Chrysler by Chrysler

hoping to convert this resin kit of a VH Valiant coupe into a Chrysler by Chrysler

Cool project - what are the main differences between the two?

the chrysler was the luxury model so theres a few changes to the interior but as these are kinda minor and its gunna be a street car i am not going to worry too much about them, the major difference is the grille and tailights

R U going to do the wrapround bumper at the front, that will be ya main concern I think also the twin headlights if U can't find anything that gets that close to 'em.

Dingo

Chrysler by Chrysler!!!!!!! Sounds weird, looking forward to this one.
How about a ute version, would you believe it, I seen 2 this morning on the way to work and 1 on the way home. didnt think they made that many!!!!...lol

Dingo wrote:R U going to do the wrapround bumper at the front, that will be ya main concern I think also the twin headlights if U can't find anything that gets that close to 'em.

Dingo

yup it will have the wrap around bumper, got plenty of lights in my spares box

I really like those CM model wrap around bumpers - damn good looking front, especially with hidden headlights. Was a shame they were the last...

Shoey wrote:Chrysler by Chrysler!!!!!!! Sounds weird, looking forward to this one.
How about a ute version, would you believe it, I seen 2 this morning on the way to work and 1 on the way home. didnt think they made that many!!!!...lol

Shoey, Chrysler made the "Town & Country" ute with the Chrysler wrap-round bumper it also had a vinyl roof and a set of 5 spoke steel mag type rims (from memory) it's been a long time since I last worked at Chrysler Tonsley Park Adelaide so please forgive me if I'm not quite right on some of the fittings. The Town & Country ute was their idea of a sports ute didn't quite work as they thought it would but a good try back in those days and yes Chrystal by Chrysler is a funny way of calling a luxury car ???????.

Dingo

body cleaned up and adjusted to take grille

engine is dun

Interested to see how you go about this conversion. Looks good so far.

This looks like my kind of conversion!

now that's going to be a great build,my brother would go nuts over this he's a chrysler nut.wasn't chrysler by chrysler a fully inported USA chrysler,there was also one vailant by chrysler.will watch this one.

allan wrote:now that's going to be a great build,my brother would go nuts over this he's a chrysler nut.wasn't chrysler by chrysler a fully inported USA chrysler,there was also one vailant by chrysler.will watch this one.

No, the Chrysler by Chrysler was just a stretched , luxo'd-up Valiant. Sorta like a Fairlane was to the Falcon, or a Statesman was to a Kingswood. Many of the panels interchange with the Valiant. The US had nothing that looked like it.

I was a teenage car nut when they came out, and I remember how proud I was that our local manufacturers were coming out with their own intermediates!

just read on net that the chrysler by chrysler was a CH model the vailant was a VH,also the CH had five inche longer wheel base over the VH,the car nut is my brother-in-law.were can one get one of the kits.

pretty sure these were only made in small numbers (about 2000 total of all models and variants) covering models from VH to VK they were based on the valiant coupe the main difference being different grille and tail lights, i have an article here about one that was made from a regal coupe: ie same body different chrome.

The Chrysler by Chrysler was build in both 2 & 4 door versions and around 3000 where build in both versions. through the VH-VK range it was stretched some 6 inches overal not 5 and the rear window was narrowed up and made smaller to look like a limo, the stretch was done at the centre pillar the front fenders and rear guards as well the front bumper was the only imported part of the whole car it came from the U.S. variant of the same car but the rest of the car is Oz designed and built.
My father had one of these cars and it had a 380ci motor in it and a holley 4 barrel, we travelled from Adelaide to Broome and back in it with only one bit of trouble, a broken exhaust system 14 kilometers south of Pt Wakefield north of Adelaide, it was a great car with levels of comfort not seen in a car of it's day.

Dingo
retired Chrysler/Mitsy Worker of 20 yrs, '74-'98.

I think you mean a 318 or a 360 Dingo - no such thing as a 380ci V8 in Aussie mopars.

Bryce
Lifelong Aussie Mopar Fan, '76-present

apart from the 390 fitted to some ford galaxies that were assembled here the Chrysler 360 was the largest engine fitted to any mass produced Aussie car

Sorry Byrce and dv8v8 but unless U where a Chrysler employee and worked for more than 10 years with the company you didn't get it the 380 did live back then and my brother who also worked in the plant got it put in for my father, my brother had been with the company for around 15 yrs before me and there where a lot of thing that Chrysler workers could get that the public buyer didn't know about Yes the 360 was the largest motor of the showroom floor but in the factory workers could get what they wanted.

Dingo

Are you sure your not confusing "380" with "340" Dingo as there is no such thing as a "380 ci", Australia only used 318, 340 (VH '72 option) and 360. There is a 383 but it was never used here as far as I know.

....and i highly doubt this 380 would fit in a Valiant's engine bay!!


Paul
Blue Blooded FORD nut , '75 - present...............

there was also a 273 V8 in early models, i believe that some of the plymouths and dodges assembled here had the 383

I don't know if anyone has already mentioned it. but there is an 9 page article on the 1971-73 CH Chrysler by Chrysler in the latest Australian Muscle Car Mag. Great pics too.
Cheers,

Nice work so far
Adam

Can't seem to get it through to you guys ( it seems magazine article are more belivable these days than former workers) so I'm not going there anymore as a former Chrysler Aust. Ltd. worker and the brother of a 30 yr worker who worked in the engine dept I'll leave for all you poeple to figure out how factory workers could get what they wanted including bigger motor and larger outstandng tow packages. For me subject closed.

Dingo