Rocket-Racing
Well-Known Member
I've actually been registered here for a while but when I posted a question the other day (and got good help!) I realised that I hadn't posted or introduced myself..
My name is Anders and i live in Norway, Europe. I've always been into cars and Mopars in particular. At the moment I have a '65 Valiant, '55 Plymouth Savoy, '78 Aspen wagon and a '59 Chevy truck.
Mopar A-bodies have always been close to my heart and my first car (at age 12) was a '67 Dart GT.
The '65 Valiant I own now is a car that has been in my home town for ages.
Just a plain blue V-100 4-door but I always liked that car growing up. It disapeared about 8 years ago and I have been wondering where it got to. This spring I contacted the old guy that used to own it and to my surprise he still had it in storage. We talked for a while and when he saw my '65 Signet parked outside he agreed to sell me the car. Most people thought I was insane when I sold the Signet and bought this tired sedan, but hey, it was THAT car. The one that started it all.. I still jump when I open the garage door and see it sitting there.
It's a Canadian built '65 V-100, 170 cid and manual imported to Norway in '68. Being a Canadian car it has some oddities like a '65 Dart dash from the factory. At the moment the car is driveable but needs lots of work to get back to it's former glory. I don't intend to make it perfect but a nice driver, probably with a 225 and 4-speed.
I had some parts lying around and as you can see it now sports a Signet grille and the optional Barracuda steering wheel. Other than that I will keep it stock looking, but I can't live with 13" wheels.. Right now it sits on 14x5,5" Volare wheels with adapters but I think the adapters put the wheels to far out in the wheelwells. If I'm lucky I'll find a set of 5,5" A-body wheels, if not I'll make them out of original SBP centers and the 5,5" Volare outers.
Well, this was more than I planned to write.. Looking forward to following all the great threads on this forum and I'm sure I'll need some help from you guys before the Valiant is finished.
Anders, Norway
My name is Anders and i live in Norway, Europe. I've always been into cars and Mopars in particular. At the moment I have a '65 Valiant, '55 Plymouth Savoy, '78 Aspen wagon and a '59 Chevy truck.
Mopar A-bodies have always been close to my heart and my first car (at age 12) was a '67 Dart GT.
The '65 Valiant I own now is a car that has been in my home town for ages.
Just a plain blue V-100 4-door but I always liked that car growing up. It disapeared about 8 years ago and I have been wondering where it got to. This spring I contacted the old guy that used to own it and to my surprise he still had it in storage. We talked for a while and when he saw my '65 Signet parked outside he agreed to sell me the car. Most people thought I was insane when I sold the Signet and bought this tired sedan, but hey, it was THAT car. The one that started it all.. I still jump when I open the garage door and see it sitting there.
It's a Canadian built '65 V-100, 170 cid and manual imported to Norway in '68. Being a Canadian car it has some oddities like a '65 Dart dash from the factory. At the moment the car is driveable but needs lots of work to get back to it's former glory. I don't intend to make it perfect but a nice driver, probably with a 225 and 4-speed.
I had some parts lying around and as you can see it now sports a Signet grille and the optional Barracuda steering wheel. Other than that I will keep it stock looking, but I can't live with 13" wheels.. Right now it sits on 14x5,5" Volare wheels with adapters but I think the adapters put the wheels to far out in the wheelwells. If I'm lucky I'll find a set of 5,5" A-body wheels, if not I'll make them out of original SBP centers and the 5,5" Volare outers.
Well, this was more than I planned to write.. Looking forward to following all the great threads on this forum and I'm sure I'll need some help from you guys before the Valiant is finished.
Anders, Norway
