The Llama Barn Valiant! A Budget A-Body That Goes Around Corners 

A valiant! Well that's nice! Epic!!! And cool.......I like it... Who else like this?

That thing is insanely cool.

I bought and sold a lot of these in the late 80's-mid 90's also lots of Darts with the slant 6,there was a strong following in my area for frugal buyers wanting gas mileage and reliability..Those were different than when I had one with a V8 those guys you knew were going to drag race it or a quick street car.. The slant 6 cars even 4 doors sold fast,bought them needing work for next to nothing made about $700-$1000 per slant 6 car,basically every old car I bought back then late 80's -mid 90's thats a nice chunk of change today(roughly $2000 per car) remember I bought these for $150-$300 needing work,usually failed emission testing or leaky/dead transmission fixed for less than $100 aka junkyard trans)... I always liked that style of Valiant always wanted a Black/Black with dog dish hubcaps and a built 340 or 360..Closest was a light green/black looked great 273 4bbl,duel exhaust Valiant Signet.. I wish in 1987 I knew how rare it was and would have kept it! Bought it with a leaking torque conv,replaced it she ran great probably sold it for less than $1500 in 1987 as a young teen,oh well...Even my Chevy buddies who hated Mopars liked the Valiant,they hated Mopars because their SS 396 Chevelles would lose to my 383 4bbl Newport!

Father had a 4 door Valiant with a 4 speed and slant six. No power steering and no power brakes. Only one window would roll down. An interesting ride in 90 degree heat. You really had to concentrate driving it.

What a lovely patina... again!

Uncle Tony brought me here. As a 62 year old retired auto tech with over 40 years in the industry, I think like he does and approve of the way you do things as well. Very refreshing to see a young bright guy who has a soul and 'gets it'. Have been recommending you and spreading the word about this channel to my car buddies. Thanks for the content, Jamie. I worked on a million of these old cars starting in '79 all the way until '21, and some of the memories are pretty horrific. I had forgotten all about those late '70's ignition switch metal steering column lock outs!!! LOL.... And in CA, all of those cars had lean burn and customers always complained about the crappy lean-miss idle. Keep up the great work.

I can’t beleive that car runs as well as well as it does , man I would love to have its a great sleeper. Could be the best of all time.

Actually, the ‘67 Valiant two door is one of my my all time faves - when these things were new I vividly remember a ‘67 Signet coupe around town - navy blue, stainless side window trim, white buckets - and a 273 4BBL! I like your brother’s car, too!

I like it. I think if you adjust and fix things as you find it will be a fun car to drive around.

Cool little car! I had 2 69's back in the 80's one was my daily driver the other was turned into a drag car that's in Tennessee now. I actually traded the daily driver one to a 72 Cuda 340 with a bad engine, that wouldn't happen nowadays!😂

Always liked the body style of these years

the lama, im in love with!!! it fn rocks!!!! rust patina and all .its prefect

Cool Buggy!

Cool ass Valiant. Love the patina. Funny commentary too 😎

I can watch this channel all night. I think I did once.

Very cool 😎 glad it has ended up with someone who knows what to do with it 🚗

Great ! can't wait to see your next video . Good narrative also .

That's a scary looking car. It has the moonshiner feel with those dog dish caps. It looks like the kind of car that you don't even think about messing with. There was a guy in Atlanta way back many moons ago who drove a scruffy old Nova that looked like that. All he ever did was tune that damn car and race people for titles out on the access road behind the airport. He was undefeated for many years. He was a Vietnam vet with a pair of brass ones the size of grapefruits and nothing fazed this dude. Whenever I see a car like this, it reminds me of that guy. It just has that vibe. People are so much more open and friendly about all this stuff today. I came up during the tail end of that old gladiator mentality that was left over from the 50s. Ask any of the old timers you know. They'll probably tell you some great stuff.

Love them post cars!

Dude, much loved that video! It's the perfect combo of ratty and rad. Love them sleepers. 3 pedal fun for days. I would take one of those Valiants any day as my A body rig. Oh Hell Yes. Hell yes.

Had a buddy that had a 4 door valiant with about 400 gubujillion thousand miles on a slant 6. Ran when none others would. Didn't mind mud dust or snow. It liked to track up the Milwaukee rr abandoned tracks, or to do any other task we asked of it. Had more fun with that than all other of my friends cars....plus it was quicker than my friends 63 Nova SS!

Your sense of humor kills me 😂😅 awesome video!

I really like the '67, grill, tail lights, body lines. Had a '67 Dart GT. Being 55, I still can't decide if I prefer no side marker lights, or the round ones on '68 model year cars. But the Green Brick. I loved how that car embarrassed a lot of high end muscle cars, and sports cars back in the day, especially on road courses.

Love the Llama Barn Valiant! I would prefer no exhaust in the cabin and maybe fully functioning U joints but I'm picky. Either way, I definitely agree with all that has been done to it including 3 pedals and a stick. Just got an 833OD installed in my Dart Sport and am hoping my mystery 318 will deliver 20 on the road. We'll see. I get that old 2 doors post cars should be cheaper, but when looking for an A body about 5 years ago, anything 2 door hardtop was not 'cheap' - Its amazing how it transformed from a throw-away car to a highly desirable muscle car platform. Even F & M bodies are creeping up in 'value.' I would imagine we can blame auction houses that rhyme with starrett plaxson for that but that's a kind of a different topic. Keep the content coming Jamie!

Drive my ‘66 Valiant around town all the time. Love it. It does have the weak little brakes common in those cars, so every ride is an adventure.

My buddy had a valiant like that slam 6 Auto and one day he decided the body looked pretty rough so we worked at a record store so we took all the 45s that the owner😛 didn't want anymore and we glued them all over the car we got a lot of attention also got pulled over by police what the hell you doing it was cool thanks for the video I like those Valiants

Love the '67 Valiant post cars! It's one I have never owned but always wanted. Maybe one day...

That looked like a fun car to beat on in the twistys. Thanks for the ride

I get the feeling that you and your bro aren’t best buddies. Thanks for the memories of my 69 valiant 3 on the tree slant six. That car needs a cheap fix it up and rattle can paint job…the cop wheels and dog dishes are perfect!

"Oh yeah............there's some sounds!'

SCORE. I GOT A WOODY TODAY TNANSK HUGE VALIENT FAN BRING THAT MODEL BACK LIV IT AND THANK YOU FOR THE A. BODY

Hey Jamie, on the one only pentastar badge,,, I was told several years ago, while at the Mopar Nats, that Chryslers reason for the one badge was to symbolize a signature. The badge was specifically place on the lower portion of one side only. Much like the signature on a letter.

Very cool valiant. I had a 70 valiant 4 door.

Love the Dusters

I just got my Dead Dodge Garage t-shirt and sticker! I love them!! You're the best Mopar channel out there by far.

Valiant fleet body 2 door sedan?!?!?!? Holy smokes Ratman! Goodness only Plymouth could provide

Man I love this car

🇺🇸👍 Good video, and great 1/4 mile drag car 👍

Anybody with a set of eyes should see that little car has a wide wicked streak. It just oozes attitude. It deserves to be nut n bolted to it's potential.

I had a 69 Valiant Signet with a slant 6 I bought in the late 90's for around $600. This car really makes me miss it. I heard the pentastar was mounted on the passenger side so that when it was parked curbside, people walking by could identify it as a Chrysler product without having to walk around to the front or back to see the name (I know - the name is on the fender, who knows...?)

I'd love to find one of these! Haven't found one that hasn't rusted into the ground!

My kind of look - id love this and ive leave it exactly how it is

Here in Australia, the grille and rear lights were different . Of course we have everything inside on the right side. One of my work mates has your version in right hand drive but unsure how that came to be. Their build years were from late '67 thru to '70 and designated as VE , VF , and VG, of course V being for Valiant. Enjoyed the ride Jamie.

That looks fun.

When those cars were new. They were bought by people that were always careful to use both sides of new paper. 1969 was a long, long time ago :-)

I always thought of the pentastar on the fender sort of like a birthmark… no wait, a beauty mark! P.S. Your hair sure grows fast!

Cool video

The '67 Valiant is my Favorite year for Vals- I love that grill too. And when UTG was building Slaghammer and converted the 4 door to 2 door I really flipped out. But then Mopar Al took over... and I thought he was doing a good job on it and thought it was kinda kool, although Tony's trucks axle width trak really bugged me, as gasser's really never had that look, and trust me- Gassers were my faves back in the day, and I'm 5 years older than Defeo. PS- I knew the young punk Defeo back in the day, and even street raced him and BEAT him, and let's say that didn't sit well with the hot headed punk back in 1979...but I better shut up now. 😝

72 Valiant with under coated frame, by Ziebart! Easiest to work on, best car I've had in years! Sorry I doldrums it 5 years ago!

idk what ppl do..i drove 60's-70's Mopes from '84 till like 2000..never had a single v. regulator issue. i now have a mostly done '70 Fury Gran Coupe w/a de-smogged '77 440. i think i recall 1 time out of several ppl..inc my folks..in the last 60 yrs.. someone losing a volt reg, lol. & all muscle era mopes do corners well. decent tires & a fr. end alignment once every decade is about all that's needed to rly denounce the fiction of cars of that era not cornering well. ok..many ford & chevy cars didnt, lol. if things are taken a lil further..gusseted K, sub frame connectors, big wheel/tires, nice shocks, proper fr end alignment with a lot of pos caster..maybe run the new fangled tubular A arms..it's amazing corner carving time! Cool Valiant! lightest & stiffest of the Mopars of the era & has more patina than the Titanic!

That is another great project, you have all the best 4 spd cars ! Some friends had an older valiant than that (previous bodystyle?) it had an automatic trans but no column shifter, there were mechanical pushbuttons on the dash to the left of the steering wheel, so wierd. I had thrush mufflers on my old Belvedere 318, small diameter with woodpecker emblem on the side they sounded awesome and were dirt cheap

10:05 Pentastar was on the psngr side for curb ID..however ya wanna say it. so ppl walking down the street would know you had a Chrysler Corp cruiser. Fun fact! I was at a gun show a few yrs back. Dude there had a big pile of patches. One of 'em looked like a pentastar. i bought a stack of them. Turns out it was a US Army patch from like WW2! Whomever 'designed' the pentastar, lifted the design! lol.

One of these days I am driving up to your place to buy a Dodge from you. I just know it, I can feel it in my bones, in fact I think we might just be related.

You know how you were talking about doing a slant 6 turbo. I just watched a video on the same kind of build and it was pretty cool. They used a lot of stuff from speed shops down under. But I think that it will definitely make a great video and a fun car. Anyway thanks for everything

It makes me feel great about my 71 demon watching this video. Its very much in the same condition.... but soooo fun!

The penta star is on the passenger side because,,,when you park at curbs the passenger side always faces the sidewalk, so people walking by knew it was a Chrysler product!! True story!!

Will I never though I would say this about a Valiant but there is something cool about your bothers Valiant.

I'm sorry, but absolutely love that Valiant....

It looks perfect!

Oh, and heard the Penastar is only in the passenger side in North America so people walking by on the sidewalk know it’s part of the family. In countries where they drive on the other side of the road, the emblem is missing or on the other side. Don’t recall which now.

That's a sweet car always wanted a valiant.

Love it.

It will even look better after you paint the cop wheels the right color!

That Rim Blow steering wheel is worth 5x what your brother paid for the car. Love the mopar post cars.

The pentastar is mounted on the the passenger side for safety reasons same thing with the 70 fury’s it’s usually the curb side. That’s a very cool car!

Awesome!!

Pentastars are only on passenger side, because that is the curb side. This way ppl walking by could see it is a mopar.

I love that car!

Does have a lot of cool stuff going on- ahhh, yess, flat cornering! Those iron case OD's are in the mid '80's pickups witb /6's- full size transmisson. Was going to kit-bash a F-body aluminum case OD for the shorter output shaft & A-body friendly shifter pad location.. For a mild smallblock, the Novak 4x4 folks are using a Dakota V6 10.5" clutch bellhousing with a AX-15. Been thinking about the 2wd AX-15 in an A-body might be fun.

I would actually enjoy seeing all the bugs worked out of this Valiant.

A friend of mine had a 67 4 door he put a 340 in his with a 4 speed it was wicked I miss that car

".....and I parked in a bush." 😃

I have that same car 67,68,72 love them a bodies

The pentastar is only on the pasengner to be seen from the curb/sidewalk when parked.

You obviously love the vehicles you work on - it must be absolutely frustrating to deal with the mess that most come to you in! Such lovely cars and trucks molested, forgotten and mistreated - should be a law against it!

Parts fall off go back and pick them up,or not. Nice car,brother has good taste.😂

I like it!

Had a '70 Valiant sedan with a 318, 4-speed, disc brakes, sway bar & an 8.75' with a 3.23 SG...the bad part was a kid had it & wrecked several panels on it. It was fun to drive, but ended up being stripped

Not bad 👍. So much potential ❤

Please more videos of the Valiant.

You should put some red oxide primer on it to stop the rust. Cheap. As long as it stops the rust.

Woow a 2 door , hey why clean hats 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🥲

I make horrible noises when I come off the ground too. Lol

Soooooo cool.

I remember a valiant that I thought a car magazine built for one lap of America..

We need input from Australia to see if the pentastar is on the opposite side, if that's the case it would give credence to the sidewalk theory.

Best guess, curb side eye candy.

I have the same cast iron overdrive transmission going in my 73 duster.

I recall a Mopar magazine making the ‘Green Brick’ on a platform like this, was quite a car

They only put the Pentastar emblem on the passenger side as they were aiming at the people looking at it from the sidewalk

I like it

My advise would be turn the radio up to drown out the rattles, but there is no radio in any of your cars.

I run the 4 spd od in both my 66 Dart GT n 74 D100.. it works much better with steeper gears.. Dart has 3.91 n 14" tires truck 3.91 or even happier with 4.10.. good mpg means u can afford to drive them n leave them sitting 😊

Did they build these in utes in the US? They did here in Australia, I had one, it had all the same Mopar quirks you know so well. I still loved it tho.

The star only on the pas side, was for curb view for advertise

Hey DDG! my folks had one of these in the same silver/blueish as this one, but with like a thousand times less rust. Well it gets the mileage I want, and it has most of the sound I like, Did/Do they (Direct Connection) make a "Purple Shaft" cam for the small blocks? I like the way it made easy horsepower and idled like a funny car (sorta, you know) I hate all of the unibody, pretty much anyways. But it IS a muscle car, now anyways. Something modest could be the answer for my "4x4 for a muscle car trade" that I'd like to make. '70 birds are just too over priced. Hey a Satellite, or duster, demon, valiant etc. etc. might just be the answer, but definitely not this rough because the whole reason I want to trade is 'cause I'm badly disabled and now discussing my 11th surgery with my doctors. I'm having massive trouble getting my boot up to the step-bars, not to mention the trouble my dementia afflicted wife of 25 years is having. Looks like a lot of fun!

damn i love this lama...just noticed in your neighbors drive way the baby blue pick up truck. is that an early d50?

I'm allergic to Mopars without three pedals, and I hope they never find a cure! Hmmm... would that statement that fit on a T-shirt?

I got a 72 scamp that needs some help 😊

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