Will This 1961 Valiant Run After Sitting 30 Years? 1961 Valiant: Part 1

In this video, we start the "Rustoration" of this '61 Valiant that has been off the road for over 30 years. While making this car as reliable as possible, we try to fix it on a budget, showing how not every car has to be perfect or expensive to be driven and enjoyed.
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[@larryford2303]

I had one in my youth with the floor shift. Been in the hunt for one for quite a while!!!!!!!

[@markfortin421]

My very first car...in 1965...was a red V200 with a 225 and manual trans. That car took a beating from a 16 year old kid, and just kept going. Used to carry a 2 gallon can of Gulf Sapphire 30 weight, and a gallon of K-mart anti-freeze, but I loved that car, and I'd have another in a heartbeat...if I could find one!

[@CarburetedCowboy]

I’d love to see some cold start videos of you starting up your carbureted cars and trucks from inside showing us what you do with the gas pedal to get them started. What a cool channel!

[@Mitkawatch]

No wonder it was hard to start first time around! Nice job

[@davidzornig1319]

What you have is a `61 Valiant V200 2 door hardtop, 1 of 18,586 built.
I have one that sat for 38 years before I brought it back to life in 2014.
170 /6 was standard with the 225 /6 becoming optional mid year `61.

[@jamesb.9155]

I was always put off by the open slant 6 design where all you have easy access to is the exhaust manifold on top and your distributor and plugs are buried below on the other side! My dad drove one of these for years and I recall him buying "a Dollar's worth of regular" gas, which was 4 gallons which lasted all week at least!

[@jacquespoirier9071]

the engine is '75 or newer. these is a good tune to do before putting it to the road, all the brake circuit should be redone , it is unsafe anyways

[@huntracing]

There has been lots of progress after this video ended, there will be more videos in the future! Thanks for watching

[@brucemcgee2281]

I was going to mention the pcv valve in the valve cover. Those didn't appear until about 1966 or so. The original had a tube that extended down from the valve cover by the crankcase.

[@jacquespoirier9071]

@@brucemcgee2281 the PVC valve was standard on my '64 slant six, I remember that the '60 version had a draft tube.

[@JimsIfitaintbrokefixit]

Check for vacuum leaks around the carb to see if that is part of the rough running issue also.

[@posttopstreetlight1055]

I have one of the 1961 valiant engines that came out of a 1961 valiant r series wagon

[@JimsIfitaintbrokefixit]

You have just one week.....sounds like something I would attempt.

[@huntracing]

We’ve made some progress on this car after this video ended. Although it may have taken a little longer then a week, it did end up driving again! Thanks for watching

[@brucemcgee2281]

We bought a 1960 Valiant with the 225 six. It ran pretty good, but I mainly remember the radio sounding like it was full of bees when you turned it on, before it warmed up. It was the red color that yours used to be...

[@davidzornig1319]

Someone must have swapped the original engine.
As all `60 Valiants came only with the 170/6.
The 225/6 did not become optional in Valiant until mid year `61, when 2 door hardtops and 2 door sedans were added to the line up.
All `60 Valiants were 4 doors.