got a new cage

[lee_dutcher]

Did a tune up yesterday and po put autolite part # 26 in the motor...well thw correct ones are autolite#66 the differance is substantial. 66 is about 5 mm long. Did a oil change ot was black and smelled burnt put some valvoline with some seafoam. Clean it out good.... here some pics







Can you guess what it is?

[natemoen]

1963 Plymouth Valiant.

What's it got for an engine?

[Bellerophon]

Yep one of my first cars was a baby blue '63 Valiant with a 170 CID slant 6, three on the tree. There were many firsts that occured in that car.

[lee_dutcher]

Yep 63 has the the 225 slant 6. Doing a little research and found that there is stil alot of aftermarket for this motor. Plus the engine is very dependable

[natemoen]

The first engine I ever tore apart and reassembled was a valiants slant 6. That's why I asked!

[lee_dutcher]

Yea they seem like a simple motor to dissmantle

[madmax-im]

My Dad had a '64 Valiant with the push button automatic trans... and the lever right next to it was tthe parking brake... Dodge made their version the Barracuda which a HS buddy of mine drove around...think that was '65 or '66...

[DCII]

Classic

Great car, my first car was a 62 Valiant with the 170 slant six, used to love setting those points. I think the Dodge version was the Lancer, the Barracuda was Plymouth's answer to the Mustang if memory serves me right it came out in 65, different sheet metal on a Valiant chassis with a 273 V8 engine available.

[bikerphil]

Those slant 6's with solid lifters run forever, or they throw a rod out the block behind the starter, what a blast from the past.

[lee_dutcher]

Lol...starter is half the size of the motor..

[Cobia]

Madmax,
Funny you mention the push button transmision control.
My parents had a '61 Dodge Seneca that had the same rectangular button trans controller. The Seneca was a step down from the Dodge Polara.
Yeah, Phil.... Big blast from the past !!

[jcchappy]

My buddy was just working on a 64 valiant 2 door hardtop last spring. It had the slant 6 we kept talking about turboing it. Looked up a lot of sites that have done it. Seems like those slant six's were made for boost. I would imagine even boosted to 6 to 7 lbs it would still last forever.