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Superior handling compared to other cars in 1965 and still considered to handle well nowadays too with simple upgrades of shocks, tyres etc. People don't maintain cars / parts like steering joints and then wonder why there are probs.

Mate! My old boy bought an AP5 wagon brand new. Being a basic style of fella he widened a set of Ford rims out to 7” back in the day and swapped out the carb. On Sunday mornings the local Po’lice would drag race out Bibra lake with their (at the time) XR GT police pack. The AP5 225 could out do it. Take that to the bank

Their loss Lol 😁

Yes, our Chrysler Valiants were Australian made and have different panels etc. The AP is for Australian production. But yes same basic great compact A body beasts. 👍

@@SouthernHemi He forgets about the 1960 Valiant, and all Canadian-produced Valiants. They were never Plymouths, just Valiants. That's why the advertisements as said "Nobody's kid brother"! meaning that the Valiant wasn't a junior version of a make, it was it's own make of car.

​​​@@jamesbosworth4191he didn't forget, he's talking only about the featured A body and the USA. There's no equivalent C body valiant anywhere outside oz either

Yeah, fair enough & point taken but ... Nar, close enough yeah? As it's just sounds like unnecessary hard work to us. We Aussies are a bit lazy cause it's hot & humid over here in Straya, and also we just love to be laid back and make things easier not harder. We are intentionally very real & down to earth & "anti pompous" Lol! We probably actually even say it more like "Chryzla" 😄 How to teach an Australian English: th-cam.com/users/shorts4Do29freXc0?si=OLNYQ0N8-n7GtdO4 (If this link doesn't work from within TH-cam just copy & paste it into an internet browser)

Come on, not that big a deal, at least they don't pronounce it "Chryzler" the way some Europeans do.

How do you pronounce Dana? Dayna or Darna? It's Darna.

@@steely1neverwane Yawn.

I have no idea what you mean he he 😉

Yes Brian's car is nice. However they never came in 2 door versions apart from the Utes. (See my VC Ute Video) You would've had a Barracuda which are very cool!

@@SouthernHemi I live in the US where they did build a 2dr version of the Valiant.

Hi, Yes very cool. We had 2 door versions in later models, some were uniquely Australian. Please check out my other Videos.

Hi, this is definitely NOT a Slant six wedge, but is indeed fitted with a later model vertical HEMI 6. You have had some cool cars! But people... Please read the description. I have been a Mopar specialist since 1978 and my family since 1925. I have personally owned over 350 and have literally restored hundreds with my own hands from start to finish. In Mopar terms 6 Pack refers to 6 Barrels or a "Six Pack" carb set-up. Our Aussie made 6 cylinder HEMI 265 CID Six Pack engines were factory fitted with 3x2 BBL Italian side draft Weber carbs and and our Chrysler Valiant RT Chargers factory standard can do high 13 second quarter mile times with modern tyres and they corner like they are on rails and are all A bodies.

Dude , plz shut up if u dont know what ur talkin about, u dont get hyperpak Hemis, only the 4bbl slant is a hyperpak . But did u even WATCH the vid ? What angle is this Hemi slanting at?

@@clutchkicker392ison5 Il bet you wouldn't dare to try & tell me "shut up" to my face. Only sitting in your parents' basement behind a keyboard do you speak such foolishness.

Clutch kicker , what an ignorant person, fkn idiot

Yes, love all the early light compacts!

Amen brother

Thanks. :) A Hemi 300 C is a nice modern Mopar. However that was a myth in the old days about Vals not cornering, as most people flogged them to death and didn't maintain them (As they were so tough they kept going) Also admittedly CAL fitted inferior shocks from the factory, but that is easily and cheaply fixed. I have personally restored literally hundreds myself by hand and have owned over 350. I have always found them exceptional and was rarely out cornered by the competition. They were always better handling than the Fords and Holdens of the day due to their superior Torsion Bar suspension and most magazine reviews back then reflected that too. They can then be drastically improved very easily with just basic bolt-on anti-sway bars (especially for the early models that had none), good double acting shocks , good tyres, they are lowered in 2 minutes with the turn of a spanner and then just topped off with a good wheel alignment to corner very fast, like they are on rails! The Power Steer models can have their Caster adjusted to the max for race car style handling without any heavy steering effort at all.

Errrr I think you'll find that it is a hemi 265 with 6 pack carbs, hence a hemi 6 pack..... not to be confused with a 426 with triples also known as a "hemi 6 pack"

In Mopar terms 6 Pack refers to 6 Barrels or a "Six Pack" carb set-up. Our Aussie 6 cylinder HEMI 265 CID Six Packs were factory fitted with 3x2 BBL Italian side draft Weber carbs.

@@whakatu4life285 426 Hemis never had a 6 pack, they had 2, 4 barrels.... the 6 pack came on A12 RRunners/Super Bees, 340 T/A and a few others. '68 Roadrunner owner here in the UK, owned it 41 years

Nice. However in Mopar terms 6 Pack refers to 6 Barrels or a "Six Pack" carb set-up. Our Aussie 6 cylinder HEMI 265 CID Six Packs were factory fitted with 3x2 BBL Italian side draft Weber carbs.

Thanks, very kind of you. And lovely styled cars in my opinion too. See my AP6 273 V8 sedan video. Cheers, Jeff

Each to his own Lol

When you make the best engines you leave being pretty to Ford and GM.

He upgraded to Discs all-round. Most Australian Chrysler Valiants had Front Disc Brakes, available from about 1966 and often finned rear Drums. 1970 to the last 1981 models were ventilated Discs on front.

I had a similar experience in about 1984 , I'd just finished re painting my VC Valiant Regal from gunmetal silver to black , it looked great , and one summers morning on my way to work , going up a hill in quite heavy traffic , I was completely blinded by the sun , and I ran into the back corner of a parked bus at a bus stop , there were 2 buses and the one I hit was sitting well out in my lane ,the impact destroyed my left side front fender , but no damage to the bus . It was insured and repaired , but I remember it was very difficult finding a replacement fender for it , even back then , but that was in New Zealand, I'm sure a replacement would have been much easier to find in Australia. 🙂

I have personally owned over 350 and restored hundreds of Vals and dismantled hundreds of rougher ones in the 1980's and 90's. www.southernhemimedia.com/about-us.html Even in Australia the 1966 VC model valiant is hard to get parts for and even I have never dismantled one for parts! They have always been popular and last very well. Hard to find any getting wrecked for parts. Kind regards, Jeff

@@SouthernHemi Yes, it's getting increasingly important to look after what you've got. Iv'e often thought about how hard it was to get a replacement VC front guard , and, If it was now , I suppose it would be an option to get one from America off a Plymouth Valiant, or Barracuda. Actually, thinking about that time I needed one in 1984 , it was the panel beater that did the insurance work that told me it was hard to find another guard , but in those days there was a wrecker right there in my town that had a paddock full of Valiants, and I'd be very surprised if he couldn't have supplied one ( the panel beater sourced one from the north island somewhere) . That's what Iv'e found over the years, a lot of people are full of BS , and you're better off doing your own searching. Very nice AP6 you've got there ,as I said in my other comment there was one that looked just like it with a 265 , where I lived in the early nineties, except, I've remembered it had a black roof. My father had an AP6 in the seventies, my first car was an AP6 in 1981 , have had quite a few other Valiants since , including a VG Pacer coupe that I brought back from Brisbane. Currently I have Dads old VH Ranger XL which he bought in 1980 , and an AP6 Regal. 👍

@@SouthernHemi One thing I've found impossible to find is a good rear bumper for an AP6 , how about over there?

Sorry, not anymore. www.southernhemimedia.com/early_chrysler_valiant_parts_list_32.html

Back in those days that was well and truly an Aussie Muscle Car. In 1965 it was the first Aussie V8 made car and was in a compact A body and had a solid cam and well performing 273 V8 with twin pump 904 Torqueflite auto that chirped between gears and a Hurst type slap shifter on the floor. And she was quicker than most cars of the day and had superior adjustable Torsion bar suspension and cool looks. They can then be drastically improved very easily with just basic bolt-on anti-sway bars, good double acting shocks ,tyres, lowered in 2 minutes with the turn of a spanner and then just topped off with a good wheel alignment to corner very fast, like they are on rails! The very next model (The 1966 VC V8) in stock standard form with same engine, trans and rear axle, and even without the disc brakes option that was finally available, they won at Mt Panorama Bathurst! Nuff said. 😁 club.shannons.com.au/club/news/racing-garage/1966-bathurst-500-the-valiant-v8-automatics-that-conquered-the-mountain

​​​@@SouthernHemifair call it's a muscle car for the V8 in a light body, but... lowering the front on the torsion bars leaves the back high and it handles worse not better, especially with hard braking. Valiant had an eye catching futuristic look with the R and S series but 1963 A body looks are not dissimilar to contempories 1960 XL falcon or 1963 EJ Holden. This AP6 for 1965, in 1965 Holden had a new body with curved glass so more modern. Ford and Holden both had disc brake options in 1965 as well. From factory the valiant was better handling I think being a bit firmer, but if you're allowing adding uprated shocks and sway bars, holden and falcon will be more than on par

@@cruiser6260 After personally owning over 350 and personally restoring most, I can say if you know what you are doing it definitely improves handling and safety over the ridiculous factory high setting. The trick is get the back down too or don't overdo it / don't go to extremes or yes.

Yes they are. Cheers.

@@SouthernHemi Think of how Chrysler would have led the way if it allowed this model to be sold in the North American market!!!

​@@alanblanes2876 What makes you think this car wasn't sold in the USA?

​@@SouthernHemi 9:03. Ventilated drums? I think you mean finned drum brakes.

Yes you are correct! I did mean that. You were the first one to pick that up. I hadn't even noticed it myself until you said that. (close enough Lol)

Cheers Comrade! Wow what a shame about the hardtop. Kind regards, Jeff

Nice! Shame she got nicked though.

What is the exact colour

I can't remember now

"Amen Brother!" Spot on!

Nice!