I drove a 1961 Plymouth Valiant in High School and would like to find another one. Preferably a 2 door post sedan. I'll consider other years in the first generation production and will also look at a 4 door, 2 door hardtop or a wagon. It doesn't need to be pretty. It doesn't need to run as long as it's mostly there. It DOES need to have a solid undercarriage. Especially where the torsion bars go into the floor. The more complete the better.

I am retired so I'm not rich, so no gold plated chassis please. (i.e., reasonably priced) I may have something to trade, that varies so I may or may not. You can contact in one of three ways. PM through here, email at yanktanks@aol.com or via phone at eight one two-423-two one four two. I'll try to remember to bump this ad to keep it active. Thanks.

 

I found this one.

There are some out there, but, I couldn't convince the ads to load. It seems that 63 and up are fairly easy to find, but, finding anything at all under 10K is a bit rare. Most I find are in pretty good condition/restored, and are well north of 15K...... one was 125K.... Ouchie.

 

I got it to load but it's not a whole car. It's a shell sitting on a frame from something else. There is no bottom to the car and it wouldn't really be a first generation Valiant. I did find one ad, but they want nearly 10K for it and it was partially modified.

https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/...439023843.html

Paint it black and you'd have what I drove in school. Between the distance, price and modifications, I don't want that particular car that bad. It's actually a decent car around town, but really miserable on the highway. I don't think I'd take it on the interstate. In later years, I got a '64 Chrysler 300K because the front looked the same. I also had a '73 Plymouth Duster I bought because it was black and had a 6 banger and stick shift. They just aren't the Valiant with the memories it had.

 

Do a search on 60-62 Valiant, and all sorts of ads will come up, on a host of different sites. (Search Tempest will search craigslist for you, at whatever range you give it.) I found LOTS of ads, but, very few of them were under 10K.

 

Search Tempest is where I found the ad I posted. I saw one a couple of years ago in Cincinnati but I was still working and the GF always had plans for my vacation time. I'm in no rush. Maybe I'll hit the lottery and can find a restored one.

 

Well, the one in Tucson has dropped by 25%. It's still too far and too much, but they are getting more reasonable. At least it looks solid with a lot of surface rust but no tinworm.

 

Where are you at?

There are companies that will deliver cars, for reasonable rates......

 

I'm in S.W. Indiana where Indiana give Kentucky and Illinois a wedgie. I've shipped cars to Australia and the rates back then varied from $600 to $1400. The car is more than I can afford and too far away to look at. I'm not going to waste their time.

 

Keeping it active.

 

Bumping again to keep it active.