Corvair Turbo Spyder Stomper…Four Speed Four Door 1964 Valiant Discovery!
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- Опубліковано 20 гру 2021
- Steve discovers a super rare 1964 Plymouth Valiant V100 four door with a factory 4-speed and small block V8. But did Plymouth really charge extra for rear door arm rests? Watch and see!
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The car that I didn't know I needed.
You and me both...
Not a big fan of four doors, but this little valiant is special. I've owned two, both slant-six powered. Those late model small bolt wheels would have been a welcome addition to my cars, had ,I know about them.
I felt the same way Lmaooooooo
It's a good engine and transmission for something else. Hope someone can use them.
I grew up in the same home my mother did. With her dad and brother living downstairs. My uncle was a life long bachelor, who lived the outdoors life, hunting and running his dogs. Anyway he was the original owner of a 64 Plymouth Valiant Wagon, he ordered special. In black with red vinyl roll/tucked interior, with all the chrome trim and roof rack. But the best part was the 273 he insisted on with a factory 4speed! The only one I’ve ever seen! He also had a factory towing package added with a quick powerful posi trac rear differential. I also remember as soon as it was out of warranty, Uncle Rim as we all called him added a 4 brl manifold and Holley carb. Along with long tube headers and dual exhaust with huge quiet mufflers. He also cranked up the torsion bars and added a couple leafs in the rear, that raised the car at least an inch, along with special 15”x8” steel wheels he acquired with the biggest and widest tires he could fit, Firestone Town&Country Mud&Snow on the rear and reg Firestone tires in the same size up front. He kept that car for over 20 years with over 190,000 miles! It always slept in a garage and we’ll cared for, so there was little rust. But I remember him going off hunting with a couple buddies, the dogs in a built in crate in the way back, with a roof rack container holding all there stuff! Always with a set of tire chains just in case the going got rough.
Awesome story Kevin...
Thanks Bro. 👍🏽🇺🇸
That bad boy is definitely worth restoring! Good video Steve!!!
Agreed. That car should not be in a junkyard !!
Those rally wheels look nice
Well go buy it and restore it. Start your own UA-cam channel share it do you like the fellow who bought the Malibu Chevelle. Until I saw the floorboards I thought the same thing. I assume that this car is not a full frame car. If it was pulled the seats out go down to your local HVAC store heating and cooling and buy yourself some galvanized 10 and rough shaping new flooring for you sleeper parrot then do a two two door conversion. Some of these Chryslers the two-door and a four-door had the same wheelbase. Even if it didn't you can still make it a 2 door
Amazing, you're literally a walking encyclopedia on car history.
That's such a great find! Hope someone saves that little car! Thanks for sharing Steve!
That car needs saving.
Tony would love this car.
Wow, V8 + 4-spd, did not know they even made those! We got plenty of Valiants here in Finland, almost all of them were V100 2-door sedans with 170 + 3 on the tree, the cheapest Valiant there was... This car sure deserves to be rescued, such a rare car!
Actually I really like this one. I would take her home even with the floor-delete option.
I'll be dipped!
Factory lightening!
That floor delete option is easier to repair than some may think.
That got my attention steve. Your not kidding, my kind of sleeper......
Really great to have a guy who works on cars also present automotive information.
Rare as can Be.. A 4 door with a 4 speed.... Standard in Europe but unobtainable in 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Thanks Steve!!🌲🌲🌲
Back when cars were fun and didn’t cost the price of a house
They may have been memorable But sadly we’re unreliable as hell
@@HighSockDavid I can remember back then during the winter when it was pretty cold out, before going to sleep for the night
most people were thinking Damn, I sure hope my car starts in the morning! Then it was a 50/50 chance it might not start, sometimes the motor would get flooded because someone forgot to pull the choke on the carburetor, or people would keep trying to crank the motor trying to get the motor to start till the battery got too weak and needed a jump start
Now with modern cars long as your battery is good, they will start up with no problem , and those old cars rusted away in a few years in the rust belt states from road salt
@@bluemouse5039 as much as I love old cars it just something you have to learn the hard way your classic car is going to spend a few weeks siting until you figure out what is wrong with it while your brothers Toyota starts up just fine
No kidding especially when you look at the price of full size pick up trucks now. Its gotten so bad for a person looking even for a late model pick up that used ones, say 4 years old or so, are selling for what they cost new even with 40 or 50 thousand miles on them!
@@wildbill5670 not mention styling was fresh with unique colors
One of my first cars and the one I'd replace today if I could was a 1963 Valiant. It had a 225 slant six and 4x4 suspension! Yup! I paid $25 for it because it sat on the ground due to the rear springs rusting through the trunk... I did some measuring and figured I could jack it up and wedge a 4x4 beam between the springs and what was left of the trunk bed. It was meant only to be a temporary fix to get the car home but it worked so well I just drove it that way for 3 years before the motor died. I loved that car and I love your videos, Steve!
My father purchased a '64 Valiant V200 station wagon new with the 170, but had the dealer install a 225 and AC. With the push-button auto was a nice car. Served us well and dad and I overhauled the engine when I was 13. One rebuilt AAMCO transmission as well and we got over 300k miles out of her.
A Factory Sleeper Car!!! Steve. I wish someone would save that car.
I’d love to have this to put together with new floors. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mighty little MOPAR (Grandma’s Grocery Getter) yes sir.
Steve you should let Steve Dulcich know about this little beauty.
I once owned a 1961 Corvair Monza 4 speed, 4 door sedan. Even had bucket seats. This was back in 1971.
You should buy that too...make a good companion to your cop car project!!
As a kid raised in a Mopar family 63, 64, 67, 72 Darts and a brother with 64, 65 Valiant my first car was a 67 Ply formula S cuda 4spd with a 70 340. I took my brothers 4dr 65 Valiant 273 auto and built a 340 4spd sleeper, so I would love this 64 Valiant!!
Somebody had a dad that was a lead foot🤘👍👍
Cool little car
In 1969 I bought a used 1965 Plymouth Valiant with a 273 4 speed and bucket seats. It had to be a rare animal. A couple of years later I wound up with a 1971 Dodge Demon, 340 4 speed and thermoquad carburetor. That was a fun car to drive.
A good friend of mine had a 70 340 Duster, 4spd back in the day. But man... I remember him always wanting a Demon. Definitely a cool car.
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Wow, you know your stuff. Thanks, great video!
Rare, cool, quick, and enough there to restore - which I certainly hopes will happen to it.
What a find! Somebody has to buy this car, make it a safe driver and enjoy.
So cool that that is a 4 door! Steve, u never fail to amaze me dude.
I owned a 63 Valiant! Loved that car, had a slant six that just ran like hell! Three speed column shift it was a great lil go getter!😁👍
A friend had one also. Reliable, torquey, and if I remember not bad on gas. And super easy to work on.
I owned a 63 Valiant! Push button auto on the dash. Great reliable car, front seats laid flat with the back seats, bedroom on wheels.
Ah the memories.
I didn’t know I wanted one of those. One more on the list.
Thanks a lot Steve. 😉
One of the first manuals I drove was 64 Valiant with a slant 6 and a three on the tree......oh the memories
Oh wow, that is too cool! I'd be very, very tempted to take that one with me when I left. Of course do the proper floor replacement, get the mechanicals up to snuff and clear coat over that original paint and patina. Usually I dislike clear coated patina cars, but if that is the original paint and the car is as rare as we think it is I think that's the appropriate way to deal with it. Great stuff Steve!
Agreed, great car. I like satin clear coat over patina. I used that other guy’s “shine juice” on my C30. It looks great but needs re-applied regularly. It’s cheap though
Steve, you are one knowledgeable bastard! Thank you very for all these videos. Just an FYI, I am watching all of them and in some cases several times. The level of detail you go in to blows me away.
God I am so glad to have you back!! We missed you!!! Love the new videos!!! Who needs t.v.
Nice find. This one checks a lot of boxes.
That Valiant is bad ass, would love to own it.
My favorite sleeper wheel treatment was the stock steel plain jane rims, painted to the match the car, with the Mopar dog dish hub caps and beauty rings, with as wide a tire as the rim would accommodate
Even though I'm a Chevy guy, if I had the cash I would buy that thing in a heart beat and restore it. Wow, great find and great info Mr. Magnante Walking Encyclopedia! Thank you for what you do!
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you back in the Junkyard soon
Nice find
Love these clips..wish junkyard gold would come back..it was the best show on Motortrend
My great grandpa worked at Dodge Main in Hamtramck(Detroit) from the 30’s to ‘67. WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam. He left a finger in there. I remember me and my grandma(his daughter), went to pick him up on his last day. My grandma told me “your grand poppy don’t have to go in to there, no more”. Unbeknownst to me, at that time, Dodge Main was its own city, inside a city. It thieves, robbers, murderers, drug dealers, loan sharks, gamblers, pimps, ho’s and the like. It was like downtown Detroit inside of that plant.
I think I found his finger in my 67 Coronet😀
Very cool
Good stuff. Love the channel! Keep up the Junkyard crawls
I picture a young father who was thinking "Okay, okay we need a four door, but........"
How do you do these videos with barely ever any cuts and never skip a beat with all of the specs and info , it’s amazing
That was something I didn’t know great job Steve love your channel!!!!
That yard is a honey hole of cool mopar stuff
That would make a cool sleeper for sure with time, effort and $$.
As happens many times, you taught me something today. What a sleeper, and so easy to mod with the LA engine. Thank you!
Who would put a four speed Manuel in a 4 door sedan a really kool person.👍😎🧐
OMG
I
Want
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Car !
Holy cow that's super awesome Steve. I have a 1965 Dart 273 2bbl 4 door 4 speed with factory a/c. A thread on FABO stated that the 1965 records were saved for some reason and that mine would be one of 13 and they made 9 wagons that year. I'd venture to guess there were probably around those numbers or less even for for 64 Valiants. Uber cool find! Thanks for sharing.
I can watch and listen to you talk cars all day buddy,,love the content
I would buy that lil sweetheart immediately its just to cool and that color n 4 speed n small block!!
OMG! I have not seen one of these in decades! My grandmother had the same car. Her's was almost exactly the same. It had that exact interior, color and all, but it was the powder blue exterior. She had the slant 6 with the automatic, too. That was one of the first car bodies that I memorized. Thanks so much for posting!
Did your grandmother live in the MN or WI area by chance? Just curious because my valiant matches your description exactly. It was originally sold in MN and as far as I know stayed in WI it's whole life since.
@@mattyann She lived in MO. I don't remember, exactly, what she did with the car, but my guess is she traded it in on the 1967 Plymouth Fury that she owned, next to it.
Steve I met you in Vancouver at the PNE for a car show 4 years ago. You sat with my brother inlaw and me and chatted cars for about 10 mins. And you let me take a pic with you. Your a classy guy, a real ambassador to the car world.Happy New Year to you and your family.
I was gonna say, that looks super clean and should be restored until I saw the ground LOL. Love a nice 4 speed 4 door! Knew a guy who ordered a 1964 Galaxie 4 door 352/4-Speed from the factory.
@ Eric Hite Really it still should be saved!
I had a classmate in high school who's dad had ordered a base level Granada, V8 & 4spd & 4dr - had to be rare.
Helps keep the smell down
Steve is absolutely amazing his knowledge of automobiles. His car modeling skills are the best to be had. Old sckool love it.....
I had almost completely forgotten about the 273, great little engine, thanks for doing a segment on it! My grandpa was a MOPAR salesman from 1946-1977, thats what I grew up on so I am a big fan of Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!
The 273 engine was the basis for the 280 cubic inch class of racing hydroplanes in the American Power Boat Association for many years. It was a great class. Jim P Macomb, MI
@@hydrojimmy1 I've never heard of a 280, who manufactured it? I know when the 273 was discontinued in '69 it was superseded by the 318
@@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman No, there is no 280 cubic inch engine. The racing classes usually rounded up in cubic inches so a couple different engines could be used. So, in this class, the 273 Plymouth, and I believe the 265 cubic inch Ford could be used and it allowed some ability to clean up the cylinders through honing without going over the 280 cubic inch limit.
@@hydrojimmy1 ok, gotchya! I just know what I know about car engines, marine is not my specialty
Hope someone takes care of this. The Valiant is a very nice car for a good price. Myself I have a 1964 Signet H/T with the 225 and the 4 speed.
I had a 2 door 273 4 speed for a few years in the 70s. Mine had a floor!
I had a 73 dodge swinger with the 318 on it. It had the exact same wheels. That’s too bad they’re on a junkyard! That car needs to be rescued!!😳
Good to see ur back mate , u were missed
I love it! At the very least I'd like to have v8and 4speed to put in a solid six-cylinder car.
That is a cool sleeper. I need to get better at welding so I could save this thing.
Great find, Steve!
I knew it was you, Steve. Had to be. Good to see you.
I love this guy 👍 ....He could sell a freezer to an Eskimo..lol
Really neat find. My Dad owned a 1966 Coronet with that same V8. Great engine!
I bought a ‘64 Valiant Signet two door hardtop with a 273 and a 4-speed in 1968, owned it for about six months then totaled it, it was a nice car.
Cool car, my friend had a valiant wagon with a 273 4spd years ago it had tiny tires it could smoke em in 1st, & 2nd !!
Sweet little car. Bench seats!
Awesome, thanks
We had a 64 two door with the leaning tower of power, three on the tree. The little Valiant was great in snow.
that is worth saving, cool ass valiant, i hope it gets rescued
I know the floors are gone, but how is this car not in someone's garage getting fixed up? This thing is the neatest.
That junkyard certainly has some gems. Didn’t know I needed that car!
Nice find should restore that one
Love these videos Steve!
Jesus. I just found this channel not long ago and I would LOVE to hang out with Steve for a few days n just soak up his knowledge. Such a awesome channel!!! Btw I really really want this car!. Just wish I had a place to work on a project lol
Such great content, quickly becoming a favorite channel.
Thank you Steve.
that would be a great rare car to restore
Love this car!!!! I would take it in a heartbeat!
This was my first car bought in '71 for 250 bucks. The 273 was shot so I picked up a low milage 318 delivered from the junk yard for $200. Threw in a cam, long tube headers, aluminum intake with a four barrel Holley and had a blast driving it.
Hopefully someone will save it , definitely rare
Always like the rarity you offer on your vids! You’re the master Steve, the master!
When I lived in NH, Gary aka Winkle was a good friend
Another good and informative video
That’s restorable!
As far as Im Concerned... Steve Mags =God of Car knowledge...
Been following u a long time... Highly Impressive... 👍
Thank you Steve.
Excellent content Steve
I HAD ONE OF THOSE 1965 v8 regal safari valiant wagon = 273 - put a 318 fireball v8 great car loved it .
Great product knowledge, Steve!
Magnante is so knowledgeable love the junkyard gold series!
Great car. You sure are knowledgeable about cars.
Wow cool car thanks for all your knowledge Steve and for sharing these great videos with us! Cheers from a Canadian viewer.
I don't get how these cool cars featured by Steve can exist in 2024. I was combing junk yards in the 80's and there wasn't this kind of cool stuff then.
Simple sedans back then. Must have been one hell of a grocery getter.
Thats a cool car,someone needs to save it
Good stuff Steve keep it coming.