AH, FORD Falcon! How we miss thee. You arrived in Australia as an American design, but you were soon adapted to local conditions. And when the Yanks cruelly dropped you, we kept the dream alive with our own spin on the concept, growing in size and sophistication with each generation until Ford gave up on local manufacturing altogether in 2016.
Willy Armstrong’s VF Valiant ute
From first car to slammed dream machine, Willy Armstrong’s VF Valiant ute is now a subtle masterpiece
He’s building a VE Valiant with Honda power and BMW suspension!
Adelaide’s Adam Bianchetti is upsetting the purists with his wild Honda K24-powered Valiant build!
Desert-rescued Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer hardtop for sale
A VG Pacer that was used for target practice gets brought back to life in the red centre
Drag Challeng ready: Matt Dietrich’s VF Valiant Regal hardtop
Matt Dietrich takes one of the all-time best looking Valiants, tubs it silly and stuffs it full of new-school Mopar muscle
In the build: Morris rat rod, LX Torana, Ford Prefect, HQ SS Holden, Inter KS5 + Valiant Regal
We check out some of our readers’ project cars from the August issue of Street Machine
Blown Hemi-powered Valiant VJ Charger
After more than 30 years of ownership, Anthony and Renee Van Kalken decided to put a proper old-school Hemi into their VJ Charger
Carlo Varone’s 1972 CH Chrysler by Chrysler
Carlo Varone turned this one-owner Chrysler by Chrysler luxo-barge into a bad-arse, triple-black Mopar muscle machine
Chopped eight-second VJ Valiant hardtop
With its rev-happy 394-cube Mopar and fat stance, Rob Evans’s chopped VJ Valiant hardtop packs a spicy punch
Coupe de Thrill: Grant Jones’s VG Valiant hardtop
Looking back on Grant Jones’s 1970 VG Valiant hardtop
In the build: 1968 VE VIP V8 Valiant
Richard Hobbs & Karleen Harrington are giving this once-abandoned VE Val a new lease on life and still preserving its patina and speedway graphics. Here’s their story
Mario Girbin’s VJ Valiant hardtop
Mario Girbin’s VJ hardtop is a simple take on an Aussie Mopar classic, executed to perfection
Dale Gridley’s twin-turbo big-block AP6 Valiant ute
A melted piston put an end to Dale Gridley’s drag-and-drive dreams, so he turned his AP6 ute into a track-focused, twin-turbo big-block beast
Adam Young’s 1971 VG Valiant hardtop
After two decades off the road, Adam Young’s Val was brought back to life just in time for a special deadline
Eight-second, Barra-swapped VF Valiant Regal
Warick Meldrum’s Ford Barra-powered VF Valiant Regal has an eight-second answer for pearl-clutching purists!
Greg Boyle’s blown VG Valiant hardtop
This supercharged streeter is why Greg Boyle loves Sundays
Jim Lambas’s Hemi six-powered VG Valiant
Like a good vintage wine, Jim Lambas’s Hemi six-powered VG Valiant gets better with age
Where are they now? Byron Hiscock’s CL Charger
The excitement of no-prep racing was just the ticket to awaken this Charger from a 30-year slumber!
Aiden Varrone’s VJ Valiant Regal ex-NSW police car in the build
Initially meant as a donor car for a project, this rescued ’73 VJ Valiant was hiding a surprise history
Hellcat-powered VH Charger 770 E49 R/T tribute
A cool car poster was all the inspiration Aidan Karaivanoff needed to turn his VH Charger 770 into an E49 R/T tribute with a storming Hellcat for power
Hamilton’s Peter Pollock makes Drag Challenge debut in Valiant Charger
After previously being a passenger at Drag Challenge events, Peter Pollock is now gearing up for his first time behind the wheel