bOOst - 11/14/00 18:02:37
My URL:http://boost83.cjb.net
My Email:anttilai@surfeu.net
Country: Finland
Make Of Car: Dodge Dart
Car Model: -73

Comments:
Yeah, Mopar pages! I have own pages but ...

steve - 10/31/00 11:30:56
My Email:fetta_axle@hotmail.com
Country: aus
Make Of Car: valiant
Car Model: VJ Charger

Comments:
yes i have copy of the book your looking for ill have a look for it in the next few days ill get back to you "IF" i find it i have a very full garage

- 10/21/00 06:38:27

Comments:
http://www.oocities.org/brettgoodridge/vf.html

Jayson - 08/29/00 13:26:39
My Email:jayson@dmccreative.com.au
Country: Aus
Make Of Car: Chrysler
Car Model: VF

Comments:
So what's happening now???

Andrew Samman - 08/16/00 01:04:46
My Email:spyteq@optushome.com.au
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: Chrysler
Car Model: VF & VG V8 Hardtops

Comments:
If you can email me the body No & Engine No and the Option codes I can tell you what sort of car left the factory, and what its original engine no should start with. Great site, can I copy it for my cars?

Colin - 08/12/00 10:23:13
My Email:hemihoon@telstra.easymail.com.au
Country: South Oz
Make Of Car: Chrysler
Car Model: VG Pacer 4 door
Car Club: Chrysler Car Club of SA

Comments:
You can buy reprints of the factory workshop manuals from Hemi Performance in Victoria. Their address is; Locked Bag 1, Pakenham, Victoria 3810. Their phone number is (03) 5996 1143 or Fax on (03) 5996 7091. Hope this helps you. Any other help you need p ease don't hesitate to E-mail me. Good luck with the project!

Robbie - 07/23/00 17:40:03
My Email:robbie62@bigpond.com
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: Valiant 770 coupes
Car Model: VF 318 770 and VG 245
Car Club: nill

Comments:
I have owned the VF 318 770 coupe for 3 years and have just purchased a mint 70 VG 245 770 coupe , These cars just grow on you . They were always better than the ford and holden of there day and never deserved the credit they deserved ! Now people can,t et enough of them !!

doug - 07/23/00 11:49:17
My Email:slugo@rivernet.com.au
Country: nsw australia
Make Of Car: val
Car Model: vf pacer
Car Club: no

Comments:
good luck with your val,hope to see the finished product soon.i am currently rebuilding my pacer and some of your rust shots show me where i hav'nt looked yet.keep up the good work, ill be back. doug

Dodger - 06/25/00 02:15:52
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: VG Valiant
Car Model: Hardtop Regal

Comments:
Hey Craig, it's a great site and a credit to you, but how come no updates for so long....?

Bearhawke - 06/23/00 18:05:23
My Email:beardosa@hotmail.com
Country: Arizona USA
Make Of Car: 2000 Dodge
Car Model: Dalota Quad Cab (ute)

Comments:
I give you a lot of credit for bringing this 1968 A body (Dodge Dart here in USA) back from the dead. Right now I am looking for a 1965 Plymouth Valiant SW to restify as a toy. So wish me luck :) Bearhawke

ben - 06/03/00 06:37:45
My URL:http://?
Country: new zealand
Make Of Car: nope

Comments:
sassy. heres one for your list "its good to be me."

Andrew - 04/18/00 06:06:32
My Email:s3117064@vu.edu.au
Country: Aus
Make Of Car: Valiant
Car Model: 69 VF

Comments:
nice car, what kind of brakes are you running? i have a hard top and have spent nearly 10k on it and still have not don the motor yet, its gonna be a very hot 265, also how bably was your chassis craked.

Anthony - 04/15/00 08:08:02
My Email:awood@globalfreeway.com.au
Country: Aust
Make Of Car: Chrysler
Car Model: CM Regal, VF Regal sedan, VC sedan
Car Club: No

Comments:
What's going on? How's the resto progressing? Been a Chryslerphile since my VF carted me (and various others) all over Australia with absolutely no trouble. Had a VJ for five years, then the CM for three and still going great as the family wagon. Bought t e VF back off a mate and also have a good original VC sitting in the shed. Love VF, VG hardtops but reckon chopping them is sacrilege. Anyway, good luck with yours.

blixa taylor - 02/28/00 09:33:41
My Email:blixathevaliant@hotmail.com
Country: NZ
Make Of Car: chrysler
Car Model: VG Hardtop V8

Comments:
Max Ellery publications publish a reprint of the factory service manual for the VF, and all other valiants as far as I can tell (they have all the relevant specs in them as well) The address on the back of mine says: RSD Axedale, Victoria 3551, Australia Ph 03 5439 5000 Best of luck to ya.....

Chris Sargent - 01/29/00 07:30:31
Country: Qld, Australia
Make Of Car: chrysler
Car Model: 1970 vg 770 2 dr hardtop
Car Club: none

Comments:
Great page, good to see someone showing all the pain that you go through trying to restore a car in Australia. I've recently restored a VG convertible. I painted it myself in Hemi Orange. (took me at least 8 months just for the body.) Trimmed the whole i terior black. rewired it myself(lot's of burnt wires) Changed it from column manual shift to column auto shift. It's was only a 265 with a single barrel. yuck. replaced that with a two barrel and had to repair the distributer to get it to accelerate like t should. put some nicely polished jelly beans on her and she looked real good. Hope this can motorvate more mopar lovers into restoring their cars. by the way this wasn't even my car.

Ernie - 01/01/00 00:39:15
My Email:ernie@book-wyrm.com
Country: USA
Make Of Car: Subaru
Car Model: Impreza Outback
Car Club: none

Comments:
The first car I owned was a '62 Valiant with the small slant 6. Not a hot car, but I drove it places only Jeeps are suppposed to go and it handled everything. Loved the push-button tranny, sorry Chrysler gave up on it. Am looking to the Chrysler PT Cru ser for my next car.

james powers - 11/29/99 19:08:09
My Email:powersjm@hotmail.com
Country: valiaint country
Make Of Car: vg ht 245 6

Comments:
the valiant book a pedr davis production, marque publishing po203 hurstville nsw 2220 by tony davis 1987 distributed by kirby book co private bag 19 po alexandria nsw 2015

Stephen - 11/09/99 00:54:46
My Email:sacarran@hotmail.com
Country: N.Z.
Make Of Car: Chrysler
Car Model: VF Valiant 1969 & 1970
Car Club: Nil

Comments:
Just being picky but it did confuse me initially. Your spelling of 'stripped' as 'striped' I assume meaning cleaning back to original before painting.

Russell Sharp - 09/26/99 16:38:59
My Email:kerin@chariot.net.au
Country: australia
Make Of Car: mazda
Car Model: 626 (v6)
Car Club: none

Comments:
Great site you are doing a good job of the resto pity the roof is lopoff could have been a nice car in origanal form and worth alot more, never came out as a convertable here in Oz but in America was known as Dodge Dart with a few changes in the grille, b nnet, tailend and ofcourse bigger engines in the v8 dept. from former Chrysler/Mitsubishi worker

Danny Lazaro - 09/20/99 21:50:25
My Email:ERINNDAN@BELLSOUTH.NET
Country: USA, Atlanta, GA
Make Of Car: Plymouth
Car Model: Barracuda & Duster
Car Club: NORTHGEORGIAMOPARCLUB

Comments:
I found your site while at work, it brought back the memories from 2 years ago when I restification to my big block 440'69 Dodge Dart. I was living about 6 miles from the beach in Ft Lauderdale and my car almost looked like an artifical reef, keep up the ood work and it pay off when you slide behind the drivers seat and take off for day of cruising.

Tim - 09/13/99 21:50:04
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: Valiant
Car Model: VF

Comments:


mathew baker - 09/13/99 07:32:53
Country: new zealand
Make Of Car: vg coupe 1970
Car Model: valiant

Comments:
its good to see someone else interested in restoration of the valiant vf-vg models. i have a very tidy vg coupe but no motor,it had a 265 s block e 49 cam etc.. i blew three holes in the block, you could stick your hand through them. ouch . keep up the good work.

Bill - 09/04/99 10:11:43
My Email:BDsc@Bigpond.com
Country: Melb, Australia
Make Of Car: Valiant
Car Model: '70 VG Hardtop Coupe
Car Club: None

Comments:
Hey great site, good luck. My love affair with Valiants goes back to when I was 12, sneaking Dad's '67 4 door round the streets barely able to see over the dash...my project just started today with the purchase of a E55 340 V8. Bodywise my coupe is pristi e, but after almost 3 decades the motor, trans, & suspension are showing it, so, we begin this great adventure...hang the expense!!!

ZIVKO - 09/03/99 13:23:26
My Email:jasma@optusnet.com.au
Country: australia
Make Of Car: valiant
Car Model: VF 360 hardtop
Car Club: mopar burnout club

Comments:
one word of advice ,take that 318 truck motor out and replace it with a 360.Bolt on some W5 heads, M1 manifold, 650 lift roller cam,1050 dominator carby,bore & stroke it to the max,4800 stall slingshot converter ,twin 3 inch exhaust,5.11 ratio dana 60 re r end {fuck ford 9 inch ,it will shit itself} set of 15 x 14 hoosier bags,you will be poppin wheel stands and burnouts not brake jobs no troube at all,just like mine.

ZIVKO - 09/03/99 13:22:08
My Email:jasma@optusnet.com.au
Country: australia
Make Of Car: valiant
Car Model: VF 360 hardtop
Car Club: mopar burnout club

Comments:
one word of advice ,take that 318 truck motor out and replace it with a 360.Bolt on some W5 heads, M1 manifold, 650 lift roller cam,1050 dominator carby,bore & stroke it to the max,4800 stall slingshot converter ,twin 3 inch exhaust,5.11 ratio dana 60 re r end {fuck ford 9 inch ,it will shit itself} set of 15 x 14 hoosier bags,you will be poppin wheel stands and burnouts not brake jobs no troube at all,just like mine.

Al Gardner - 08/24/99 14:35:59
My Email:gardners@ihug.com.au
Country: Australia (Melbourne)
Make Of Car: Volvo
Car Model: 1986 740 GLE
Car Club: MG & Jag

Comments:
Great site! I've been thinking of selling the Volvo lately and buying a convertible. I was going to buy a 55 MGTF but I'm going to get that later in life so if I can find a good Val conversion then I will as I still like the extra room for four passengers. Once again, great site and good luck! I just hope your top doesn't surprise you on a cold, windy, rainy day.

Jason - 08/14/99 12:31:59
My Email:chrysler@picknowl.com.au
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: Chrysler/dodge
Car Model: VG,VG VIP,VG COUPE,56 DODGE KINGSWAY UTILITY
Car Club: NONE AT THIS TIME

Comments:
Hi craig i love your car.Its not easy restoring a car as i have found out so many times.My wife and i have got 7 cars between us.I have a VG VIP that i havent quiet finished a VG coupe which i brought of the second owner last week and he owned it for the ast 24 years had to sell because he lost his license (to old)and it has never had rust.A dodge kingsway ute and a Stirling moss special which has been fully restored but is about to be transplated with a 450hp 360 which i have built to take a supercharger which will be fitted at a later date which will bring it up to a respectable 700 plus hp.My wife has a VK 770 charger VG coupe and a CM SE Regal which we are giving a quick coat of paint at the moment for her to run our kids around in.You maybe wondering hy so many vehicles well me and my brother own our own Crash shop so if you have any probs with parts drop me a line as we have heaps of contacts and that goes for anyone who reads this.Bye the way pumping site catch ya :)

Craig DeVorster - 07/31/99 19:16:42
Country: Pretoria, South Africa
Make Of Car: Ford
Car Model: Cortina XR8 X-Ocelot
Car Club: None

Comments:
Nice Job! Valiants were some of the best selling cars in South Africa during the mid sixties-and they were indestructible almost!

Tommo - 07/24/99 09:06:38
My Email:jentom@picknowl.com.au
Country: SA
Make Of Car: CM GLX 5.2 CL Regal 5.2
Car Model: chrysler

Comments:
Just looking at your restoration job, and im amazed by the amount of work is to be done! Surely you could find a better body, cos im sure i could!

Adam West - 07/03/99 12:47:15
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: VF 225 Coupe & 318 'FireBall' Sedan,VG 'Mexicana'Coupe 245
Car Club: No

Comments:
I am currently undertaking a full ground up restoration on my VG 'Mexicana'.It's great to see someone else in the same boat as me. Just when think you've budgeted for everything....there's more! Anyone with any good VF front guards, bonnet, grille,trim etc for sale ...let me know. Write: Adam West, 45 Dugdale Ave, Taree, NSW, 2430. P.S. Great Sandblaster (Double Thumbs Up):"ENVIROSTRIP" at Mortlake, NSW. PH. 029 743 5355 See John or Ross. No relation just great job on my VG!

chris - 06/16/99 10:47:31
My Email:cheer@hotkey.com.au
Country: melbourne vic
Make Of Car: VALIANT
Car Model: 69 VF770 318 V8 COUPE
Car Club: NONE

Comments:
THE CAR IS FOUR SALE IT IS IN TOP ORIGIANAL CONDITION 7500 ONO FOR SALE

Kelly Doke - 04/16/99 00:59:46
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/MotorCity/Downs/4928
My Email:Volare_Sedan@hotmail.com
Country: USA
Make Of Car: Buick
Car Model: Century

Comments:
I really love Dodge Challengers. Your page is pretty cool, Aussie Chryslers are so intriguing! Your page is awesome!! Kelly

Anthony - 03/26/99 14:39:14
My Email:whitman@gold.net.au
Country: Australia (Kalgoorlie)
Make Of Car: Valiant
Car Model: 68 VE Regal 160HP

Comments:
Excellent site and car. I am in the process of rebuilding mine too. Just rebuilding the front end and putting disks on it as well as the exhaust and rubber work too. If any one has any headers (or knows where I can get em from) please email me - they gotta clear the air cond compressor.

steve m - 03/24/99 00:27:12
Country: aust brisbane
Make Of Car: chrysler
Car Model: ve ute

Comments:
good luck, i am just starting to rebuild my own project. the ute has a 318 ,i need a 4 speed and a centura rear end . i would also like any details of a kit for rack and pinion steering.i dont use the internet much so i dont have an email address. if you an assist i will check this site again soon.

Damian Norris - 03/15/99 08:29:25
My Email:Damian.Norris@xtra.co.nz
Country: New Zealand
Make Of Car: Valiant
Car Model: 69 Fireball Coupe

Comments:
Best discovery on the net so far, especially as there is so little information on VFs. Have had mine three years now and is a complete love affair. Have restored the 318 and new ball joints etc.. throughout. Bodywise, is in excellent condition but have been advised to strip vinyl off the roof for total respray. Am looking into running her solely on LPG. Anyone with any information on this would be much appreciated. Keep up the good work - looking forward to next pictures. Damian

Cameron Williams - 03/08/99 07:35:34
My Email:Mr_Mopar_Man
Country: australia
Make Of Car: Valiant
Car Model: VG,VH

Comments:
nice page.. max ellery makes remakes original factory type manuals (since he owns the rights 2 em) they include all specifications(including exports) and everything u might need..personaly ive found em 2b 1st rate & MUCH more informative and easier 2 foll w the gregorys type manuals. they r done in the original style and he's got all types of valiants and many other makes & models aswell.. you can contact him on (03) 5439 5000 or : Max Ellery Publications, R.S.D. Axedale,Victoria,3551,Australia

linda Jenkins - 03/04/99 21:11:50
My URL:http:/www.oocities.org/motorcity/downs/6875/
My Email:pontiac_power@hotmail.com
Country: US
Make Of Car: Pontiac
Car Model: Formula Firebird

Comments:
Nice Website you have. Looking forward to coming back and checking for updates.

Tracey - 03/04/99 12:35:22
My Email:jonma@bigpond.com

Comments:
fantastic!! congrats on your site awards! :)

Tracey - 03/04/99 12:27:38
My Email:jon,ma@bigpond.com
Country: Oz

Comments:
looks good craig! keep up the good work. :)

Sam de Brito - 02/27/99 23:15:10
My Email:samsurfs@yahoo
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: Valiant
Car Model: VG - two door

Comments:
My car's excatly the same as the red one you have pictured in the top left hand corner of your home page but it's a hard top. Seeing all the work you've done on yours makes me feel like a negilgent parent. I live near the ocean and rust is chewing the ars outta my baby but I Just don't have the money or time to undertake a full restoration. Good luck with yours, they're beautiful machines. I've had mine for three years and it's been like a song I can't get outta my head.

mistreated secretary - 02/25/99 11:42:32
My URL:http://www.cavalrynet.com/dave!/
My Email:mistreated_one@hotmail.com
Country: usa
Make Of Car: boss to cheap to pay for one

Comments:
nice page...please sign my boss's book for me so i can get paid ok?....very nice car :)

Scott Cesta - 02/09/99 23:03:37
My Email:GEEWHIZ444@yahoo.com
Country: USA
Make Of Car: 1967 Cheverolet
Car Model: Impala SS396 Convertible

Comments:
Mine's under restoration I am a well known wetsander and rubber ie: paint finishes anyhow, call this shop in the United States and tell them Scott the HITMAN told you to call. Elite Body and Paint (Full Restoration Shop) ask for Gary, Rick, or Bill Good uck!!!

michelle - 02/09/99 09:14:38
My Email:moby@tac.com.au
Country: Australia

Comments:
I think this is a great page and i will be back to visit. congradulations on the work you have done.

jeff - 01/19/99 02:14:28
My Email:bijjn@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Country: Australia
Make Of Car: Valiant regal
Car Model: 69 VF coupe 160HP
Car Club: no

Comments:
Hi Craig Good site.Hope the restoration goes well. Sorry i don't have a spare manual.I was lucky enough to be given one by an ex's father that covers from R series to VF. I have just spent the last 3 weeks tinkering with my coupe.I was very lucky finding her in near showroom condition with only 66000 mile on it,1 owner.It was badly in need of a head job & replacement of hosing & perishables.Getting her ready for the next All Chrysler day in Sydney. Cheers Jeff

Tony - 01/07/99 00:33:47
My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/ab/abchorse/index.html
My Email:asteeper@actonline.com.au
Country: Awstralia, cobber
Make Of Car: Valiant 2 door, 1969
Car Model: VF
Car Club: nup

Comments:
Interesting site, look forward to seeing how it all works out. I've got and been driving a 69 VF 2 door for some years, vowing to do it up. It's a 770 Regal, power steering, air, 318 V8 and a real gem. Originally I wanted to chop it like yours but now pr fer the hard top - not much of the year to cruise in Canberra top down and I hear the softies ALWAYS leak - be careful of that. I've had the transmission redone (ouch), new twin exhaust, and various other bits but now my baby's in the driveway needing an ngine rebuild and I haven't the bucks. Apart from engine work the car is VERY straight and rust free but does need a bare metal respray (NOT in the original bronze - kak), carpet and as much as you want to spend on the interior. She cost me $800, has be n driven solid for four years or so and is the best highway car I've ever driven, as well as the grooviest. Gregories' 69 Val manual is not hard to track down, Repco can order it. A real workshop manual would be better but I haven't seen one. I also have an original sales brochure I can copy for you if you like. Best of luck, hope your wallet can take the puni hment!