1973 Valiant Charger E55 770 walk around and showing quirks. Aussie charger in canada for sale!
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2022
- This was an absolutely incredible opportunity to film this car. Not too many of these around and this is the only one like this in Canada. / 4882371428557449
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Hi my name is Katarina, I'm 25, and I'm an avid car enthusiast. I own a 1981 ford mustang. My 81 is a pretty much base notchback with the 200 inline 6, c4 automatic, and is pretty much bone stock (for now).. Plus a 1986 ford mustang LX Convertible that has been swapped to a 302 orignally a 3.8 car. also just acquired a 1978 Honda Civic that is a one owner 120k original km car that has sat since May of 1995. I pretty much live and breathe vehicles. Everything from muscle, imports, trucks, modern, old take your pick. I know a ton about cars due to a ton of research and working on the cars that I have.
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The red highlights on those styled road wheels, they were hand painted at the factory. My aunt used to the paint em among her many other roles at the Tonsley Park plant in South Australia.
Oh that's cool!
Bet there no Pacers there lol the grandaddy of the charger here I owned an e49 charger and e55 but I still drive my pacer everyday they handle better than chargers any day good vid on an old Aussie muscle classic
I had a 1977 CL Charger in a red wine colour with a standard 245ci motor. This was the last year model. Poor old thing was on the way-out when I got it. But for all its problems, it sure looked nice. Thanks for posting this gem.
Grew up around the old school charger I'd love to own one now great history behind it
probably get around $150K for it in Australia at the moment. That is a fine looking Charger.
The E55 was built to be the most powerful car in Australia at that time - easily more powerful than a Falcon GTHO Phase 3. Problem was (in Australia), we had a "Muscle Car" scare in the media as Chrysler were about to put these cars on sale. The media complained that cars were becoming too powerful and there would be blood on the streets. Chrysler de-tuned the engines. A friend of mine worked at Chrysler in Adelaide and he said all the guys working on the cars were heart broken.
That car may be a piece of history.
The e49 was the most powerful one you can get with 302hp compared to 275hp E55, plus it was a 6, standard hemi 6s where also faster off the line
@@johnnyasus86 Exactly right. I'm talking about what could have been...
I seen this for sale on Facebook marketplace last month and I’m working in Fort mac Alberta we had a rain day so I’m thinking to myself I need to watch a video about this car!
Oh yeah and to my knowledge it is for still for sale as well. Thanks for watching!
I love this car!
I share this sentiment :)
From my home state in Victoria beautiful machine
Stunning colour lovely looking car
Australia has some very cool variants of usa cars. Such as that one, and upgraded ford falcons. Its very interesting
With the VJ-series Charger, the 340 V8 engine became an individual option (E55) available on any Charger 770 ... as opposed to being part of a package of options (E55) that comprised the VH-series Charger 770 SE.
There were a total of 212 VJ Charger 770s manufactured with option E55 during the 1973/74 period, featuring a broad range of 16 body colours and 5 interior trim colours.
This Canadian car has had a colour change from its original Sherwood Green metallic (code GN) paint ... there were 15 cars manufactured of this colour, within a range of 3 trim colours being Dark Saddle (C1), Parchment (L1), and Gold (Y1).
Being an E55 it probably should have the polished W35 charger alloys on it. They’re perfect for this beast.
The W35 wheels were optional on the VJ E55's. This Charger was more of a bare bones car. Never had the W35 wheels, does not show up on the data plate.
Australia officially changed speed limits from Mph to Km/h in 1974. Though lots of vehicles here had km/h speedos several yrs prior to 1974
Great video thanks Katrina
That thing is awesome. Thanks for sharing it with us! I'd love to see some more imported Aussie rides down here in the states.
It was absolutely amazing to see this car. Like truthfully it has become one of my favorite cars after this experience. It's to bad that they're getting to be super expensive.
Haha, yeah, some of these rare rides fetch a pretty penny. My wallet thanks me for being a Chevy Beretta enthusiast.
Mine is a green cl charger. E33 here in nsw 👍
Awsome radical
It was quicker then the XAGT Falcon even with a single exhaust an no extractors 👍🏻💯🇦🇺⛽️.
Wow that's cool never saw one
Old mate must've taken a wrong turn at Wooloomooloo...
HEY CHARGER✌️✌️ was the advertisement catch call ......you should see the factory 265 , triple webber carburettor versions❤️❤️❤️.....australia had its own design rules ....my 89 GMH Commodore has white reverse lights....rules got changed to accommodate the ever increasing imports
I'd love to see one. This is the only one I've seen
Aussie Muscle cars from the late 60s and early 70s are going for big big money now. I'd include the Ford Falcon GT and Holden Monaro at the top of the list.
Ever since Mad Max the falcons have been untouchable for value. But yeah the past couple years all of the aussie muscle cars have went stupid
Oooh I'd love to have this in the UK. Not often you get right hand drive Mopars.
This would be a great addition to anyones collection 👌
I'm amazed there aren't more aussie coupes in the uk instead of the american muscle cars
@@randomdude4669 It's about knowledge really. American muscle cars are famous. Most people here have heard of the old Mustangs, Chargers, Camaros etc, and so people want them, despite the steering wheel being on the other side. You say "Holden Torana" or "Ford XB Falcon" though, and most people here haven't a clue. Also the Aussie cars tend to be a lot more expensive than the American ones, and the shipping distance is much further. At least American cars have MPH speedos.
Chargers and other Valiants were sold new in Britain back in the day. Ullo John gotta new motor by Alexei Sayle has an orange 770 Charger in the background in the official video clip in the caryard. Check the yt video out for a bit of fun.
@@Scrubworks 1971/2 Chargers had mph speedos. This one was a 73 which if original, would have had mph and km standard from the factory. 74 onwards were all in km.
Pretty sure the VJ's all had painted front blinker housings, the chrome ones are from a VK. Also the E55 being a 770 should have the remote control round mirrors, not the standard ones the lower models used. Not sure what you were saying about the rear indicators, but the indicator lights doubled as reversing lights in Australia on Valiants till the end in 81. New models had white reverse lights before 81 though. The 73 model had both mph and kmh on the speedo so I'd say that speedo is from 74 onward. (Dad had a 73 Ranger Wagon)
So wrong on some of your observations. Not all VJ's had the painted Bezels some indeed were chrome. The manual mirrors were standard equipment upgrades were the remote. The speedometer is the original one and has never been changed out. The reversing lights are just that, for reversing only and not combined with the indicator lights. Cheers Rick
He's right about the indicator on the back of and the VC wagon had clear reverse lights
@@rickmiller6767 Not sure where you're getting your info. Chrome front indicator surrounds definitely were a model change item to VK, and the amber rear lights absolutely were combined indicator and reverse light. Red indicators were not legal in Aust at the time. White reverse lights were legal, but it was more convenient to combine them with the indicators. Had they not been, then they simply could have used clear lenses.
The reversing lights changed after this. we now have white ones.
In Australia they were indicators and reversing lights. The red ones taillights and brake lights.
The 340 became available in the VH series, marketed as a 770 SE. It was loaded with luxury features and the price was scary. The story goes that over three hundred 340 engines were imported to fit into a special Charger to do battle on the race tracks. A story to this day is both verified and refuted by former Chrysler Australia personal and executives. There was unknown to Chrysler, Ford or Holden that a media storm was about to blow up regarding cars that the big three had to produce to be eligable to compete in races and also be available to the general public. Chrysler canned the 340 Charger(disposing of the engines in an automatic luxury coupe with a single exhaust) and pulling out of motor sport altogether. Both Ford and Holden had specially designed cars ready for battle in the 1972 Bathurst race, but they too fearing government intervention pulled the plug on them. Bloody shame.
great car my paremts bought one,but these left over motors with softer valves and springs were sent to canada,because american emmissions rulings were coming in and they sent these engines to canada because there emmissions ruling was less severe. early valiants came from canada because their right hand drive to,their still great motors but if you want to make a hi po motor you have to strengenthen the top end a lot.
Canada is not rhd.. We haven't been RHD since like 1908.
@@KatarinasGarage you no nothingabout Chrysler's history in Australia boofhead
There only the 6/ half in rims you could get that rim in 6 / half in the VH Model 👍🏻🇦🇺💯⛽️.
Cool video, and great car! Shame he did not let you do some drive time, would be very cool to see it, and hear your impressions. As for being professional, your doing fine, maybe a just a wee bit more polish and more research for this kind of video, but overall its great work, and your very charming and watchable. My favorite channels are yours and Doug Demuro's. Would love to see more odd cars like these on your channel. Cheers from Kentucky :)
Oh tbh I did research this car but there isn't a ton of info readily available on them unfortunately. It was just me being tired as well with my brain not properly functioning in the video is what I was talking about there. However I definitely appreciate your support! And driving it would be a dream come true.
@@KatarinasGarage Ah, sorry to hear about the limited info, would be great to have an encyclopedia of cars like these. I certainly get the tired and brain fart issues LOL, I'm 55 and sometime I can stand upright and that its LOL after work lol Keep up the great work :)
But I hope you enjoy the supra review which is coming later this week!
@@AbstractCatsMedia haha yeah the brain farts are annoying for sure. Especially after my bout of covid it definitely hasn't helped that.
@@KatarinasGarage Cool! I'll watch for that one.
Gidday I'm from new Zealand I had ⁴ chargers mainly straight 6s and a 440 V8 install
The 55 was made for Bathurst to compete against holden and ford but Australian governments put a stop to it all as there where all getting to quick for the road for its time it in the 70's
Very cool I didn't even know that this car existed. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. How much are they asking you it?
They're currently asking 105k Canadian for it. Which the link to the ad is in the description
@@KatarinasGarage that's worth bringing back to Aust to make a big profit! It'd sell for much more if it came home.
We have white reversing lights now....just not on these vehicles back then.
Slap stick auto 👍🏻🇦🇺💯⛽️727 T/Flight .
Assuming it was bought. I've always wanted to see one in person
To my knowledge it is still on the market.
New sub! Liked 🙏😮
Much appreciated! Thanks 💜
They are 6 inch road style wheels you can tell by the dish VH Valiants Chargers etc you could get 6 half inch road style rims an we would run 235 60 white letter tyres all round my experience with MOPARS is stick to the same tyres all round an the same shocks all round an don’t jack the back up an you will have a very good driving MOPAR RT steering box has a quicker ratio All the same nice E 55 👍🏻
Should have 14 x 7 alloy wheels from the factory they had more go then there rival You could get a VH 340 as well pull like hell . Lots of 340 motors got sent back to the states because of the super car scam Iv owned 3 chargers 1 was one of the last 318 4 speed built . Tamworth NSW sold one of the last 318 charger in a cream. White with black pin stripes on the boot an drifter style stripes on the side. The sales man said to me an my brother take a good look it’s the last one we’re getting. A bloke up the road from me out of town traded his blue VJ charger in on it His drive way always had big dirt track onto the road we’re he would give it a boot full. Same as my drive way spin the dirt up as you leave in my VC V8 or my Vf pacer or my VG pacer An my VH pacer factory 4 speedo an rare great times. Please keep that charger of salt 🧂 roads 👍🏻😀
Hi Brian The E55 W35 Wheels were optional on these cars, this one was a pretty plain Jane, Thanks for checking out my car.
It's a nice example but will need some rust protection in Canada for sure. They didn't have the best reputation for corrosion even in Australia.
The owner keeps it clean and doesn't drive it in winter conditions.
i know its in canada just wondering if sold or not
Not sold yet.
can you ask if its sold im interested what are they asking for it thanks
It has been removed from marketplace. I'm not in contact with him.
VK grill on a 73. Hmm.
Is this still for sale ?
It might be let me look facebook.com/marketplace/item/1014470829248797/
hi i know its been a while but did you sell the charger let me know and if still for sale what are you asking for it thanks in in the states
It's not my car like mentioned in the video. Also no not in the states but Canada. Unsure if it's sold or not.
HI KATARINA i asked before i know car in canada thats ok also know not your car you just vidioed the car but is there any way you remember where the car was trying to cantact them thanks for any help you can give me paul
I don't have his contact information anymore sorry. But I haven't seen the listing lately which means he either sold it or took it off the market.
Are you a canadian sasqhemwash.
Am I what?
@@KatarinasGarage Ignore him Kat, he's being a weirdo.
That’s the boring one also haha
A 340 v8 is the boring one?
@@KatarinasGarage yep, compared to the E49s especially
Also a 360 V8 VJ 0 to 100mph in 17sec 15sec ¹/⁴ mile