Rust Repair On 65 Valiant Convertible

[440brew]

Prior to diving in to rust repair I want to know which cars share body parts with the 65 Valiant Convert. Specifically doors and trunk lid. Are there any other cars that these parts were interchangable with?

 

[Rick@Laysons]

Your 65 Valiant shares some of the same sheetmetal that 64-65 Barracudas use. The lower parts of the outer doorskin and the lower parts of the quarter panels are the same. I think the trunklid is a Valiant only piece, but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong about that one.

 

[bamacuda]

All 63-66 valiants use the same doors for hardtop, convertible, and barracuda. The conv. does have some extra parts in the door jam (anti-rattle parts) also, the fenders for 64-65 barracuda and 65 valiant anything are the same. The rear quarters are all interchangeable for those as well. Hoods for 64-65 barracuda and all 65 valiants are the same. For the most part, all 63-66 a-body mechanical stuff is the same. Hope this helps, david

 

[2 Darts]

Driveshafts don't interchange. The Valiant and Barracuda sat on the 108 inch wheelbase, the Dart on 111.

Similarly, I don't expect that rear floor pans would interchange. I'm not so sure on that. The rear floor on the Dart seems larger than on the Valiant.

 

[440brew]

Thanks for the help guys, I just found; driver door, passanger door, exhaust manifold and trunk lid in the local junk yard!