Wild Valiant Gasser

[soooperdave]

Missed you guyz! I've been back to work and by the time I get home because of my stroke I'm really too tired to do much of anything. Big time slump, abilities are hindered, lack of inspiration and generally feeling kinda beaten. Well thank God I snapped out of that!
Quite often all it will take is seeing a photo of a car that just really get's me goin, and such is the case of this insane Valiant gasser I saw online. So I got right on Ebay and in about 2 weeks found this 2dr Valiant promo, Not sure of the year because it is not on the chassis. So what you see is what I have come up with today. I'm using a modified Barracuda chassis right now and I'm gonna get the back up a little higher but not quite as radical as the reference photo. I have to open the hood and ofcourse it will have a hemi, not sure if it will be blown or injected. It felt real good to be crafting again today, I hoping this lasts again for a good long while!

[rustybill1960]

;D
Great to have You back in the saddle Dave!!
project looks SUPER!
;D
Looking forward to more!
Thank You for sharing
Later
Russ

[Deleted]

Bring it on Sooop... We're all eager to see!

[ira]

[glow=red,2,300]Great Start Dave!!![/glow]

[mrtc4w]

Glad you are back!!

That picture is one of my favorites! It shows up a lot when discussing oddball drag cars.

Marty
Marysville, OH

[robriley]

Looks really cool!
the car in the reference pic. isn't a gasser tho....it's an a/fx altered wheel base match racer.

[donculley]

Gotta love those wild drag cars , and its a MOPAR to boot ! Your build is coming along great, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product .
BTW ,would you consider selling/trading/donating the parts you dont use ? I have a slow ongoing restoration on this tired old Valiant , its now stripped of the custom stuff, but still missing a lot - Shoot me an email when you get a chance !

[badroadahead]

Glad to see you back at the bench Dave!!

Your builds are always cool.

Dave

[soooperdave]

I have been showered with this same question, "Am I gonna alter the wheelbase". I originally steered away fom that idea because I actually scored the rarer promo 2dr. I can't actually bring myself to hacking this awesome body, even tho my favorite builds are AWB cars. I am now going to go on another quest to aquire a 4dr and actually attempt the inspiration car as well.

[mrtc4w]

The SMP Valiant makes a good lookin' (if I do say so myself) slot car



Marty
Marysville, OH

[soooperdave]

Yes it does, that's very cool!

[kettlekettle]

Looks good. Dont slow down now ... We all want to see it finished.

[Dennis M]

Looking good Dave.

[skulldude]

GREAT to see you back with us and at your GREAT work as always!! Cannot wait to watch this one!!

[thounds]

Curious if there is an update on this - would love to see how it turned out.  I found a four door '60 valiant in the model collection I inherited from my father in law. It was one of his garage sale 'saves' that was a total mess that was missing everything (only had body, glass, and rear bumper) and had been cut an covered in glue.  My saved version isn't near as nice as the OP but it was definitely fun to create.

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[Bert]

Totally slipped my mind. I didn't pay attention to the post date. Sorry fellas'.

[hobbybobby]

Feb 26, 2017 22:23:09 GMT -6 Bert said:

Dave! What's up? Glad to see you back in the driver seat. Great subject, the gasser is looking sharp.

Um, Bert, unfortunately, Dave can no longer finish this...

coffincorner.proboards.com/thread/19911/rip-soooperdave

[bugaboo]

That was a great project....