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
Mopars and more: Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY2025
We check out the huge variety of entrants in the 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year comp
Steve Santos’s turbo slant-powered AP5 Valiant
Steve Santos smashed out this gorgeous AP5 Valiant in only four months as a 70th-birthday present for his dad
Troy Styles’s chopped AP6 Valiant
Troy Styles’s tubbed, V8-powered AP6 Val was a standout at Chopped 2024
Expression Session: 413 Max Wedge-powered AP5 Valiant
Imagining an Aussie-built AP5 Valiant with a grunty 413 cubes of Max Wedge muscle
Anneke Schelfhorst’s 1964 Valiant AP5 & 1978 CL
Mopar girl Anneke has plans to give her AP5 Val a spruce-up and V8 swap, while her CL was initially bought as a project car
Dale Gridley’s 426ci Hemi-powered Chrysler AP5 Valiant
Dale Gridley wedged 426 cubes of modern Mopar into an unsuspecting survivor AP5
1000rwhp twin-turbo AP5 Valiant
Josh Messineo blended LS grunt, an AP5 Valiant and 80s street machine styling to create a 1000rwhp drag-and-drive weapon
Turbo LS3-powered Valiant AP6 ute
Dale Gridley and his rustified, LS3-powered AP6 ute are chasing an eight-second timeslip and a Drag Challenge finish
Theo Stergi’s 1964 Chrysler AP5 Valiant
The AP5 Valiant isn’t often viewed as tough street machine material, but Theo Stergi’s jet-black, 10-second rocket might just change that
LS1-powered 1963 Chrysler AP6 Valiant
Patrick Lawler and his mates built a Drag Challenge weapon to rile up the purists
Blown 1966 Chrysler Valiant AP6 sedan
This shining jewel of an AP6 Valiant steals the show with a roots-blown, 410-cube monster up front
Tina Wright’s Chrysler AP6 Valiant
Tina Wright is part of a rare breed that still owns their first car after 30 years
Gen III Hemi-powered 1965 AP6 Valiant Safari wagon
This Valiant AP6 Safari wagon wraps a modern 5.7-litre Hemi in classic old-school clothing
LS-swapped AP6 Valiant ute coming to Drag Challenge Weekend 2019
We check out another Drag Challenge Weekend competitor who’s ready to send the purists huffing and puffing with his LS-swapped Mopar
LS-swapped 1963 AP6 Valiant debuts at Drag Challenge 2018
We check out a freshly built AP6 at Drag Challenge with a V8 transplant that might ruffle some Mopar feathers
1963 AP5 Valiant Regal – reader’s car
Holly Giddings built her ’63 AP5 Valiant Regal as a home-school tech job, tutored by her revhead dad, Dave.