cell I like the gas cap though... Gettin' smoother: PAINT! 1 gallon Rustoleum Smoke Gray mixed with 1/2 pint Hunter Green. Reduced 50/50 with mineral spirits and applied with a foam roller. This is second coat, next I'll sand with 800, 2 more coats, sand...

A few small updates: I finally moved the car to the shop at my house so I can get to the bigger stuff. I drove it down the highway for about 10 miles, and she runs like a top. I didn't have windshields, front bumper, dash or a fuel tank plumbed up (I was running it off a gas can!) and it...

Honestly it was a bit disappointing to not have a heater (I work at 4200 feet elevation in a very cold rainy rainforest!) but I've found some cigarette lighter plug in heaters online, so problem solved. I was petty jazzed to find out how rare it was not to have one. I just wish the PO hadn't cut...

Hahaha! It really does fit in here. I've been calling it "da puna cruisah" :D

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! This car is in pretty good shape mechanically now, but the body has definitely got some issues with rust that I'm not sure I've ever really going to cure. Luckily it's no in critical places, so I'm fixing what I can and running with it. This is a total...

Aloha! I've owned my Valiant for about 3 years now, but it's finally got to the point where it's making actually progress. I've got a stock 225 motor out of a '68 'Cuda with 10k miles on a rebuild, newish 3 on the tree auto, all new brakes and lots of other work. Story is that my neighbor...