Different people look for different things when they’re vehicle shopping or just vehicle dreaming. The most significant consideration for me is whether a vehicle is rust-free or not. Having grown up in the upper-Midwest and having dealt with miserable snow and miserable, rusty cars my whole miserable life, I really only want rust-free vehicles in my old age. The seller of this arrow-straight 1966 Plymouth Valiant V-100 sedan says that it’s rust-free and that’s music to my ears. It’s listed on eBay with an unmet opening bid of $3,900 and it’s located in Longmont, Colorado.
With a 40-year history of owning rusty cars, even currently, whenever I see the bottom portion of a car painted black, I automatically think that it’s rusty and it’s been fixed quickly and cheaply. But, there’s no rust on this one. The “Body is straight as an arrow and completely rust free.” They say that there is “Only 57k original miles, spent its whole life here in Colorado.”
The second-generation Plymouth Valiant was made for the 1963 to 1966 model years and the V-100 was the base model. Next in line was the V-200 and finally the Signet. This car does look like it’s in excellent condition and the seller says that it has “Only 57k original miles, spent its whole life here in Colorado.” The trunk is filled with goodies and apart from that, it looks as solid as the rest of the car does. This car was built in Los Angeles according to the VIN, so it has most likely been in some nice climates.
As the base model, it’s base model inside too. Yes, that’s a three-on-the-tree, the proper transmission in a Valiant/Dart, in my opinion. The interior will need some work, much more than the exterior will, but no problem there. It’s just like life; you pick away at it a little here and a little there until it’s finished… But you’re in luck even though the headliner and the rest of the interior need work, the seller says that this car’s interior “comes with headliner and everything needed to restore.” Nice, very nice.
Dare I say that the slant-six is one of the top-ten engines of all time? I just said it, so it’s too late to take it back now. It could use a Sunday bath in there and some detailing, not to mention those headers that are sitting in the trunk. This is a 170 cubic-inch slant-six according to the VIN, and it would have had about 100 hp. They say that “she runs and drives fine, just drove it over 100 miles yesterday, so fun!” And, “Currently has a Holley carb and upgraded headers and intake, all stock components are in the trunk.” Those headers in the trunk don’t look stock but maybe they aren’t for this car. There’s only one way to find out, get in touch with the seller of this great looking Valiant.
Bollocks its 57k – 4 large! – No
Considering you could probably get another 50-80K miles out of that untouched slant six, the engine alone makes this a viable deal, even with the extra doors. The lack of rust, if true, is the icing on the cake.
There are an astonishing number of these still on the road, the energiser bunny of cars. Mom had a wagon when I was a we lad. This example will still be on the road the day after fossil fuel is band.
Great car. Extremely dependable but way to much money for a base model Valient in this condition
My first car was one of these in light blue. Paid $25 and towed it home. Drove it a long time and sold it on to someone else to drive even more. The price, while a bit optimistic, is not too crazy for a straight example of one of these. I would need to see quite a few more pics to believe the “rust free” claim, though. Fenders and rockers ALWAYS suffered from the tin-worm.
I learned to drive a manual transmission on the 2 door equivalent to this car, same color too. Reliable as heck and good on gas. They were light enough that the slant six had some moxie but a V8 would be much better. $3,900 is all the money for this car.
My 1968 Chrysler Valiant Rebel V200 a/t, covered over 80,000 km during the time that I owned it and the only item that I can remember being replaced during that time, other than regular servicing requirements, was the front U J. I sold it to a truck operator who used it as a spares delivery vehicle for his trucks that had broken down anywhere in South Africa/Namibia/Botswana/Zimbabwe etc. also with no major repairs during the time that he owned it. He then sold it to a taxi operator who I am sure did many more thousands of km before it finally expired. Impossible to kill. Great car.
V-100? Cylinders must be the size of dimes!