For Sale Yeah, I'd park this lil weirdo in my drive: '62 Lancer
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
At least it has 3 pedals.
I would still cram a big block in it.
I would still cram a big block in it.
Ripinator
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Years ago, I had a Chevy mechanic friend who had a 'very similar '62 Plymouth Valiant. He set it up with a 350 small block with all the over-the-counter Corvette performance goodies and two four-barrel carburetors. He put a GM four-speed behind it, a Chevy drive shaft and a rear end with a 4.56 gear. It was one wickedly fast car. I drove it once. My pregnant wife and his wife were in the back seat. My wife had the baby the next day. . .
tbm3fan
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Mmm, equates rare with desirable and valuable. Common mistake/fault of sellers. He said paint so I hope he didn't put more money into the car than it is worth. Can't see that car, unique as it is, getting past $5000.
commando1
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Something similar here.
Had a mechanic friend, just like you, stuff a screaming SBC into one of these. After flooring it, the car twisted so bad, he couldn't open the doors and had to crawl out the window.
I was shopping around for a two door version of a Lancer or Valiant for a while. The pickings were slim... For some reason, they seem to get trashed in some screwy attempt to "customize". If they weren't trashed, they were rot boxes sculpted with bondo so they looked like a car. Asking prices were all over the map... some seemed to think that they had Hemi 'Cuda Barrett Jackson value.
I gave up...
BTW, in the A-body world, they are known as "Toads".
I gave up...
BTW, in the A-body world, they are known as "Toads".
commando1
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GregG48203
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The way my dad told it, the first generation A-body was actually better than the competition (especially the Falcon). On subsequent versions, Chrysler actually took money out of the car; presumably because it made little difference to buyers. This is me on our 1961 V-200 in the mid 1970s:
drpreposterous
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You know, Greg, somehow even in its rusted 70s state, it had an elegant-for-an-economy car look...
drpreposterous
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drpreposterous
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Reduced to $5.8k
78Brougham
"Chump"
Now this one I really like. We had a '62 Valiant for years, 3 on the tree, great little car.
bluefury361
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If it's a duplex it has to be a wagon for me.
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