VC Valiant

this was a dodge 330, changed it to a VC Valiant to replicate my brother's car. it was purchased from a local wrecking yard. it had been in the nyngan floods back in the 90's. we cleaned out the cylinders and put it back together and it fired up right away. 6 years later someone rear ended him and messed up the rear and quarter. he didn't bother fixing it, just banged it out enough to fit a replacement taillight. couple years later he sold it back to the local wrecking yard.

the model was done no long after he bought it, so isn't really very good. if i did a new one, i'd base it on the 66 barracuda, which has the correct width, as you can see that's it's biggest problem is the dodge was too wide.

Been wondering what to use to make one for myself, this isn't a bad effort, almost but not quite, give you top marks for having a shot at it though mate. I'm thinking along the lines of a plymouth GTX, as the body is very close, just needs a fair bit of work on the roof and doors. once again top effort,

A nice looking car and top marks for attempting such a complex conversion. It's not too far off the mark - maybe one day someone will do a VC?

Good job mate!

Not bad mate, does look a little wide but also too long. Great effort though. You should try another one, I reckon with the skills you've collected since then it'd turn out even better.

Nice attempt at a VC. My old man used to have a maroon one with the wood grain on the doors and dash, a really nice ride. He swapped it for a two tone FJ Holden. If you were to tweek the grille a little it would look much better. More pictures would be nice maybe one from behind and side on?

DeeCee wrote:Been wondering what to use to make one for myself,

i'd build it using the 65 barracuda (aka hemi under glass) which is almost the same body style apart from the roof and rear, with a 69 barracuda kit for the interior and chassis. The dodge 330 at least comes with a slant six, but there's a guy on ebay selling resin slant kits. I built my wraith barracuda doing this swap (pix at bottom).

nice work on the VC conversion. i never realized how close that cuda looks like a VC though, would make a great start if you were to build another.