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Administrators Eric Posted March 21 Author Administrators Share Posted March 21 Blue, blue and blue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 21 Author Administrators Share Posted March 21 Not bad looking, for a Citroën. Interesting wheels. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 17 hours ago, Eric said: Valiant? Slant six? Almost bought one. Not sure I actually bought any vehicle that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 22 Author Administrators Share Posted March 22 1 minute ago, railfancwb said: Valiant? Slant six? Almost bought one. Not sure I actually bought any vehicle that season. I love the early sixties Mopars, ugly as most of them were. They had character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 17 hours ago, Eric said: Recall that Mickey Thompson challenged the speed record on the salt lake with a four Pontiac engine vehicle. Suspect there is a lot of challenge to get four engine/transmission setups to all work together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 22 Author Administrators Share Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Recall that Mickey Thompson challenged the speed record on the salt lake with a four Pontiac engine vehicle. Suspect there is a lot of challenge to get four engine/transmission setups to all work together. Mickey Thompson and Andy Granatelli were both a couple of nuts. They both truly loved what they did and made huge contributions to motorsports. Remember Granatelli's turbine-powered Corvette? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 44 minutes ago, Eric said: Mickey Thompson and Andy Granatelli were both a couple of nuts. They both truly loved what they did and made huge contributions to motorsports. Remember Granatelli's turbine-powered Corvette? Yes, I do. I remember reading a long article on it while waiting in a doctors office. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Eric Posted March 22 Author Administrators Share Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, jmohme said: Yes, I do. I remember reading a long article on it while waiting in a doctors office. It produced 880hp back then, which was a hell of a lot of power for that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 22 Author Administrators Share Posted March 22 This is a really clean Valiant. Nicely done. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 5 hours ago, Eric said: This is a really clean Valiant. Nicely done. Those rear tires make me wonder about the slant six engine… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 23 Author Administrators Share Posted March 23 3 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Those rear tires make me wonder about the slant six engine… That one has a 360 coupled to a 4-speed. I'f I were to do a resto-mod on a car like that, I would have chosen an engine other than a 360, but it is a decent engine and it can make some power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 7 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Those rear tires make me wonder about the slant six engine… Don't underestimate the slant six. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 The Valiant was the per-cursor of the Barracuda and later, the Duster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 3/21/2024 at 6:17 PM, Eric said: Blue, blue and blue. I have oft wondered why Packard and others of the time used so many variations of their hood ornament? I always sort of like the long-necked bird version over the lady holding out -- a tire? Are those stock head lamps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 23 Author Administrators Share Posted March 23 1 minute ago, tous said: I have oft wondered why Packard and others of the time used so many variations of their hood ornament? Are those stock head lamps? Yep, the headlights are stock. As for the hood ornaments, some manufacturers stuck with the same ornament design, while others let their designs evolve. Keep in mid too that there were a lot of custom hood ornament manufacturers back then, as well as producers of a variety of mass-produced aftermarket ornaments. It wasn't hard to fit different hood ornaments, in most cases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 23 Author Administrators Share Posted March 23 4 minutes ago, tous said: I have oft wondered why Packard and others of the time used so many variations of their hood ornament? Are those stock head lamps? The headlights look odd from that angle because the lenses are two angled flat planes that come together along the center vertically. If the car was viewed from a point further in front of the car, you could see that the headlights are round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 23 Author Administrators Share Posted March 23 It's easier to see what I'm talking about in this picture. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 7 hours ago, Eric said: It's easier to see what I'm talking about in this picture. That is a lot of car for just 2 people 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted March 24 Author Administrators Share Posted March 24 I really like this color combination. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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