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'1961 Plymouth Valiant'

I had a dodge lancer 1962 and it was the same as a valiant, which i drove all over central america and back to michigan in the 70's, thats me in 1974 in the panama canal zone
I was in the US Army
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When I was seventeen (1966, I bought a 1962 Valiant for $1500. I drove the thing like a tank; through the woods, etc.

About a year after I bought it, a distracted driver (who bent over to pick up her baby's toy) ploughed into the rear at a stoplight. My insurance company wrote it off as a total, paid me $1200 for it, but let me keep it! Although the rear was stove in a bit, it was still drivable.

Six months later the engine threw a rod. My dad had it towed back home and I managed to part it out for nearly $600, eventually having the stripped hulk towed away for final burial.

I had transportation for nearly eighteen months, and actually made ~$300 in the process! :)

Man that slant-six was a solid piece of engineering!
 
All those old cast iron sixes (Chevy, Ford, Mopar) were tough old engines. I'd have one today if I could find an old pickup in halfway decent shape that had one. Seems like at least with the Chevys, everyone tosses out the old six and puts a small block V8 in it's place.

My first car was a '62 Dodge Dart but it had the 318 V8 and the push button shift automatic. Drove it one time and then my step dad went to do a tune up on it. It never ran again. Wasn't the car, it was his mechanicing. The car ran fine until he got under the hood. Eventually sold it for junk.
 
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